i wish the person who thought of research papers was alive so i could kill them myself.

Oh yeah i ment to update the other day but i forgot. I finished i love bsb, 100,000 times baby. I think it was tuesday or wednesday. So that was February 15 or 16, 2005.

Well college is good. Not too much happening. One of my roommates moved out though, kinda sucks. We liked her too lol. Her first choice school called and said she was accepted like 3 days after we started classes. This school is where her fiance goes and its only 45 mins from her house and she lives in Memphis. She said she missed home like 3 days in after we moved. She had already said she wanted to go back home next year. She loved this school and Chatt just it was too far. Her fiance drove 4 hours last night to come take her back and move her. Isnt that sweet? Apparently she told him about all 3 of us and said i was the country girl lol. Taylor and Elizabeth started making fun of my accent a few days ago and when her fiance got here i said, Hi its nice to meet you and they both cracked up. I was like im from TN and i sound like everyone else. She said people dont sound like that in Memphis and i was like ookayy sure.

But anyway we had not 1 but 2 fire drills last night. It sucked booty. One was at 11:15 and i was glad i hadnt gone to bed yet and we waited like 20 mins outside before we could go back in. We hadntD been in the room 10 mins and another went off! I was pist. Its SO loud and annoying. So i got to to bed around 12:15. I felt real good this morning. Ohh the other day me and Elizabeth went into student information to ask about the library and this guy was working in there. So we talked to him and left. And he was cute too. Well then he shows up in my gov class, kinda weird how i have class with people i meet randomly. But anyway he sat next to me today and i got to share a w/s with him. He scooted his desk close to me. Fun stuff i must say. He was wearing a Rhea County shirt the other day so i assume hes from around here. His names Zach i think. Man that class sucks though. Its soo boring.

I went and ate lunch with Ashley, Drew and Jillian today though which was good. I was there for like an hour and a half too lol. Gotta shop this weekend! yay!

College life....

Well i started college yesterday. Haha me and my roommates were all so nervous. I got up at 6:50 ahh, that felt real good. I left my apt at 7:30 to be sure i got there on time for my 8 class lol. I ended up getting there 15 mins early but there were people in there already too. I met 2 girls right when i sat down and we talked for a while. I made my first college friends lol. Well i had english at 8 and my teacher is very fun. She reminds me of Mrs Lane. Young, perky, cool. I have 5 papers to write over the semester. Then she let us out 3 mins late! I had Biology next and it was only downstairs but still i walked in and it was a 100 person class. The stadium seats scared me lol. Well i walked up the stairs looking for a seat and I hear, "Cortney" and i look and it was Jeremy Roper! Oh my goodness u should have seen my reaction lol. I was so happy to see him. I sat with him and he said Jimbo was in there too and then he came in late. And i saw Charles who graduated a few years ago and a girl from church. It was good. And then i went to Music class and i passed Jillian on the way there and i talked to her. I saw lots of people going TO class not FROM lol. Well music was in the new engineering building and it was a 100 person class too. It kinda reminds me of the IMAX cause the room was huge with a massive screen. Well my teacher was a nut lol. Its gonna be a good class. Its all about classical music and i have to go to 3 orchestrated concerts. Lauren Smith brown is in the same class on another day so we can go to those together lol. But anyway my teacher was dancing all around with music she played us and made us all get up and she took 2 people on the front row and did like a hoe down with them and made them dance lol. It was crazy. And then i was done for the day.

So then i met Taylor at the UC for lunch at 11 and then she left for class and Lauren Smith called me and said she was at the Bookstore and i told her i was in the UC so she came over and we talked for a while. And then i took her to the poster tent and i got 1 for my room and then we went to the Bookstore on vine st and she got her books. And then she drove me to my apt which was nice lol thanks Lauren.

And then today i had government at 8-9:15 which was SO boring cause it was a little old man who taught it but he let us out 40 mins early so i went and waited around till History and my teacher is a black english woman so she has an awesome accent. She let us out early too. And then i had my lab which was suppose to be 2 hours but it was only 10 mins lol. I had to meet Adam for lunch and that wasnt suppose to be till 1 so i went to the library and then he called earlier and we ate. I have alot of reading to do. I need to go do that now actually.

