After a lot of thinking and debating, our housing situations are clear. For everyone but Kala that is, who plans on moving back home, at least for a bit.
Chelsea is living on campus with a few of our friends while Megan is moving in (on campus still) with members of her volleyball team. Now I, on the other hand, found a place. I will be living with another Chelsea, in an off-campus apartment.
Now, I can't give off too much information but I am happy we will have a pool and we are getting our keys soon... not soon enough for us though!
I think we all stressed too much about it. I think we all knew what we wanted, or could do, just did not know how to organize it and actually say it to each other. But, it is good we figured it out because we have enough to do in the upcoming weeks.
Other than figuring out housing, we have all been bonding over one movie. Here's the trailer. I didn't want to spoil it for those if you that haven't gotten to see it. (And yes, we have all watched this at least two times over the past 36 hours!)
"My boyfriend's back and you're gonna..." be lucky you really don't have to hear that! But clearly this weekend is exciting because Josh is here for the week. Poor kid, has to deal with me. I know he loves it thought.
I think cupid has hit 503 - very well - for the first time this year. Everyone here is happy with a significant other. Now, I can't do too much gossip on them, we'll let them do it themselves, but even Chelsea is in a great mood! (Trust me, you can see if you look at her status' on Facebook and AIM.
Why does everyone find it necessary to post how happy they are and if they miss people on line? Clearly I am guilty of this because I am doing it in this blog! But really, we all complain that our lives are out in the open and yet, we do it to ourselves.
Because we are all happy, nothing has been too crazy around here. We have either been spending time talking to our men, all of which don't live here, or doing a ton of work!
How can you support us? - Well, I guess you have to wait and see until after my roommates get back this weekend!
And for those of you who had no idea what I was "singing," here is the video... ENJOY! (But really the lyrics do not relate to me, just got excited by saying my boyfriend's back!)
I swear our ghost is back. I have been hearing doors open and close when no one is here. My mom tells me I am just crazy, which is very true, I would bet.
With school winding down, the number of days, not how busy we are that is, as a group, the four of us have been deciding when to move out of the apartment. (As I have hinted in previous blogs, Spencer has moved out for reasons I cannot relay.) Deciding when to leave would not be such a problem if we did not have to clean.
However, we do. And clean up leaves us with a large living/dining room/kitchen to clean, plus three bedrooms. And the way the dust comes out of these vents, it won't be fun! Can anyone explain to me how you clean a wooden floor and then two hours later there is dust everywhere?!
This topic is one in which you will find all of us in agreement. We clean, or shall I say used to clean, a lot. However, it is quite aggravating that no matter how much we clean, it stays dirty! Does anyone else who lives in the apartments have this problem? Please let us know how you avoid it/fix it.
How can you support us? -Come visit Chelsea and I at Town Tavern tomorrow. Check our Facebooks for drink specials! -And if Megan finds her work schedule out for the next few days, visit her at work at The Courthouse Tavern. Especially on Fridays. (Supposedly it has some awesome fish!)
In high school the month of March means nothing. There are still at least two months of school left and definitely one grading period to go. However, in college, the end of March is a big wake up call. Normally that means there is only one month left.
And for the girls of 503 that is for sure. While Spencer is off doing her thing with Harmon Creek, the rest of us sit here stressed. Kala is a wreck about upcoming graduation and Meg, Chelsea and I have a lot of work. Yet what do we really do, what for the return of all our shows!
I have never watched Gossip Girl until I lived with them, and now, if I walk in and it's on, I sit and watch it - therefore, putting off work. This is the same with One Tree Hill. And they do it with things I watch too.
Back to a question I asked in my first blog - is 6 girls living together really illegal and considered a sorority? I'm thinking not... I am thinking that rule came about a long time ago by teachers who knew that this many girls living together distracts every one of them!
How can you support us? -This one is easy. Send us little words of encouragement and reminders to do work and not watch T.V!
Living with four other people gets crazy. And of course that is what this blog is about. Well, I genuinely believe it is because we are all good friends. We get annoyed, we get tired of being with each other and we are always around each other.
