If Dreams Were Reality...

If dreams were reality, then my life would be complete. The reason why is because of this dream I had this morning. I'll fill you in now, but as a head's up, it is three pages (front and back) long hand-written.

Tia and I both had a guy we were dating, and had been for a little while. My guy was a lot like David Artuletta (at least, he could be compared to him, sort of...besides the being younger than me thing, more like looks and what seems to be a sweetness about him). People were discussing why they were dating us, and I grew concerned. I was on my knees for some reason and I began to cry. He knelt down next to me and I wrapped my arms around him and bawled. As I began to limp down from crying, my grip around him stayed, but I slid down him, until my face was buried in his back and my arms were tightly around him. He held tight to my arms and said to the people around, "I chose her cause I could; she's the one I want and I'm keeping her."

I was then at our old pastor's house with Mom. She was on the porch holding a large number of balloons. I didn't know what the party was for; Mom reminded me that it was Autumn's (my old pastor's granddaughter) birthday and the party was for her. Ethan (Autumn's brother) came out and accidentally popped most of the balloons and the rest blew away. The two went inside to fix things, but I stayed out in the side yard. I was trying to figure out something around this certain name. I thought it was my man's name, but it was changed so he could marry. Then these two vehicle loads of people arrived. They parked and went into the large side yard. They began to do this dance thing as I watched. I think my man was among them, but I don't know. We (Mom and I, and if there were others with us, them too) went home.

Mom, Tia, another woman, and I were upstairs doing something, I believe it was folding clothes. We were all talking and having a good time, but I know there was something they knew that I didn't, either said before now or whenever I walked out. Mom then asked me to go change the laundry; I didn't really feel like it, but I went. As I walked out of the room, I stopped for a moment to hear them talking. They didn't say much because they realized I hadn't gone down the stairs, but by what I heard, it was something about me getting engaged. I then headed downstairs to the laundry room. I pulled the clothes from the dryer and stacked them on the large pile of clean clothes that had accumilated. I then put the clothes from the watcher into the dryer, which happened to be my clothes. For some strange reason, as I loaded the drying, I was looking for a ring box in the damp clothing. Before I went back up, I let Emma (one of our dogs) and another small dog outside. Emma was chained up to the pole the phone line hooked to; the other small white puppy was hooked to nothing. I then went back upstairs.

Upon my arrival back upstairs, the three women were silent and smiling, and I became suspicious, but said nothing. After a while upstairs, we remembered the dogs were still out. We looked out the window and saw only Emma. I went out to fetch them. I called the tiny white dog and she came running from next door. I sent her into the house and proceeded to take Emma off the chain. She acted like she does when I am trying to get the shockie off her. She went inside as well.

I was then upstairs in the media classrooms area on campus (at least, it looked different yet similar, but I knew that's where I was). I was chilling on a couch, wearing jeans, a tee-shirt, my black zip-up hoodie, and a pair of clip-ons. I was just sitting there alone, people watching, minding my own business. My man came up and sat next to me; I didn't think much about it at all. He began talking about all these things, and us and what not. I wasn't watching him at all, but rather, still people watching. He then began to talk about our love and he kissed my forehead, a sticker or something staying there. The next thing I knew, he was slipping my Purity ring off and slipping another plain band onto my finger. I froze then when this happened because I knew what was going on. I somehow had said yes, though I don't remember saying it. He then explained what the ring said, and something about the quote or where he got it being in a movie or something. He kissed my forehead again and left.

My heart had practically stopped beating; I was in total disbelief that this had happened, so I went on like nothing was different. I wanted to see if anyone noticed anything, just to make sure I hadn't just dreamed it. I was a few rooms down from where I had been, now sitting with many people, including Lindsay Lyles. No one at first said anything, until Lindsay asked what was on my forehead. I then knew it was real. I then searched around for Lissa, just to make sure it was real, that a ring really had been put on my finger. She was in on the plan all along. Without words, just looking at each other, I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I really was engaged. We bounced around like giddy little girls for a second, but stopped quickly so no one would notice; family had to know before others.

