(This is edited way down because there are some things that parents do NOT need to know about college!)
(Also, most are meant to be funny and not really serious...with a couple of moments of seriousness thrown in for good measure.)
(But all are true accounts.)
(I started off in somewhat of a chronological order but things became very muddled after about August of 1999. Then some stories in my head led to other stories in my head and they just got all jumbled.)
(Oh yeah...then it also turned into a 1999 through 2000 list because I couldn't remember which stories belonged in which year.)
(I'm ready now...enjoy!)
1.) Broke up with a psycho.
2.) Dated an ex's best friend right after it was discovered that said ex was a pyscho.
3.) Learned that's not a bright idea.
4.) Graduated from high school.
5.) My parents moved into their new house that took FOREVER to build!
6.) Went "clubbing" for the first time.
7.) Started college.
8.) Lived on my "own" for the first time.
9.) Saw the true colors of certain family members...and they weren't pretty.
10.) Learned that a lot of people (especially small town girls) can be pretty crappy people.
11.) Learned what my alcohol tolerance really was (laughable!).
12.) Learned how to function and go to class hungover (this is a skill that became very useful later in life when I started my first real job and experienced 8 hour happy hours...multiple times per week).
13.) Learned how to do a proper keg stand.
14.) Learned that I get brain freezes WAY too easily!
15.) Learned that if I drank enough and often enough, that tolerance really can be built up!
16.) Discovered who my true friends were.
17.) Started dating on an adult level...which wasn't that successful.
18.) Realized that people can be very two-faced.
19.) Back to clubbing...I LOVED to go clubbing!
20.) I saw hard core drugs for the first time and not just when the police came up to school and had a display of them so we knew what to look out for.
21.) Learned that those displays that the police show you are WAY outdated!
22.) Frats...ugh.
23.) First relationships with "older" men (as in, they were 5 whole years older than me!).
24.) Found out that I'm not very good at juggling 5 relationships at the same time. Probably why my "adult level" of dating wasn't very successful.
25.) Learned that no matter what age, guys want you to only date them while they are free to date whomever because technically you guys aren't "exclusive." Then promptly thought, "Screw that!"
26.) Had my first openly gay friend.
27.) Learned self-defense.
28.) Learned that a lot of people in high school didn't actually think I was a dork in high school...like I thought they did.
29.) Gave a guy a bloody nose...on accident.
30.) Gave a guy a bloody nose...on purpose.
31.) Discovered that I REALLY liked living by myself!
32.) Drank a lot of Crystal Palace vodka.
33.) Realized that it was basically on the same level as drinking rubbing alcohol.
34.) Went camping for the first time without my parents.
35.) Realized that I don't like camping without my daddy doing everything for me (they had the audacity to put me to work!).
36.) Went snipe hunting for the first time.
37.) Eventually learned what a snipe really was.
38.) First time I became friends with a married couple (which was totally weird to me).
39.) Learned how to play pool.
40.) Learned how to use a coin-operated washing machine.
41.) Learned that if you leave your clothes unattended in above machine, they will magically disappear!
42.) Realized that college-level classes were not as hard as high school teachers made them out to be.
43.) Realized that nothing could really prepare you for life after high school.
44.) Developed the awesome skill of taking notes while asleep.
45.) Realized that you can't really read your notes when you take them while asleep.
46.) Discovered that it really didn't matter because apparently As came easily to me.
47.) Although, I did make my first bad grade due to lack of preparation and/or not caring.
48.) Learned that if you make friends and/or date a bartender at a not-so-busy bar, you can drink underage!
49.) Learned that if you put lotion on your hands right before going to a bar, the permanent marker Xs wash right off.
50.) Discovered that the door guys were on to me. Dang.
51.) Had my lotion-y hand wiped off on many pant legs.
52.) Sang "Party Like It's 1999!" all the time! It was stuck/drilled into my head for an entire year.
53.) Realized that if I had 2 drinks in me, I was an awesome dancer.
54.) Learned that if I had 3 drinks in me, I was no longer an awesome dancer, but I still thought I was.
55.) Realized that dancing for 5 hours straight for 3 nights a week really did help fight off that pesky "Freshman 15."
56.) Memorized all the words to a fight song.
57.) Realized that I liked the "alternate" lyrics better.
58.) The first time I was a true fan of football and not a forced fan.
59.) Tried rollerblading...unsuccessfully.
60.) Should have learned to never, ever, ever chop all my hair off...but I didn't.
61.) Highlighted my hair for the first time.
62.) Didn't learn that it should have been the last time.
63.) Had my eyebrows trimmed for the first time, even though I said NO to it.
64.) Learned to really put my foot down if anyone ever tries to trim my eyebrows again!
65.) Had my first stalker. Yes, there was more than one.
66.) Pooped in a public bathroom for the first time (yeah, I went there!).
67.) Discovered that I have a real fear of pooping in a public bathroom.
68.) Learned that if I have a fear about pooping, I won't go for 3 solid weeks.
69.) Learned that if I don't poop for 3 weeks, I will end up in a lot of pain and very, very sick.
70.) Learned that you can see clogged intestines on an x-ray! Also? The doctor will laugh at you.
71.) Discovered that I could actually miss being at home so much despite how much my parents annoyed me.
72.) Learned that as long as I was at home, I would still have a curfew.
73.) Got my first speeding ticket (this was actually still in high school, but it was 1999).
74.) Got my second speeding ticket.
75.) Became overdrawn on my checking account for the first time.
76.) Learned that my dad doesn't know how to deposit a check into the proper checking account no matter how explicit the instructions are!
77.) First time I ever ate in public by myself.
78.) Dorm food. Enough said.
79.) Learned how to cook just about anything in a microwave.
80.) Discovered that I have a true love for Taco Bueno and if I live in a city without it, I will binge for days on it every time I encounter the restaurant!
81.) See above about Jack in the Box...although it isn't so much as true love as infatuation.
82.) Learned how to drive in "wintery mix"...which means snow covered ice.
83.) Learned that college-level classes are never canceled no matter how treacherous it is to get there.
84.) Saw my first bearded lady.
85.) Discovered that I will pluck every single last bit of peach fuzz after seeing a bearded lady!
86.) Saw torrential downpours like nothing I have ever seen before.
87.) Saw flooding like I have never seen before.
88.) Learned what civil engineering was and that Lubbock really, really, really needed a drainage expert.
89.) First dust storm.
90.) Learned that your clothes will stain horribly in dust storms.
91.) Learned that I can survive on a diet of junk food no matter what my mom says!
92.) Learned that if I'm not forced to work out, I generally won't do it.
93.) Discovered that I didn't want history to be my minor.
94.) Discovered that I didn't want philosophy to be my minor.
95.) Discovered that I didn't want Spanish to be my minor, either.
96.) Discovered that if you can't settle on a minor, English is a good alternative that will be assigned to you regardless of if you want it or not.
97.) Discovered that English was a great minor because it only required 2 additional classses outside of the required English classes for my major!
98.) Learned that ANY business in a college town will take a check.
99.) This includes McDonald's.
100.) Learned how to sit back, relax, and take life one day at a time.
