August 30th, 2010

…marked the very first (official) day of my sophomore year here at AU. And so far, I’m lovin’ it.

Let’s rewind. Friday was the official move in day for upperclassmen, which meant that I got there just one day after 700 rowdy and scared new freshmen arrives on campus. I remember all of the feelings I had during my freshmen orientation week. I was nervous for classes. I missed my family. I was excited to meet new people. I was overwhelmed at the number of people I met. I was scared that I wasn’t going to be able to find my classes.

Anyway, back to present day. Friday morning I loaded up little ol’ Tercel and I headed to Anderson, with Mikey following behind. We arrived on campus and unpacked my car, while in the process seeing a plethora of familiar faces. I unpacked my stuff, got the key for my room, and sat in my room for awhile because I had absolutely no idea what to do with all of my stuff. I was overwhelmed!

Alex and Rachel came over and helped me move some furniture (oh, and we lofted beds, not so easy with three people by the way). I felt a little better because we had made some progress. I finished unpacking most of my stuff and went around and helped other people rearrange their rooms, and ended up staying in my dorm room Friday night (even though I forgot my sheets at home, that was an unpleasant evening).

Saturday morning my family (mom, dad, brother) came up with things from home that I needed. You know, the essential dorm room stuff, television, microwave, fridge, sheets, hangers, the usual. We unpacked all that and they left in a flash.

Carrie got here mid-afternoon Saturday and I was so excited to see her and get her unpacked and make our room all pretty decorated. And that’s just what we did the rest of Saturday. Unpacked her stuff, rearranged the room a little bit, oh and had the Haven for the first time (my stomach is still adjusting to that food).

And here I am. The night after the very first day of classes. It’s so weird how different I feel from last year. Last year I was so nervous for classes, and this year, I walk with more confidence in knowing people, and knowing what to expect from certain professors.

My name is Kelsi, and I am a sophomore at Anderson University. Officially. Let the games begin.

What Really Happens in the Cornfields

Went to Cincinnati to the famous home furnishings store, IKEA. One way in, one way out, this place is absolutely ginormous and is filled with anything you could ever imagine!

I spent 24 dollars today on a mouse pad, a wok, a pack of chopsticks, Swedish cookies, Swedish jam, a pillow, a reusable bag, and Swedish chocolate. Pretty cheap!

Anyway, to a more less positive note, on the way to IKEA, Alex, her mom, and I encountered something pretty crazy. We were on the highway, or somewhere like that, and there was this huge semi truck in front of us. All of the sudden we see a man coming towards us who is pulling over onto the side of the road. His truck is smoking and he gets out very fast and looks pretty ticked off. We thought he had a hit and run and was mad about the other person driving off. We then see him pull out his phone and run across the street to the cornfield. All three of us are wondering where in the world he is going. Then we see her. We all look the the right of us and there she was, an elderly woman in her car, in the middle of a cornfield. How did that happen you ask? She was turning left into her driveway that is right off the highway. This man in the truck was coming towards her. This woman, Rosie (we later learned), pulled right out on front of him and he had to time to brake so they collided, sending Rosie in a few spins and straight to the cornfield.

We stopped the car and got out to make sure everything was alright with her while the other man called the cops and ambulance. We talked to Rosie, she said she didn't feel hurt, and learned that she lived by herself and all of her kids live out of state. We were there for about 20 minutes when the police showed up, and by the time we had left, the ambulance hadn't even gotten there. Hopefully Rosie wasn't too injured internally because the ambulance took forever and a day to get there. I just thank God that each of the people involved in the accident weren't hurt too badly, or at all.

What an exciting day!

P.s. Happy Birthday..someone! You know who you are :)

To Save a Life

Anyone ever heard of this movie? I rented and watched it tonight, probably a new favorite of mine.

It's about a boy, Roger, with no friends who walks into a school, fires a gun, and then takes his own life. All while this is happening, his former friend, Jake, sees him doing this. He tries to stop it but the boy pulls the trigger anyway. Jake believes this is his fault because Roger was not happy with his life. At the start of their freshman year, Roger and Jake were best friends. But slowly as the year progressed, Roger ends up with no friends, people making fun of him, and no body to be his friend, not even Jake.

