Here's Why.

Alrighty. HEY guys! So, I got this idea from a friend of mine, who discovered that this is the best way to keep in touch with everyone simultaneously. I know it is SO hard to keep track of me with every thing that is going on with our busy lives, and honestly, I can never remember everything I have told you in the first place.

At the moment I am chilling in my room, putting off writing my essay (yeah I know, bad Laura). But don't worry, my essay isn't the ONLY thing I am putting off, laundry, cleaning, and showering is up there too. My life has been crazy, and it is only bound to get crazier.

Everything that has been going on in a nutshell? Well lets see:

• I saw the Plain White T's on Sunday. It was amazing! The lead singer (Tom, in the picture) was really cool, and we got to talk to him and take pictures with him after the show. He was really funny and SO nice. I went with my friend Gwen (left) (who I call Gwenivere. She is from Arizona and a second year) but Cottey being the way it is, we also recognized a group of four Cottey girls who we knew.
• For those of you who don't know I am in the Cottey Repertory Company. This not only consists of TONS of dances (we are up to three) its also a group of thirteen really tight knit girls. These are some of my best friends. I began dancing in two student works. Which brings me up to five dances. The company performed for the first time last Saturday for a PE/dance convention in Lake of the Ozarks. It was pretty cool!
  
• I am working a VERY part time job at the Y. I teach ballet to girls in between the ages of three and nine. Its a tough group let me tell you. The short three hours I am there wears me down. I am well known for my naps after I get back.
• As part of the CTC (Cottey Twilight Club) I got tickets to go see the midnight showing. If you can't get ahold of me, that's where I will be Thursday night!
• I went on a cave trip forever ago. It was to this little commercial cave in ?, MO. (Tells you how much I know about my new setting eh?) I had a ton of fun tho. I went with the Adventure Club, a club that does all sorts of fun things, like canoeing! It was a fantastic trip. My friends Virgina (right) (first year, from OK) and Taylor (first year, AZ) went with me. What a blast! it was SO cool, and we had alot of fun getting "cave kisses"
• My suitemate Cassie recently had a birthday party. She is now 20! We were supposed to have our B.I.L. hill night for her birthday, but it was stolen by another suite so we had a "Suite Hill Night" instead! It was great. We hung up suite meeting signs so no one would bother us, and partied the night away! One of the artists in the suite, Katie (second year, MO) was doodling on a balloon and made a figure that looked alot like our dear new President :P (ironic since she is a STRONG republican) We had alot of fun with "Green Obama Balloon" well..untill he popped!
  

• Classes are going great, but are SO difficult. I am finally passing calculus, with a C, but my Biology grade dropped from a high B to a D (thanks Respiration test!!) My jazz class is as good as ever, but the performance piece is CRAZY. Its to Prince's Baby I'm a Star, and it is smoking fast. It is making me learn all sorts of things about how fast the body can actually move. My favorite class, British Women Writers, is the one that I am putting off the essay for. It is our final project: to find a unknown British Writer, read one of her works, and write a seven to ten page paper on her, her life, and how she writes. It's a lot harder than it sounds!

Tensions are getting high here in the suites. I am hoping it is just the fact that finals are right around the corner and we are all anxious to get home for Thanksgiving. I know I am psyched for a full nights rest with out the "Heater Demon" waking me up. Thats right folks! I have a heater demon. He likes to sit around in my room waiting till about 3 am to come out and wake me up with a series of bangs, screeches, snaps, creaks, and just about any other loud annoying sound he can come up with! Its terrible, not to mention the fact that he makes my room feel like a furnace. It makes me SO glad that we do not have hot water heaters at home to wake me up when it turns on.
Well I think that is about my life so far. I hope you enjoyed the first of many glances! Love ya guys!!!