christmas time is.... gone?

So the story goes every christmas, Carly goes MIA for about 2 weeks at the end of December.   Well, it is true.  My brothers family come down for a while and I absolutely love being at my parents house spending time with everybody.  I love my family, and I love when they are here.  I choose to be a true college student and move back in for a few weeks while everyone is here and while I have a break from school and work.  It has been so much fun.  We've made cookies, I have played football every day for the past 10 days, I have played Mario Party 8 more then any normal person should, and I have attended many family Wii bowling tournaments in the past week than a professional bowler himself, although they choose to do the real thing...

Hunter has been a trooper.  He has come over and conquered the chaos with me a couple of times now.  I'm glad he fits in really well here.  He spent Christmas Eve with us and came over for a seafood buffet thing my dad bought us for Christmas.  And on Thursday, we are going to Myrtle Beach with his family to hang out for a while.  And on January 3rd, the chaos ends. Beaugator the bulldog and my brother's family pack up and head out, and life goes back to normal.  And quietness will happen, which is kind of sad. 

Now my only complaint is that it was 78 degrees on Christmas day, and I went outside in shorts and a tank top only to sweat.  That is aggravating.  I just want it to be cold.

ye ole fashioned MISHAP

So tonight was a lot of fun.  Hunter, our friends Levi and Rachel, Danny and Brandy all ventured out to the James Island Festival of Lights.  It was so fun listening to Christmas music and riding through the beautiful lights.  I love this time of year.  The only bummer is that it definitely was not cold out.  I had on a short sleeve shirt and flip flops.  Boo.  But that is okay. 

Afterwards, we went to Ye Old Fashioned to get some ice cream.  What I am about to write next is unbelievable and any restaurant with this type of behavior should rightfully earn a C rating on their door.  Levi requested to sample the Superman flavor of ice cream before making it his final choice.  So the guy behind the counter grabbed a clean spoon, scooped some of it and let Levi taste it.  Well, Levi wanted to sample one more flavor so he leaned up on the counter and pointed to the flavor.  The guy then takes the spoon from Levi's hand, the one he just licked every last drop of ice cream off of, and preceded to place it into the next flavor of ice cream for his second sample.  One spoon, two samples.  This is NOT okay with me.  This dude just put a used spoon back into the ice cream.  Hunter naturally walked away because he is a germaphobe, and so did I, because I am one too, and naturally, germaphobes don't approve of this type of behavior.  I don't think I will be going back there anytime soon!

Anyways, tonight was a lot of fun :).  Goodnight.

mattress trampolina

just a glimpse into my cool life.  we had a mattress on our back porch that we were about to get fined for since it had been there too long, so we moved it into the living room, rearranged some furniture, and jumped on it like a trampoline. cool huh?

police chases and...calculus?

Today has been quite a boring, very uninteresting day.  To make it very clear, I spent 6 hours of it bent over stacks of math problems inside of the good old Addlestone Library downtown.  I repeat, I did math problems for 6 hours.  Minus the 30 minutes I took to grab a sandwhich, but then it was right back to the books.  I'm so ready for tomorrow at approximately 1:00.  I will be home free until January 12.  Only then to have the madness begin again.  

I was driving home on Meeting Street heading towards the interstate, just minding my own business, going about 30 mph because thats the speed limit and I don't break the law.  There was about 3 feet of space between the car in front of me and myself.  All of a sudden, this tall huge man comes sprinting off of the sidewalk and right into the road and right in front of my car, causing me to slam on my brakes so I wouldn't hit this crazy man.  Now, my instinct was to honk and flip out, but his hand was in his pocket and I figured anyone who just runs into traffic has just done something very wrong or they are just insane, so I opted out of getting shot this afternoon.  Which is good because church was a lot of fun tonight.  Anyways, back to my story.  No lie, 1 second later before I could even get my foot on the gas pedal to continue on my way, a short little stocky police man comes sprinting off the sidewalk, once again RIGHT in front of my truck, leaps about 3 feet off of the ground and tackles the dude that already ran in front of my car.  It was literally like a quarterback getting sacked in a football game.  Considering this police mans size and the tall scary mans size, I was quite impressed.  Then, about 5 cop cars flew out of all directions and went to the scene.  And I was on my way.

Good story, huh?  I knew my hunch that he was probably up to no good was right.  And after seeing the magnitude of the tackle, I was glad I did not honk.  I might have very well been injured.

Now, I am going to sleep because I have an 8 AM exam and a noon exam tomorrow.  I have studied long and hard but it will only be by Gods mercy and grace on my brain that I actually spill out things that make some sort of sense on this Calculus test tomorrow.

Goodnight.

happy birthday to you

So the last time I blogged, it was in reference to my exam.  Now, I will blog about no one other than Hunter's birthday extravaganza's!!  Yes, that is plural.  Wednesday the 3rd was his actual birthday, and we are always super super busy during the week between work, school and other stuff.  So he decided to take off from work early on Wednesday night and I surprised him with some dinner.  I made some steaks, steam

ed green beans, scalloped potatoes and a birthday cake.  And I had it all set up when he arrived, even though it was a little l

ater than expected. But he was definitely surprised.  Then, he opened his gift and we attempted to watch a movie but the dvd kept skipping so cable tv it was.  

So Saturday, we went to the Columbia Zoo because he is obsessed and amazed with animals.  The thing about zoo's too is that you can see some of Gods coolest creations and get an up close look at the intricate details, characteristics

 and abilities each one has.  Like, the Gorillas were seriously the cooles

t things ever in life.  They almost looked like they could talk to you if you walked up to them, but I don't recommend it because they are very muscular and they probably will not talk to you.  We walked around for about 3 hours then headed to the mall, Cracker Barrel for dinner in Orangeburg and then back home.  Might I add, Hunter suggested we eat at Duke's BBQ in Ridgeville on the way, and I couldn't help but contemplate how many people decide to do that before heading to the zoo.  And we definitely looked like out of towners.  But that is okay, we love BBQ!!!  I will upload more pics later but this thing is being annoying.

swimming exam? or comedy show...

I wanted to write this down before I forgot so I look like a loser updating my blog in the Stern Center. I just took my swimming exam and these were some of the questions:

1. What was a material not used to make swim suits?
a. Lycra b. Nylon c. Human Hair

2. What is the best way to ensure an infant doesn't drown?
a. supervise them b. ignore them c. none of the above

3. Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?
a. Peter Griffin b. John F. Kennedy c. Matthew Webb

4. What happens when you lift your head above water while swimming?
a. Your head will explode b. Your feet will come up too c. Your hips will sink d. none of above

5. What was the first bathing suit called?
a. The Wooly Mammoth b. The Jantzen

6. What company had the slogan "Speed in your Speedo"?
a. Nike b. Wal-Mart c. Speedo

7. How did the Bikini get its name?
a. because that is the amount it covers b. from a nudist colony c. the island Bikini Atoll

8. What's not a good beach rule?
a. swim drunk b. swim sober c. don't swim alone

9. Sunburn is fun.
True False

Anyways, there was more funny ones but thats as good as I can remember. Why did I study so much yesterday? Oh well, atleast I was very entertained.
HAHA.

good ole CofC

I'm sitting at school waiting to meet with my teacher to discuss my programming problems and I felt the need to blog.  This has been a terrible day.  And it is only 2:05 in the afternoon.  I am currently taking a Calculus class to fulfill a credit in my major.  2 Years ago, I took a business calculus class because I was once a business marketing major.  Well, apparently, Business Calculus and regular Calculus are pretty much identical.  And the college decided that I would not get my 4 credit hours I should be allotted to and that I have rightfully earned, due to what I consider a MAJOR flaw in the math departments system.  To put it in plain terms, I have taken a 4 credit class, and the only thing I will get to show for it is a grade on my GPA and the right to fulfill a degree requirement without getting 4 credits.  Now, my scholarship that I have to have 30 hours a year for is screwed completely up and I will probably have to take 2 summer classes if I don't get this resolved.  It just isn't fair to me at all.  Regardless if they are the same type of class, so what if I've taken 2 of them.  Count one as an elective or something.  Don't just make it all go away!!!  It's just not right.  None of my advisors have expressed to me that this would be of any type of concern.

I am hoping I can meet with the Head of the Department of Mathematics very soon to try and get this resolved.  And I hope it will be a positive outcome.  I don't have the time or the emotional ability to deal with this kind of calamity right now.  Thank you College of Charleston.  Pray for me.

On another note, I did learn that Humans maximum swimming speed is 5.05MPH, and otter swims 7 MPH and a dolphin swims a whopping 30 MPH!!!  Thank you swimming 108.

-carly

thankfull

this is a typical julie carly picture, and my mom couldn't figure out the significance of our "grill"


So Thanksgiving is always a fun time for me and my family.  We always travel down to Florida to visit "some" of my family.  I say that because I have a rather large family on my moms side and not everyone could make it.  But 28 of us did.  I have a really fun family.  I have lots of cousins that are around my age and we all get a long really really well for the most part.  We ate 2 huge turkeys and tons of food.  Then, we all went outside to play in the backyard because we are dorks and then we played a REALLY long game of Apples to Apples.  Which was definitely fun with all of us.  Then, Friday, we went to the mall, then we all gathered again for pizza, salad, and pie... since that was what we had the most left over of.  It was a really fun thanksgiving and I am thankful for my family!

<<-- my cousins, memaw, mom and aunts for our annual stairwell picture

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