Jake feels bad because he believes it is his fault that Roger took his own life. Because whenever Roger was bullied, Jake watched, and let him take it. Roger didn't think anyone was there for him, so he decided to end everything.

Watch the movie to find out what Jake does to turn his life around and make the world a better place. I'll give you all a hint.

Jesus.

Things I'm Looking Forward To

-Moving back to Anderson
-Eating that soft serve ice cream from the MP
-Telling myself I am only going to have it once a week, but it always turns out once a day
-Ricker's runs!
-Living with Carrie :)
-Not having to walk upstairs to get to my room (1st floor!)
-Living in Martin
-Listening to my records and cassettes in my room
-Taking the elevator to 3rd floor Decker
-Sitting on the ledge of Helios after class
-Watching the leaves turn in the fall
-Going to the library with Carrie and renting CD's with our sweet library cards
..and of course..
-Seeing all of my friends from AU :)

I missed ya'll.

Here We Go Again..

Went to Anderson University again tonight with Alex, Katie and her family to see the Colts practice. Going back to yesterday's blog about meeting famous people and getting their autograph, ever heard of a guy named Pat McAfee? He is the punter for the Colts, his number is 1, and he is absolutely gorgeous.

And I got his autograph. Whoop-dee-doo.

Here's a pic of him and his fancy signature. Didn't catch a picture with him though :(



What a babe.

If Every Second Counts on a Clock That's Tickin'..

..we gotta live like we're dying. And meet some famous people along the way. :)



Had a pretty great last few weeks of summer. Got to meet some fun celebs at the concerts I went to, thanks to a certain someone who shall remain unnamed :). SERIOUSLY, I appreciate it ;)

Anyway, Alex and I met Kellie Pickler at the Rascal Flatts concert because we got some meet & greets. Kellie is definitely a sweetheart! But at the Keith Urban concert, by pure luck, Alex and I were able to meet Kris Allen right after the concert just outside his tour bus. So cool. He is such a nice guy! (And cute, too! :)

New Interests

I have recently become very interested in old things. No, not people, like antique stuff. And thanks to Goodwill my new interest is really growing. I have bought records, cassettes, and even a record player (from eBay).

For some reason I really like listening to cassettes in my car, it is so cool how you have to rewind and fastforward to get to the song that you want. I love how all of my cassettes are old bands/solo artists.

My cassettes are as follows:

-50's Jumpin' Jive
-The Cranberries
-Crusin' Classics (50's and 60's)
-Vanilla Ice
-WOW Worship from 1998
-Crusin' Classics
-Buddy Holly
-Bryan Adams
-Sandi Patty
-Footloose
-Rock N' Roll Superstars
-Michael Jackson
-The Hop
-The Beach Boys
...And last but not least..
-MC Hammer

Enough said.

Mickey Mouse

This is the mouse that we all know and love, Mickey Mouse. I had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with a mouse, but not the one that was created in 1928 by Walt Disney.

Alex, Jackson (her nephew), and I went swimming a few days ago at one of her dad's friends house.

We went there a few days before and the pool was on the line of gross and nasty. There were just so many bugs and leaves and moss in the pool. Alex quickly got everything sick out of the pool with the net and we went on swimming the day away.

Anyway, the second time we went there it was the same story. We saw bugs, leaves and the moss-looking stuff. We got most of the things out of the pool except for one thing.

While Alex was applying sunscreen to Jackson, I decided to walk into the pool using the steps and about 3 seconds later was greeted by a cute little forest creature.

A mouse.

I quickly ran up the steps and onto the concrete saying very calmly, "Oh my gosh! A mouse! In the pool!" (Very calmly? Ha.)

He was kind of cute sitting safely in the corner of the pool, not bothering anyone. But I decided that I wasn't going to leave the pool unless we got him out of the pool and onto safe ground.

I grabbed the net and creeped over near the mouse, slowly lowering the net into the water and closer and closer to the mouse. I got under him and lifted the net up out of the water. But then I realized something, he could run up the pole that I was holding and bite me and kill me with the possible diseases that he carried. So I did the only thing I could think of at the moment.

Scream.

Loud.

