Current Status...

• Mountain Brook is 5 and freakin' 0. I'm slightly excited.
• Alabama is also 4-0. Roll tide to that my friends
• I have a C in math and I think Marilyn's getting me a tutor. I think I speak for every math teacher I have ever had when I say, FINALLY.
• I'm obsessed with Cliff bars. One a day at the least.
• Homegirl's officially Bama Bound...the next four years are looking good.
• I reorganized my closet and it makes me so happy. Like I almost enjoy getting up in the morning to look in it to decide what to wear. Almost.

Try to supress your unspeakable joy. And those are fall clothes. SCORE.

• You're looking at a new NEEDTOBREATH-er. I'm hooked on The Reckoning like a crack addict on...crack.
• My current fall playlist consists off: Train, NEEDTOBREATHE, Eric Church, Matthew Mayfield, Corey Smith, and other various artists. Not gonna lie, I feel like such a hipster.
• I'm obsessed with StumbleUpon. New outlet to stalk quotes and avoid responsibilites.
• OH YEAH, my dream car is sitting in my drive way right now. Charcoal gray 4runner with heated seats that my sweet father drove through the night from Houston, TX to suprise me with at 6AM last Thursday morning. It's a good life.
• I am also happy. Like extremely, overwhelmingly, and hopelessly happy. That feels SO good to say.

To the moon and back,

Allie (switching up the spelling)

"Don't let the imaginary person in your head keep you from loving the real one in front of you."

4-0 and Meet Mah Gang (part deux)

Current status: freshly showered, sitting in bed while watching Say Yes To the Dress: Atlanta (because everything southern is always better), after a big Mountain Brook win against Homewood. It was a nail biter, and we almost didn't have a run through sign and we didn't have poms. I also turned psycho at the sight of an intense football game and the whole run through sign fiasco. OH YEAH and we have to run Monday because we have zero capabilities in the "staying in your squad lines" area. BUT we won and we're 4-0 so that makes everything better.

So for Meet Mah Gang I would like to introduce you to Anne.

Of course I used a football season pic. She's also rocking my button. What a stud.

Gang Member Profile:

Codename: Gallowasted.

Basic overview:tennis team extraordinaire, former cross country runner, future Furman student (wink, wink Anne. Don't go to auburn), Creek Tribe assistant chief AND spent 50+ days in a row with me this summer with Hungary, beach, and life in general. She's also a ballin jersey girl and can regularly be found riding a flying turtle through the school.

Special talents:always knowing when I feel cool/think I have a cute outfit on/am trying to name drop and she will call me out on it. An expert at the art of casual traveling, JustDance2 for wii, and being the perfect jersey girl. Also exceptional at fruit cutting and always knowing the perfect Bible verse to tell you whether you're in the mood to hear it, or not.

Loves: Dancing and zumba, fruit, her 3 younger brothers, going on walks/runs, math, camp desoto, her fabulous church, Boden (don't k now what that is? Basically J Crew meets British mother. So it's Anne's style in a nutshell), dress up days, baking for our math teachers, bright colors, her "night meds", and Emmy J's (I know they're spelled a different way but I'm too lazy to care or check).

Anne is one of my oldest and dearest friends. We were on the same softball/basketball/volleyball teams all through the years, usually with her dad as the coach. We then went to camp together for 6 years. 6 long, long, long years. And then I went to Hungary with her church this past summer and so I chose to make it 7 years in a row to spend a month out of my summer with her. When were in college, we still are going to set time in summer to chill (hopefully 1+ as DeSoto counselors...if they hire us back). She's going to be a tough one to leave, especially since she's going to Furman (not Auburn. She cannot go to Auburn on me.) and I'm going to Bama. But in typical Allison/Anne fashion, we avoid the subject entirely which is easy because Anne is always in a good mood and you're makes you 50X happier when she's around.

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She's energetic. You can regularly find her dancing around the school and on occasion, riding through the mall on a flying turtle. She has a high pitch voice all the time, except when she prays it goes back down to normal level. Whenever she's being mischievous and doing sometime I don't want her to do (i.e. stealing my phone, my clothes, and calling me a name dropper) she always says, "It's okay, it's okay", like she's doing me a favor. She also loves to make me look like a horrible person at times...and in a sick and twisted way, it actually helps me. Here's an example: We would both be complaining about person/thing getting on our nerves...let's say babysitting...and then an hour later, I'll start complaining about it to someone else and she'll say, "Allison that's awful! I love babysitting because it gives me practice being a mother and you should care more about kids." Moral of the story, though it may get on my last nerve, her evil strategy keeps me from complaining...or at least while I'm in front of her. 

