things I learned this weekend:
-puppies are great and make everything better....but they will distract you from your final research papers.
-hamburger mary's is an awesome restaurant in Andersonville. they give you your bill in a high heel! talk about fabulous
-I have not done public speaking in a long time. and I shake when I do.
-frozen custard is awesome.
-having someone (cough cough my mom) do your laundry and cook/freeze meals for you right before finals week is hands down the best thing ever!
-The Lucky One is super cheesy...but zac efron is still so so beautiful.
but speech went so well! it was definitely a highlight of my college career, no matter how nervous/scared I was to get up there and do it. it felt great to have people tell me how well I did or how they loved the speech. I even had one guy ask for a copy of it! also, I got to honor my momma in it. this was very important to me, and it was awesome to see her get congratulated as well.
here's an excerpt from my speech (and also the hardest part for me to get up and say):
"Throughout my childhood, reading has always been a great release for me. It allowed me to escape to magical places and created a hunger in me to learn more. As a child growing up with an alcoholic and verbally abusive father, it also allowed me to escape the chaos. It offered me a place of solace, and through reading, I slowly began to enjoy school and to look forward to my time there. It was the one place where I could be judged solely by my own personal achievements, and not by my father’s behavior. It was my place to shine."
and I got a picture with Loyola's President! #winning
....and now back to writing papers for paper week, and then studying for finals.
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