On the road again...

Life is like... visiting a haunted house. It's always better with friends. 

  

Brad, Justin, Kody and I visited NetherWorld in Atlanta last night. Justin, Kody and I went last year, but it was Brad's first time going. Justin was in front, Brad was behind him, I was behind Brad and Kody was last. I thought since I was next to last I would see everything before it got to me, but little did I know that Brad would point to me when we got to a scary part so that the monster would wait until I had gotten to it before it jumped. I screamed so many times but it was so worth it. 

Tomorrow I travel to Oxford Mississippi to watch the Auburn Tigers take on the Ole Miss Rebels. I am quite nervous to say the least. I wish Auburn wasn't ranked #1 in the BCS rankings. I would be totally fine with #2 though. #1 just hasn't been treating other teams well this season. But I have faith in my Tigers and I know they'll play well tomorrow.   

I can't believe it's almost November. But I'm exited. I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

 

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Still Going Strong

Life is like... a night out. Only you can decide how much fun you're going to have.

8 and 0!!!

I'm so glad we won. I can't stand LSU fans. While I know there has to be a couple nice LSU fans out there, they are the exception to the rule. 

I also went to Toomer's Corner for the first time in my college career after the game last night. It was packed, but then again I would have expected nothing less. 

In other news...

I'M GETTING A DOG!! 

Can you tell I'm just a little bit excited? I can't wait until he gets here. He's a 7 month old dachshund. he'll be here in about two weeks. Andrew and I will be taking care of him together. I'm so excited!!

This week I discovered I only have 21 credit hours left to take until I graduate. The closer it gets there more I freak out. Part of me wants to graduate a year early, but a bigger part of me doesn't. I don't really want to leave all of my friends just yet. While I know I have more school ahead of me I would kind of like to put it off a little bit longer. Oh well. We all have to grow up sometime. I guess I have to do it a little sooner than I anticipated...

Andrew and I carved pumpkins earlier today. He is 25 years old and has never carved a pumpkin before. CRAZY! I tried to carve Ariel on  mine. It didn't turn out so well so I carved WDE (War Damn Eagle) on the other side. Andrew carved an AU into his. He didn't like how it turned out but I thought it looked good. I'll take some pictures tonight and post them later.

Also, I have a pretty big test in archaeology tomorrow that I should really be studying for right now. On the off chance that someone does read this, and you're a praying person, say a little prayer for me please. I'm going to need it.  

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Good and bad

Life is like... a roller coaster. Your journey on this Earth will have many ups and downs. All you can do is hang on.

Last night were callouts for Camp War Eagle Counselor. My roommate Brad went out for it and he was extremely nervous on the way to Cater.

This is the only picture I have because my camera died. I was so mad.

BUT HE MADE IT!!

It's so exciting. I'm so happy for him. One of my best friends, Justin, is head camp counselor this year and he really wanted Brad to try out. Audrey and I went to callouts as Brad's support system and after he made it we came back to my apartment and decorated his room. We were kind of limited on resources so we had to resort to littering his bed with crinkled paper.

(All of the paper used in this picture will be recycled.)

YAY!!

On a less happy note...

If you've ever been to Washington D.C. chances are you have visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and watched the Changing of the Guard. Well today on Auburn University's campus the Air Force ROTC was holding a mock ceremony. 

While the Changing of the Guard is taking place they ask that you stand and remain silent out of respect. Apparently these two girls didn't feel like it was necessary to show respect. They just sat where they were and carried on a conversation. Were they even whispering? NO. They were talking in their regular voices! It was so disrespectful. I wanted to go over to these girls and tell them that the men in front of them might one day die for this country and that they needed to show them respect, but I had to leave for class before the ceremony was over. I just don't understand why standing and remaining silent is so hard to do. These men and women deserve out respect. Please always remember that.

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Things I Love

Life is like... the Bible. When you don't understand it there are always people willing to help you try.

Since I changed my background I decided I should do a post about things I love.

I love the fall.

I wish all of the trees in Auburn looked like the one in my header but sadly the weather here is so weird that they probably won't start looking like that until much later. There are many things I love about fall.

1. The leaves changing (obviously). They are just so pretty.

2. Football. And since our football team is doing so well it just makes this fall so much better.

3. It starts to get cooler which means being able to wear jackets. I LOVE jackets. All lengths and colors. If you've seen a cute jacket in the last two years, chances are I have it in my closet.

I love traveling. 

When I was 7 my family took a trip to San Fransisco. I have been hooked on traveling ever since. I love everything there is about traveling. Going somewhere you've never been before, staying in hotels or B&Bs, not speaking the language (when applicable), learning about the culture, and so much more. I went to Italy with my mother and my best friend the summer between my freshman and sophomore year at Auburn and I want to go back so bad.