As I was screaming bloody murder, I kept trying to scoop up the mouse with the net, and did so unsuccessfully about four times. I finally got under the mouse quickly and flung him out over the pool and onto the grass.

Mission complete.

Happy Birthday Zoey!

Zoey's birthday is today! She is 3 whole years old, which is 21 in doggie years! Gosh, she is old enough to drink alcohol, crazy.

Anyway, for those of you who don't know (or didn't figure out by the "doggie years" comment), Zoey is my cute little puppy that we got two and a half years ago. She is definitely the princess in this family who is going to have a rockin' party tonight because her lovely owner, me, bought her a cute cake at Purr's and Grr's!

Although she doesn't quite comprehend that today is her birthday, she knows something is up when we are giving her treats all day and stuffing her full of pumpkin flavored cake topped with sweet sugar icing.

This one's for you, Zoey Mae Hatheway. We wouldn't be a family without you! :)

Happy 21st Birthday!

The Nanny

I was a nanny this summer for the most amazing kids ever! Hayden and Griffin are the most kind-hearted, sweet, and sensitive children I have ever met. I spent a whole summer with these energetic kiddos and can't believe two and a half months have already flown by.

I spent my summer with these two boys and not my friends (yes I hung out with friends, but the majority was spent with the boys), but it was totally worth it. I loved every second I spent with Hayden and Griffin and we had some great times together.

-Bowling at Woodland Bowl and Pinheads
-Museum of Miniature Houses
-Library Adventures (Jungle John, Olympian Day, Amphibian Jim)
-Ben and Ari's
-Pool days!
-Carter's Toy Museum
-Fire Day
-Police Day
-Children's Museum
-Cool Creek Park
-And everything else I forgot to mention

So here's to the greatest kids ever, Griffin and Hayden :)

Oh Zoey.

She looks cute, yea? And I'm sure most of you reading this have had the privilege of meeting my little princess, Zoey. But here's the thing. She isn't a princess.

Nature was calling, and Zoey had to go outsite, NOW. So I let her outside, but not on her chain. I watched her do her business. I saw the other dogs outside and hoped she wouldn't. She finished and took a few steps toward me but then quickly changed her path to the neighbors yard where two fully grown black labs were.

I ran towards her, yelling her name, but it was too late. Once the owner of the house opened his back door, Zoey was inside, sniffing new things and leaving her mark in the house.

He ran inside and chased her for about 12 seconds then brought her back out saying, "It was kinda fun chasing her around the house!" Yeah, try living with the little ball of energy.

Oh Zoey.

Despicable Me

This is a movie I have been wanting to see ever since it came out just a few short weeks ago. I have heard great things about it and it got really good reviews. And I can't resist those cute yellow alien looking-like things. They are precious.

I found myself sitting in the theater today with Hayden, the boy I nanny, wearing a pair of 3-D glasses and holding a box of Reese's Bites. I sat through the film and when it was over, I realized something.

I had laughed twice. Twice.

Soooooo I have come to a conclusion: Don't see it. It's not worth your money. It's not funny. What it does have is those cute alien thingys. That's about it.

The Colts? At Anderson University?

Yes, yes people it is true. The Colts are holding their training camp at Anderson University's campus for the next three weeks.

So, yesterday Lex and I had to make a trip up to Anderson to pick up something for me and on the way there we went to..

..Taco Bell!

Okay that wasn't the most exciting part of this story..promise.

Anyway, we decided to drive through the campus and take a sneak peek at the famous team playing on my field! The main road was closed, which I figured, and everywhere else you could park cost a whopping ten dollars. We found a parking spot on the street and paid a whopping..NOTHING! Score for us.

I got out of the car and walked toward an opening to the valley and thought 'Yes! We're in!' Until I saw the sign that read "DO NOT ENTER." So, we had to find a new way to the field. We started walking towards the field on the sidewalk but were soon stopped by a security guard blocking the street. Lexi and I asked him how we could get to the field and he responded with..

"See those people over there? (People cutting through the valley by the "DO NOT ENTER" sign) Just follow them through, there isn't a security guard over there. I can't let you go through this way, but no one is over there stopping you."

Nice to know they were protected.




So we proceeded to sneak in the camp and see Jim Caldwell. No big deal.