AT LAST!! =D

I can't believe my first semester as a college freshman is over! I have learned so much about myself and from my classes. I have met so many wonderful people and I have really grown up a lot.I can not wait for Christmas break..mine starts TOMORROW!! And to start spring sememster. My first semester I didn't know anyone and didn't have classes with anybody I knew, but me and this one girl clicked and made our spring semester schedules together, and we'll be spending a lot of time together I'm sure! I'm taking nineteen hours so I'm kind of scared!
This week is week of exams and I took my last one tonight. My math was semi easy and my dreadful world civilizations exam is out of the way which was out of this world hard. I have only passed one test in that class so I hope I pass for the semester. If I have to re-take that class I am going to cry..every day for the rest of my life! That's just how terrible it is! I think I'll have mostly B's maybe one A and who knows what I'll have in world civilizations.
I'm so ready for Christmas! I ordered a coach purse for Brent to get me and I'm so excited! It's beautiful and 300 bucks which is a lot of money especially for a purse, but it's Christmas and he'll get over it! December 20th I am going to state competition in Jackson to watch my fellow high school cheerleaders cheer their little hearts out. I went to watch them at regionals and didn't expect them to do too good from what I had heard about them. But to my surprise they did really good! They won actually so I can't wait to see how they do. Well I most likely won't be writing these anymore seein how the semester is over so..it's been fun!!!
Peace =D

)(*&^#omg*&%^@!

OK so three blogs in a row is definitely not easy! I do not have anything else to talk about. And I could be doing so many other things right now. But instead I'm sitting in front of this lovely fire I just built typing away on my laptop, and I am getting a headache. I need to wrap all the Christmas presents I bought black Friday while nobody else is home. This morning after class I have been cleaning house and eating..now this and I'm ready for Days of our Lives to come on at twelve thirty. My mom has been recording that for as long as I can remember so I kinda got hooked on it as well. I am so glad I don't have to get up for biology lab tomorrow morning but I do have to get up and work on my paper that is due that night. I already wrote a rough draft and she sent it back with a LOTS of mistakes! So I have a LOTS of finalizing to do. I'm not really looking forward to it either. But once that's out of the way along with that world civilizations final(that I also haven't studied for) I will be able to focus on my math final Saturday morning. Then once that's out of the way I will be able to focus on my biology final and my English paper. Whew..this whole college thing is draining me! Next semester I have to do better with the whole self discipline thing. This semester I only took 13 hours and it somewhat killed me next semester I have 19 so I really got to tighten up! Gots to go!!

Peace =D

~!Me and my Brenty Boo!~

So there's this boy..that I am completely in love with. His name is David Brent Carter. He is twenty one years old and has lived in Sumrall his whole entire life. I must say he is pretty redneck and not afraid to admit it but I love him just the way he is. I do not ask his to change anything about him as long as he's treating me the way that I should be treated. You know how when your a little elementary or junior high kid you have your high school crushes that you don't think you'll ever get a chance to be with. Well it's kind of funny because he was mine and I did end up with him. We started dating Christmas eve of my freshmen year in high school. He was a senior and I thought I was the poo with a senior boyfriend. I went to all the senior parties and his senior prom and was just livin it up! I actually had more friends that were his age then I did in my own class. But I loved every moment!

Our first actual date was to a Jeff Baits concert which was amazing! I loved him back in the day..not too crazy about him any more though. But after our first month of dating me and Brenty were inseparable! We couldn't go no more than a day without seeing each other. Once I went on a church trip to New Mexico and Brent called me one night crying because he missed me so much. I don't think any other guy has done that to me before. Nine or ten months after we had been dating Brent gave me a promise ring. We have both stayed true to our promises and can't wait to get married! Most people (the elderly, old-fashioned ones) tell us to wait until I get done with school but we are very stubborn people and plus that's going to be like ten years from now. We'll be dating four years on christmas eve and ten more years from now...no way..that's just too long. I know it'll be hard but we've already been through so much I know we can make it through anything! We've had our ups and downs just like every other couple but we always find our way out of the mess and make up! Because we love each other too much to let it get in our way! TTYN

