TGIFB...Thank God it's Fall Break. (almost...)

It is almost fall break, which means the semester is half way over, which means I only have 8(ish) weeks left of class in my college career (hopefully), which means I am very happy! Time has definitely flown the last couple months. I hadn't been home all semester until yesterday.

I went home to speak at the Sony Star Class dinner. For those who do not know what that is, please allow me to explain. Sony was my high school's Adopt a School sponsor. We were 1 of 2 schools in the USA who had "Sony Star Class"- a scholarship program in which students turn in portfolios of community, church, and school activities as documentation of what they have done. Sophomores turn in portfolios and they typically choose 12 of those as finalists. Those finalists turn in another portfolio near the end of their senior year, as well as go through an interview process. After that, one student is chosen for the "Sony Star Class scholarship." I happened to be that student in 2007 (and I am able to type this because of the Sony laptop that came with the scholarship!) So last night I went to the dinner and just gave the class of 2012 some advice and encouragement.

Not only was I glad to go see people I hadn't seen since I graduated, but I was also just glad to go home. School isn't hard right now, but it is at times slightly overwhelmingly busy. Vera (my Vera Bradley planner) helps me out, but it was a good treat to go home. PLUS, my brother was home, which is always a rare treat. He actually attended the dinner with me and my mom. Something happened when we walked in that has never happened before. Wesley was "Lindsey's brother"...nobody knew who he was! Everybody knew who I was!? If you know both of us well, you know that our personalities are different. As the younger, I have always accepted the fact that I'm "Wesley's sister". (If he was a terrible person, I'd have a problem claiming it, but for now I'll claim it) 


Not only was he known as "Lindsey's brother"- His nametag read:

HA...I'm saving this forever.


On a different note...while driving to Dothan yesterday, my gas light  came on. Typically I have about 30 miles before I run out, so I figured I'd just wait til I was on my way back to Mobile to fill up. This morning when I filled up, I put 13.5 gallons in my car...that may not seem like alot, but my tank averages about 11.7-12.3....13.5?!?!...I was so shocked that I got out the owner's manual at a red light to see how big my tank was. FYI: it holds 14.1 gallons. I was .6 gallons away from being stranded. Using my mathematical part of my brain, along with much thinking time between Dothan and Mobile, I figured out if I had driven for about 5 more minutes, my car would have died. Thank you, Lord, for strategically placed gas stations.