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Name: Megan
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Metro: Chicago
Birthday: 4/23/1988
Gender: Female
Interests: Music, cello, hangin with friends, being on the water, snowboarding even though i'm not so good yet, and just being myself!
Expertise: Being Little!
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Member Since:
6/5/2005
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| Holy Cow, where is time going?! I completely forgot about this thing and it's been a while!
Hmm... this might be quite the novel so brace yourself.
SCHOOL: Last semester was soo tough with the transition of a new school, new rules, making new friends, and having killer hard classes. At one point I wanted to give up and drop one of them but thankfully I didn't and I managed passing and doing well in everything. This semester is a lot better. It seems more relaxed and i'm also taking a lot of classes that I care more about, so it's not that bad at all. I might even get to fingerpaint in one of my classes, which is awesome! For one of my classes, I have to do a practicum of working with adolescence for 25 hours and I'm not sure entirely what I'm going to do yet. There's a couple after-school art programs that i'm gonna see about doing. Also on my own time, I want to be a baby cuddler if I have enough time. So overall, school is good!
CHRISTMAS BREAK:
Break was really good for 3/4 of it. The first half I spent at my sisters. More and more we just keep getting closer and she's probably my best friend. I also got to meet this really great girl that's staying with them from Australia, who is also amazing. I'm gonna be sad when she leaves.
I then went to Colorado... the best word to describe it: UGH! My dad and I don't have the best relationship, which makes spending Christmas with almost a stranger really quite awkward. We just can't relate at all and there is always uncomfortable tension in the air. It was the longest 4 days of break! However, that then leads me to probably the best part of my break.
I'm not sure if you remember this boy I mentioned previously... Well, he seemed pretty great and I really wanted to hang out with him. Knowing Colorado would be awkward and I needed something great to look foward to to get me through it... so I went to California afterwards. I took a 34 hour train ride through the mountains, tunnels, and deserts! Call me crazy, but it was fun! I've always wanted to take the train through the mountains and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. Well, Cali was awesome and sooo great!
We did a lot of hanging out, getting to know each other more in person (we've talked a lot within the last 2 years though). We saw the sights of where he lives, met some of his friends, and my favorite part was probably going to San Francisco. I could go on and on about SF, but overall it was a lot of fun.
New Years... basically the best ever! Didn't get abandoned like last year, which is always a plus! It was kinda low key, but it was good. Of course midnight rolled around, we kissed, it was great. Then at 12:15am... or sometime close to then, we became an official couple!
Basically, this boy is amazing. He's so great, and wonderful, and thoughtful. He's crazy about me, which is something I love. He's not afraid to tell everyone and everyone knows who i am, which after my last relationship, I felt like a complete secret... even after 4 months... and i deserve better than that, which I think i've found! His parents love me, they're so sweet. We're so dorky and weird, but together makes us really great. Ahh... I miss him! I didn't think it would be so hard... but some days it is. However, he's coming to visit in a little more than a month, which i'm really really excited about!
So basically, in a nutshell... my life is pretty great at the moment!!!!
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| So it is almost December... well in like a week.... which is CRAZY!! Where is this semester going?!
I got through my hell week... and it went pretty well actually... i'm happy with all the grades... not a fan of having 5 tests in one week... that's for sure. Only 7 days of classes left till finals... that's insane! I'm ready for thanksgiving break though... i'm going to Eric's with my mom... which is really awkward. But whatev. I have a ton of stuff due that week after thanksgiving so i won't be too terribly bored at his house.
So i'm soooo excited for this Christmas break! I'm basically home hopping and visiting lots of people. Chicago to see posa and lauren i'm sure, Valpo for a while to see my sister, which i'm really excited about since i won't see her over thanksgiving, Michigan to see friends there, I'm going to Colorado a couple days before Christmas to see my dad... which i'm hoping will be much better than the last trip... and then after that... I'm taking the train to California to go hang out with Jeremy over new years! :) (that's in 37 days by the way. ha, you'd think i was counting down or something?!) I'm pretty stoked... and hopeful... i think it will be pretty great! :) | | |
| So a month has passed and lots has happened.
Where to start...
Fall Break: I went home to Chicago... Seth came up to the city! It was great as usual. Fri night we hung out with Nancy... Sat we saw posa and then went to UIC soccer game to see old friends, which was nice. Saturday night we then decided to go to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I had never been and promised Seth i'd go with him for Halloween... so we dressed up and celebrated Halloween a little bit early. It was def and experience but sooo much fun! Got home at 3am, then had to get up @ 6:30am to take Seth to the train station by 8am! Gross.
