Hello there,
-Monday-
As a result of cleaning everything out of my house, I have an entire box of film rolls that I develop every time I want to treat myself (lame, right). The week before Thanksgiving, I brought 3 rolls of film and one disposable camera to the Rite Aid across the street from campus. After waiting two weeks, I finally got a call informing me that I could come pick them up...I had just made it to Mobile when they called. Monday night, after dropping Maggie off at her Tacky Christmas party, I decided to run by and finally grab them. After jokingly arguing with the guy behind the counter that I did actually have photos there, he finally came across the small pack with my name. He handed them to me while saying, "I'm hurt that I am not in any of these photos you took..." I didn't really know what to do...so I did my trademark giggle and said "I hope you have a good night" then walked out (yes, I did pay for them). Once I made it back to my dorm room, I sat down and ripped open all four packages. I was quite disappointed to say the least. Here is what was in the packages...please keep in mind that this was $50.
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Every single one of them are a fuzzy, green mess.
I have an even better caption for this picture...
"These are the picture my mom took of our swimming pool
many years ago when it was over-flowing with algae!" ;)
-Tuesday-
Last night what quite eventful - literally a huge mixture of emotions. Maggie and I decided we were going to take an adventure to Rodgers Library after she finished taking care of some business..aha. Before we went to the library, she needed to stop by her sorority house. While sitting in the car, an incredibly sad song came on the radio - I bet you won't be able to guess the name of it. Cryin' for Me by Toby Keith (even if you don't particularly like country music, please go listen to this song. It will make the rest of this paragraph more understandable). As I was sitting there listening to the lyrics to this song, I started bawling my eyes out. (You should've seen the faces the sorority girls had that were passing by; they were all dressed up in their tacky Christmas outfits, then BOOM, they saw me and it was like they had just been told that Santa wasn't real.) Boy, once those tears started falling, it was like a never-ending waterfall. Once Maggie got in the car, I tried so hard not to make eye-contact. Once I did, her face dropped and she said, "OH MY GOSH - What happened!?!" I looked at her and said, "I'm sorry - I had a Wendy's moment." ***(look down for definition) Maggie then looked at me and said, "Ohhh my gooooshhhhh! Why? What happened?" I then told her about the song. She looked at me with a confusion slapped across her face and said, "Wah...why...Did you not CHANGE the song?" I looked around and thought about it and said, "No...I guess I didn't" I am not the kind of person who will turn something when it upsets me - I think it's one of those "let me see how strong I am" kind of things. Yeah, it really can't be healthy. Don't worry, the night didn't end like that. A special person named "Delicious" started texting me, which brightened my whole day. Yeeeaaah, he pretty much needs me in his life ;).
***(Our code-name for breakdown moments is called a "Wendy's moment" because one day before Thanksgiving break, Maggie, Anna and I went to Wendy's before getting Christmas ornaments for our dorm-room tree. That particular Wendy's was the same one that my mom, sister and I went to when we had to come up many years ago for my cousin's wedding - I wasn't planning on telling them that little piece of information -. After getting my food, I went to sit down in the nearest place that would seat three people. Once I put my food down and began to pull my chair out, I started to freeze up. Anna was right behind me and noticed that I was acting weird. With a smile on my face, I responded by saying, "This is the same table my mom, sister, and I sat at when we came up for my cousin's wedding." I placed down my food in the exact same spot that I had sat in many years before. After telling Anna that, she started asking me where everyone sat. Right as she was placing her food down on the booth-side, I busted her happy-bubble by saying, "That's where my mom sat." She looked at me with a flushed face and said, "I can't sit there anymore!" I got up and slide my stuff where hers once was. Anna then turned around and went to get her some ketchup - that's where Maggie was, also. I began doing my hour-long-right-before-meal-prayer. As I finished, I looked over and saw Maggie and Anna talking. Anna came back with a red face and eyes and put on a fake smile. I looked at her and said, "What's wrong?!" This is literally why it is called a Wendy's moment...she basically cried the rest of the meal.)***
-Thursday-
Many of y'all may have seen my facebook status earlier. If not, here it
is: "Someday, someday really soon, you are going to realize that for just once, it actually has to be about me." Have any of y'all had those type of people in your life that you
text when you are literally having a terrible day, but when you tell
them that, they turn the conversation around and start talking about how
theirs is 12x worse? Have you ever had that happen seven times in one
day...yes, seven. As a freshman in high school, I was the kind of girl
who was incredibly quiet and easily ran over by people. I had a person
in my life that I would tell everything to, but they would always be
like "Oh my gosh, my blah blah blah is sooooo much worse...you totally
have it easy." I came to the conclusion that my problems were just
really not that big of a deal, so I started keeping them to myself -
that happened for about four years until I got in a relationship, and he
basically forced me out of my shell. Well lately...I've been wanting to
sink back in. It's so difficult not to when you have those kind of
people in your life, am I right? Everyone reading this, can you all
please do me a favor? Don't let the people in your life have this
feeling that I have in the pit of my stomach...it tastes like loneliness
with a hint of spaghetti sauce (ahaha). Right now, go text them and tell them
you love them...tell them life is gonna be fine...mostly, tell them you
are there to listen. Trust me, it could change, save, or brighten that persons day (I am now finished with my "save the world" speech).
This is a little something else I would like to get off my chest...
Dear mom and dad :
I was at a music concert tonight and the lady that was singing asked us
to close our eyes and picture someone we love - well, I pictured you
guys. She then continued and told us that once we left tonight, we
needed to call that person we pictured and tell them that we loved them.
Well, y'all aren't answering, so I wrote this in hopes that y'all would
take time to read it. She finished her speech by saying that in the
blink of an eye, that person could be taken away, so we needed to make
sure they knew exactly how we felt. Well, since half of that last sentence has
already occurred, I just want you to know that I try daily to make that other half of the sentence come true. I know, I
know, at night I sure do ask a lot from you guys like to help me find
happiness, let me make something of this thing we call "life", and
mostly, I ask y'all to make sure delicious doesn't break my heart, aha. But, I just want you to know that I do my best daily to make y'all proud. I know I can do better, but I also know that the mistakes I make will help me in the long run. Thanks for being my little guardian angels - I couldn't make it without you guys. ;)
It is finally the weekend. I have one final down and four more to go...this week literally couldn't pass fast enough! Good luck to everyone during this miserable week...and props to everyone who made through already! I can't wait to see everyone...Merry 9th of December ;) Sleep tight.
Love always,
Haley
PS - I may have some really great news after tonight - I hope y'all are as excited as I am! :)
I've never told a lie,
and that makes me a liar, I've never made a bet, but we gamble with desire, I've never lit a match, with intent to start a fire, but recently the flames, are getting out of control.
-Jasey Rae - All Time Low
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