So yesterday i went home for dinner and me and my dad went to Boyd for the football game! yay! Well there werent alot of alumni there. Well people that i knew at least. I talked to all the underclassmen lol. Lindley was the first person i saw and she ran over and attacked me lol. Rebecca came over and said hi and so did Mrs Roland. And Katlyn came over in the 3rd quarter. Shes coming over today to spend the night and were gonna go to fathom to see Bowling for Soup. I think we won the game last night. It was 20 to 3 when we left. I was so sad when i left. It made me see that Boyd is done. It wasnt the same. I followed dad to my apartment and he walked me in lol. I started to cry cause i miss home and Boyd and all and then i hear a knock on the door. I clean myself up and go and its Casey! Oh that made me feel so much better. I went over to her apt which was SO much nicer than ours. Shes so funny.

The Lord is watching out for me.

So I moved in yesterday! yeah! i have lots of crap lol. All my roommates rock! Sarah, Elizabeth and Taylor. Ok let me just tell you. So i called Morgan Tuesday on my moms cell phone so she wouldnt know it was me and the first thing i said was, You better have a reason from the moon for why u didnt show up yesterday! and she goes what? who is this? and i go this is Cortney and do u know what she said? she goes Cortney who? I go Morgan what other Cortney do u know? And she hung up the phone. So anyway i moved in and Sarah is from Nashville. I told her about my story and she said that the Greenday concert had been POSTPONED. Not even kidding you. I dont know when the new date is but i might take her with me and then she can show me around lol. I swear God loves me lol. Dont tell Morgan though, i still want my money for what she did to me.

im glad im suppose to be at my Green Day concert in Nashville right now. I would be there except for the fact that Morgan never showed up to meet me at the mall. I waited an hour in the heat for her and called her about 10 times. I called her house and her brother told me he had talked to her at noon when she was at work. That was the last that he heard from her. I am pist beyond belief.

Lasy dinner at home...

We went out to eat to Olive Garden tonight for my dad's birthday today. He's the big 50 lol. Haha i noticed after the water was introducing whatever he was looking around making eye contact and when he did with me he immediately looked at my boobs! HAHA! Ive never actually caught someone doing it but i saw his eyes move down lol. Probably b/c i had on my sundress and it was somewhat low. No cleavage cause i dont have any lol but yes he looked. I thought it was funny cause he looked 30ish.

Gotta go get books tomorrow for escuela. Casey told me i could end up with like tons of books per class. She said she has one class with 6 books! I thought that was wild until Lauren told me she had a class with 11 or 13, cant remember which. Thats crazy. I never really thought about it actually. I hope i dont have tons of books to carry around cause i dont have time to go back to my apartment cause classes are back to back. Oh yeah i remembered that my first 2 classes on MWF are in the same building lol. One is upstairs and one is down. I wont be late for those hopefully.

Oh yeah i talked to one of my roommates and she said she was gonna bring an extra TV for the living room if i didnt already have one and i was like well sure! please bring! lol cause i just figured we'd all take turns putting our tvs in there if we wanted to watch together. Oh yeah and she doesnt smoke and shes bringing her car. I think she gets drunk though cause i read her away message one day and it said "getting hammered for the last time with my boys." Thats comforting. One of my other roommates is NOT bringing a car. Thats wonderful. No ones talked to the other one. Well i already decided that im gonna show them around town no doubt since im from here, but im NOT gonna be there chauffeur. Cause i hope the other girl brings a car. I dont mind showing them where stuff is as long as I dont drive every time. And i told Taylor, if one of the other girls smoke, im gonna tell them the first day that they cant go in there room and smoke with the door shut or go outside cause im not gonna have my stuff or myself for that matter smell like smoke. Too bad. Not in my house.

Im proud of myself!!! When we went bowling after Wendy's dinner rehearsal last week, i had my first witnessing conversation with the groom. I remember him cussing and i said, Clean up, get in church, in like a joking manner and he said something and then we got into this conversation. I was thinking *Yes Cortney! This is a time to witness! Do Jesus' work!* He's a *Christian* like he believes in Jesus and Trinity and all but it was this convo about living like your suppose to and churches and all. I tried to rub off on him. Hope it worked. I've decided its gonna be VERY important for me to be Christlike at school this year. I mean obviously I always try to be that way its just gonna be alot different since im not at a Christian school anymore. Influence and first impressions are key. And i also thought that the Christian husband I hope God sends me I meet in college. And then i realized college starts next week. Ive gotta get involved. Krista was right, where there is church and church stuff on campus, there will also be church boys there as well lol. The Baptist Student Union is calling my name already.