Spencer and Kala will be graduated next year. Megan must live on campus because of volleyball. So that leaves Chelsea and I to decide what to do. And we have had our problems doing so. She has a job and an apartment back home and doesn't want to pay for two all summer, which makes sense.
So what do we do? Agree to part ways for the year? Or figure something in between? Do you think living with a best friend is a good idea or not? I know these are a lot of questions, but I think Chelsea and I aren't the only two debating this.
Take this poll and let me know if living with your best friend is a good idea!
Our apartment has been quite hectic lately, and I am not so sure that it is in a good way. We have all been moody and it is stemming from many things. I think stress number one is the fact that three roommates are very sick. Stress two is that we have one aspiring singer, one FBI hopeful and one hopeful broadcaster along with two who only somewhat know what they want to do. And that leads to stress number three.. the end of the year is coming which means a lot of work, housing situations and graduation for some.
With all of this put together, its a shaky place in here. It seems as though a bomb could detonate at any time! And to beat it all, our poor families and boyfriends have to deal with it. For the most part, we have turned to our families and spent time at home.
One way I have kept myself semi-sane is looking at F-my-life. The stories people have on the site make me realize that something worse could have happened over my day. Plus, it gives me a much needed laugh.
Another thing that I do is keep up with the news. And this past week, the passing of Natasha Richardson has me upset. Her role in the Parent Trap was my favorite. Now I will be sad when I watch my favorite movie of all time.
Don't surprises make everyone happy? Especially when they are something totally unexpected and from someone you like. Well, I know in my room with all of us girls they do.
Kala was happy to find out that her boyfriend was coming down Wednesday to take her home. And Chelsea was actually having a decent time talking to a guy. (Which is a first and maybe won't make her hate Valentine's Day so much!) Megan was on a better track with the guy she likes and Spencer, well she is a little different of a story. Spencer is happy NOT having a guy around! I guess after some bad time that is what happens.
Well, when I got the call that my boyfriend who lives in the great white north was coming down this weekend, I was clearly thrilled. It will have its downfalls though considering he can only stay for not even 24 hours. I'm very gracious he is coming but upset that I can only see him for a short period of time.
Does anyone have advice on how to keep couples happy with each other, especially when they are away from each other? As all of my roommates are in this situation, I think we need it. We all appreciate our men, but we get angry and miss them when they are not here!
Saint Patty's Day is finally here! Looking out my window it seems like a Sea of Green walking over the bridge. Now this one is going to be quite different than usual. Most of our guy friends aren't here... I have to work at 5 so I will not be celebrating... and I am the only one that is not 21!
I know that shouldn't matter, but walking around a city with a bunch of drunk people isn't fun.
Our apartment is like a clown house. We all have visitors, sleeping on the floor, the couch, Chelsea in her pod. Breakfast this morning was a joke. I guess that still makes it fun. Everyone pitching in whatever food they have and making what they are good at. That is why we are all friends, and roommates.
Happy St. Patty's Day! Enjoy all the green...
Check back for pictures or a video if my camera works...
With the end of spring break, all of us came back to school on the same day. Now, it was only a week we were gone... but I swear it seemed like a century!
The first night back none of us could fit food in the cupboards let alone try to unpack. I don't know how we were walking around the room... considering there are things everywhere. Chelsea's laundry is in the kitchen, my suitcase is in the middle of the bedroom and Spencer's stuff is all over the table.
...and to beat it all, we had guests over. Is it appropriate as college students to "be allowed" to leave places like this? Or should we act like adults. Clearly we think different. But let us know.
How can you support us this week? Spencer bartends all night Thursday at One Ten Lounge while Chelsea and I will be at Town Tavern until 10.
Then of course, come be our friends at the St. Patty's Day Parade! And come to the Royal later that night for a live boxing match that I will be bartending.
Poor boyfriends. Since this blog is somewhat related to how they deal with us, I must say mine has done very well over the past week! He has walked in and out of four, yes count that 1-2-3-4 malls with me in the span of like six days. All in search of black high heels and a black necklace. Not to mention the Blackberry skins which I still can't find.
Spencer has a different story with men, but I will say she is very strong and being very smart with it. I think I know why. She is more focused on her career because her and Dessa (Harmon Creek) are auditioning today for Can You Duet?