Election Crap: I'm soooo glad it's almost over. I'm really sooo soo sick of it. I think i'll be glad with the results... it will at least be better then the other option. I'm really sick of people around here at school, claiming if you don't vote for McCain, your not a good Christian. I'm really sick of morals/religion and politics being combined. Most here at school vote Republican only on the fact of moral issues, which morals are great. However, I feel like they really have nooo importance when choosing a candidate. Candidates use those moral issues as ways to convince why they are better... but really there stand on the issue doesn't seem to make a whole lot of difference. For example, we currently have a Republican President, which is against gay-marriage. However, that really doesn't seem to matter at all since Connecticut just passed gay-marriage within the last month. Its always seems up to the state, the president really doesn't have a lot to do with it. Therefore it drives me nuts when people narrow mindedly make a decision on something that seems to have no affect on anything... (just my 2 cents)
School: It's killing me. I'm sooo ready for Christmas Break. 3 papers and an exam this week. 5 exams next week. I might not go home over Thanksgiving Break since i have so much stuff due the following week... and then it's finals week.
Boys: So the last year or so... probably longer then that... more like 3 years... I've been completely content being single. So within the last month, my ex has asked me if i think it could ever work out between us again. Avoiding his question... i basically responded saying that I don't have time to think about boys, school is killing me... which isn't far from the truth. Well a couple days after that... I talked to this boy that I would occasionally talk to over the last year or so (I've secretly had a crush on him since we started talking). The next day, I could not get this boy out of my head, which was weird since i've talked to him before and never felt as strongly as i did... So i basically tried pursuing it since I really had nothing to lose... which is totally not like me. We exchanged numbers and have been talking ever since. It's really weird though... we've never actually hung out in person and live far away. Maybe sometime soon we can hang out, if it works in person as well... maybe we can work something out... i dunno. This boy makes me smile a lot though... and i can talk to him on the phone for hours... and i HATE talking on the phone!! It's weird to me though... i've been such a girl and so giddy, i'm not used to this sort of thing! ...So possible future boy... maybe, we'll see what happens. :) | | |
| So this weekend was probably one of the best weekends ever followed by today being one of the worst days ever...
On Friday, It was Seth's (my best friend) 21st birthday! I sent him a
package on Tuesday which consisted of a bunch of random things which
mostly have personal meaning. This package consisted of a large rainbow
flag to add to his collection of large flags on his wall, one of his
favorite movies that they no longer have in most rental stores, a bag
of chocolate, a bottle of limited edition purple Mnt. Dew that I
stumbled upon, which was mainly a memory from convention, and lastly a
bag of hugs since I wasn't going to be there to give him one in person.
Well on Wednesday I received a phone call from Kukla saying how much
she missed me and when I mentioned that we all needed to have a reunion
soon, she was like "You know, Seth's birthday is on Friday. You should
come down and surprise him!" So I basically worked my butt off trying
to get a ton of stuff done so I could go down there.
On Thursday, Seth called me and opened my package on the phone. He
loved it and at one point he threw his arms up to give me a hug, only
realizing that I wasn't there to actually give one to. We then planned
when we'd see each other again since it's been a while and he's now
planning on coming up to Chicago in October. Meanwhile, I knew I was
going to see him the next day and was having so much trouble trying to
act normal and not give the secret away.
So Friday rolls around and I was so excited! I went to most of my
classes, except for one which I skipped so I could leave by 1pm... It's
a 5 1/2 hour drive. After the time change, I got into the Dale and went
straight to Kukla's at 5:30pm. Seth was originally planning on going to
the SIU football game at 8 but we couldn't wait till after the game to
surprise him. So Kukla called him on speaker and said that she ordered
his gift but it was sort of perishable and didn't last long so she needed
to give it to him immediately. She then added that it was probably the
best present ever. He then responded saying, "I dunno, Megan gave me a
pretty fantastic gift which is going to be hard to beat!" He said he
was going to take a nap, so when we come over to find him in his room.
We finally get over to his house and a ton of people are there. When
his mom say me, she was soooooo excited but when we hushed her she
asked if he knew I was there and we said NO. She then gave me a huge
hug in excitement and wanted to see his reaction. I then hid, and Kukla
called him downstairs b/c his gift was too heavy to carry up the
stairs. When he came down... he closed his eyes, and then I came out.
He was soo surprised and quite confused as well. He just woke up from a
nap and was in a weird out of it thought he was dreaming sort of a
daze. He gave me the biggest, pick-me-up and spin-me-around hug ever!
(his hugs are my favorite.) He then couldn't stop smiling, his cheeks
hurt, and at one point he looked like he was about to cry. It was
seriously the best feeling ever and soooo great. Most of his plans
kind of flopped since it was raining, so it was nice that I was there so
his birthday wasn't a total flop. Anyways, we hung out a lot and then I
had to leave on Sunday for the 5 1/2 hour drive home. I cried a
little... I always do... I can't help it... I'm terrible at saying good
byes to people. So overall I did 11 hours of driving this weekend but
It was totally worth every minute of it!!
Today, however, was not so great. I was just kinda in a blah mood still
from leaving and saying good byes. I then had an exam that I thought I
was going to do really well on, but it was totally not what I was
expecting, and from then on, one thing after another just kept going
wrong. It got to the point, where I had to do all I could to not cry in
front of people. So I came home and cried... and hid in my bed for 2
hours and managed to run away from the world for a little bit. So now
after my nap, things are looking slightly better.
But yeah... moral of the entry... Best Weekend Ever!!!
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| So, It’s been a really, really long time since I’ve last updated this thing so I thought now was the time… Be Prepared… It’s a LONG one… lot’s has happened.