I miss Boyd :( .....

Me and my mom went out shopping yesterday. I went to get curtains for my room and a pillow for my chair at walmart. I got a pillow but the curtains were poo so we left and went to look at Northgate. Well at Pennys, they had a very cute idea of white, sheer curtains with all different colors of ribbon hanging from the top, so they could blow in the wind. It was very cute and i thought it would be good if we could use red and it would match my room. So were gonna do that and see how it turns out. My room is now going to have like all red and blue. It was all pink and orange which i loved, but i found bedding i liked just as well as my original and it was ALOT cheaper so we sent it back and got 300$ lol. I got my bargain lamps in the mail too. Oh well at the mall i found a 36$ skirt on sale for $12.99!!!! Its so cute too! Very office looking. And then i ran into Katlyn and Joseph at Payless. It was good to see them cause i havent seen her all summer. She looked very pretty. They had just come from registration. She said the football games are gonna be played at home though, so thats great. One next friday baby, yeah! She said coach Johnston wasnt leaving as everyone had heard.

Um...we went out again today too. Lets see..went to Goodyear to get my car worked on, went to Walmart for curtain accessories, went to Khols and i might add they had the cutest earrings and shoes! I never like shoes there but they had super cute heels. I tried on like 8 pairs lol. And then we went to Michaels and we went to Moes! I liked it so much on my trip that i got my mom to come with me. Weve decided were gonna split a burrito next time cause i cant eat it all with the chips. Too much food. Im glad me and mom are going out more now though. I know shes gonna be sad when i move out. I know im right downtown and im done everyday by 11 and we can still go shop, but i know she'll be sad. Plus she has to have her knee replaced in September, so she wont be fully healed from that till Christmas or more. Oh and then we went to school to get boxes for me to pack stuff in. It was sad cause i wanna go back to school monday *tear*. Oh and then we went to get my last shot at the dr. Good no more shots for a while. Oh and i saw this guy from the side while i was in line at the dr who looked JUST LIKE Ryan Gosling, u know Noah from the Notebook? Yes he was beautiful. Tall, skinny, jeans and a tshirt and a ball cap on. He had the blonde hair, but his side burns were a little more curly. Haha fun to look at and see though.

Wendy and Ryan's Wedding

Well the wedding went very well i must say. I went to get my hair done at 11 yesterday and Trish did a great job. It looked better than it did at Jr/Sr. I ended up taking out like 20 bobbypins last night though lol. So then i went to the house where we were getting ready and where the reception was at the Marina at 3:30. I went downstairs and found Wendy and put my stuff up. I did some of her makeup too cause she already had some on. But her hair looked great too. Well then i did Rachel's makeup, which i have to say, i think i did the best on her for some reason. I dunno why but she just looked emacualate lol. Well then i found out im gonna be doing her hair too. I kinda cringed cause she has a million layers in her hair. But I put it up and curled it and stuck some bobbypins in it so it just wasnt a ponytail. It didnt look so great but u couldnt tell cause her hair was dark. And i had like 5 minutes to do Jennifer's makeup cause we had to hurry and get dressed to do pictures.

Wendy looked beautiful in her dress and jewelry. So i think we all got put on our dresses and went to take some pictures. The pictures are gonna look great. The photographer took some of us upstairs around the column that had ivy on it and some in the bedroom on the bed and on the pool table! Haha those are gonna look great. It sounds odd, but it was very cute.

Well we were waiting to go down to the island and we look outside and its about to downpour. I felt so bad for Wendy cause i know she must have worried to death. But God must have listened because it didnt rain a drop during the ceremony. But anyway once she went, us 3 bridesmaids and Wendy's mom crammed into a golf cart and were driven down there lol. The 3 of us were hanging off the back. They took a picture too lol it was vert cute. Well then we started walking down to the end of the dock which was harder than i expected cause our heels got caught in the spaces of the wood. But it was all good. I got nervous when i finally had to walk cause i was first, lucky me. But everything turned out ok. Wendy looked beautiful when she arrived in the boat. They had a song by Charlotte Church playing that was very pretty. I was worried about her getting off the boat too cause the wind had picked up and her dress wasnt too poofy but it was heavy. She had 3 guys helping her off though and she said it wasnt any problem. I was expecting her and her dad to bawl the whole time but they didnt shed a tear. I was proud of her lol.

