Oh My Gosh Where to Start...so many breaking head lines... I feel so scattered!
I know I know there are not excuses what so ever to justify the serious lack of blogs lately... So much has happened I don't know where to start... I think I will just do some of the biggest stories from the last few months and try to fill you in.
Lee B is finally 21!!!
Thank God our little younging turned 21 on September 11. This birthday turned into an extravaganza! The festivities started on Friday night with a trip to Yocona.. this was incredible... Tiffany, Amanda, Rebecca, Todd, Lee, and myself drove to Yocona around 6pm. We consumed gallons of wine and tried to be classy by acting like it as a wine tasting.. ehhh didn't really work. However we did win the funniest table award! After this we went to the Burgundy room and got everyone on the balcony to sing " you and me go fishing in the dark" together. It was amazing!
Ole Miss football has begun and atleast the grove is still winning! This season has proved to be a "rebuilding year" so far for our rebels! Amy Waycaster and I made a wonderful road trip to Nashville to see the Vandy game. It was fun seeing a lot of my high school friends. We started off the night by strolling into Nashville around 7pm.
We had dinner w/ Doug, Jenna and Taylor and then went back and got ready to go out. A big group of us went down town and showed Amy some skanky parts of Nashville. I was so proud! Although I loved going home, I was so upset to lose to Vandy. Being a resident of Nashville for all of my lifeI have struggled with Vandy and even rooted for them.. but I have NEVER wanted to lose to them! I am totally aware that they are the red headed step child of the SEC and to lose to them was a huge blow..
Amy Although this season hasn't been too rewarding, I guess you can't win every year and the grove is still the most amazing place on earth. When I die I want Heaven to be the grove filled with carbs. The home game was so much fun even though we lost to Wyoming... well it was really fun except for a couple of minor glitches.. After that game I no longer feel an ounce sorry for hitting Mr. Matt Glass' car during the summer b/c he puked in the stands and on my foot...that's right my foot! Rebecca and I tried to help him get out of the stands and the student section started booing us.. that's right booing and yelling profanities...After we get Matt into the ambulance and then my parents took him home.. he never thanked me. My dad said I could hit his car again and I think I might! After that we got a great drunk dial from my favorite neighbor and your's Travis from the O Show. He had just told someone to f*ck themselves and then puked in their tent. Once again Rebecca and I were off to the rescue for Mr. Llwelyn. He was not at his best considering he could not find sorority row. He came over to my house and proceeded to demonstrate his jazzercise moves my family and all our friends. It was a great first impression! ha! He proceeded to tell my dad how much he loved his beer no less than 5000 times and congratulations to Whitney and Travis.. (don't worry this story is coming later). The last game (homecoming) was a total success! We won and although the weather was not as perfect as the other games, it was a lot of fun! I guess I will start with Friday night. The regular group (Whitney, Travis, Rebecca, Amanda, Jenny, Bird, etc) started the night off swinging at Murffs. We then went to several bars. Our fearless STB Rebecca Bertrand fell down the stairs at the Bugundy room and has the biggest bruise I have ever seen. We bar hopped until we commited to a location at the Grill.
After a couple of drinks and much encouragment from Travis W I started singing in the trumpet player's ear. He heard me sing and gave me the microphone...wow! I sang with the 70 year old jazz band like it was my job. Some couples started dancing and the old man had his hand on my butt.. what a great night! After a lot of more drinks we decided it would be great to take pics w/ the pumpkins at St. Peters.. oh yeah where I go to church.. feeling pretty fearless I just plopped down on them w/o thinking of the pain this might cause..yeah well from the huge stems of the pumpkins I too have a huge bruise.. The game was a lot of fun too and we finally won! Take that citadel! After the game and more groving we went back to the Grill. There was the awesome piano player there and we all sang around him like and old English pub. We all competed again to be the most fun table. This time we had more competition, but I think we probably won. This coming up weekend is the Alabama game and I would LOVE TO BEAT BAMA! Sorry Amy!
*****NEWS FLASH******Whitney and Travis are engaged! OMG is right! The big event occured during the first home game at appx 5:45am. However Travis' accomplices or as he likes to call us "hos" and soon to be mistresses were up at 4:30 getting ready for the big moment! Operation engagement started in total top secret mode. Aimee, Rebecca and Stef picked Jenny and me up at 4:45 and we went to the Observatory. We had to scout out some parking and of course do a little engagement of our own. We found the perfect location across the street and waited for them.
We played great spies complete with spy names and a couple of close calls where we had to hit the ground etc. The only problem we had was Aimee yelping when she saw Whit and Travis. She yelled out wildly "They're here" in some language that sounded like a dying dog. Travis had planned a wonderful an thoughtful engagement. FYI Whit and Travis met their freshman year during Astronomy lab at Kennon Observatory. That is why they were there. Their first date was to the first home football game their sophomore year. That is why he waited! He told her that she had to come help putting up tents to lure her to campus so early.. Whit did not want to go b/c she had to work at 6am, but she went anyways. Although we could not hear the words Travis was saying we did not have to. It gave me chills watching them and I was so happy for them! After their moments we all rushed them! It was so wonderful being a part of their big day! Here are some pics! Forgive the appearances, it was before sunset for the love.....After Travis took Whitney to work, he took all of the "ho's" for donuts at Shipleys.... ummm yumm!!!
Well I am way too tired to keep writing... I know that is not much of an update but I have got to get off this thing.. If I spent the time blogging on homework I would have graduated by now..... anyways for Natalie's News this has been Natalie-Corinne.
So the original plan was to find the Bertrand's tent and put the Bottoms and the Waycasters together, however this did not happen. At 9pm the grove was already a sea of tents and the Bertrands did not have their Bertrands- Kingwood, TX sign up yet (typical elitist Texans). So we had to grove right beside the Waycasters who are die hard Bama fans. Normally I do not care really about the game; however I have a deep (sorry Amy) hatred for Bama. My parents grew up UT fans and I have always hated the tide. However, Amy's parents, Pam and Alan and their best friends, Butch and Norma are a select few of the decent and enjoyable Bama fans I had never known there was such a thing as a decent Bama fan, but this weekend the Waycaster tent proved me wrong. I think I am probably not that wrong and they are just an extreme rare exception to my probably perfect rule, but whatever. Back to the game.. oh what a game! At the beginning we saw a flock of birds, and I was sure (along w/ Travis W) that this was the sign that we would win the game. The first quarter started off well. We got a touch down and I thought the game was off to a total win. However, this outcome was changed when we missed 2 field goals and 2 delay of games in a row! Finally Bama beat us w/ a measly field goal in the last 3 seconds of the game... at least it wasn't a total beat down! We stayed in the grove for a while and then came home for a little down time...after such a long day, we all needed a nap.. after that we all went out to Parishes and then came home for a quiet night all alone. That is all for now, for Natalie's news this has been Natalie-Corinne.
