30 Day Challenge: Day 9, Part 2

Day 9, Part 2: A Picture of Your Friends

Like I said in the last post, I couldn't fit everyone I love in the first post, I am doing a follow up!

Katie Mc.

Katie and I have been friends since my first year in Athens. We were in the same class for SAO, and got to know each other through that. We have become much much closer over the year and a half or so. She is Sara's SAO big sis, so she is a part of the family now! I feel like I am in constant communication with her, either via text, twitter, phone calls, or Sara. If she is not at our apartment or doing something else with us, she is super busy so don't bother her (haha)! Katie also loves little kids and gets to work with them on campus.

John

John is my bestie. I sort of met him one night at Jake's, but we didn't speak- we just competed against each other in Nerts. About a month later was Island Party, and that week was when we began the road to bestie-ship. It was at iHop after the date auction/dance party. Our bestie-ship was cemented at the end of the semester when Sara, Sam, and I helped John move all his stuff home for the summer. Then he and I stayed up late almost every night discussing the O.C., one of his favorite shows that I was watching for the first time. We haven't had a bestie day in a long time, but we have an awesome plan to order Chinese food and watch the O.C. alllll day when we have time.

Lynn

Lynn was basically my first friend in Athens. I met her the second week of school at the SAO info night. She was a sister, and they were supposed to be mingling and talking to all of the new girls. We started talking and realized at one point we lived in the same town! Super cool, especially since my hometown is tiny and most people up here haven't heard of it. She introduced me to all her friends- a lot of which are now my friends! I do not know what I would have done that first year without Lynn. This picture of her is from her birthday last month, where we threw her a surprise party- yay for parties!

Austin

Austin is one of my favorite people. He is one of those friends that you are so thankful for, because you know at any point you can grow apart and not speak for years. I met Austin in West Palm Beach at church camp the summer after my sophomore year of high school. He and I were put in the same group (games and rec!). There was only one other girl in the group, and she and I weren't really similar in any way, so I just decided to hang out with the few guys I knew. This led to me hanging out with Austin the whole week. We really clicked and became fast friends. He lives in South Carolina, so we went years without seeing each other- just surviving on phone calls, text messages, and eventually, facebook. Thankfully, that has changed. We have already seen each other three times this year! He even drove to Athens for my graduation. Also, he used to sing to me over the phone. I loved that.

Kaitlyn

My dear little lamb. I love her to pieces. I first met Kaitlyn many years ago. Her older sister, Whitney, and I were really good friends in high school. The group of people I hung out with were constantly at their house. As we got older, Kaitlyn and I also became good friends. I don't know what I would do without her smiling face! This one, she is another world changer. She has a heart for missions and God's people all over the world. I absolutely adore her bubbly personality and she always always brightens my day!

Matt

Oh, Matt. He is crazy! Matt is another one of the people I have been friends with basically the whole time I have been in Athens. He is my tech support, but first he is my friend! He is always there for me, whenever I need to blow off steam or just talk about what I am going through in my life. I hope he knows he can do the same! He also came to my rescue when my sister left Athens with my car keys. He came to pick me up and took me to get food! Yes, he also made fun of me, but I am being nice and not holding it against him.

Marissa

She may hate for that picture, but I think it is adorable! I just love Marissa. A whole bunch. I can't really remember when she and I actually became friends, but I am so happy we did! She is one of the cutest people ever. Marissa is also from the deep south, and we bonded over that. She came to visit Sara and I over the summer with Josh, and it was so fun to see her! Currently, our friendship consists of us working on our showcase together and me randomly showing up at her door to tell her hi! Also, she is dating Owen, and I love him. They are so cute!

Wil

One of my favorite things that Wil has ever said was when he and Sara met for the first time. I introduced them and mentioned that Sara has no "h" and Wil only has one "l." He said "Wil. It's a noun, not a verb!" Ha, loved it. And I love him. He is hilarious and constantly is doing ridiculous things to make everyone laugh. He is basically the epitome of the class clown. You'll notice he is the only one with someone else in the picture. Wil went to Kenya this summer, and I thought it would be appropriate to give him this picture. Another interesting thing is that Wil and I have been friends for almost two years, but for the longest time we did NOT have each other's phone numbers. It made it difficult when we had awesome things to tell each other.

Sara C.

Sara and I became friends by clinging to each other for life in an awful telecomm class. In March, we will celebrate our two year friend-iversary! Yay! We love each other a lot. We used to have classes together and see each other all the time, but sadly we no longer have the same schedule. But we did have an awesome time carving pumpkins/baking pumpkin shaped cookies a few weeks ago. She and I share a love for NCIS.

And now it is almost 2:30 AM. Wow. It is almost past my bedtime.

