Halloween

I need to be something for halloween, but I have no ideas. Suggestions???? The only stipulation is, I don't want to spend more than $7. So, it has to be done mainly out of what I already have. Assume I have the normal things. I'm open to listening and considering all suggestions.

Speeding

I got a speeding ticket...two and a half weeks ago at 4am. I was returning a dvd to Blockbuster before I went to the airport to go home/intern training. It was very upsetting...I think mainly because I decided to stay up all night rather than going to sleep so when the copette (she was a girl) pulled me over I was not ready to defend my haste due to my exhaustion. I actually had NO idea why she was pulling me over. I don't think I saw a single car the entire time I was out, so unexcusably I had no other cars to gage my speed by. I realize that there is a spedometer on my car, but who actually looks at that? But the lights came on behind me, and they are very bright at 4am so I pulled over in the the Taco Mayo parking lot and sat there wondering what I had done. Then she was like, "license and insurance" so I gave her my license and my expired insurance card (the in date one was sitting on my dresser at home...I had actually thought earlier I need to put this in my car...I did not). I got two tickets. One for speeding, another for out of date insurance. And then after she gave me my stuff back and the tickets she tried to ask me questions like what I was doing in Norman and what my job was. I was like really? You just gave me two tickets and you want to know about my life. I don't think so. I answered her questions, but I was not happy about it. I'll admit. I cried. AFTER the girl cop left. She was not very nice. But I guess she was doing her job, I was speeding.

So, the reason for this delayed information to the blogsophere is I had purposely forgotten about it so that I could enjoy my time at home and not worry about how much money I was going to have to pay for my criminal offense. I paid my debt to society today. I think I might have rather spent a night in jail. The people might have been nicer. The lady at the municipal court place was not very helpful and actually almost made me cry again. I don't like tickets. I guess that's what you get for breaking the law. So, a lesson for all of you out there. Don't get tickets, they are expensive and sort of ruin the next 25 minutes of your life.

Peaces

Not that Interesting

This weekend was so great. Not because anything particularly amazing happened or didn't happen, it just actually felt like a weekend. Saturday morning was spent doing some much needed cleaning to my house. And there was some tie dying with people. I remember tie dying at camp, but this we different...better. Although, I washed my shirt last night and it's heinous, but beautiful. apparently the mixture of purple and yellow make a gross brown color. And so now the shirt is light purple with brown undertones and splattered with more brownish purple and yellow. I can't wait to wear it!! The day was also filled with baking, cooking, hanging out with friends and watching people carve pumpkins! Fall is in my top four favorite seasons. There just seems to be so many activities. Sunday was also great. Church, Lunch, Nap, Movies. I really don't think I could get a better Sunday. There was supposed to be a church bonfire, but it was especially windy yesterday so it was postponed for next weekend. It's windy a lot in Oklahoma. Yay wind? I guess that's really all I have to say. Sorry for the lack of interesting posts. I'll work on getting something awesome to happen.

Peaces

Update

So, for those that are wondering the puppy's "small rehoming fee" was not so small. I didn't get him. And my roommate got a cat...dogs and cats apparently don't get along too well. I'm not the biggest fan of the cats. Oh well. Maybe one day. There's still hope for the wii though. I think they get along with cats, but I could be wrong.

Puppy?

So, I'm considering getting a puppy. There are a lot of factors that play into this decision:

1. I have to make sure I'm allowed to have a dog at my house.

2. The particular puppy I want has to still be available and not cost a bajillion dollars

3. Do I want to take the time to train it and play with it and walk it?

4. Do I want to spend the money on it? 

We'll see how these things work out. At the moment there is a yorkie puppy that I found on Craigslist. I think he is super cute. He's the one in the picture actually. What do you think of him? It's very possible all of these plans are going to fall through. But, as of right now, I really want him or a wii. 

Stancy Richards

This post has been requested by my friend, Stancy Richards.

Stancy, formally known as Constance Marie, came into my life through the efforts of Molly Tuza. Who will be a complete different blog. Molly insisted that I meet her friend, Stancy when I moved to Norman. And so meet her I did. First, I sent her a very eloquent facebook message that said,

"Stancy,

I was informed by our dear friend, Molly Tuza that we need to be friends!! I am the new RUF intern at OU and will hopefully be moving to norman super soon. I would love to meet you and maybe grab some coffee or some eats or you know just kick it. So, let me know what's up and i can't wait to meet you!! Check ya later yo. I'm pretty gangsta. We can discuss Molly in depth. She's sitting next to me right now which explains a lot of the ridiculous comments in this message. jk. Yay for friends!!"

