1. I joined a group called UAB (University Activities Board) and I help plan and volunteer for various events on campus. I am on the films committee, which means I help plan which movies to show in the halls every week. NBC has a deal with us that as long as we fill an auditorium, we can continue to show movies before they come out for free. We just saw Pitch Perfect a few weeks ago, and next is Paranormal Activity 4. These are the shirts we got this year:
2. On the 15th, me and my mom went down to Columbus to meet up with my good friend Caren, who I met in Florida during the Disney College Program. She was coming to Columbus up from Western Kentucky University with her awesome roommate Jessie for a concert so it was half way for both of us to see each-other. There was also a Country Living fair going on that week-end, so me and my mom checked it out and got some great stuff :) This was a giant pumpkin pile!
On Monday the 17th I had a doctor's appointment with my orthopedist for the first time since I've been back from Florida. I was expecting him to tell me everything was looking good and keep doing therapy. Instead he tells me the reason my foot is still swelling up and itchy is because the titanium is reacting with my skin. I should have known since I couldn't even wear normal earrings for the first 5 years I had pierced ears because my skin is so sensitive. So he told me that the metal isn't doing anything anymore but sitting there since my heel is obviously completely healed at this point. He advised me to get it taken out which is great news, but I thought this was all over with and something I would just have to deal with for the rest of my life. Not so apparently. The only down side to this is that I will have to have the incision that I've spent almost a year trying to minimize the scar on re-opened...and I will be in a walking boot for a period of time which will make working and school a bit harder to navigate. But that for a lifetime of better range and not so swollen foot? Worth it. I believe I will get it taken out in May after the semester is over and I have a few weeks off.
Lastly, the 22nd was my 24th birthday. I had a lot of friends over and we painted the town red. It was nice having my birthday on a Saturday. Amber, Mallory, Kaitlin, Jess, Mandy, Jenny, their two guy friends, Martez, Eric, Bernadette, Vicki, Erin, and her guy Tony, Megan, her friend Hailey, Robby and Brandon were all there for the festivities.
Here are just some of us before we went into Crunchy's:
So now it's October and I've planned two great trips to places I've never been before. The first is Salem, Massachusetts with my great friends Bernadette, Caren, and Katherine. We're going for Halloween, and I know we're going to have a blast based on what we already have planned. 3 more weeks!
Another trip I booked is for Miami. I have never been and I am going to go for my Christmas Break the day I have my last final of the year. I can't wait to see Linnette and Sofia, two of my roommates from the Disney College Program who both live in Miami. It's going to be nice being in warm weather in December :) I'm so glad that I left the program with friends from so many different places, and keep in touch with them even though we're not in the program anymore.
Wish me luck on my Statistics test on Monday. I'm not looking too forward to it but Salem will be my reward for a job well done!