Chelsea also has an audition for The Real World. My broadcasting roommates are apparently trying to make it on the big screen in a different way.
How can you support us: Wish Chelsea and Spencer good luck and give us all a little encouragement to get back to class Monday!
As I told you all before, I'm here in the country north of us and it is FREEZING! I can't believe temperatures were in the negative teens. At least the next few days are supposed to be more reasonable (and remember, its Celsius here!)
Since I am away from my roommates it is kind of hard to say what they are doing. But I do know that by my next blog I will be able to tell you what Spencer and the rest of Harmon Creek is doing in Nashville - I promise this because I will remember to ask her.
On the technological side of things, Blackberry Messenger is the best invention ever. I can finally talk to my boyfriend here in Canada free of charge and Chelsea because now we don't have to worry about text messages.
Does anyone know a good website where I can order Blackberry Pearl skins? My camera goes horizontally and I really want the three pack of white, lime green and pink but I can't find it anywhere in Pittsburgh or here in Canada! *That's how you can support me this week. Helping me with my problems!*
Finally after finishing midterms it is time for spring break! While most people head to Florida, Cancun and other warm places, none of us really are. Chelsea and Kala were supposed to head to Canada with me, but unfortunately could not. Therefore, the two of them are just headed back to their hometowns. Megan went to IUP with her man and Spencer went back to Burgettstown to work doubles at TGIFridays for the first half of the week. However, Spencer does have an exciting end of the week.
Like I said before, I don't really know if I can reveal where Harmon Creek is heading for the end of the week. I can say it involves Nashville, Tennessee. Hopefully very soon I can tell you exactly where and why they went!
If any one is in town tonight, head to Town Tavern. $10 wristbands for all you can drink from 8 to 10.
And tomorrow head to The Royal on route 88 for 13 live boxing matches!
Hope to see you at those events and have a good break! I'll be in touch from the country north of us!
I wonder that quite often, especially since there are 4 other girls I live with. I mean, people say things then one day later it totally changes. I know I do that too but usually I try to explain myself. Is it wrong to ask questions? Or should you?
Should you pressure them or just let it go?
I know it's a weird question but I always wonder.
There really is no way to support us this week because everyone is going home for spring break! Just wish us good luck for midterms!
I know that these topics are very random, and I feel like I am being sacrilegious by putting them together. Maybe not too much, but some people don't use Facebook just to keep in touch...
Well, anyways, this applies to my roommates as well as every person in college, and abroad. First, about Lent. Since that starts this coming Wednesday...
Someone recently brought it to my attention that a new fad this year is people giving up networking sites (click here to see article) such as Facebook and MySpace for the six weeks of Lent. In a way, I think this is a good idea. For instance, I know Spencer spent two hours on it today to put pictures up. Chelsea and I have been checking both sites all day as a way to avoid homework. And most people spend more time doing that than doing homework! So is that a cleansing for not only the Lenten holiday but also for people in general. Maybe we should try talking to people in general and not "stalking" them on Facebook. I think my roommates and I need to debate this, what do you think guys?
If you guys haven't had a chance to listen to Harmon Creek, make sure to check out their MySpace. They have a big gig/audition coming up but I don't want to be the one releasing the idea!
And basically to continue the idea that we center our lives around social networking sites, can anybody tell me how you can get to Facebook on the Blackberry Pearl? Like I've said before, I'm not too technologically savy...
So today is Chelsea's 21st Birthday. We all went out last night to celebrate it with her, and of course that entailed 4 girls getting ready in one bathroom. Now, we have three bathrooms and three bedrooms, why would it be necessary to be in one? Well, clearly because Chelsea was having a fit that she didn't look good (as always she did).
But a quick question for you all, including my roommates and I, to think about, how is it that girls blow things so far out of control? We do not mean to do it, then we do, and it leads to a screaming match followed by a group hug.
Yep, that was our night!
Is anyone else ready for Spring Break? I am. Even though we are going to Canada, where it is colder... and more snowy... and did I mention not even 30 degrees as of today!?
Don't forget to wish Chelsea a happy birthday if you see her!
