Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Past Couple of Days …

Hi Everyone!

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So I’ve been home for almost a week now and I can’t tell you how much I love being home! It’s so wonderful. I do miss Baton Rouge though. I miss my girls so much. They were so much a part of my daily routine .. and at times like this when the house and quiet and there’s not much to do, I can’t call them and be like … let’s go to the library/eat/coffee together! Haha. But anyways … I love being home, there’s nothing like it.

Like I said before, Jake and I registered for a history “mini-session” class at HCC to take over the break. I’ve been the past two days and it’s not so bad. It’s from 12:30-3, so it takes a good chunk out of my day, but I’m hoping for an A which can boost my GPA a bit! :)

Also, Mom got picked to be on a jury downtown in a criminal court! She was one of the six picked out of the 120! Yay her! I’m so happy for her … what a great person to have there. I really don’t like the jury though because they take her away from me from 7:30-6:30 everyday! I’ve now had my afternoon coffee twice by myself! … But it’s ok, I know she’s experiencing something pretty cool, so good for her!

READ THIS: Ok, if you live in the Houston/Katy area .. on ABC tonight at 8pm My Grandmother, Mom, and I are going to be in a 30 minute TV show advertising Gallery Furniture’s “Home for the Holidays” … my grandmother’s was a recipient last Christmas and they wanted to use us to talk about our story on how she received it. I’m so excited and I hope you watch it!

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Have I mentioned that I LOVE Christmas time? It just make me so so happy. It brightens my day. It’s pretty cute when I drive along the streets around and see cars with reindeer noses and antlers, HAHA, I love it! :)

Kevin has his algebra final tomorrow, so we’ve been studying together a lot to try and get him a good grade on it! I haven’t been here for the whole semester and he’s struggled a little bit. When he first “made it” into algebra, we talked about how we could do it together … and then we realized, oh wait, Hannah will be 5 hours away. So it’s nice to be here to help him study for his final. Best of luck to him!

Anyways .. I guess that’s it. I’m about to finish up my coffee and then go out for a quick run before Mom and Dad get home.

I love you all and hope you’re having a wonderful start to this holiday season! Until next time …

All my love,

Hannah

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P.S. OMGSH! There is a Dolce & Gabbana commercial going around right now and you have to watch it. Matthew McConaughey is in it!

Friday, December 11, 2009

It’s Been a While!

According to my records, it has been three months since I’ve written! Oh my gosh! I don’t even know where to begin, so so much has happened these past few months! They have been such wonderful months for me and I have continued to learn so much about me, about life, about money managing, about grocery shopping, etc. Such a reality!

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When I stopped blogging I wrote a lot about the Tiger Band. To this date, I am still a part of it. Those of you have been keeping up, my Tigers maintained a winning record and made it to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando! So guess what?! From December 27 – January 2 I will be in Orlando exploring Disneyworld with my best girlfriends and marching in the Capital One Parade down the streets of Orlando and then of course going to the Bowl Game itself. It’s January 1st at 1pm, make sure and watch it! For those of you that have known me for a while you know that I marched in the Holiday Bowl last year, so bowl #2, here I come!

We thought we were going to march in the Disney parade, but they didn’t have enough room for “more performing organizations” … so sad, but it’s okay! That just means we get to spend more time there!

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Let’s see .. what else is new? Oh! I am successfully finished with my first semester at LSU! I absolutely love LSU .. it is very much so the place for me. I have met some wonderful people that are willing and ready to help me achieve my goals. It’s so wonderful going to a school that I have such confidence in. I ended my semester with a 3.1 GPA .. not what I wanted, but still not too bad. Next semester is going to be hard though .. I am taking Accounting, Biology II, Statistics, Music Appreciation, and Economics with four hours a week of band rehearsal. It’s going to be a busy one! Aaaahh!

890e Jake and I are doing great … better than ever. This month will be our tenth months being together … sometimes it feels like two days and sometimes it feels like two years. He and I get to see each other quiet a bit when we’re not doing our own thing. It’s so awesome having him at school with me! He is a mass communications major, so him and I don’t have the same schedule … so we work around each other’s and make it work. He’s so awesome and I SO love having him with me all the time. :)

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I’ve also gotten so close to my four very dear friends. They are so amazing and I can count on them for a girl’s hangout night or shopping spree at anytime! They are from all different areas including Shreveport, New Orleans, Mississippi, and the Woodlands … so during this break I’m going to miss them terribly, but we get to be with each other throughout the semesters, so it’s wonderful!

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I also got to see my family a lot this semester. Aside from trying to be strong, I definitely had my days where I just missed being with them all the time. I have the absolute greatest family, each of them special to me in their own way. They came my way quite a few times, we also met half way at my grandmother’s house, and then I went home when I didn’t have football games and such. They mean so much more to me than I could have ever imagined … they’ve made me who I am and it’s so weird living “without” them with me. But I’m being a big girl, and I’m getting better and better (I think they are, too). Occasional phone calls and Facebook chats are the perfect medicine for fixing my missing them. They’re the best! :)

I could go on for days … you know I could .. but that’s an update for now. I hope you enjoyed it .. sorry about the length. I hope I’ll be able to keep this up a little bit. If not, I’m sorry! I love you all so much! Until next time …

All my love,

Hannah