Lissa led me somewhere, but I lost her, so I began looking in the rooms. The first two were empty, with stuff playing for media majors. The next room I came to was it; it was beautifully decorated, like a ceremony was going to happen, but it was only to celebrate me getting engaged. The first person to congratulate and hug me was April (my older sister). She was so proud of me and so happy for me and my man. The next was Mom. She kept whispering in my ear how proud she was, how happy she was, Mom stuff. We both then began to bawl tears of joy. When we were done I proceeded to hug Tia. Definately nothing big and dramatic as with Mom, but she was just as excited.

I then saw my reflection in the mirror on the back of the door. I was still in my frumpy clothes, my hair was gross, and I looked even worse from crying. I told Tia we needed to hurry and beautify me before stuff started. I then saw some of the guests who were arriving in the hall. The two I saw before I moved to the other side of the room were Brooke Harris (an old friend from middle school) and Jennifer Clanton; I was excited for guests arriving.

I then moved to the other side of the room, either to get ready or to hug Daddy. Once over there, Mom was fixing a few of the decorations with the lady arranging it all. She showed the lady the corrct color to fix something. I then realized that I really liked the color scheme, even though I usually wouldn't. It was bright pink (think hot pink, but not quite that bright) a periwinkle type blue, and lilac purple. There was also a fair deal of white everywhere as well.

That was where it ended. I think the oddest thing of it all was how real it was. Usually dreams aren't that real, but all the details, including my old pastor's house and yard and my home, were all as they really are. And so were all the people in it; in the dream they were the same as they are in real life, size, shape, and all. But it was a completely FABULOUS dream, and I wish it would have continued. Okay, that's a lie, I wish it was reality!


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Strange Dream

I totally had the strangest dream last night. Here we go:

My older sister and her husband were renewing their vows. My neice and nephew were part of the wedding party, as were two other little girls. The whole set up for it was really weird and confusing though. After it was over we went for the reception. After a while of still being in the chapel area, Mom, Dad, and Tia were no longer in there so I went to find them. There were somewhere sitting at this table. Mom and Dad were sitting on the end on one side, the two seats across from them empty. There was also another empty seat next to them, on either side. Next to that empty seat (on the side across from my parents) were two guys, and then Tia. The first guy (closest to Mom and Dad) was the guy who plays Horatio on CSI:Miami (David Caruso), and the guy next to him was the guy who plays Nick on CSI (George Eads). Of course, the first thing I said was how much I loved CSI:Miami, and Eads says something like, "Of course, no one likes New York," which was totally weird that he seemed mad about that because he plays in the original CSI. I also mentioned how I loved that Callaigh and Eric (on CSI:Miami) finally hooked up, and we talked about that for a little while too. Anyways, the four of us continued to talk, Tia, the guys, and I. And the strange thing was Tia and I were hitting on the guys. Okay, maybe not so strange that we (mainly Tia) were hitting on Eads, but hitting on Caruso was weird cause he's old. But things are as they are.

Next thing I knew we (Mom, Dad, Tia, and I) were suppessed to be leaving. And then Tia and I were going to this party that I think was still part of the reception. When we got there, Eads and Caruso were still there, so we joined them. After a while we wanted to dance. Tia danced with Eads, and I danced with Caruso. Weird thing was I didn't feel weird dancing with him, I enjoyed it (dream me; me personally, I find it odd). After dancing and having a good time for a while we all prepared to leave.

After we left (me on a bicycle, Tia on a motorcycle or moped; weird, I know) we were at this light, and who should pull up next to us but the guys again, both together on a motorcycle. They went to turn one way, and us go straight and we nearly hit each other. So Tia and I went the same way they did, followed them you could say. After a while we went down this one street and couldn't actually ride our bikes (which now Tia's was an actually bicycle) so we just walked next to them. It was dark out, so as we passed this one extra dark curve in the road, I wanted the guys by us since I was getting scared. As we rounded the corner we entered this building that looked like a dentist's office. We were all just sitting there talking when a lady came up and was putting stuff on Tia's teeth to numb her mouth so she could do work on them. It was this gross, goopy stuff that looked like the hot wax you use when waxing your legs. Another strange thing is that is right where the dream ended. Weird, I know.