I love history and international relations.

(I don't have a picture for this section so just use your imagination.)

My father was a history teacher for over 25 years and he instilled in me a deep love for history. I don't really have a favorite time period. I would never be able to narrow it down to one point in time. It's all just so fascinating to study. My freshman year at Auburn I took a class called Contemporary History from the wonderful Professor Gerber. The class was about the Middle East and it was the reason I feel in love with international relations. IR is want I would like to make my career out of. My dream is to go to Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Relations in Washington D.C. Sadly they only take around 200 student a year and tuition is over 50,000 a year for 3 years. Instead I am looking at getting a degree in International Law and then moving to D.C.   

 I love Washington D.C. 

I want to live there so badly. This past summer Andrew and I visited for 4 days and it was hard to get on the plane home. When I'm there I feel at home. I would love to work for the government and I plan on moving to D.C. after graduate school. When I'm in D.C. I feel like there's nothing I can't do.

 I love reading. 

 I read all kinds of books. My top 5 favorite books are (1) The Secret History (2) The Agony and the Ecstasy (3) Atlas Shrugged (4) Apollo 13 (5) The Dictators. Something I love about being a history major is the fact that we read so many books. I try to read at least 12 books a year. I've never understood why people hate to read. Even assigned books I don't particularly care for are not that bad. I like the fact that different books give me different things. Some books can put me in the middle of a diplomatic crisis and others can put me in the middle of a relationship crisis. I guess it ties into my love of traveling.

I also love many other things including slow songs, riding with the windows down, Michelangelo's sculptures, Jack Vettriano's paintings, Johnnie Walker Black Label, taking pictures, going on road trips with my friends, decorating for Christmas, the Tour de Fance, Kappa Alpha Theta, daschunds, and much more.

I'm going to end this post now because on the off chance that anyone actually reads this thing I don't want them to get bored while doing so.

Oh yeah, my professor liked my topics so I have the green light to start my final proposal. Yay!

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Still Undefeated

Life is like... a broken bone. Sometimes you'll be pushed to the point of breaking, but if you allow some time to heal, you can come back stronger.

I'm suppose to be working on my topic for Senior Thesis right now, but I'm procrastinating. I've narrowed my proposals down to 3, all of with pertain to the Cuban Missile Crisis. I'm meeting with my professor tomorrow after class to discuss my topics. Hopefully he won't go too hard on them. He seemed to like my primary research presentation so maybe he'll like my paper topics. 

This weekend Auburn played Arkansas. That makes us 7 and 0.

If you haven't seen highlights on ESPN then you need to youtube them. It was a great game. I was extremely nervous going into it because it seems like Arkansas always beats us even when they shouldn't. This coming up weekend we play LSU. I'm kind of worried about this game too, but I think if our offense does well then we should be ok. 

 I guess I should get another background. This one is kind of boring. That will be my next task. 

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I can't say I'm not pleased.

Life is like... a picture frame. You're never going to go anywhere if you're always on the inside looking out.

Alabama lost to South Carolina and Auburn beat Kentucky. Though I try to never bash another team, I would be lying if I said I wasn't happy about this. It's been a long time coming. But as an Auburn fan I know that this will mean nothing if Auburn doesn't stay strong. Just because they lost doesn't mean we can take it easy now. We have to continue improving and winning.

This weekend was also Andrew's birthday. He turned 25. I got him a cookie cake with icing in the shape of a football field. One end zone said  Happy Birthday and the other said War Eagle. He's a VERY big Auburn fan.

We're going to the Braves game tonight. I hope they can pull out a win. It will be my first game of the season (I'm not a very big major league baseball fan), but hopefully not the last.

I should really start putting up pictures. Maybe I can start doing that this week.

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Well this is new...

Life is like... washing clothes. You may have to give it a couple of scrubs but the little stains always come out. 

I'm Lauren. I'm a 21 year old student at Auburn University. I never thought I would really want to blog but lately I have wanted to give it a try. 

I'm a history major and intend on going to law school when I graduate. When I will graduate is still up in the air. I'm still trying to decide whether or not I want to graduate a year early. There are a lot of pros and cons to each decision. After law school I would like to move to Washington D.C. and work there. 

I have a wonderful boyfriend named Andrew. I don't know what I would do without him. He's a great guy.

I live with two guys. It's interesting. But most of my friends are guys so it's not too bad. 

I guess that's just a little bit about me. Let's hope I keep up with this.   

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