(Again, not pushing Religion on anyone…)
But to take off from where I left off… I talked to my sister after she left a comment on my facebook that said, "Meg, you would not even believe what happened at that conference we went to Monday and Tuesday night!!!! God is so after you! :)" So my sister and josh received a word from a man doing a conference at their church basically saying that he sees Josh playing guitar through prophetic worship and he sees them traveling around the world not knowing he is already in a band and plays guitar for a living. It was an awesome word and when they thought he was finished he said, “Hold on! Do you have any brothers or sisters?” My sister responded with a “Yes”, and he said, “I see the Lord touched your sister, her sister just got saved on Sunday! Oh my gosh! I see the Lord touched her sister and God is doing a new thing in your sister’s life. That’s a quick work! In the next 3 months God is going to do a speedy rate of growth. God is going to touch her heart about fathering issues and I see the Lord touch her heart about being loved like a father would love his daughter. I see the Father’s love and Father’s embrace and I see the Lord, BOOM, take her to a whole new level! This next 3 months is going to be incredible with God’s Love!” It was on a CD so I could hear it. I actually just listened to it again… I couldn’t remember all that he said, but now after going through the last 3 months, everything he said was totally true.
(School)
So I knew I wasn’t happy at UIC anymore. I liked my major… but not enough to do it for the rest of my life. I felt that I really had a gift of working with kids and camp and needed to involve kids somehow in my life. My sister mentioned art therapy and also that she thought I should really look into IWU (Indiana Wesleyan University, where she went). A few others mentioned art therapy but I always blew it off until my sister mentioned it… her advice always means way more to me than anyone else’s. So I did a little research and Art Therapy was only offered at about 35 schools in the nation, most of them being in either New York or Pennsylvania and I for sure didn’t want to go that far away. However, IWU just happened to be on the list… and the more I looked into it and the more I looked into art therapy… the more it seemed perfect for me and what I should be doing. So I reapplied while I was at camp… it was hard being away from the real world so with the help of my mom it was made possible. I already applied when I was a senior in high school and got accepted so I was basically guaranteed reacceptance. Well they told me I was accepted and holding on just one paper from UIC, which UIC took forever to get to them. So by the time UIC sent in the form, I was told by IWU that there was no room in housing for me and to look into Plan B. Not having a Plan B… since I was told I was accepted… I decided to take a semester off of school and move in with my sister and josh and find a job in Valpo to save some money. Well a week after I moved into my sisters and 10 days before school started… IWU called and said they had room for me at school and asked if I would like to accept it and come. Of course I happily said, yes and now here I am… Happier than ever! I can’t even describe how great this place is and how happy I am. Everyone is soooo incredibly nice compared to life in the city and I’m always smiling and happy for no apparent reason! I love it, I love it, I love it! I’m learning so much, the people are awesome, they Profs are great and actually care about me as an individual, my roomie is wonderful! I LOVE IT ALL!!!!!
(Camp)
So as far as my summer goes, it was awesome! Camp was so great! I seriously love my job! It’s the best job ever! I get paid to sing silly songs, act like a kid, get tan, and camp… it’s awesome! I met so many great people. The internationals were great… much better than last years. I became close w/ a girl who is awesome doesn’t live over seas! And the best thing was I got to spend the whole summer with one of my best friends! As far as next year goes… I’m applying for the Arts and Crafts Director Position and have a pretty good chance I think of getting it, which would be really great. I then would like to have that for 2 years and have a director’s position under my belt so I can go to a larger camp and get a really good job. I think next summer Seth and I might also go volunteer at the Painted Turtle in California for a week!
(Convention)
Convention was in Detroit this summer and was a 10-hour drive from camp. Because my car isn’t totally reliable… my mom didn’t want me to drive by myself so Seth came with me! Most people thought we were dating most of the time… probably b/c we’re such great friends and sort of act like an old married couple. Therefore I didn’t have much luck with the boys but that was ok. It was a lot of fun. It was so great to finally have one of my good friends feel like me for a week… He’s 6’7” and pretty much stuck out like a sore thumb. We had so much fun though and tore up the dance floor and are basically the best swing dancers ever. Anyways, the ride home was pretty tough. It’s always hard adjusting back to reality after convention and saying good-byes to people, none of which I’m good at. Well to top it off on the way home I called my mom, and I found out that my dog had died that week. I’ve had him for 12 years. Him and I were really close… he protected me when I had my surgery; he grew up in my arms since he was a puppy. So I broke down crying on the way home. Seth then pulled over on the side of the highway, got out and picked me up out of the car giving me the biggest hug ever, and then we sat on top of my car for a little bit on the side of the highway and watched the sunset. He then drove the rest of the way home… since I was in no shape to do so. I honestly don’t know what I would have done w/o my best friend right there next to me. It was really tough and still is for me at times, but thankfully I have wonderful friends!
So basically, besides the whole dog incident… my summer was amazing! It was a ton of fun and probably the best summer of my life so far. I’m so happy with where I currently am. I love my life, I love school, and life is pretty fantastic!!!!
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