Peace =D

so...yea

omg I was so not ready for this week to start back. I was not done enjoying the food and being with my family. Some came down from slidell that I have not seen since like last christmas or maybe this summer, so it was good seeing them again. I also saw my uncle who I haven't seen in quite some time now. Usually when we have family gatherings he is always off doing something else. He owns a business down on the coast and that takes up most of his time. I am very family oriented if nobody has noticed. I love spending time with members of my family especially my grandparents and cousins. They all mean the world to me. Friday I went shopping for "Black Friday." Me and my little sister stayed up all night because I thought it was pointless to go to sleep when my friend was going to come pick us up at two thirty in the morning. I stayed at Brents house until like twelve thirty then came home to monopoly for the rest of the night/morning until we left. I know I know I must be the greatest sister of all time to take my little ten year old sister with me and my best friend on the biggest shopping day ever! But she wanted to go so I let her. We bought our baby doggies a huge bed and split the price so I guess she came in handy for something. She also held a lot of our bags the whole time. And the one thing I am most shocked of is she didn't whine not one time. We shopped from three am until around eleven or twelve. That was a LONG day! More to come!!!

Peace =D

Ready for the end!

It is Thursday and I still haven't written my history paper rough draft. It has got to be five pages and have an argument which I do not even understand what there is to argue about history. But whatever. I am so tired of school at this point and I need a break. I should have started on this paper a long time ago, I actually told myself I was going to but guess what, I haven't as usual. Instead I am sitting here watching Family Feud. I have a dentist appointment at one and I am getting my hair done at five thirty so after that maybe I will do it. It is probably going to take me forever but I am used to staying up all night anyway so it won't bother me.

I think I have ADD..I can not focus for nothing! And it drives me absolutely crazy! I get distracted so easily. After I finally write my paper and get that out of the way I have to write my English paper, study for my world civilizations exam which is about 30 pages of notes(no lie) and it is December 3rd, study for my biology test(not my final) and then the final in biology is the next freakin day. I'm stressing out very very much. I just don't know how much longer I'll be able to handle it.

My family is eating lunch over at my pappows house this Sunday and since my paper will be written I'll be able to just relax and have a good time with my cousin who I haven't seen in forever! So I can't wait for that..anyways I'm going to try to write some of my paper now.

...Peace =D

Umm...yeah!

Ok so I'm starting to run out of things to talk about in these blogs..thanks goodness we don't have too many weeks left. Today I guess I am just going to talk about random things. I finally got my English review done after nights and nights of thinking. I could not ever get three pages, two at the most. So I hope I did good on it since I finally got my third one. Tonight I am going to the Jones pageant with my bestie LeeLee and we can't wait to cheer on our great friend Tatum Gatwood. I know she'll do awesome! Next Wednesday in my world civilizations class we have a rough draft due of our essay we are supposed to be writing but there is just one little problem with that. I do no exactly understand how to do it because we have to use only two sources and one of them I don't see how you would get information out of it. All I am going to do is try my hardest and hope for the best. Next week in world civilizations is also our last week of class before the final in there because we are out the following week for thanksgiving. I am pretty pumped because I absolutely hate that class! I have been making flash cards already for the final and I am pretty sure I still will not pass..ugh!
I think for Christmas I am getting a blackberry pearl which I am VERY excited about. I have been wanting one for a pretty good while now but I was not going to spend five hundred dollars on one so I figured it would be something good to ask for for Christmas. Well..I'm out of random things to talk about at the moment so..
Peace =D
P.S. White chocolate mocha's are so good :)

The Most Wonderful Woman..

It's getting close to the holidays and it is times like this I really think about my nanny a lot. She is always in my heart and mind but there are times more than others that I really think about her. Her and my pappow got married eight days after I was born so she has been my hero pretty much my whole life. She was the one I turned to when I was having problems in life or just wanted someone to talk to. She wasn't only a great grandparent but a great friend as well. I didn't think I would ever lose her, or not as soon as it happened. The cancer was found around October of 06. She went through many treatments and surgeries to remove the cancer and once thought they got it all. Boy were they wrong. The cancer spread all throughout her body and took her life on March 7, 2007. The last few days of her life were really tough on me. I went to the hospital for the first time to see her since she was admitted and couldn't handle it. She told me I was her first grand baby and always would be her special little girl. I broke down and just cried on her shoulder for a while. She told me not to worry that she would be ok but something told me she was just trying to make me feel better.

I didn't go back to see her for a couple of days because they told me she had gotten worse and I just couldn't bare to see her in that kind of pain. Well a couple days after that my pappow called us and said she was good as new up talking and eating and everything. So my mom took me up there to see her. When we got to the hospital my pappow told me I wouldn't want to go in the room and that she had taken a turn for the worst. When he took me in I took one look at her and walked out. I couldn't even talk to her or tell her I loved her for the last time. She looked like a little helpless body just gasping for her last breath. My pappow held me out in the hallway and told me I didn't have to go in and that she knew I loved her.

It was the next day at school that I had a text message when I got out and to my car. My mom text me and told me to call her as soon as I got out. I knew what had happened. I called and she told me nanny had died and everyone was over at pappows house. I had to go pick up my little sister from the elementary and tell her and be strong because I didn't want her to see how upset I was. When we got to pappows I sat in his recliner with him and just cried and rocked. That was one of the hardest days of my life.

Last christmas was the first christmas I spent without her and it was very rough on me. It didn't feel normal and I didn't like it at all. She will always be in my mind and heart. She was the most beautiful woman to me and now she's the most beautiful angel. I wasn't going to write this at first because I knew it would make me sad but then I had this feeling that she would want me to and she kept me strong throughout me writing in.I know she is always smiling down on me.
I Love you nanny and miss you so much!

It's Halloweeeeen!

This is my baby Brady!! ^ Hims a pumpkin! /:^)

So it is freezin' outside and it's October. This doesn't happen much down in Mississippi or as far as I can remember it doesn't. But I love cold weather. It reminds me of Christmas time which is my favorite time of the year ever! I love going to church and celebrating the birth of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ. In our church we always have a lot of red poinsettias in memory or in honor of someone. Then after the Christmas Eve ceremony we get to take them home and decorate our own houses with them. I shall talk more about Christmas when it gets closer to time.

For now I'm going to talk about Halloween because it is TOMORROW!! Woot Woot! I have never been a real big fan of this holiday or whatever you want to call it because I am not one that enjoys being scared. The only reason I liked Halloween as a child was for the candy when I went trick-o-treating! I still wouldn't mind going now a days but I think I'd look a little silly. Instead when you get older you get to go to haunted houses, haunted forrests, haunted trails, or things of that nature. For me these are no fun because like I said, I don't like being scared.

A lot of times people also have costume parties. Those are fun and can get really interesting really fast. Trust me..I know! It's always fun to see what kind of costumes people come up with. It always seems like everybody tries to out-do each other as well by coming up with a better, more creative costume idea. For Halloween this year I will not be dressing up..sadly :( I have to work and then me, my boyfriend and a few friends are going to haunted houses or something. I am not too thrilled and don't really want to go, but Brent (the boyfriend) talked me into it. The group of people I am going with surely won't make it any easier for me because they know how scared I get, but it will be fun I have no doubt. TTYN!

Hope you all have a great, safe Halloween!! Peace =D

StReSs.. ugh

This past week has probably been one of the most stressful ones so far. I had a research paper due Wednesday for my biology lab class. Wednesday I also had a test in my biology class. And Friday I have a research due in my biology class. I didn't start on any of this until Tuesday morning after my morning class. My partner and I met in the library Tuesday morning and worked on the biology research. This had to be a PowerPoint with at least six information slides, three references dated from 1998 to current, and it had to be e-mailed to the teacher by five pm Friday evening. We finished this project in about an hour and a half to two hours..thank goodness because I had a research paper to write for my biology lab. So I headed home ate lunch then started on my paper around two. The research paper had to be three to five pages long with 3 references from scientific journals. This was my fault that I had to cram all of this into one day. We have known about the lab research for about three or four weeks but I just chose not to start on it until now. I am the worlds greatest procrastinator. Anyways, I worked from two o'clock in the afternoon until ten that night. I took little breaks and it still took me forever! I came out with seven references which was good. After lab I had to do my hours in the math lab. After that was the only time I got to study for my biology exam. I got in about two hours of studying before I had to take the test. I think I did fairly well and I hope I made an A. I have a B average and I'm really hoping and trying to pull that up to an A. I have a world civ exam next Wednesday night and I'm going to do my best not to procrastinate..but I am NOT looking forward to this!

Me and My LeeLee

Me and LeeLeeMy bestest friend in the whole entire world (not including my boyfriend) is LeAnne Munn. A.K.A LeeLee!! We went to school together our whole lives but really didn't get to know each other until middle of our senior year. Many times we find ourselves asking the question, "Where have you been all my life?" We're two peas in a pod just let me tell you! It started with us having a class together with our cheer coach as the teacher. (Yes, we cheered together but we had our different set of friends then.) But we instantly bonded in that class. We had lunch together and always sat next to each other. We decided to join a gym together and car pool. We found many similarities between us and later came to figure out we were sisters at heart. We both hate pretty much the same things and usually like the same things. She loves to dress up all the time and I love to dress down, but hey, we all have our differences.

One good thing about our friendship is we get along better than anyone. We've never had a fight(like a lot of friends do over boys or stupid stuff.) We always agree. We always understand each other. We don't have a problem talking to one another about anything. We say what's on our mind and we're okay with that. We spend every Saturday together before I have to go to work. We usually go eat somewhere, Mexican is our favorite! We go running whenever I don't have to work or go to class. And we have to talk every day or something just doesn't feel right. She goes to Jones and is coming to Southern after she is finished there and I can't wait! We are truly besties for LIFE!!

Total Babble!

So for extra credit in my history class we had to watch the presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate..our teacher suggested we drink while we watch it and that might make it a little less painful to watch. That made me giggle..haha I really honestly have nothing to write about this week and actually I totally forgot about writing one at all so just be glad this is here. It might be a little short too because I doing it in a hurry because I have to get dressed for work..I don't like going to work on Friday nights because its just two hostesses when it is usually four. This means I won't get off any earlier than 9:30..Thursdays I work by myself which is sometimes stressful if it gets busy. You have to sit more than like two tables at a time and write them down and tell the server it's just a big mess! Anyways..I wrote about work enough in my last one. I really have nothing to talk about! This is kinda stressing me out to be completely honest..not really I am just trying to ramble on and get enough in here to get a 100 :) I have so much homework to do before next week! Study for my punnet square quiz in biology, do a million sections in my reader for history, study for my reading quiz in history, do my journal lab entries which I haven't done since we turned then in the last time they were due, and I have to do my creative writing for english. I will probably do my structured and conclusions too since they are due Thursday and I have no downtime on Wednesdays to do any homework. Those are probably the worst days of my life ever. Well maybe this is enough..I'll do better next time PROMISE!
Much Love!! =D

Spring Break 08!

Spring break week March 10th through the 14th was the best week of my life. It was my first trip as an adult (being 18) and that meant I could get into a club (legally) now. I went with the best group of girls who I'm still in touch with today, and we went to Destin Florida. This wasn't my first trip without any parents but it was my first trip where I had to pay my way on everything! I paid my part on the condo, gas, food, groceries, and everything. And since I knew it was coming up I had been saving for a while.

We got really lucky with our condo only having to pay 25 dollars a piece since one of my friends knew the lady that owned it. It was a beautiful three bedroom , huge master bathroom, big huge shower that everybody fought over, and it was over looking the beach!(not the shower the condo!)

It was also right across from wal mart which came in very handy! We went almost every day because we quickly ran out of food and 'drinks' very often. We left Saturday around 9 before the week actually started because we were just that eager to get down there. We took 2 vehicles, I drove mine which was definitely an experience. Everybody else slept..I was up driving. But that's a good thing I had something to do because I would have been to excited to sleep! The first thing we did when we got down there was made a wal mart run. We stocked the fridge up and cabinets. Did a little somethin somethin, then all passed out. We layed out every day and went out every night. We usually ate lunch on the beach and supper at a restaurant. We went to the Lucky Snapper, some bar, The Swamp, and some more places but I honestly can't remember.

Anyways it was the most fun I've probably every had and I would love to go back next summer with the same group of girls. I went with almost a thousand dollars came home with a little over a hundred..but hey at least I was prepared. We made so many fun memories and fun saying that we all say when we get together an laugh about it for hours! We actually wanted to move to Destin next summer and get jobs down there. Who knows what will happen thought..It would be fun!

Peace =D

Workin'

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(This is me and my bestest friend at work.. Kei Kei!!)
So I've learned that jobs are over rated. Especially if you are in school and are forced to work. It is just too too much! Sure having money is always good, but so is having free time which you lose a lot of if you have a job and school. My suggestion is if you have to quit one quit your job instead of school. Quitting school would be just stupid! That would basically mean throwing your life away. You can't hardly make it these days without a good education.

Right now I am going to school (obviously) and I have a job. But its by choice, I love having a job so I can have my own spending money and I feel a little bit more independent ya know?! I have been working at Mack's West for the past two years. I do love it there although sometimes I get a little tired of going home smelling like fried fish (since it is a seafood buffet.) I work with some pretty amazing people. They are probably the most crazy, friendly, and most random people I know but I love them all too death and there is never a dull moment around that place!

I am the hostess that has been there the longest so I'm always the first to go in and the first to get the chance to go home. I pretty much run the place and can take off whenever I want to! I am off this Saturday because one of my best friends is getting married and I can't miss it! The only bad thing about working there is that they're only open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sundays. So my weekends are pretty much shot. Well that's it for now! Check back later!

Peace =D

School so far..

So my conclusion of school so far is that I'm pretty much in love with it. I know its going to be super hard but I'm okay with that, I have always liked a challenge. I actually don't mind studying or writing because I did it all through high school and I'm used to it. (less the study part, I always had book smart but way less of the common sense part.) I have to study twice as hard and a lot more but thats alright with me. As long as I have my study buddies in each class I'm good to go. I've gotten pretty good at balancing my social life with work and school. I've always wanted to be some kind of doctor or nurse so I always knew I would have to work super hard for it.

Next week is going to be my toughest week so far though. Tuesday I have my first math test. Wednesday I have my lab journal due in biology, my first biology test, and my first big test in world civilizations (not counting the quizzes we have every stinking week!) On that test she told us we would have an essay question and I am kinda freaking out about it because I don't understand half the things she talks about in class.

But all in all school is going pretty well. I have met many new friends that I adore with all my heart. I already know of some life long friendships I'll have with these fun and amazing new people. I have much more freedom and a lot more responsibility. Morning classes kind of suck simply because of the fact that I am not a morning person. Night classes are okay just not the one I am in right now. Also having a night class the night before a 8 am class is just no fun! A girl needs her beauty rest which I definitely don't get enough of!

Get in the ZONE! >:\ Grr

When I say zone I am definitely not talking about a good one! For all you students out there that have to spend 3 LONG, BORING, DREADFUL hours in the math zone I'm sure you feel my pain and see where I'm coming from on this. I just spent my Thursday night doing math in that place, and it was cold. As usual. You can't even use your phone..what kinda craziness is that?

I don't understand why you can't just do the homework on your own time as long as they are turned in by the deadline. I can see doing quizzes and tests in there but since the homework is online anyway why not just do it in the comfort of your own home.

Plus, when you have a major major headache from not wearing your glasses like your supposed to, then you have to look at a computer screen full of numbers forever, it hurts bad. And when you haven't slept for 2 days in a row..yea that's not good either. But I guess that's kinda my fault. Wait no, I'm blaming them!

I go to school all day all week then work on weekends and they expect me to find time to spend 3 hours a week in that one place. The homework and quizzes don't even take that long. It'd be better if we could just get up and leave when we were done with our work. Actually, it'd be better if we didn't have to go at all, just to take tests and quizzes like I was saying earlier. Maybe one day kids won't have to go through this kind of torture!

UGH! Had to vent..Peace! =D

P.S. On top of my math troubles..I am having difficulties getting my profile to be shared. If anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated!

A little about ME =D

Hello, my name is Lauren Laird. I am 18 years old. I have blonde hair, blue eyes, and I'm about 5'4. I was born at Forrest General Hospital on September 8th of 1989. I graduated from Sumrall High School on May 16th 2008 at Reed Green. I was voted prettiest eyes and prettiest smile out of my senior class and also got football sweetheart. I'm a freshman, pre-nursing student with hopes of later becoming an anesthesiologist. My bestest friend in the whole wide world is LeAnne Munn. I consider myself smart, somewhat classy, I think I have a great personality, and a great sense of humor. I love to read, have fun, eat, sleep, be lazy, be with my family and friends, eat at El Ranchos with my bestest friend LeAnne Munn, be with my boyfriend, mud ride, ride four-wheelers, hunt, fish, camp, dance. I am a big time country girl but I do love to get dressed up and go out sometimes. I hate: repeated noises esp. tapping or clicking, smacking, when things don't go my way(but I am NOT snobby, when snobby people do get their way, spoiled rotten people, bad attitudes, speaking in front of people, having to work on weekends, and I gross drinks. I have the most wonderful boyfriend in the entire world. His name is Brent Carter an he's 21. Christmas Eve will make 4 years that we have been together. Last March I went through somethine that nobody ever should. I lost someone very VERY close to me due to a really long battle of cancer. My nanny was 65 and shouldn't have left that way. There is not a day that goes by I do not think about her and miss her truly. Hmm..I work at Macks West as a hostess and have been there for a little over 2 years. That pretty much wraps it up! Peace out =D