Something Clever.

I was so surprised...this wonderful person nominated me for some sort of Versatile Blogger Award. Or something. 

Well, apparently I'm supposed to name 9 facts about me now, and, uh, I'm just gonna go ahead and clear the air about some things while I'm at it. Screw it, I'm a senior in college and soon I'll be a real adult. It's time people learned some things about me.

• I've been to Spain. (Surprise, surprise if you've read my first 12936234 posts, right?) It was the most amazing experience I have ever had in my life and someday I will be back. My Spanish has improved immensely (as has my Spanish accent), and just getting the chance to see real history (sorry, but America is really just a baby in comparison and not nearly as interesting) was something I will never forget. Possibly my favorite thing ever, if I had to choose, would be the medieval walls that still surround Ávila. SO awesome. They're seriously the defense walls from medieval times and are still intact! And (because I'm a nerd and love history) it was such an experience seeing the city from afar, surrounded by huge, stone walls. Amazing.

I'm obsessed.

•  I tend to exaggerate. Just a little. (See above.) When I'm typing out an estimate, I generally just slam my fingers into random numbers...and when I'm vocalizing an estimate, I usually include a 7 in there somewhere...My roommate Caroline has caught on to that one, and won't believe any numbers I spout that include 7s...It's like the boy who cried wolf. Except that when Caroline doesn't believe me, I won't be eaten by a wolf. Probably. 

Ouch.

• I'm a very logical person. If I can't explain something with logic, I simply cannot believe it. I will search and search for some logical reasoning for things, and if none show up, I'm forced to accept that I can't believe it. And then there's no changing my mind. But I promise I do try really hard to find reasons before giving up.

• As my little (sister, in my sorority) told me last night, I have high expectations for people. Caroline and Katie agreed, saying that it pushes people to be better, but they all three conceded that sometimes I just need to let go when someone simply can't meet my expectations. It hurts me too much, because I put so much of myself into helping them reach my expectations that I probably hurt worse than they do when they fail me. Sigh, I'm working on it. (And a huge thanks to those who do try to keep up with them. I'm sorry I have such expectations--I honestly didn't even realize it before, haha)

• I...haven't admitted this to a lot of people...soo...first, I'll note that I type the way I speak, generally. Maybe I'm a little more formal when I type, but if I put in some (...) I am literally thinking (or would speak it) with a pause. If I drag out my words (ex: sooo), that's me dragging out my words. I promise I'm not the type of person who just adds letters for no reason. 

Pictured: Not me.

• Okay, so now that thing that not a lot of people know about me...(thank goodness not a lot of people read this blog)...Okay, it's seriously not as big a deal as I make it out to be...haha but I still get nervous and embarrassed...Okay, so I like to write. I actually love writing stories. I've kind of had an obsession with storytelling since I was a kid, and luckily it wasn't squashed out of me growing up. I started typing things out in high school, writing the first 10 pages of a story and scrapping it. Then I wrote the first 20 pages and scrapped that. Each time I'd get a little farther into a story before I realized it was going nowhere, until finally, last year, I finished a whole book's worth of story. And then I wrote the sequel. So now I have two, finished (to a degree) books. Various friends have been helping me to edit and construct them both, (and I'll point out that Caroline and Bree are my biggest contributors), and I could not be happier. I'm actually currently working on getting the first published, as Bree and I edit it and fix it, so we'll see how that goes. I love writing, and I love the world (literally) I've created, and the characters, and the plot. I'm so happy with it all, and I feel much more accomplished now. It's a big thing for me.

This big guy's in it, if that intrigues you...

• I'm super passionate about education. I know, you're saying, "You want to be a teacher--I hope you're passionate about it!" And I agree wholeheartedly. But there are definitely those people who are just kind of in it because they have nowhere else to go, or they want summers off, or they like the pay (HA! Just kidding!). I will tell you right now that I am not one of those people. I think about my future classroom a lot, and I plan and I scheme, and I figured out what I really believe and what I don't. If I do say so myself, I have the framework for a really great classroom, and I am seriously so excited to put it into practice. Thank goodness little Brandi had the right idea when she made Katie and Aimee play school with her...after school...I've wanted to be a teacher all my life, and I've realized just how much I really do want it now. It's amazing.

• I'm a terrible student. Is that contradictory, or what? I love education, but I hate going to my own classes...I really can be terrible when it comes to attendance, and I feel bad about it--but not enough to change anything. I hate going to education classes, for the most part. And that's because, for the most part, I feel like I already know what they're telling me. Yes, I can learn different methods and cool tricks (and I won't deny that I have learned of some cool things I want to use), but most of the time it's just not worth it for me to hike to the ed building and sit in boring classes listening to things I already know. Woops. Once I get my own classroom, hopefully I'll want to be there all the time, because either way, I will be. (Just as a side note, I'm currently ditching my classes...just to let you know how serious I am about that...and I'm sorry if I influence you in the wrong way with this...Go to class!)

• I...don't know how to wrap this up...No, I'm kidding. But seriously. What's another fact about me that could be interesting to know? I, uh, love Tri Delta? Is that a cheap one? Well, too bad. I really, really do love my sorority. This weekend was rush, so I've been talking about it practically nonstop for four days, and the more I talk about it, the more I love it. The more songs I have to sing over and over and over again, the more I realize they're true and that, in May, I'll have to leave this all behind. I love my sisters. I love the bond there seems to be between us all. I love the way we all love Tri Delta. And most of all, I love my big, my littles, and my grandlittle. (AND very soon I will love my second grandlittle and, hopefully, a great grandlittle!) Yay, Hero Family!! (And, yes, I did name my family the Hero Family because I love Batman...) ∆∆∆

The Fam. Minus my big.

So there you have it, folks. There's your nine facts about me. Hopefully I didn't bore you to tears, and hopefully you haven't lost some respect for me with my rambling. Have a great day, everyone! Don't be too surprised! ;]

P.S. I don't have enough blogging-friends (yes, I had to make that a hyphenated word) to nominate more people, sadly. So I just re-nominate my dear friend Leah.