Sure, I'll make a blog with you.

Alex: "I'm making a blog, you should make one with me.  I'll read yours if you read mine."

Well, I agreed.  I'm not sure how interesting this will be to read, but I will at least entertain myself by reliving my memories as I type them.  Just in case you are reading this and you don't live on the bunk underneath me, I'm going to include background information so you won't be completely confused while I ramble on.

I'm from Highland.  You probably haven't heard of it, and you really haven't missed much.  I had a fantastic life growing up and made many memories with great people in good 'ole Sharp County, but graduating high school and moving to Fayetteville has been the best thing to happen to me.  My new chapter is taking place at the University of Arkansas.  I'm an engineering major which means much of my spare time is spent doing homework.  I'm in the band, which regardless of what many people think, is WAY COOL!  I live in a 12 by 9 foot cube with my roomies, Alex and Bitsy.  Bitsy is a beta fish and Alex is my best friend which isn't a recent development.  We were friends in high school and repeatedly heard the "OMG! You can't room with your best friend, you will hate each other!" speech.  To those who thought that, you were wrong.  We've lived within 5 feet of each other for almost 7 months now and have yet to have an argument.  The majority of my blog stories will probably be about things that the two of us say or do; please refrain from judgement, we already know we're different. :)

Love her. :)

Bitsy!

I agreed to start blogging because I enjoy reading blogs.  However, I realized a problem once I started; the people whose blogs I read have some interesting job or aspect of life that actually gives a purpose to their blog... I don't.  I'm not sure how often I will do this.. maybe daily, weekly.. who knows, but I will just tell you about my day and what's on my mind.  So, if you are looking to read a structured and meaningful blog I will save you the time and tell you to go ahead and stop reading.

I think for this first post I will just give you a little idea of what life is like for me, and give a taste of the kind of things I will be writing about..

Alex and I left Highland with no intention of living there again, so we brought practically everything we own with us.  A room our size, the amount of stuff we have, and two extremely uncoordinated friends make for many of the funny memories we have made. We are about to put a down payment on an apartment and the realization has sunk in that we will be able to find a sensible place for everything soon! Yippee!  We can't wait for the bedroom, living room, and kitchen to be separate!

 The kitchen and laundry area.

 The bedroom.  Sheetless beds and cluttered bed posts.  I didn't wanna clean and give you the wrong idea.  And yes, that is in fact a snow saucer under our beds.  Who knew winter was going to be 60 degree days!

I'm not asking for a huge walk in closet, but just a tad more space would be phenomenal.

Me: "Uhhmm, there's ramen noodles in my shoe."
Alex: "Oops, sorry! I probably dropped them when I was making them the other day."

Yes, this was an actual conversation we had.  It's not that ramen noodles in my shoe is really a problem, but it IS really gross that the preparation area of our food is near shoes.

I could sit here and type stories for hours of all the crazy and fun things that have already happen in my one and a half semesters of college but I won't do that.  I will, however, include a few pictures to hit the high points.

 These are the AWESOME new people I have met! Chris, Katherine, Kaitlin, Kalen, and Lane! :)

I made my national tv debut at the Cotton bowl marching the 'Big A' before the game!  I am on the top of the A, 7th from the left!  The trip to Dallas was so much fun!  I have a million memories from that trip that I will never stop laughing about!  Not to mention, the HOGS WON! WPS! 

 Yes, we're 18 and 19 years old and wear footy pajamas.  This particular night we went to the Pomfret Honors Quarters pajama party and won first place! Yeah, we go hard.

This is pretty typical.  I have an obsession with mustaches, which probably sounds a little weird, and honestly I'm not going to try and justify that it's not a weird obsession.  But, we tend to wear them a lot.. even while exfoliating. 

This is Michael Fletcher.  He's a real awesome guy.  I don't like to be real public with my personal relationship life so you won't ever know much as far as that is concerned, but I will say this year has been a little rough in that department.  I take every thing as it comes, grow from it, and know God has a plan so I do my best not worry.  With that being said, Michael was recently put into my life and I like him. :)

Thank you for the past few minutes of your life and I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog!  Check back often and I will do my best to entertain you with my random college experiences.  If I could get like 3 or 4 people that aren't Alex or my mom to read this I will feel very cool.  

Woopigsooie,
Madison