Everything went very smooth and it was so short too. It was like 10 mins if not less. I was nervous about the exit though cause we didnt practice that at all during rehearsal for some reason. But i went and grabbed Joseph's arm and walked out lol no problem. He was absolutely stunning in his tux but it was kinda a bummer though cause he didnt pay any attention to me at all. Mallory from school was helping at the reception and they were all over each other the whole time. I found out some not so good stuff from his sister about him though which is good i guess. Hes not so great. No future. No church. No virginity. Cheats. Too many no nos.

But then we had to wait afterwards to take pictures together. It wasnt soo bad our feet were killing us though cause the shoes werent comfortable. We were barefoot for the rest of the night though lol. We ended up taking the entire bridal party picture on the pool table lol. I realized i was the only person in the bridal party who WAS NOT a family member lol. Haha it was kinda funny now that i think about it. Well anyway me and Rachel didnt know anyone at the reception so we stayed downstairs and talked lol. They barely had any food though. They had ity bidy sandwiches, peanuts, mints, punch and cake. That was it. So we got cake, which was SO good and punch. I was really too tired to eat since i had gone to bed at 2 the night before and gotten up at like 8 and i couldnt take a nap cause i would have messed up my hair. So i think i left around 9:45 or so. Haha it was so funny cause Jennifer said she wanted a Krystal and i said that sounded good and when i got home my parents had gone to get some, not knowing i wanted any and got me 2 lol. I was so excited lol. Im gonna scan some bsb pics and somehow show them to yall lol. I think Lauren wants to post them with hers.

Well Wendy's wedding is today. Haha 3 W's. We had dinner rehearsal last night. It went pretty well i guess. Im just worried about it raining today since its an outdoor wedding. Shes getting married at the Harrison Bay Marina right down from my house on this little island thats there. Its very cute. Shes coming in on a big boat and us 3 bridesmaids are gonna walk across the bridge/dock to the island. Theres a massive tent set up for everyone to sit under and all but i dont think theres gonna be enough room. Theres gonna be 200+ people there i think. Were all gonna sweat all our makeup off too. So hott.

Ohh well anyway the groomsman i get to walk with is ubercute!!!! His name is Joseph and he's Wendy's cousin. And then the other bridesmaid, Rachel, is his sister. Both Wendy's cousins are in the wedding and theyre brother and sister. Is that confusing? Well anyway he looks like Josh Groban. Super curly hair, kinda fair skinned. Hes very cute. But anyway all the bridesmaids had planned on staying the night with Wendy last night for a girls night and plus im doing everyones make up. It turned out better than i thought too. I was kinda worried but they all loved it so its all good. But we did all go bowling last night and the groom and an usher and Joseph went.

Well come to find out, Wendy said something to Joseph in the car before we went bowling. She goes, "So there were some girls that thought u were cute tonight." She did not say it was me and i asked his sister and she didnt say anything to him but he guessed that it was me! He said something like he thought he knew which one and was like is it that blonde girl? haha i cracked up but it freaked me out cause i didnt really say a word to him at the rehearsal. Well anyway she said he smiled and laughed and said something. But she said he seemed very happy so i dunno. He is from out of town though, Rome. Not too far but still. Well i got my hair did today at 11 and it looks awesome, i just hope it stays and my makeup doesnt melt away. But anyway it should be good. I'll update hopefully add pics later!

Senior Church Trip To Florida!

Woo! Im back baby! And that was the most awesome trip. Well if i didnt post about it before, this trip was called the Amazing Pace cause it was nonstop and we also didnt know where we were going. A new place everyday. We got clues for everything. My dad kinda spilled the beans for me though cause i wanted to know lol.

