can we go to sonic after this?

3g has had such a whirlwind of a few days... we returned to the hall Sunday night with empty bellies and with the expectations of enjoying and giving thanks together. Our menu consisted of Crock pot macaroni and cheese, baked macaroni and cheese, havarti cheese (slices), pimento cheese sandwiches, hash brown cheese casserole, cheesecake, ham, turkey, chocolate fudge, caramel popcorn and pumpkin muffins... oh and ritz crackers and a few slices of some sort of spicy turkey. We just skipped out on the whole vegetable food group on this feast...

Emily's parents gave us a bottle of organic sparkling pear juice (not recommended) and hannah pulled out an old and hot jug of wine. We pulled two coffee tables into the hallway, and we were ready to feast. We got out our Dixie plates and to-go utensils we had acquired and feasted. We went around saying what we were thankful for and we surely were thankful for each other..but most of all the food we share together. After all of us were rolling and laying around the hall, we had to go and do work. We hadn't even returned to classes yet but, all of us had SO much work to do. Here's one end of the table at the feast.. in the middle of the hall!

So, some of us went and napped, some went and soaked in the bath, but at 12:00 am we all got back together again to celebrate Maria's 21st!! It's been a semester of 21st birthdays and we still have a WHOLE semester left to celebrate everyone else's! So, Maria's first sip of legal alcohol was the hot jug of white wine that Hannah had, we celebrated and chatted then, went to bed.

The next day, we all go to class, and return the hall almost in tears when reminded of all the work we have to do before Exams NEXT WEEK. So we screamed..literally.. and complained, which is what we do best, and did work and watched Oprah. Then, Maria's dad and step-mom came and took us out to dinner! Yahoo! We had a night on the town in Clinton, SC at FATZ holler! It's so interesting how much differently we act and carry ourselves...cough cough... mary brown when in public and around parents. We go from partying and belching to jewelery and saying yes ma'am.  Last night was one of the first nights we all were clean and bathed AT THE SAME time-- in weeks. We were looking so clean and presentable.

Katie, Mary Brown, Maria's Dad, Emily and Kate at dinner!

and the other side- liz, carrie, the birthday girl, hannah... and marge's head.

Emily, what are you looking for?

So after dinner, we came back to the hall and then got ready to really celebrate Maria's birthday. We went to Theta Chi and hung out with the boys before going to el jal- which yes, is a mexican restaurant we think is a bar.. but it's not really. Maria was just having such a great time, dancing on tables, knocking people off tables and having so much fun. Some of the 3g girls returned to the dorm after a lot of celebrating, maybe too much... and others went back out to the fraternity houses. Hannah, in all of her celebration tactics, lost blackberry number 823476. PS, campus of PC, if you find a pink phone with a bluecover please let someone on 3g know! Hannah alone has contributed a lot to the success and fame of blackberrys.

Here we are at El jal, celebrating more!

Tonight, we all have our perspective chapter meetings. Last ones of the semester!! We will come back to our 3g sistchers on the hall and watch glee-- and be informed at our hall meeting on how to check out of the dorm properly next week for Christmas!

Stay tuned these next few days for interesting late night studying adventures. Exam week is one of the most fun weeks at PC because no one sleeps, and everyone is delirious. The week before-- called "dead week" isn't existent on this hall. If you hear screams and tears coming from Grotnes dorm, it's just being overwhelmed with school!

3g lesson of the day-- Monday nights are not the best nights to celebrate 21st birthdays...