Anne always knows what my favorite compliments are. She never fails to tell me how radiant I am or how skinny I look on a particular day or how hipster my outfit is. And likewise, she tells me she knows when she gets dressed in the morning if I will complement her outfit of the day. She's a sucker for a corny and ironic math joke. She's also a total 9. (Don't know what the hey I'm talking about? Check this out!) She likes everyone to be happy and she tends to avoid conflicts at all costs. She also helps me grow (I'm a 6 wassssuppp) because I love people who reassure me. Anne is the epitome of the good friend. She builds people up, she is including, and her joy and eagerness is contagious. 

She loves spring, peanut butter, the movie Hot Rod, going on walks, and tennis skirts. The only thing she hates is when people fight and when I substitute A's for other letters in certain words. All in all, she's a solid individual and I dig her a lot.

Love you, mean it,

Ali

P.S. Said girl just busted into my house to bring me a wellness plus smoothie because I'm sick. What a gal.

"Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again." -Max Lucado

 

Meet Mah Gang

So in my search for new blogging techniques to try out, I stumbled upon one that my cousin, Lindsey, started, but has yet to finish. It's called, Meet Mah Gang. I know y'all enjoy reading about the mundanities and daily struggles that coincide with my existence but I think it's time I branched out of the box. The general principle of Meet Mah Gang is that I dedicate one blog post to one of my friends and just give you tidbits of info about their life. Stalker-like? Yes. Potentially embarrassing? Without a doubt. Am I going to proceed anyways? Heck to the yeah.


I thought I'd start with one of my most loyal bloggers/editor in chief, Alston. 

Gang Member Profile
Code name: Aldog
Basic overview: running cross country (when ankle is healthy), being a ballin' lifeguard at MBC, making really good grades (because she's a genius and is going to get into Vandy. NBD.), and leading bible studies, the Olympian Pageant, the Bubble,Spartan Pride, and pretty much anything else you can think of.
Special talents: making fun and energetic running schedules, knowing when to come over and help me (when I'm burning down the house, having a breakdown, doing math homework, etc.), always willing to take the time to go grab lunch/O'Henry's,visiting me at work regularly, and a solid babysitter because she is more patient than I'll ever be.
Loves:anything Vandy,grammar, Auburn football (gag), Zoe's chocolate cake, going a on a run,baby bites, and being with her frandz (translation: getting to hang out with me all the time).


When I say I love this girl, I LOVE THIS GIRL. She always manages to keep me in check, whether I'm having a bad attitude, not trying enough in school, or being my usual ridiculous self.  She's one of those friends who will cry with you and you will cry with her, literally. This sounds redonk and totally teenage girl-ish, but there is no one I rather have a break down with because not only does she always know what to say, but her tear ducts are in sync with mine and therefore, she never leaves me hanging in the crying area. Usually, by the end of these "breakdowns" we're both laughing hysterically at our lives. She always will come to my house and watch me bake/cook/destroy my kitchen and does it willingly...all my other friends I have to threaten or bribe!

Aldog is that friend who sometimes frequently gets messed with by our friends. I guess it comes with being hilarious and willing to be different than others. It's out of love, but that doesn't mean it's any easier to take and she braves it gracefully. The same people, though, who mess with her to no end will turn around and defend her any time of the day. It obvious to any of our friends how much she is truly loved. 

She's a genius. Enough said. She also works hard in school; she doesn't take the easy way out and you can regularly find her in the library during 6th period studying AP Latin. (It may look like she is totally immersed in a book/talking to herself, but I promise she's trying to memorize something for that class.) But then again, she can also be found sitting outside with a diet coke and talking to her friends about anything. Her favorite subject of conversation recently has been her little girls in the bible study she's leading every Wednesday morning. She never complains about having to get up early for it, or whether or not the girls will be willing to pay attention, but exudes her excitement in getting to have an impact in their lives, selflessly and without ceasing in her enthusiasm.


Her best quality is definitely dedication. She always is doing the right thing, whether it be studying and making sure she understands any school concept, regularly exercising (She runs every. single. day.), or paying attention to my cousin that I'm supposed to be babysitting while I'm coloring with Anne...yes, that's happened before. She is dedicated to reading my blog, spending time with all of her friends, her youth group, and any other organization she takes part in. But above all, she is so firm in her faith in Christ and never fails to tell me exactly what I need to hear, no matter if I'm in the mood willing to receive it. I thank God for her every day; whether she's running into school stressing out about a test, or totally letting loose with her friends at a GNI. God really knew what He was doing when He placed her in my life.

To the moon and back,
Ali

"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln