PICTURES!!!

aww :)












the room where we sang and worshipped at the retreat in Parchment Valley








barn art...odd looking picture of the last supper (everyone looked weird lol)








donating blood...yum! lol












i look so relaxed but i was actually in a little bit of pain because the lady placed the needle wrong...we're thinking she maybe nicked the bottom of my vein and i bled out the whole time i was donating blood...










this is me on maybe the second week of college :)





























isnt she adorable?!































tossing katelyn at the marshall game!






















my arm only 1-2 days after donating blood (bruise is barely visible in the picture but in real life it was yucky!)




























my arm after about a week...its even worse in person and its only gonna get uglier :-\

stress = unhappiness :(

pain :(

so i found out why my arm was hurting so badly...

i have a hematoma from where the lady who took my blood made me bleed out of my vein into my muscle..? i believe thats what a hematoma is...hold on, i'll google it.

According to virtualtrials.com/dictionary, a hematoma is:

(noun) : a mass of usu. clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel

so yea...sounds painful? it is...i can't straighten my arm the whole 180 degrees (well i can but it hurts..) and bending isnt as easy as it used to be either...

mom said i would have a bruise that will make me look like a druggie...oh joy!

oh well, it should go away within a week or two...

today's the day

this is going to be a short blog because i dont have much to talk about except for the fact that my ex-boyfriend's dad is in Louisiana right now and he's about to find out if his cancer is terminal or not...

John Barriteau (my ex's dad) has cancer known as Carcinoid Syndrome. it is mainly in his appendiz and liver. he's been developing this for about 2 years now. Here are some links to information about it:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/carcinoid-syndrome/DS00690
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/000347.htm
http://www.carcinoid.com/index.jsp

i think my ex boyfriends sister, Megan Stevens, had buttons made, but im not exactly sure. i do know that they want to spread the word about this type of cancer because it is extremely rare!

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OK so i just found out that my ex's dad is having surgery on everything except his liver (earlier they said he would have to have a liver transplant but im not sure if thats still in affect or not).

ALSO TODAY - i gave blood for the second time in my life....and now i am 2 for 2 on almost passing out lol
i did better today because i didnt throw up unlike my first time which was about 2 Aprils ago. my bag filled up within 10 minutes (which is pretty fast) and i ended up getting sick.
this time though, my bag took longer to fill up and i also had a cup of coke on hand for me to sip on. when they were all done taking my blood i sat up and felt very hot (which means im likely to pass out, throw up, or both...) so they took me to the recovery station and i had held an ice pack to my chest for about 10 minutes. then i ate a small slice of pizza and a bag of cookies and felt better...now im eating a small bag of pretzels while my arm is KILLING ME!! ill have to upload the pictures of my eventful day later because i am in the library at school...ttyl!!

Info on Classes Cancelled + my weekend retreat with BCM

yes, thats right! classes at Marshall are cancelled due to another power outage. there are power lines on fire in a manhole and a firetruck had to come (http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/29255984.html)

i have four classes on mondays and made it through 2 of them but as i went to my third class at noon, i walked into Corbly and found flood lights on and only the emergency lights on. then a professor said that he heard power was out all over campus. it was the same buildings that were without power on friday. the only buildings that had power were Old Main, Drinko Library, and Harless because they have backup generators.

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This past weekend i went to Parchment Valley in Ripley, WV with MU BCM and multiple other BCM groups from various colleges and universities such as WVU, University of Charleston, Fairmont, Concord..i cant remember the others but there were about 8 groups all together. i was very proud of myself because i tried my best to not be shy and put myself out there. we played kickball and i made new friends and it was so much fun. the music group The Escape (from Michigan) played for us for the weekend..theyre really good! the food at the retreat wasnt that great but it was better than nothing! both nights i think i fell asleep first and woke up last haha typical me! on the last night we had a campfire then sunday morning katelyn, curt, maggie, and i all left right after breakfast so we could go to church at home..

and im sorry if this blog didnt really flow or make sense!

NO SCHOOL!!

thats right...today (September 19) Marshall University students do not have classes today due to a power outage caused by a rat. yes, a RAT! and i LOVE that rat haha.

anywho, this weekend im going on a retreat with BCM. we're going to Parchment Valley in Beckley, WV and im VERY excited. ive only been on one retreat in my life and i think that was in middle school..so that was a LONG time ago!

mom went out of town on wednesday. i dont remember where she went, but she comes home today!!! ive missed her!