I'm sure so many blogs are about that today, but mine is not so much a cheerful one per say. All of us roommates found something to do for the holiday in a way that made us happy.
As I said earlier this week, Kala went home and went out for Valentine's Day dinner last night. Megan went to her house and is spending the day with Nate. Spencer is going to a Valentine's Day party. Josh and I are going shopping and having dinner at Houlihans.
But now there's Chelsea. She has her anti-Valentine spirit, you know, she is one of those that believes Cupid's stupid. It is one of her least favorite holidays of the year, and she wants it to remain that way.
Spencer, Josh and I tried to convince her to go to the party. That is where most of our friends will be ... single or taken. So she would not be a third wheel or left out in any manner.
How can you get someone out of their anti-Valentine blues? Maybe next year we will have a solution for her.
I know one way you can cheer her up... Come to Buckheads Monday for her 21st Birthday Fiasco! Yikes =)
When I was still in high school, my mom always said it was not necessary for a girl to get a guy something for Valentine's Day. She said most guys are not into the gifts given around that time. I have contemplated that over the years. This Valentine's Day, my roommates and I tried to solve the problem.
Kala decided to get her new boyfriend a picture frame with the two of them in it. Spencer was on the rocks with her boyfriend, and they broke it off before then. Megan and her guy decided to not celebrate the day (they recently got together). And Chelsea is single. So that leaves me. With the boyfriend of almost a year, even though we have really been together a year and a half.
What do I do for him? I have already gotten him picture frames, pictures, food, clothes and most things a guy could want. And, to put a damper on gift giving ideas, he's on a diet.
Any ideas on what I can do? Apparently my roommates and I haven't quite figured it out yet. I've walked in and out of stores for the past two weeks.. HELP!
How can you support us this week? As always, Spencer is bartending Thursday at 110 and Chelsea and I will be at Town Tavern Friday!
(Kala and Megan are going home... that's why we can't exactly support them!)
How much is too much? Such a cliche statement, I know. But really?!? In this case, I mean, is it overbearing to ask your roommate(s) where she/he/they are if you have not heard about them in awhile?
For instance, Chels and I got back from the Point Park basketball games last night and had not heard from Megan or Kala all day. We knew Spencer was home. And all we knew was that Kala and Megan had been at dinner with family. However, most people return from dinner by 10 - at the VERY latest. And neither of them had, and no word from them.
Now, here is were it gets tricky. Both of them were with, let's say, friends. I think that is when a girl friend may be interfering. Especially if a girl is on their period and wants private time!
Just curious. What do you think? Should a roommate check-up or is that asking someone to be too parent-childish? The way an over protective parent is . . .
So, us girls have lived in Pittsburgh for two Saint Patty's Day parades (at least), minus Meg who has yet to experience one, and Spencer and Kala got to experience the last Steeler's parade in 2005. But for whatever reason, I don't think any of us girls expected it to be quite what is was.
For starters, Spencer did her usual morning wake up call for all of us - and it didn't start off the way she planned (at least that is what I would guess ... Chelsea would not wake up to give her a shirt). But then we got random visitors from Burgettstown and finally had an apartment full of friends.
Now, if I was smart, you would have a personal video account of what occurred during the Parade right outside our door. Yes that is correct, we did not have to wait in the cold for hours like most people, we stayed here (quite frankly because even getting food was not an option if you needed to cross The Boulevard). But back to the videos and the new video camera my parents got me for Christmas. Really I use it, and I have 15 videos saved on it. However, it takes me awhile to even find the videos after I take them!
And I had this problem post-Superbowl too - I don't know how to control the color settings! I accidentally shot in black and white at night and in awful lighting during the parade.
Just to point out how crazy it was, I'll cheat and steal a video from y-o-u-tube =)
(I probably could have found better quality but this was one of the closest one's to where we were standing ... made me feel like I was not cheating so much!)
So if anyone can help describe EASY ways to work the DXG 5.1 Megapixel digital video camera, please let me know.
Do you think technology is getting out of hand? I mean, there are now cell phones made for three-year-olds!
Support Megan and the rest of the Point Park volleyball team this Saturday at Robert Morris University's concession stand. The team is raising money for their Florida trip.