30 Day Challenge: Day 9

Day 9: A Picture of Your Friends

I love my friends. They are some of the greatest people ever, and I would be so lonely without them! I have a group of people who mean a lot to me, but I can't write about all of them because this post would be so long, none of you would read it! I have decided to write about 8 people: 4 girl and 4 boys.

The Ladies

Sara

Sara is my bff and roomie, all wrapped up in one bubbly brunette package. She and I have been friends since I was in 10th grade. We had the same p.e. class and just clicked. The very first time we ever hung out was spring break of that year- I went over to her house, we laid out by the pool, got licked in the face by her dog Dixie, and then went to the baseball game where we ate big pickles. We bonded during our choir tour to Savannah that summer, and basically have been inseparable ever since. Now, as I said, we live together in our awesome apartment. She is going to graduate in May, though, and leave me all by my lonesome. We currently talk pretty much every single day, which is not weird for roommates, but could be considered weird by some since we also talk every day when we aren't in Athens! Sara probably know me better than anyone else, so if you ever want to know anything about me, ask her!

Abbey

Abbey is my other bff. She and I have known each other for years. We danced together when we were five or six. I distinctly remember she let me borrow a ponytail holder when I forgot one. We went to different schools, so after dance class we didn't have any contact. That changed when she transferred to my school in 8th grade. I don't honestly remember when we really became friends, it just happened. We, along with our friend Anna, became the three A's. Even though we hung out with completely different people during high school, we still made time for each other! She and I have gotten even closer since we graduated, even though we have lived in different cities for the past couple years. She and her parents are like my second family!

Ivy

My Ivy is our world-changer. She is one who "the uttermost parts of the earth" are waiting for to show them Jesus. But right now her place to be is on her campus, right where she is! I am 100% positive I do not speak just for myself when I say that Ivy is my inspiration. She is a beautiful, selfless, Jesus-loving, homeless-feeding, mission-tripping young woman. Her heart and her smile are huge. She loves TOMS, which is something we totally have in common. Ivy is the girl I can call/text at any time, just to say "pray for me," and her response is always "of course" or "anytime" and that she loves me.

Katie

Katie is my cousin. My very distant cousin, but a cousin nonetheless. I just love her. She is a year younger than I am, and lives far away from me. Because of this, we were never very close as kids. My family only saw her family once every two years, so we would hang out for a day and then not see each other for a very long time. Thankfully, this changed when I moved to UGA. She was already here, so it was cousin time! Yay! This summer, I got the awesome opportunity to do an internship in Atlanta, so Katie and I got to share her bedroom for about a month. It was so much fun living with her family! And we are related, which means she will always be around :)

The Guys

Joshie

Josh, aka Joshie, is my best guy friend. I just love him. I have known him for a long time, but we didn't become friends until around 2008, when I started going to poker night. He tells me all about his girls, and I tell him all about things that make me angry. Josh is also one of the craziest people ever. As you can see, he does things like jumping over fires. He also climbs tall trees and jumps off of them into water. And he probably does a lot of things that he doesn't tell me about, because I yell at him about safety.

Daniel

Daniel is my newest friend on this blog. He is also the reason why I was able to make the pictures be left-right-left-right! I am an excellent html student, right, Daniel? Right. Anyway. Daniel and I have only been friends since the spring, but we get along famously. He is a musical guy, and you should know that I am a musical girl, so we have a lot in common. He tries to teach me computer stuff. I try to teach him about girls and how I can be cute, but not "steal your boyfriend" cute. Our conversations are quite amusing.

Sam

Sara and I met Sam at the beginning of last (school) year. I am pretty sure it was at game night. We became instant bffs until I made the mistake of telling him I'd never read Harry Potter. He wasn't happy about that. But we overcame that obstacle, and are super awesome friends. Sam is one of the funniest people to me. He always makes me laugh. He loves loves loves Harry Potter and wants to marry either Emma Watson or Sara Bareilles (not that she has anything to do with Harry Potter, I was just throwing it in there). He was one of the only people who came to both of my graduations, and I love him for that!

This picture of him was taken at my graduation photo shoot last spring. It was super fun!

Jake

Disclaimer: Jake does not read my blog (that I know of), but he got upset when I called another boy my best guy friend, so I figured I should put him on here so he doesn't get offended :)

Jake was one of my first guy friends in Athens. I met him through Lynn when they (plus Rob) came to pick me up for a party. After that, I got invited to game night at his apartment. Jake and I have become really good friends over the past couple years. He says we are the mom and dad of our little group- we are always the ones who are feeding everyone and telling people like Wil not to pick on people smaller than him.

Ok. That is all I am doing today! I think tomorrow I will do a day 9, take 2 so I can add more people that are not on this post. I don't want to leave out people that I love! So look for another post about this.

To the people who are in this one, I love you all!

Thanks for reading :)