So lets see I got to church saturday at 9 and I see Blaine and Andrew there. And then Eddy (youth minister) appears and so does Krista (his daughter) so that was a relief cause i didnt really know anyone on the trip. Like i knew who they were but not like friendwise cause they all go to first service. But Krista is an intern this summer. So anyway come to find out, Katie, other girl going, is no longer coming. So its a total of 7 of us. Eddy, 4 boys and me and Krista. Which was good though cause i liked it with a smaller group and me and Krista got our own bed EVERYWHERE we went haha. So anyway we take off toward Florida. Eddy also kept the bus -5 degrees. I wish i would have known that cause i was so cold the entire trip. But Krista let me borrow her blanket on the way down cause she didnt need it so it was all good. Umm...we got to Tampa about 7ish that night. We went and found our rooms, which were ok, but hey i cant complain cause i got my own bed lol. But we all went and swam in the pool which was huge.

So then the next day we went to Busch Gardens!!! WOO!!! It was awesome! Its set up just like Animal Kingdom. All African and animals everywhere. It was ubercool. There were TONS of rollercoasters too. So the 2nd coaster there was called Sheikra. Im pretty sure Blaine and I didnt ride it cause we were terrified and i like rollecoasters. Now this ride was 200ft in the air and then it takes u around this little bend and u know what it does? It takes u to the edge and there is a 90 degree drop probably 100ft. Its straight down, no curve ANYWHERE. Its like falling off a cliff. It looked horrifying. Too much for me lol. So then we ate lunch at this great restaurant that overlooked the fields so u could see all the animals. That was really cool. And then we saw this awesome show that was Lion Kingish. And then we went back to the hotel.

Day 2 we went to Busch Gardens waterpark. I was excited about going but waterparks absolutely kill my feet cause im barefoot on concrete the whole time. Im pretty sure i rode one ride that when i got out, my bathing suit had been made into a thong. No joke. I had on shorts so u couldnt see but still. And then another ride shot water right up my butt that it hurt to walk. But other than that it was a good day. Ohh haha that night was the best. We went back to the hotel and got ready to go out. Eddy said we needed to dress up nice. So all the guys brought like coats and ties and me and Krista brought dresses. So were all dressed up and look real nice and we get there and NO ONE is dressed up. Everyone is in shorts and t shirts. We went to Al Capone's, which was dinner and a show. It was very cute. All the girls and guys that worked there had wigs and were dressed as flappers and the guys all looked like gangsters and everyone had horrible yankee accents. They were rude to u too haha. The show was like Chicago too. The girls also did a rendition of Cell Block Tango which was good but it was only 3 girls. Now let me just say our waiter was very cute and very cordial to me, or so it seemed. I was kinda confused by what he said cause i didnt know if it was part of his character or if it was him ya know what i mean? So we sit down and were about to get up to go to the buffet and Eddy asked our waiter if it would be ok to leave my purse there at the table cause i didnt want anyone to grab it obviously. And he was like yada yada yeah it'll be fine and he was like dont worry sweetheart i got your back. Haha it was funny. Well then at a part during the show he came over to tell us something to do and he put his hand on my back, which he didnt have to cause he didnt need to lean on anything lol. And then at the end when we were leaving, Eddy handed him an extra 20$ for a tip cause he had already paid the tip and bill before we went in. Well im about to walk out and he taps me on my shoulder and goes hey come here sweetheart. So i go over to a table with him and he starts digging in his pockets for something. Well he pulls out a little piece of paper and i was thinking HOLY CRAP hes giving me his number! Well i looked at it and it was a coupon for a free tshirt when we left. And i was like well thats kinda odd...and i showed Eddy and he was like it was probably because of that extra 20$ i gave him, which made my heart sink. I never even thought about it. So that kinda blew the night, but it was lots of fun.

So then we went to Universal Studios the next day which rocked. We barely waited in line for anything. Hmm..what else did we do...i forget.

Oh the next day was kinda our rest day. We went to Daytona and had an ocean view room with a little deck and we stayed at the beach all day. Brandon rented a golfcart and im pretty sure 6 of us crammed into this 4 person golf cart and took off down the beach. He kept swerving trying to tip the cart and took out every sandcastle he could find. It was so funny. And then we went out to eat seafood for dinner and we ended up going to a place that i had eaten at before when we went to Vickis which was funny. And then we went into some shops and i got some jewelry and then we drove past the speedway and went and rode golf carts and then went to baskin robbins. It was a good day. And then we packed up and came home today. We were suppose to go to St. Augustine to see the first schoolhouse in America but we decided not to and came home early instead lol. Kinda tired. Wanna go to bed. Hopefully put pics up later from BSB and aaron.