I'm not gonna lie...

I went to the banquet??

2006-12-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

Tonight was the BHT winter Banquet. For some reason i was really excited about getting all dressed up and hanging out with my friends... however, i couldn't go because i had the musical revue... which was fun By the way. I had to watch all my friends get all dressed up and do their hair and makeup. Well i helped with some of that, but then i was off to the show.

I came back from the show and saw everyone dressed up... i was sad. But lucky for me i still had my stage makeup on and my hair was sort of done. So i just threw on my little black dress and we took pictures. So if anyone asks i was actually there. SHHH....

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

2006-11-30T19:40:00.000-08:00

Kelsi and I decided that if we were to make Christmas cards then these would be the pictures on them... But since we don't have time to sit down and make hundreds of Christmas cards with our faces on them my blog would have to do... so enjoy!!

some pics...

2006-11-02T16:02:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from when Mom and Dad were here for family weekend....

Where's Meeko?

2006-09-30T08:50:00.000-07:00

Last night at about 12:01 we decided to go for a little adventure with our room mascot Meeko.

Here are some pictures of the fun with meeko....
PART 1

short and stubby?

2006-09-27T16:24:00.000-07:00

so....
i was walking back to my room tonight after class and i was walking pretty quickly, at least i thought i was....i was meeting kelsi for dinner. People just kept passing me... i was like "i am walking as fast as i can"
It was then that i realized that my short little German legs are nothing compared to all of the tall skinny dutch people!!
I never thought that i was short... until i got here and everyone is towering over me, and using their long legs to run marathons past me... it is really depressing...
So i gave up and let them pass me not thinking anything about it... wait... i did think about it. I am mad that they don't care about my short stubby legs!!! I can't help it. They need to be considerate of us non-dutch people.... seriously!
ok I am done ranting now....

Meet my Friends

2006-09-03T20:42:00.000-07:00

I want you all to meet my Friends That i have made....
I took pictures of them and decided to tell you a little bit about them.

Meet “Zee”
He is a Goldfish.
Zee lives by the window.
He likes to swim.
Zee likes looking out of his bowl.
His favorite food is Goldfish Crisps.
His Best Friends are Frieda, Gwendolyn, Kelsi, and Abbey

Meet “Frieda”
Frieda is Ivy.
She loves basking in the sun.
Her favorite drink is lukewarm water.
Her Very best friend is Gwendolyn.
But she also thinks that Zee is pretty sexy.

Meet Gwendolyn
She is a Tropical Plant.
Gwendolyn enjoys sitting around all day.
She prefers warmer water, but she won’t say “no” to lukewarm water.
Gwendolyn’s best friend is Zee, who she secretly has a crush on.
SHHHH… don’t tell him.

Well i hope you enjoyed meeting my friends.
Maybe one day you will come and meet them in person.
They are very fun to get to know.

Organized fun: Is it really Fun?

2006-08-31T18:58:00.000-07:00

I believe that if you are reading this then you know my feelings on the subject of organized fun, so frankly I don't want to get all hot and bothered by explaining my feelings on the subject.

(and to all of you who are wondering yes I did just say "hot and bothered")

All these pictures are from the "organized not-so-fun" time. We went to Reed's lake on our "outing". We played football, the human knot, and the human pyramid. Good times right??

Look at this trove....

2006-08-30T09:11:00.000-07:00

this is my little cove. I like to pretend i am the little mermaid with treasures untold and everything. It isn't nearly as cool as hers though..... i will probably live here the rest of the year.... yippy!!!
Beth- you will notice my quilt on the bed, and just to let you know- kelsi's colors are purples and blues too... SO WE MATCH!!! and my "abbey road" postcard is up... in the picture however it isn't straight but I THE SPATULA will fix it!!! hehe get it??

i just wanted to post so that i could let everyone know my room phone number, which is...
616.526.0608!!! so call me!!!!

practice makes perfect

2006-08-25T09:36:00.000-07:00

I have this shirt- i know you all have seen it. On the front it says "how do you get to carnegie Hall" on the back the punch line says "Practice, Practice"... haha so funny right?
I always wanted to take another shirt and then right the actual directions from here to carnegie hall. now that would be really funny.

