the one on wednesdays.

we call them wise wednesdays. the last wednesday of every month our program gets together and does some fun activites along with the mentor group programs.

tonight.

spa and candy night. tons of candy. made homemade facial cremes. i plan on trying them all out eventually. ill let you know how they turn out. [fingers crossed].

snippet of our night:

eventually. some of the suities wanted to take part in a interesting contest.

of unwrapping starbursts with their tongues.

the one where we cha cha.

so. i am a part of a program dealing with women in similar majors. i like it and have met some pretty amazing girls! so we are divided into mentor groups of 2 suites. these mentor groups have programs with their mentor where we can pretty much choose to do anything with our mentor. this is a way to connect and really get to know a lot of girls at the personal level.

my group.. we call ourselves team y-fi. and a few girls from our group planned on going to a social dance lesson. we were all excited and cancelled a lot of plans to do this. we were so pumped.

when we got to the ballroom to have this dancing shindig. only about ten people were there. at first, we were like YES! our own private lessons. then this guy came clacking in the ballroom with his manly high heels or as he called them "silver team dance shoes." :) and he said. "so i guess the email got sent out to late. this session was cancelled." we were so dissapointed. but then like 30 people came pouring in.

how could he possibly turn down 50 people who were ready to put those silver team dance shoes to work??

we won. :) and we cha cha-ed for 90 minutes.

hb and ac. me and sac. mt and ka.

:) im still in love with college.

the one in the 80's flashback.

my lovely jl commented on my workout post and i couldn't stop thinking about the 80's generation.

honestly. how great would it be to grow up during that time.

first off. the music [of course!] was incredible. how amazing would it be to go see michael jackson, elton john, the eagles, foreigner, fleetwood mac, huey lewis, stevie wonder, hall & oates, eddie money, eric clapton all of them in concert. i mean i have seen the super fine bon jovi in concert. but what about during his prime? ahh. also. my favorite band is the goo goo dolls. they started in the late 80's but they were at the top in the 90's. overall, living during the 80's music phenomena would be incredible. jealous, i must say.

here is some fleetwood for ya. daddy and i loveee them.

and the eagles. teeter and i drool at the sound of don henly's voice. :)

what about hair styles? who would not want this:

big. bold. beautiful. seriously. it has a rebel/classic look to it. extreme. awesome. i mean i didn't find the BEST picture ever. i just wanted to challenge a few of you to go through some high school annuals. :)

bold in this time. is sleek bobs. throw in a color or two. not extreme, ya know?

clothes. attitudes. laws. sterotypes. personalities. not that i agree with all of them. but honestly. it must have been a fun, fun generation. :)

okay. now i have to go fix my big, bold, beautiful hair.... with a straightener. :)

the one where you workout.

so. working out, for me, is almost impossible without my ipod.

i was doing some strength training on the bike today.. and i started thinking about some of my favorite songs to work out to. here are a few my faves:

"tearing up my heart." - nsync.

"let it bleed." -the used. [especially when running.]

"dirty diana." - michael jackson.

"as long as we got each other." -dusty springfield. [from the show growing pains.]

"come together." -michael jackson's cover of the beatles.

"then came you." - dionne warwick.

"fireman."-lil' wayne.

"shake your body to the ground." - michael jackson. [catching the drift yet? i love me some mj]

"dancing in the sheets." -shalmar.

"mandolin moon." - sister hazel. [my favorite song of right now!]

"i heard it through the grapevines." - marvin gaye.

"saturday's nights alright for fighting." - elton john.

"hot blooded." - foreigner.

"slide." - goo goo dolls.

"electric slide." - marcia griffiths.

"find my way." - the gabe dixon band.

"ants marching." - dave matthews band.

"ain't no mountain high." - marvin gaye & tammi terrell.

"overtime." - ace hood.

"happy." - sister hazel.

and of course the theme of friends: "i'll be there for you." - the rembrandts.

but thats just a few on the top on my head.

any more song ideas. feel free to share. the gym is usually where i get my 80's fix. :)

i love any and everything.

the one with the cereal bowls.

so i have decided what i love most about college and what i like the least.

the least. i absolutely hate to wash cereal bowls and my nalgene bottles in the sink of our bathroom. first off; it grosses me out. second; it is a pure hassle! :(

the most. well other than the fact that i am able to see sam whenever i want... :) but midnight runs to harris teeter to get tons of juice and honey nut cheerios. then afterwards stopping by cookout and getting oreo milkshakes with my suitemates, to celebrate our first really tough week at college with exams and insane chemistry labs. also, lets not forget the cranked up miley cyrus music trying to find a decent parking spot. so much fun.