OH YEAH!! tuesday was my first iTEAMS meeting with my group and we quickly found out that this year would be very different from last year. see, last year BCM had a different pastor but he retired this year and now we have someone new. and the new pastor (his name is adam...ill get back to u on his last name later..im thinking its goodwin??) thinks we should pick out own book to read as a group instead of everyone read the same book first semester like the old pastor liked...SOOOO i go to our first group meeting and only 3 out of seven (no including the leader) showed up (everyone who didnt show up had a very good reasons though). we made a list of some of the books we are considering and here is the list:

Searching: For God Knows What- Donald Miller
Blue Like Jazz- Donald Miller
And The Bride Wore White- Dannah Gresh
Perspectives- Colin Creel (i like this one)
Wired- Louis Giglio (and this one)
A Woman After God's Own Heart- Elizabeth George

and here are some i found online that i thought might be good:

Searching for God in a Bottomless Purse: On Faith by Karen Lee-Thorp
Overcoming the Seven Deadly Emotions by Michelle Borquez
Girl Perfect by Jennifer Strickland
Developing the D. I. V. A. in You: Divinely Inspired Virtuous Asset by Terri Smith-Little

if u know of any books that would be good for a small group of girls, could u let me know? that'd be great!!!

but i have to go pack for the retreat!

later!!!!

end of the 3rd week...

today wasnt too bad..considering it's only 11:30am.

i had my first anatomy test today (actually it was the first part of two parts) and i think i did pretty well. i was confident on most of the questions and i finished within 20 minutes...

some things that happened this week:
-the milton flea market burned down wednesday (pictures from herald-dispatch.com: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x451924999/Gallery-Milton-Flea-Market) that was one of my favorite places to buy my "designer" purses like COACH and D&B (Dolce & Gabbana) and now its gone :(
-i found out what iTEAMS group im in wednesday at BCM. iTEAMS are a group of people (separated by gender) who are all: a) part of BCM, b) love God, and c) want to grow more spiritually. everyone in the group holds each one accountable and help people with their struggles. now that doesnt mean they are limited to just BCM people. iTEAMS are encouraged to spread the word and love of God on campus. my group meets Tuesdays @ 7 :)
-(this hasnt happened yet but...) Marshall plays Memphis this saturday at 7pm. hopefully we will advance our record to 2-1 :) GO HERD!

well now i need to go to English class....ill talk to everyone later :)!

end of the second week of college :)

today was the end of my second week of being a college freshman....but i must not look like it. yesterday my mom calls me around 8:30am to see if i had left for school yet. i told her that i was about to leave and she said, "well i need u to go to trevor's school, pick him up, and take him to spring hill for TAG (Talented and Gifted) because he missed the bus that is supposed to take him there." so i get in my car, drive to geneva kent, pick up trev, and we make our way to spring hill. i had to walk him in and make sure they knew why he was there and he went where he needed to be. so we walk into the main office and tell the secretary our dilemma and she helps us by trying to find trevor's teacher. while she is doing this, trevor and i are standing outside the office and 2 women are sitting in chairs near the door. one looks at trevor (he had his safety patrol belt on) and asked him if he was a patrol and he said yes. then she turns to ME and asks me if he's my ONLY ONE (yes, meaning my only CHILD! do i really look that old?! haha) and i said "oh. no hes my brother." and then she tried to cover up her mistake and say "oh well i was about to say..u dont look that old!"

pretty funny, huh? i laughed as soon as i was out of the school..

but anywho, back to the college subject...

im pretty sure i need tyler to come home asap....i need help in chemistry and he seems to be the only one advanced enough in the science field (i mean, hello? he majored in physics!). so im going to write him a letter telling him to get his butt home so i can get atleast a B in that class :)

well, i think thats all ive got for today.....nothing major happened today or since i last blogge (except the story i just told u hehe)...

OH! im thinking about painting my room a nice, pretty shade of red and hanging black and white posters of audrey hepburn and marilyn monroe up on my walls! what do u think? good idea? bad? tell me what u think! (please?)

first blog :)

i know i havent blogged in FOREVER (since probably feb or march!) so i decided that im going to at least blog once a week and keep everyone updated on me as i go through college.

right now im in my second week of college and i absolutely LOVE it...
my first day wasnt the greatest though. ill tell u all about it!

ok well school started on august 25th, and earlier that week i had been feeling a little nervous and had almost no appetite (and as most of u know, thats highly unlike me. i eat 24/7). anywho, monday morning rolls around and i wake up around 6:30 and feel sick to my stomach. i go into the bathroom and my mom asks me whats wrong and i just break down and start bawling my eyes out. i was having a meltdown!! my mom calmed me down after about 5 or 6 minutes and told me to go take some Tums (yuck!) for my stomach and lay back down. i was fine for about 30 minutes. then right before my parents left to take trev to school and go to work, i puked. yep, thats right. my nerves got to me and i lost it. after that big ordeal, i finally decided to go get a shower and get ready for what i thought was going to be the scariest thing i would ever have to go through.

turns out college is AWESOME!!! i absolutely love it... here are the classes im taking
-human anatomy on MWF + a lab every thursday
-uni 101 (a stupid college course everyone is required to take) on MW
-chemistry on TTh
-psychology on TTh
-math on MW
-english on MWF
total hours: 17!

no too bad...plus the only class i really dont care for is chemistry...i believe my chem teacher has been in the chem lab a little too long (if u know what i mean)...

well i guess i better head to math now...ill post something either later today or later on in the week!

xoxo