So i have never been very good at saying good-bye.... but then agian i have never had to say good-bye to anyone for a really long period of time. But the past 2 weeks i have found myself saying "Good-bye" to everyone i say "hello" to. My friends Have taken up most of my good-byes, but there are always those ppl you see in wal-mart who you haven't seen all summer, and you haven't really talked to at all in the past four years.

This is the dilema though- you are walking around wal-mart and minding your own business and then you find yourself in an aisle with just you and the person you never talk to. You try not to make eye contact because that would oblligate the "Hello!" Well of course you make eye contact, and you have to say the nice "hey how are you?" But it doesn't end there oh no.... nothing can be simple. the questions just keep coming.

"so when do go to school? oh really? well i leave on sunday! where are you going to school again? what are you majoring in? well i got to get going but keep in touch !!! Good Luck at School!! GOOD BYE!! "
I have had that conversation probably 150,000 times with people who i know i will never talk to again...

All these good byes have given me a whole lot of practice- practice makes perfect right?
practice practice... it gets me to carnegie hall right?!

Down to the wire

2006-08-13T11:17:00.000-07:00

Two weeks.... that is all i have and i am out of here. It is a strange feeling that everything that i have prepared for in the past 4 years will come to an end in 2 weeks. The preperation period is over and i actually have to start doing what i have prepared to do. It is intimidating really, wondering if i am prepared enough to go to college. (i have said "prepared" a lot in the last few lines) I am not going to over analyze it though, i mean what is the worst that could happen at college- fail out and marry some guy named billy-bob and pop out a few hudred kids, and live in a run down 1 bedroom apartment. How bad is that really... it is all in how you look at it, i could be perfectly happy with that... hehe.

Well i got my housing information and this is my mailing address:

Abbey Meyer
Heyns Hall
Calvin College
3201 Burton SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546

alm28@calvin.edu (that is my e-mail- fyi)

Now you all don't have a reason not to send me cool presents!!! yea!! Presents!

There is no place like home, there is no place like home.....

2006-07-29T06:08:00.000-07:00

It seems that i am finally home after my crazy summer in columbus. Ok.. well it wasn't really crazy... but it was a whole lot fun and a wonderful experience for me. welll that is all i wanted to say...

SOOO....

2006-07-22T14:06:00.000-07:00

Beth warned me that i would be tempted to write "soooooo...." at the beginning of every blog and I kind of laughed at her.... but at the beginning of this one i found myself do exactly that soooooo.....

I don't even know how many people read this or if i am just typing to myself... either way i am having fun.

Well i was thinking the other day about going to college and growing up and such, and to let you all know i was TERRIFIED before i graduated and even after. But then i made my little trek to columbus where i have spent 4 weeks (soon to be five) with my favorite sister named beth and my favorite brother-in-law named nick. Now the whole idea of going to college isn't that scarry. Yes i will miss my family terribly, but how will i ever grow up if i don't take that step into college.
I have made a descision to not be terrified of going but rather be nervous and excited. So a nervous-excitment if you will.

so if you all are wondering if i was scarred to go to college, yes i was. But not after sort of "being on my own" the past month or so.

My experience in columbus has taught me a lot about numerous things, like budgeting because money in fact does not grow on trees like i thought it did, but more importantly that i will be ok being on my own next year.

My summer

2006-07-19T17:08:00.000-07:00

Well most of you know that i have been in columbus for the past 3 1/2 weeks. I will be returning to greenville on the 28th of this month, but i will only be home for a week before i leave again to visit kate in New York, but don't you worry i will be home again for two week before i leave yet again but for good this time. I am leaving on august 27th for grand rapids.
Well these are my plans for the next month or so.
By the way i like getting phone calls, so if you ever have the urge to call someone... go ahead pick up the phone and call me... although i do bite in person on the phone i can't get you....

This is my first time...

2006-07-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

I never thought that i wiould actually stasrt one of these blog things, but i think that this is way better than myspace- people really don't understand that it really isn't cool.
well, I will think of something more interesting for my next post.

Just to let you know though, i am really not this boring.