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Pickitt Talent Show And Other Happenings

So, Wednesday night was the Pickitt Talent show. If went FABULUOSLY!!!!! I played Malibu Barbie/blonde bimbo with Hall Council in our skit on a take of "The Dating Game," then I played and sang Taylor Swift's song "The Best Day," and finally P2W (my section) danced to Beyonce's "Single Ladies" dressed as old ladies!!!! That one was definately my favorite act!!!! And as I told you, it WAS the best act that night. Everyone kept coming up to us and telling us how great it was and how they were crying from laughing so much and some that they had nearly peed their pants! Even people who knew what we were doing were blown away and thought we were a blast!

Since my laptop is being stupid, I cannot add any pictures for you, or video, but I do have my videos uploaded on Facebook, and one of my friends posted pictures she took. As a head's up, the very end of my section's dance is not there because Tia's camera died. So I will tell you what happens: Lindsay (the girl in the light blue dress and tan vest) took away my cane and I fell. Anyways, here are the links: Pictures, Hall Council Skit, P2W Section Dance. PS...You need a Facebook account to actually see any of them.

After the talent show, most of the section then went to Applebees, still all dressed up as old ladies!!!! It was a ton of fun!!! A lot of us kept our old ladies personas for a little bit while we were there. And by the time we left, we thought the people in the kitchen could probably smell us. And the reason why is because we had put baby powder on our hair so that it looked white. The bathroom we put it on in will probably smell of baby powder FOREVER!!! I just wish it could have lasted longer!! Tia and I then went home. Definately feels really good to be home!!

In other news, Dave and Nadine (family friends of ours) came over to visit today. We went to our gym and swam for a little while (mainly because Dad wanted to get baptized). While we were there I went down the water slide with Nadine; she thought it was a lot of fun and we were trying to get the others to do it too. After like an hour we got out and headed home. We then had a barbeque, even though it was raining out all day. Dad pulled the grill under the awning of the garage and grilled the hamburgers and hotdogs there. We had a nice big meal. We then headed out and went bowling; we bowled three whole games! I never bowl three games! Two is definately enough for me. Dave and Nadine both got over 100 all games because they rock like that, and because they are on leagues. I got 73, 75, 58. Mom and Dad both got over 100 their last game, and Tia got 55 the first 2 games and 62 the last game. By the time we got back we were all exhausted, so Dave and Nadine only stayed long enough for cake and ice cream. So, you have all been caught up on the things that have happened the last few days.


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Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Fire!

Wowzerz! So much has happened since my last post! The first thing being we are now into the month of March!!!! I can hardly believe it! Well, I have a few things I need to cover, so we had better get started. I'll begin with bringing you up to speed on things mentioned in my last post that you knew were going to happen.

First off, Pickitt Passion, I feel, went great. Not many women came, most of them from Keithley, no freshman, but I don't really think the quantity matters. As I had mentioned, I missed Tuesday, but I made it Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday was Death; Sam Longo, Janelle Brown, and Christine Mutch all spoke. I think they all did an amazing job, and it was a ton of fun talking with Christine about the baby she is expecting! Then Thursday was Life; Bethany Henning, Emma Rosauer, and Michelle Reichartz (my roommate) all spoke. I didn't like where Bethany and Emma took it, but Roommate did AMAZING! I was so proud of her and sharing her story the way she did!

The concert we had for Chancel went GREAT!!! The whole week and a half previous I had a cough, so by the last few rehearsals before the concert I couldn't sing above a B. By our last rehearsal before the concert I could sing a B, but still couldn't get out anything higher than that. By the time of the concert, thank God, I had my voice back and could sing all the notes we needed to sing! It felt so amazing to be able to do that! And when we sang Testiment of Freedom, it was just so exhilerating! Chancel and Choral joined together to sing, and Symphonic Winds played along with us too! It was just such an amazing experience; you would have had to have been there to truely feel it best!

