i lied.

I didn't mean to... but I lied. I totally forgot to mention my first care package from my parents! It was incredible! It had an insanely sweet letter on the very top, followed by -

-three magazines.

-a ncsu "go" bag.

-nature valley nut clusters... for my bookbag on really busy days.

-homemade peanut butter delights. :) yum.

-special k blueberry protein bars.

-organic animal crackers.. delish.

-make up remover wipes.

-dental floss.

-gum.

-"shimmery" chapstick.. because mom swears that you should never go out without lip gloss and mascara. haha. love you mom!

-pizza gift card.

-and a nike teeshirt.

my parents are way too good to me.

they are amazingg.

i love you mom and dad!!

just noticing.

So I haven't been updating this thing. However, nothing really super duper exciting has gone on.

But today on my way to class I realized the trends that live amongst my college campus. Here are a few I noticed today. I feel like everyone has:

the infamous rainbows...

Real and fake. Black, brown and a million different bright, colors of wayfarers...

these super comfortable Nike shorts in about a hundred different colors...

and of course... the insane sea of red is found every day in the brickyard.

EVERYONE has a red shirt. :)

anyways. hopefully something exciting will happen soon!

official hazelnuts.

So Sam and I went on our first date while being at college...

and let me say it was a great first date. :)

We went to Sister Hazel...

They were fantastic. They played at the N club with the bands Patrick Rock, and Golden. The N club is wayyy small. And the age difference is all the people was huge, like from 12 years old to 50. Strange but I got over it. What I didn't get over was the heat. The club was super tiny and with hundreds of people - gross. But Sister Hazel was incredible. Came out with one of my favorite songs, "Happy."

great first date. :)

two peas in a pod.

Sac got a new iPod today. Meet sue [my ipod] and pea [sac's]:

Also, today Sam and I had a lunch date... with sac and her best friend tb.

Tonight was also my first campus crusade. It was amazing. The speaker was Mike Lee. He is the senior pastor at the community church I attend on Sundays. He is incredible. Tonight it was all about "fresh foundations." It was great. The two principle's I learned tonight... 1. If you are only hearing the truth and not practicing it, your foundation will not be prepared for the storms in the future. 2. If your foundation is solid and build on the rock, Jesus Christ, then you are prepared for any storm that life throws at you. :)

this is Mike...

He and I both love Jesus.

college starts...today.

College. The real thing started today. :) I had chemistry, calculus and biology today... and wow are the classes large. In comparison to my little 1A back home the classes were gigantic. But overall that went well. Thanks to all the good luck text messages from all my buddies. :)

Last night me and sac were so excited and packed our bags...

after classes sac and our suite mates went for an hour workout.

great.

we are so ready for a routine. :)

friends.

Sac, hb, er and I went to "Cates Crawl." Tons of free stuff. Including sac's ridiculous hat:

Sam bought me and sac a new friends poster! We love it...

It goes perfectly with the one I brought from home...

Friends is the theme of our entire suite. We all are obsessed. Honestly, we watch at leave 5 episodes a day... right before we go to bed. We usually have a whole group of people in our room watching the endless episodes of friends. :)

Anyways. The freshman required reading for this class was Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. It was a great book. Convocation in an event where students have the option to hear the author of the book speak. First off... it poured in Raleigh last night. We were all drenched. Especially this guy who we met on the bus ride over to RBC...

This is hb and er.

On the way to convocation...

me and mt.

So Three Cups of Tea was great. Greg Mortenson is a true hero. Sac and I had super great seats at convocation too. We sat beside the Student Body President and behind the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor... meet all of them and ultimately we sat like 10 feet from Greg Mortenson. So exciting! :)

Despite the rain... another good day.

spontaneous sunday.

This morning sac woke up with a spontaneous spark to straighten her insanely gorgeous curls.

Final result: fabulous.

pretty roommate... curly or straight. :)

me and sac.

before church.

Our first sunday together... I have to say I was pretty nervous. Last year when I would come down to see Sam, most Sundays we would attend the church his sister, JL,came to when she was in college. I fell quickly in love with this church with its contemporary style, insane worship band and abstract but very meaningful messages. I absolutely love it. I was nervous because the night before me and sac had a conversation about our "church style." She comes from a formal church and she prefers formal services. I was afraid that the formal style she was looking for would not be found here.

We actually took a large group with us to church today... which was great. Sam drove us. So anyways... sac sat beside me today during the service and was cracking up the whole time at the senior pastor [he cracked a lot of jokes]. Even though the sermon was hilarious.. I came out with a new fact and a new way to think about circumstances. "The Lord said to Moses, 'Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.' "[Numbers 21:8]...I had no idea that the medical symbol was created in reference to that. Being a huge fan of the medical field was so excited to learn that new fact. Also from the sermon the important lesson I took from the building was when God is stretching your faith, we should not stop to consider the circumstances and believe we cannot do it. I love that. So needless to say, I was feeling much better about both of us having a good time and enjoying the service. I found out on the way home that sac really enjoyed the service and loved the pastor. I was stoked.

Tonight on campus was RecFest. Where there was tons of free stuff like water bottles, cups and t-shirts... oh and the outrageous amount of free food. I mean from JimmyJohns to Wendys to Moe's to Hungry Howie's, to BBQ, etc. It was incredible. At RecFest you could also enjoy some inflatable obstacle courses or bungee trampolines and even a mechanical bull. Tons and tons of fun.

this is er on the bungee trampoline.

today was a good day. :)

we as in lee.

New dorm. New roommate. New suite mates. Way exciting.

this is my roommate, sac.

she is super active... runs triathlons and marathons.

she is also hilarious.

and shares the same love for the show, friends! :)

here are some pictures of my new buds:

hb. and ac.

suite mates. across the hall.

they just bought a futon..

so they decided to take advantage of sac's structural engineering major.

this is er.

she is not a suite mate... but on the same hall.

super friendly...

we went to the 10 o'clock student movies with her roommate, mt, last night.

fun.

well.. i still have to introduce you to my suite mates: ka, bm and my RA.

and lots of others but i need to take pictures of them first.

soon to come!

So... I moved into my dorm on Thursday and Sam moved in today. Fir

st off.. this is my bed and lounge area:

Pretty decent, eh? Well before Sam and his lovely family came today to move him in.. it was SEVEN inches taller. I would have to do like an army crawl to get on and off my bed. And even though its my third day in my new dorm... that got really old. I couldn't even sit on it.. so my dad told Sam to tell his dad my tragic story. So therefore, Sam's dad came today and helped my cut some of it off. :)

Here are some pictures of Sam's move in:

this is sam and his room mate, jm.

jm is from home.

and is the mascot at our school - which is insanely neat.

sam and me.

both exhausted from heat and the art of moving in.

sam's dad.

on the new bunk.

their room is huge.

newbie.

So... I have been wanting to start a blog for a while but the right time or reason never really came up. College. Perfect reason. Hopefully perfect start. :) I plan on documenting my college life and experiences via blog while also trying to encourage my close friends to do the same.

Although I read blogs often... Im a total newbie at this. Hopefully I will become blog savvy very soon.

Let me introduce to a few important people that will be attending this blog party...

my parents.

teeter and dougieefresh.

my brother and sister.

cutie and ash.

my boyfriend. :)

let's call him...sam.

and my roommate, sac.

i need to upload my photo of us in our new dorm.

which is my next post... so get stoked.

Im super excited to get all this started and in the swing of things... :)