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3/29/2003
I am back to this blogger thing, as I choose to publish blogs when important/big things happen in my life.
Today I donated my hair to Locks of Love and I now have SHORT hair. Tori and Jennifer think the hair was weighing down my spirits and believe the cut will bring back happy jenny. (not that i'm sad, I'm just a little more mellow than I was freshman year...I really don't understand this, but perhaps it is true.)
But the real reason why I am here blogging is because yesterday was a really special day. I had invited some of my friends from home (in ABC order), Ben, David High, David Vance, and Ranjana to Georgetown last weekend before I left. I didn't know if they would come or not, but I got excited and told everyone here about the possibility. With only a little bit of convincing with one of them, I got them to Georgetown. I was very excited about their arrival, but a little nervous how the day would work out... I was pretty confident that it would go well, but sometimes mixing two large groups like that can get scary. However, the second they all came into my room, grabbed the "Sockem Boopers" and started fighting, I relaxed a little and knew everything was going to be fine. (oh, and there was another unexpected guess, Penguin...oh my was this hilarious.) After introductions, I took them to the Grille to get some food and Smoothies (i almost have a full smoothie card now! woohoo), and then took them to the "boat dock." At first, I didn't think they were as impressed by this place as I the rest of us up hear are, but then we got in the water. First, Ben, DHigh, Ranjana, and I waded across the top of the waterfall...the water was cold, but it was fun. DVance was at the bottom taking pictures b/c he was being a big baby...thankfully we didn't fall and we made it on land safely...then we went to the bottom and waded across the water stepping on all the slimy, uncomfortable to most (my country-raised feet weren't in pain) rocks... DVance decided he was missing out on way too much fun and joined us for this part. DHigh had the funniest method of balancing as he used the "all-four" approach. too bad I didn't have enough film to capture that. = ] I really thought someone was going to injure his/herself...and then they decide to climb up the edge of the waterfall...how stupid...i was really nervous but no one fell in. Anyway, it was a nice waterfall experience, and in the end, I think they enjoyed the little Georgetown specialty. Back on campus, we played several dozen rounds of CatchPhrase and they got to meet and interact with my college-buddies. We (the glaswegians, Alison, Carrie, Lindsay, Sarah and Tori) decided to go to Charlie Brown's to eat. The food was good and the company was even better. After that we went to Cold Stone Creamery and had some delicious icecream. YUMYUM. We came back to school and played at the Rec for awhile. Ranjana kicked mine and Carrie's butt at ping-pong, Ben was victorious at Air-Hockey, and DVance and I outscored DHigh in bball game of 21. Then we played Taboo, watched some basketball, and played airplane! It was fun.
So yeah, I had a good time...I don't think a smile left my face. Rarely does one person get the opportunity to be in two places he/she would most like be at the same time. I really don't know how to explain this feeling. To be able to look around and see nine of the most beautiful friends---nine of the most "if I need you, you will be there" -- "there is no one else in this world like you" -- "knowing you makes my life better" people is absolutely breath-taking...so maybe you think I'm getting a little carried away, but I really do mean this. I feel so fortunate to be blessed with friendships I know will last a lifetime. It is rare for one to have friends from high school who will drive 2.5 hours to visit you -- especially after you are told that friendships from high school don't last (I'm definitely not going to believe them when they tell me they won't last out of college either)
So thanks to you guys from Glasgow who got up early, rode in the car for hours, just to visit me and meet my other circle of friends.
Thanks to you Georgetwon friends who cleared your schedules, helped me make plans, and helped me keep the others entertained. I realize that it is hard to accommodate us from Glasgow --- but you do a darn good job of it.
I'm happy to know that my two closest groups of friends had great things to say about each other after the night was over.
It makes me feel like I'm doing something right.
jenny 10:29 PM
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