My message was promptly responded to with:

"Anna,
I promise I haven't been ignoring you! I'm so sorry! I was out of the country, and when i got back I kinda had to do email overload and got really sick of it. BUT i'm so pumped that you're coming and we definitely must be friends!!! I'll be back in norman around the 20thish...what are your plans? if you need some help moving i must say i'm pretty buff ;) do you know where you're living yet? How's all the fund raising going?

and, yes please! i love coffee dates, or ice cream dates.....i'm pretty much up for any kind of food date ;)

let me know what your plans are and give molls a huge hug for me if you see her first!!!

my number is **********....use it! ;)" --I don't think she would appreciate her phone number being in the blogosphere

Thus, our friendship began. We've been through so much together. I created her blog. She let me sit with her and other people at Cafe Plaid. I raptor walked for her. She made fun of me. Such a beautiful friendship. Thanks Stancy. I hope you like this tribute to you.

Peaces

Flying and Waiting

My past experiences with airports have contributed significantly to my love for them. Everything has gone smoothly, connecting flights were made, luggage was present at the end of the trip, people were friendly and helpful. It made the traveling experience worthwhile. But now, my view has been tainted, marred by unfortunate circumstances and long hours of nothingness and waiting. I'm desperately trying not to let it influence my general love for flying and the hubbub of traveling. (I think hubbub is such a ridiculous word, who uses that in real life? It's fun to say though)

My journey from intern training back to Norman was, to say the least very long. My flight originally was to leave Atlanta at 6:50pm. We boarded the plane, as usual, half an hour before departure time and then we waited. Taxied out to the runway. And waited. Buckled our seat belts, put our tray tables and seats in the upright secure position. And waited. Went through the put on your own oxygen mask first and your seat can be used as a flotation device. And waited. Then they turned the engine off. And waited. Finally, the captain announced to us that there was bad weather in Houston and we were delayed 30 minutes. No big deal, I had a two hour layover in Houston. 30 minutes past, the Captain came back over the speaker and told us that in 50 minutes Air Traffic Control would let him know what was going on. 50 minutes past. We waited. The Captain announced we would be delayed another one to two hours, but we were going to wait on the runway so when we were clear to go we would. So we waited. At the beginning of the third hour, the plane people decided to take us back to the terminal and let us see if there were other flights to our final destinations. I missed the last fight out of Atlanta to OKC by 15 minutes. I got back on the plane and waited. An hour later we took off, putting us in Houston sometime after midnight.

Houston brought no good news. I stood in line and the people told me the next flight to Oklahoma City left at 7:35am and they would probably put me on standby for that, but I had to go to a different concourse. So, some other passengers flying to various places and I made our way to Concourse B. But to get to the particular place this late at night you have to go out of the secure zone, get on a trainesque like vehicle and ride over to it. So, obviously we did. We arrived and were quickly told that the security gate to get back in doesn't open until 5am and the ticket counters run on that same schedule. So, we waited in the entrance of the airport. Most people slept. I watched a movie on my computer, paid $7.95 for 24 hours of Free Internet as the company put it, and waited for 5am to roll around. It rolled very slowly.

5am- I went to the ticket place to get on standby and get a seat on the next flight if the standby thing didn't work out. The lady helping the people that spent the night at the airport was probably the rudest person I've ever met in my life. It could have had to do with that I didn't sleep at all, but she was very mean and I was seconds away from crying right in front of her, but she probably would have laughed at me and said some mean remark. So, I did not. I found another person to help me. I was put on standby, got some very much needed coffee once the places in the airport opened and went and waited to hopefully board the place leaving at 7:35.

7:25am- I got on the plane!! Yeah, that sounds awesome right! Well, the plane started up it's engine and sat there for a second. I was giddy with excitement to be almost back. And they shut the engine off. I laughed when they said that the maintenance light was on in the plane and they were going to unload us all and move us to a different plane. I laughed, probably because I was so close to crying, the emotion had to get out someway. So, 45 minutes later we boarded another plane and after about an hour of taxiing we took off.

We landed in Oklahoma City at about 10:45 (twelve hours later than my originally arrival time) and I bolted down to baggage claim. I was really ready to get out of the airport. And, surprise surprise, my bag was not there. I talked to the luggage people and the said it will probably be on the next flight, which was coming in in 30 minutes. So, yep, I waited. My bag was not on that plane, either. So, I filed my claim, and came to find out that the person that gave me my ticket for the standby plane gave me someone else's boarding pass. They didn't even have me registered as being on any plane. Interesting. Good thing I wasn't a terroist. I thought those things were pretty tight. I finally left the airport and arrived at home around 12:30pm.

It was a long day. The good news is I made it back and 8 hours later they brought my bag to my house. So, now, I have that story. How exciting? So, I'm off to Dallas for the weekend. Not on a plane.

Peaces.