i lovee raleigh.

the one with the brother.

so. sac's best friend goes to state. when she introduces him to everyone she claims that he is her brother. [because they are so close]

my friend, gizzy, came up yesterday with our brothers. gizzy and sac were conversing about relationships and kissing... here is a snippet of the conversation:

gizzy: "yeah, i have a friend and he broke up with his girlfriend... but im the only girl he can really talk to... he asked me one day 'can i just kiss you?' and i was like NO! you're [bronco]!"

sac: "oh my word, i have the someone exactly like that... my brother!"

gizzy's jaw dropped.

to the cement.

possibly through the core of the earth.

personally, i was cracking up!

later sac explained everything - which im sure made gizzy more comfortable with the fact that she would be sleeping on our floor.

the one....

okay.

so i had an hour between my required first year class and my chemistry lab - so i thought i would look up some blogs. or possibly learn a little more about the creative side of it.

so then i starting thinking about the reason i called my blog raleigh perk. it is named after central perk. it is the coffee house where friends, my favorite show in the world, was mostly taped at. it is a goal of mine to actually go to downtown new york city, find central perk, sit on the infamous couch and enjoy a hot cup of coffee. well actually i would get soy carmel latte. :)

if you know the show friends you know what i am talking about wh

en i say that i am going to start my post titles with the one...

every episode of friends starts off with the one... for example.

the one with joey's interview. the one with the red sweater.

so to keep my consistency with friends themed blog - im starting my revelation today.

worst package everr.

today.

i received the worst care package ever!

but it was necessary.

it was my chemistry lab manual. i left it at home this weekend.

it is required for my class tomorrow morning -

hence the EXTREMELY URGENT text on the back of the bag. :(

i don't want it.

but thanks anyway mom.

trade.

so sac and i went for a workout earlier today.

on the 10 minute walk to the gym... we talked about each other's body shapes.

i want her stomach.

she wants my legs.

our legs and stomachs are now our motivation when we go to the gym. :)

home sweet home.

i went home for labor day weekend. seeing teeter, dougieefresh, and cutie was so great. ive missed them and my home community so much! i also got to see a ton of my high school friends. :) it was wonderful.

also. my parents rearranged my room and threw in some new furniture. ahhh. :) they are so great.

let me just say that i have never appreciated my shower more... i didn't have to wear flip flops!! also. my bed. oh. my. word. my bed. was so fantastic. and so big. never appreciated it more as well. actually home in general. i have such a wonderful home and home life that i am forever grateful for. so thank you mom and dad!

also... sam said the sweetest thing when we finally reached our hometown community. but first the background story. sam and i talked about futures on a date. we star gazed and starting thinking about what we wanted. one thing i want is to live in a city after college... just for a little while. [before a "family" begins] and sam is not about that. at all. [our hometown] born and breed. [hometown] is forever in his eyes. okay.... let's fast forward to last friday. we were driving on the main road home. i was tired so i rested my head on sam's shoulder.

and he said. "you see, this is how it's suppose to be. you. me. and [our hometown]."

i love home! :)

three years with sam.

So Sam and I celebrated our three year anniversary together! It was so much fun... this was our date.

We had our cheesecake debut at...

We had some time to kill by taking ridiculous pictures.. which I hope to put on facebook tomorrow!

But here is a sneak peak...

At the cheesecake factory...

Sam ordered a flat iron steak. He loved it and ate it all!

Later he ordered a red velvet cheesecake to go. We were stuffed.

I ordered a chicken madeira. Insanely good! I could only eat half of mine.. so I boxed it up and will enjoy it tomorrow for lunch!

Laterrrrr - I ordered a white chocolate macadamia nut cheesecake.

:) dessert for tomorrow.

After our marvelous and filling dinner we went to Fayetteville Street. It is my favorite street in Raleigh... it is light up with big buildings and little cafes on the side. Absolutely gorgeous.

We found a super cute spot to exchange our gifts.

I got brand new pair of black converses... I was in desperate need of some new ones! I love them so much! I also got this beautiful diamond necklace.. with the shape of a tiny heart. It is so great. It was too dark to take a good clear, close-up picture. :)

Sam got a gift card to the cheesecake factory, hence the dinner plans.. followed by a new nike bag to take to the gym. Also, he got a black v-neck tshirt [he will have to learn to love them, they look so good :)] and finally a small shutterfly book with pictures of the past year together.

Sam is the coolest person I know.

Seriously, he is wonderful and treats me wayyyy too good!

I love you, Sam!!

I pray there are many, many more cheesecakes in our future!