So like every other college person in Pittsburgh, Chelsea and I took to the streets after the amazing win by the Steelers. Of course, this is after I almost had a heart attack within the last two minutes of the game... I had my best friend tell me that is NOT OK over football. Clearly me, a die-hard Pittsburgh girl, begs to differ. But anyways, I thought my room had a lot of estrogen in it. Well, when we hit the streets of Southside, the city of Pittsburgh proved me wrong - we're normal compared to most girls! There was girls climbing all over guys and signs and bar doors. I think the entire city needs disenfected. At least Southside...
And probably where the fires were in Oakland. At least that could have burned the germs away.
How can you support us soon? Good question... maybe I can become supportive and figure out what my roommates and I will be doing =)
We were contemplating this in class the other day, it is an urban myth or a state law that in Pennsylvania, more than 5 girls cannot live in a house or it is considered a, for better language, prostitute ring? That should be something included on Mythbusters. Because, if it is, our on campus apartment would be considered one I guess, right? I mean, the school lets six girls live together.
Anyways, the room is far, far from a prostitute ring but there is now 5 college-aged, estrogen filled girls living here. And we are pretty sure we have a ghost of some form here, but that is for another day.
One can only imagine how five girls living together can be. I mean, granted, my roommates and I all wondered. In this kind of circumstance, there is a chance that 30 days a month, a girl could be on her period! And everyone knows what that can mean. And when six girls come from different backgrounds, who knows what can happen. Since this will be where you learn the ins and outs and crazy events that happen with the six of us, I believe it would be best to introduce everyone.
First there is Kala, she is the oldest one here from a small town outside Butler, PA. Her family owned horses and she loves everything to be clean. She hopes to get a job in the FBI someday. Then there is Spencer. She is a Broadcasting major who is starting to like the idea of nursing better. Raised about 3 seconds away from a concert field, she grew to love music and is in a band with her best friend called Harmon Creek.
Megan is a transfer from Juniata. She is the youngest of three girls in her family and lives on a lot of land and loves animals. Her one sister, Jerica, left for L.A. two years ago and has never been back.
Chelsea is a broadcasting major and also the youngest of four children. She is a bit wacky and lives in her own world. Growing up her brother was her idol, and now, they "hate," but secretly love each other. And also, she is the one who always does her hair and makeup for a night out.
And since our roommate Nikki moved out, that leaves only one Nikki, me. I am the only child and was raised in the city. I have never experienced most of the things some of my roommates have with creeks and snow and being able to roam wherever I want except when I go camping.
Now, with all of us wacky girls who have our own personal problems, we tend to stir some up amongst ourselves... accidently of course! For instance, the other day, Spencer wrecked Kala's morning. By unintentionally leaving boiling water in the coffee pot, allowing it to crack while she was in class! For everyone that knows Kala, she loves her coffee in the morning! And on the day where she had her early class, she was not happy. However, she wasn't mad at Spencer. That's the good thing about us roommates. If something upsets us, we don't stay angry. Let's just say, it's the estrogen speaking.
And we can't forget what I did. I had people until pretty early into the morning, keeping my roommates awake and not happy for the next day. Things happen, I apologized, we moved on, we're still alive. And to my roommates reading this, I hope you agree!
Between the disagreements and the annoyances, we all do love each. We support each other too. Last Sunday, for instance, Spencer's band was playing in a "Battle of the Bands" at Saddleridge in Station Square. We were all there, screaming louder than anyone, and with the help of our friends and the band members' families, cheered them on to victory. Of course I will keep you all updated for the final round when you ALL need to come and cheer them on.
What can we do this week to support people from the room: -Go to 110 Lounge Thursday night while Spencer bartends -Go to The Town Tavern Friday night while Chelsea & I bartend -Buy a SuperBowl block pole from Megan
Until something else breaks, or our ghost strikes again...GOODNIGHT!
I'm starting to feel bad for boyfriends. How do they deal with all their girlfriend's estrogen? But, a girl's roommates have it worse! Have you ever lived with five other girls? I have .. and we knocked one down but we are still five strong. These will be the stories of how we annoy, support, joke around and just live with each other.
