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Chapter Ninety: Explore

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It's just about midterm season, so you can only imagine how busy our roommates and I are. This is obvious upon glancing at our messy rooms: papers strewn everywhere, textbooks scattered on the bed, missing pencils, piles of dirty laundry, Awake chocolate bar wrappers.... It's been a little crazy. Thanksgiving break has never seemed so far away. Despite the business in our lives, we do make our best effort to find some time to relieve stress and have a little fun. Something that is important for all college students, or anyone who is twentysomething really, is the need to define ourselves. We have an intense need to discover who we really are. This takes a lot of alone time, thinking, and, most of all, exploring. Joining organizations, getting out of our comfort zones...these things aid us in discovering who we really are, and who we want to be. This past week was spent doing a lot of exploring... For example, this past weekend, Bailey went on a fall retreat with her church. S

Chapter Eighty-Nine: October Fun...Has Just Begun!

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Happy Halloween! Well...not yet....but since it's October, it's basically Halloween. I'm not sure what I'll be for Halloween this year (it's usually a last-minute decision), but no matter what, I'm sure Halloween will be great! In fact, this whole month is packed with exciting events. Before we start with October, though, let's backtrack to the end of September. September 26, 2015 to be exact. This wasn't just any Saturday, no, it was game day. Oh, but not just any game day...Game Day against Texas Christian University. Many students, alumni, and Red Raiders alike felt very strongly about this game. In fact, when Esther and I arrived to the game two hours early, within 30 minutes, the entire student section was full. It was cramped, a little sweaty, but definitely an exciting experience! To the Right To the Left Take it back now y'all (Esther and I) We learned our lesson from the last couple of games and wore a cap to protect o