got heat?

oh, winter term. jamaica. egypt. argentina. there are two things that all three places have in common: 1) the temperature is above 70 degrees, and 2) im not in any of those places. you see i had my fun sophomore year frolicing around cameroon and decided to save a bit of $$ this year by doing an internship in indianapolis. this unpaid internship will no doubt help my future; however, friday it is forecasted to be -6 degrees when i wake up. not exactly buenos aires id say. this wouldnt be that big of a problem, if the INSIDE of the house im living in were above, say, 60 degrees. it seems my roommates wish to save a bit of money, and one way of doing so is keeping the temperature WAY down low. the first night i was alone so i of course turned up the heat to a more suitable temperature. the next night however, i think i was slightly frostbitten on 90% of my body. see sleeping on a bed of air on the floor in a house that is 64 degrees at night means you're essentially sleeping on 64 degree cold air. yummy. the next day i coughed up $29.99 and bought a heating blanket, which is my new best friend. i take him everywhere with me in the house; let's just hope he can keep me warm thursday night when the temp drops below 0.

i hope that geraldine, bj, and betty are having fun around the world. i expect some pretty great stories and at least SOMEONE to come home with a tan. dont disappoint me ladies.

you know you love me.
xoxo,
bev and her heating blanket ;)

Egypt Anyone?

You know what I love? When you really need some information and your professors are conspicuously MIA. Take for example, my WT professors. Today as we were all horrified to discover, Israeli troops invaded Gaza, after several nervous phone calls from friends, I decided to find out for myself. Now this would have gone perfectly well had my professor decided to respond. So now, here I am, sitting alone in the living room, fretting about the fate of my Egyptian experience. That's all for now, I will be sure to keep you updated.

Don't forget to walk like an Egyptian,

Barbara Jean

New From The 'Castle

This morning I woke up feeling a little under the weather, stumbled into the kitchen to see 7 bottles of alcohol sitting on my kitchen counter, numerous types of empty beer cans and bottles, clothes scattered around the living room, salt and slices of limes in the sink, and shot glasses galore. Then I obviously realized why I wasn’t feeling so hot. No regrets ;)

As a pseudo member of Sem 3 and currently the only one holding down the fort in the g’castle, I’m the only one who can give you a little taste from home, deal with it. Here’s your news ☺

Mood: Giddy
Favorite new song: Gives You Hell
Last Movie Watched: Marley and Me
Current Song on Ipod: Screaming Infidelities

A lot has happened over break. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I got pulled over and didn’t get a ticket, etc. Basically it’s just been another typical week! I miss all of my loves from Sem 3. BJ has gotten an insane amount of drunk (and sober) dials, Journey Jo and I have plotted revenge on many, I’ve stalked Bev, and Betty, Cornelius, and I had an amazing video chat last night. Now I would much rather have them all here with me right now, but we will be reunited sooo soon.

Also, I have finally started acting like a college student again. My tolerance is coming back to me, which isn’t necessarily a good thing. On Friday, I managed to start drinking and black out all in fewer than 2 hours, kind of lame. Luckily I made up for it last night by staying up until 6am having drunken heart to hearts about life, love, and tequila. Last night’s party goers have massive dinner date tonight at b-dubs with plenty of drinks after we get home, then tomorrow is new years and I will be drinking in the Nati, finally Friday a few of my Sem 3 loves come back to me, which is cause for yet another drinking celebration. My liver hates me, but this week has been so worth it.

Hakuna Matata.
Chastity

One good thing about not being at Seminary

Is that I can talk about all of the stuff my roommates tell me not to. Point in case, Bev's cyst. Now for those of you who don't know, in the last few months, Bev has developed a rather large cyst on her leg...how, we're still not sure. The possibilities are as follows:

1) She contracted some strange disease in Cameroon
2) She was injured while Papa Legba mounted her
3 ) Bad circulation
4) Ellie gave her ringworm, which left untreated, caused a cyst to grow
5) She is the one eating the toilet paper which caused some strange reaction resulting in the cyst

Now I'm not sure about you all, but If I had to guess I would say #2 as she has a long history with Papa Legba. Anyways, our dearest Bev had the lovely cyst removed this past week and is now on crutches. On the plus side, she doesn't have to wear those sexy socks anymore :) Love ya Bev

Hope everyone is enjoying their last few days of freedom before WT starts. Oh and one more thing, Betty's mom just informed me that things are being blown up in Cairo...good news for me as thats where I will be spending 90% of my winter term.

Papa Legba love to all,
Barbara Jean

Don't hate be Bev, wuv you!!!

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered

Santa Claus, that is. I must say that Christmas is my favorite holiday of all time, for obvious reasons of course. Presents, yummy food, fires and trees. I feel like an idiot admitting this but I feel like a giddy 5 year old when it comes time to open presents. I don't even like to open my own presents so much as watch other people open theirs, I love watching people get exactly what they want.

Anyways, on another note, I sorely missing my roommates. I miss chatting with them before we go to bed, I even find myself attempting to walk to their rooms when I'm at home. Also, our house is so quite at 3 am, I am used to leaving my bedroom door open and carrying on a serious conversation with Bev at 3 am, as its guaranteed that she will be awake.

Alright, enough for now. Sorry this post was so boring but I have no funny stories to relate as I am not at Seminary and as you know, nothing fun happens outside of Seminary 3.

I hope Santa brought everyone what they wanted this Christmas.

Hugs, Kisses and a round of eggnog to all

BJ

Joyous Announcement

I realize that I literally just posted but I forgot to mention something very important. I received an ecstatic text message from Chastity two days ago informing me that our very own Journey Jo is engaged. Needless to say I screamed when I read the text.

Journey Jo, fondly known as the committed friend, has been dating Jedediah for awhile and we all knew this was coming, and yet Im happy to say I still almost peed my pants when I heard the news. And if you were wondering, her ring is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!!!!!! It sparkles like none other. Nice work Jedediah, nice work.

Love to Journey and Jedediah
Barbara Jean, Betty, Bev and Geraldine

Good Friends Cereal

I would first like to note that I am very disappointed in my roommates as they are forcing me to be the only one that updates our beloved blog. Bev, Betty and Geraldine get your asses in gear.

On a more light hearted note, I talked to Cornelius last night and he informed me that he purchased Good Friends cereal, I laughed so hard I legit cried. Why is this funny you ask? Well my friends if you had an extensive knowledge of Rob and Big like the women of seminary 3 you would know. Props to you Cornelius as I am fairly certain that cereal tastes like ass. We all know you only bought it for the picture on the box.


Peace and Love to all on the Eve of Christmas Eve

Barbara Jean