Intern Training

The past 3 1/2 days I've been in Atlanta for training on interning. I am actually sitting in airport right now waiting for my flight to board in two hours. I think I get some places entirely too early. But you know how they say to get to the airport early and all that nonsense. I don't believe them. I'm going to start arriving 30 minutes before my flight is supposed to board. That sentence is mostly likely a lie. I don't like being late. It stresses me out. I'm trying to stick to a stress-free lifestyle. In case you're wondering...I'm failing miserably at that.

Training was soooo helpful. It was great to recongregate all the other interns in the country and be taught on what we are supposed to be doing and what we aren't. There were many convicting talks and it's always so nice to be in a room full of peers and know that everyone is going through pretty much the exact same thing you are.

All of my fellow interns are so great! I can honestly say that there is not one of them that I do not enjoy talking to and hanging out with. It's beautiful to hear about the work that they are doing on the selected campuses and how much they care about their students and the people they meet. I am so proud to be a part of such a wonderful group of interns. I'm sad that we won't all see each other again until May. However, at least when we do see each other, it will be for two weeks...at the beach for Summer Conference. I really can't wait to see how God changes everyone over the rest of the year.

Peaces

A Joke

Here is a joke:

What did Batman say to Robin before Robin got in the car??????????????????????


Get in the car.



AhHAHAHAHHahahha. Ok, I know. It's not funny and actually could be considered dumb, but I laughed.

Going Home

This week is very exciting for me! On Thursday, I will rise at 4:15am to get ready and drive to Oklahoma City to catch my plane leaving at 6:30am. Of course, normally, it would not take that long for me to get ready and to the airport, but I'm allowing for snoozing and grogginess to slow me down. I'M GOING HOME!!! not forever, only until Sunday. Then, my very gracious parents will drive me to Atlanta where I will have intern training. I am so pumped about seeing everyone. It's going to be so great. 78% of me wants to not sleep at all the whole time I'm there so that we can get every second of bonding time in, but that is ridiculous. Sleep is too good. We can bond by all sleeping at the same time in our separate rooms. It will be great to see my family this weekend and my friends that are still in Huntsville. I can barely talk about it I am so overwhelmed with excitement. I love Norman and interning and everything about my life right now, but it will be a very welcome break from it all and then I can come back all revived and re-focused and back in the swing of things. It's a very good thing. Oh man, my enthusiasm far exceeds my vocabulary, so I don't even know how to describe it other than "WOOT!"

Although, I am going to miss my people in Norman. It's amazing how I have only lived here for 8 weeks, but the people here have already made such a huge impact on my life. It's going to be weird to not be around for a week. I feel like I'm going to miss so much. But, I guess sometimes we have to make sacrifices. I will be back, so no worries.

And I get to fly. Airports are one of my favorite things in life. There are so many emotions floating around. Sad people, because their loved ones are leaving. Happy people, because someone is coming to see them or returning home. Working people, leisurely people, hurried people, slow people. Every kind of people. It's so great!!! Airports are so great for people watching. I'm really excited. I guess that's it.

Peaces

Walking and Squawking

I don't know if everyone is aware of my talents. Sure, everyone knows about the general ones, like sleeping, talking, and I am occasionally good at walking, but one that often goes unnoticed is my impression of a raptor. Seriously, it is uncanny. I realize that most of you are reading this and wondering if I have lost my mind. I have not. I really am a very good raptor impersonator.

My discovery of this particular talent came about the summer after my freshman year. I worked at a camp in North Carolina, Camp Merri-Mac for girls. I was a counselor/climbing instructor. My cabin was full of ten year old girls that did not believe in showering regularly or nap time. Both of which I hold highly in my life. For some reason, these girls responded well to silliness. It could have been their lack of maturity or their incredible insight into life, but they would get in their beds if you chased them around in a raptor-like gait while making raptor noises. And surprisingly, this seemed to make them actually be quiet for a while as well. So, of course, if me pretending to be a raptor gets them to take a nap or shower, than I guess a raptor I pretended to be.

Throughout the summer, my skill progressed and I became a more and more convincing raptor until I had it perfected. The summer ended and I returned to Ole Miss, lived in an apartment with a couple friends and essentially forgot about my raptor-like abilities. Needless to say that was a very interesting year without pretending to be a raptor. Well, after sophomore year ended, I moved into the dorm and brought the raptor back.

At times I would walk down the hall like a normal person, but it was always way more fun to raptor walk down the hall. Walking is something that most people do everyday. And everyday we walk the exact same way. I'm tired of this. There are TONS of ways to walk. Why not change life up a little bit, make it a little more interesting. So, I would walk down my dorm hall pretending to be a raptor. I thought it was perfectly normal, still do actually. I could be wrong. Maybe I did lose my mind. But really the point of this is, I'm bringing it back.

Raptor-walking and squawking. It's back. But only from time to time. It looses its greatness when I'm always raptor-walking. I don't want to get burnt out. So, maybe if you are lucky, you'll get to witness this impressive display of raptorness.