November Update

The count down to Thanksgiving break is slowly coming to an end for most people on campus. I, however, have not been keeping up the the number of days left simple because I am not going home. I will be going with a group of friends to Charlotte, NC. Don't get me wrong- I'm excited to go! But, it's not home.

Alright. I noticed that it's been a while since I last updated this thing. I have been rather busy. On November 8, I had lunch with some girls at an apartment in the Southern Village. We made lunch and then baked cookies. To end a perfect Sabbath, we took pictures!

The next important thing that has happened is that my birthday was on the 13th! I am no longer a teenager! That seems quite strange to me...

My birthday fell on a Thursday, which meant that I only had one class which happened to be at 2:00pm. Now, this might sound wonderful, but I don't mind going to school on my birthday. More people pay attention to you. If you sit in your room all morning, then there won't be anyone to wish you happy birthday!

That evening, my friends took me down to Atlanta to the Cheesecake Factory! I was very excited because I had yet to experience one! Our waiter was great. He is the one to thank for the pictures:

Christine, Me, Rachel, Anne, Karalee and Rebbecca.

I received a good amount of cards from a number of people! It was really fun! I also received a bunch of emails, comments and messages on Myspace and Facebook!

Now, if you know me, you know that I have a problem of figuring out what presents are before I open them. And my parents tantalized me this year by shipping my present my present to my room, which meant that I knew where it was shipped from. As soon as I signed for and the desk worker brought the present out from under the desk, I was already taking mental note of the shape, size, weight and color of the package.

When we left the dorm to head down to Atlanta, I noticed that Christine had a small box with her and I thought to myself, "I wonder why she has that with her?" It totally did not register in my mind that it was my birthday and that it very well could have been a present. This didn't even cross my mind until she placed it in front of me at the restaurant. Inside, there was a beautiful bracelet that Christine made from antique beads!

I must say that I was surprised--in a very good way.