And oh yeah

I got my first 4.0 this semester!!

Oh my goodness...

I am officially a senior. A senior in college. A senior at Baylor. Oh my goodness...

This is a pretty intimidating feeling. I just said goodbye to two of my best friends here, and it could quite possibly be a year until I see these friends again. It's already happening, my friends are dispersing. Yikes. I am going to DC this summer, as is one of my friends. Some are going to other places, some are staying in Waco, and some are studying abroad and graduating at the end of summer. Half of my friends will be graduating in December. I will be leaving in December to do an internship before graduation in just one year. One year and my undergraduate career will come to an end. In approximately 366 days I will be a graduate from Baylor University. Oh my goodness...

It doesn't feel like it's been that long. I don't feel old enough to be a senior in college. It is only when I look at the kids in my life that I realize just how long its been. There are children that I remember holding when they were minutes or hours old that are nearing their third, fourth or fifth birthdays, and I realize how much of their short lives that I've missed because I've been away at school. I've been at Baylor for three full years now. Only one semester of classes left, then my internship, then I graduate and am out of "college world" and into the real one. My friends will disperse, we will all go our separate ways.

Man, I need to make the most of the time that I have left. (Yikes, that kinda sounds like I'm dying!) I know that we will all keep in contact through phone calls, text messages, facebook messages, Myspace, email, etc., so we won't loose contact ever, but it will take effort. Now I can just take a short drive or walk across the living room to see a friend, in a year it will be much harder. I know that I will make new friends, grown-up friends, but for now I'm going to treasure my college friends. I'm going to make the most of my last semester with these amazing people.

My 21st Birthday!!

My 21st birthday was a blast! It was celebrated with friends, red velvet cake, and my first alcoholic beverage!

Of course, being the baker that I am, I made the cake--and I must say it was and still is amazingly delicious! It has been a whirlwind of 21st birthdays here, with one really good friends at the end of March, another at the end of April and then mine on Monday. It was also the other roommates 22nd on Tuesday, but I don't have anything to say about that...

We went to Outback for dinner, where I proceeded to order my meal from the kids menu and my drink from the cocktail menu!! It was pretty funny! Although it would have been more amusing had we not had a waitress that was a newbie still being trained, she wasn't very personable or playful...Here are some pictures from the momentous occasion:




Don't worry, none of us pictured were driving, we had a designated driver, we were responsible. And we all only had one, although I'm sure that all three of us could have gone for another :)

The night ended with me getting a movie and us watching it back at our apartment, it was a good birthday!

Now it's time for finals. I've taken two already and I still have five to go. I sadly won't be done until Tuesday at 6:30, at which point I plan on vegging before packing up and moving out. Hopefully I'll get on an write more after finals are over. If not I definitely plan on writing after my birthday trip :)

Hair!

Well, things have been pretty slow for me lately...which is definitely a relief considering that its the end of the semester and finals start for me on Monday (which is coincidentally my 21st Birthday!!) and don't end until the 13th. Then its packing and going home, then Vegas, then a hopefully amazing road trip to DC with my Mom--we're making some pretty fun stops, but I'm not going to tell you where they are :P You'll just have to remember to check back around the end of May...

Now, the reason for this post. My birthday is Monday and I decided that I am ready for a change. I know, 21 is a pretty big change in itself, but I wanted a new look. And the easiest way to get that is a new hairdo, so I got one:





Yay! A perm!! Do you like it??

I will be going out and experiencing my first drink on Monday, so I'll probably have something to say about it on Tuesday...and possibly some pictures as well, so check back soon!!

(Please let me know what you think about my hair!!)