Next comes the dreaded exam I mentioned. I had thought that the exam for my American Studies Exam was on February 25th so I was taking my time studying for it; I didn't want to go insane from over-studying. Well, as it turned out, the exam was the Wednesday before, on February 18th (which was also Pickitt Passion). Since I was taking my time to study, all I had really done study-wise was type up my notes and a few terms; I hadn't even looked at the essay questions. So for about a week and a half I was a little stressed, wondering how I had done on the exam. We got them back on Friday and I was greatly surprised. I got an 85% on the exam!!!!! I got every multiple choice question right and I only got a point or two marked off of the 5 ID questions. As I suspected, it was the essay that brought it down the most; I only got 28 out of 40 points for it. But I am very, VERY happy with how it turned out. Definately a "Thank you GOD" situation.

Another great thing happened on this past Tuesday. I cannot go into many details on the whole situatoion, but I can sum up some of it. This man I used to know in my past finally got arrested a couple weekends ago. That was a real answer to prayer because my family and a family that are friends of ours had been waiting for a few months for it to finally happen. I trial date was originally set for February 17, but he got a lawyer so it was pushed ahead to the 24th. It wasn't an actual trial, but more of a thing to see if they had any substancial evidence against him. My mom and sister went with my friend and her mom to the courthouse that day, but Tia and Mom weren't actually allowed in and had to sit in a room the whole time. So therefore I couldn't get the details out of it that I wanted, but Tia was able to answer some questions based on what our friend and the prosecutor said. I guess the guy came in all arrogant, confident, and cocky, thinking they had nothing on him, but by the time it neared the end, you could tell he was scared. I was glad to hear that! But the even better part was hearing that the judge believed my friend and that she had enough evidence against this guy, so its going to actual court!!!! That was definately a big answer to prayer indeed!!

I just remembered another thing I wanted to talk about. I am inserting it here so I don't forget after the stuff I know I won't forget. Anyways...I told you all about the weekend when Lissa and Steph came. Well, the weekend after that we had some friendship troubles. I'm not going to go into all the details because they're not important. What is important is that things were worked out and fixed rather quickly. Yet another "Praise God" time for me. Hopefully things are fully back to how they sort of were, but there is no telling until I go home for Spring Break, which starts this weekend!!!!! ^_^

Moving on...The Pickitt Talent Show is this Wednesday (recap will come speedily after, no worries...and possibly pics and videos). I am in 3 acts. I am doing a skit with Hall Council, singing and playing guitar by myself, and dancing with my section. I'm not going to go into details so I can tell you all about it Wednesday. I can tell you this, P2W is going to have the best act out of ALL the sections!!!!

Also, Saturday I got to go to my niece's birthday party! I was so glad I could go (kudos to Lindsay for driving me there!) and be there for it. I made sure to let everyone know that she wasn't to know I was coming so that it would be a surprise. And it was! When she saw me walk in she ran up to me and jumped into my arms, literally! We all had a good time though, lots of fun at any family get-together (even though my brother-in-law's brother is literally a creeper, a story for another time). It's just so hard to believe that Allyson is 9!!!! And Christopher is going to be 12 in August! They just grow up so fast! Boy so I sound like I feel old, which is kind of funny cause I don't really feel old; I just feel like they're growing up too fast.

I officially joined NaNoWriMo for this November! So be prepared to either hear nothing from me come November, or hear my wailings and insane rants possibly everyday. I have never done NaNoWriMo before, so I'm not too sure what to expect. But I know I am up for the challenge, so matter what happens. And if you don't know what NaNoWriMo is, it stands for National Novel Writing Month, and their site is here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ So if you're a writer, you should so try it with me this year! And you don't have to sign up now, you can sign up any time before November 1. I chose now, first off, because I've been wanting to since I first heard about it half-way into November last year, and have been waiting for a while to do so. Secondly, I chose to do it know, because, if you think about it, November is nine months away, so I will be preparing to birth my first full novel. Sure it won't be fabulous and will probably need tons of editing, but it will be my first FULL, finished (sort of, minus editing stuff) novel.

Well, I think that is everything. There was just so much to catch you all up on. I need to not wait two weeks between posts; it's just far too much to remember for one sitting. Have a great night/day and a great week everyone!!! ^_^


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