6 word memoir

Life without my bestfriends would suck.

Face your problems, don't Facebook them.

Life would suck without fried pickles.

Halloween

As a little kid, my mom, dad or brother would be the ones taking me around the neighborhood to go
 trick-or-treating. We also had a Halloween function at church every year where they would have games and each game you won a prize or candy would be won. I did that for quite some time but of course kids have to grow up sometime. I don't remember what age I stopped trick-or-treating but I was still remember going every year for awhile. After I stopped, I started working at the church Halloween festival every year. I also started taking the smaller kids that lived close to me out to trick-or-treat. When I was in the 8th or 9th grade, I started handing out candy at Jana's sisters house down the street. Sometimes we would dress up and other we wouldn't. Me & Jana always had a good time doing that for the little kids and seeing all there costumes. The last year we did it, we even found a Halloween costume for her dog and let her stay on the porch with us in her costume. I don't know to many people my age that still trick-or-treat but I think it's more for the little kids and the older ones just need to buy there own. This year I can't do much on Halloween because I have to work, bummer.

Rough Week

Last week was probably one of the roughest weeks I've had in awhile. It all started last Monday after work. After I get home, my boyfriend tells me that he broke his phone. Well considering the circumstances his insurance wouldn't cover it and he can't get an upgrade until February. Since he works in the woods all day, I didn't want him without a phone so I started asking around. I finally had found one from a friend and once I brought it home and we tried to activate it, it wouldn't work because his phone was under a smart phone plan and the other one was not. I returned the phone back to the friend I got it from and continued to find him a phone. Besides trying to find him a phone I had a math quiz to study for on Tuesday, a Biology test to start studying for, A Biology lab quiz to study for, an English paper to write and a huge Math test on Thursday. Even though I was so stressed out about everything going on, I still tried to find him a phone. I had been joking on him all week about breaking every phone he gets. I got home from school on Wednesday and had way to much stuff in my hands trying to get into the door, well I dropped my phone and busted the screen..just what I needed..not. Considering I have another year on my phone plan I just went on eBay and found a phone just like mine and ordered it, of course it cost me almost $200 with the case I bought for it. Well Friday rolls around and I still hadn't found a phone for Hunter. I called my mom and asked her to ask people on her office if they had one. Luckily a guy that she works with just got a new one and had his old one in his car. My mom brought it home and I was so excited that we finally found a phone. Well after work, Hunter came to the house and we went to activate the phone, and of course it didn't work. The phone was still activated under the old account, so he has to wait until Monday when my mom can tell the guy to cancel the phone. After work on Saturday, my mom texted me and told me my phone was in. I rushed home and ripped open the box and began to put together my new phone. I turned it on and nothing was acting right. I called T-Mobile and told them the situation and they said the best thing for me to do is bring them both in and they will fix it. I had to get there before they closed to I was rushing to leave. I was trying to change into a long-sleeved shirt and as I was taking my hoodie off, my finger got caught in my necklace and of course not thinking I yanked my hoodie over my headed and broke my necklace..again. I finally made it to Montgomery and after sitting there for close to an hour I finally got my phone fixed. After that was over, I went to Kay's Jewelers in the mall to see what they could do about my necklace. Since it has a lifetime warranty I would have to send it off to get fixed .. again. I hate giving up my necklace and I knew I would probably break it again so a lady that works there recommended getting a thicker chain. I didn't have the money right then so I told her I would have to come back. On my way home, my boyfriend called to tell me he was out of the woods and I told him what had happened. After I told him what had been going on that day he said not to worry about anything because he would go pick up a thicker chain from Kay's sometime this week. Even though I had a rough week, it's starting to piece back together and get a lot better.

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Profile

I met Shenavia Macon during a class interview in my English Composition 1010 class. I didn't know who she was or even her name until this interview. During this interview I learned all about Shenavia and where she was from. Shenavia was born on October 10, 1991 which makes her twenty years old. She was born and raised in a country area of Tuskegee, Alabama with her five brothers. After attending Georgia Washington Junior High School, her and her family moved to Montgomery where she attended high school at Evangel Christian Academy. Shenavia graduated from high school with the class of 2010. She took a year off from school and started college in June 2011. After considering going to Troy University, she ended up at Auburn University of Montgomery where she is majoring in nursing. She decided to go with AUM because it is closer to home and she likes the small campus. Since she went to a small school, the smaller campus is easier to adjust to than a big university. This semester at AUM, she's taking English Comp 1010, Physchology, Math 0800 with the lab and Visual Arts. Other than school, she has many hobbies. She enjoys to go shopping, talking on the phone, social networking, playing basketball and volleyball, going fishing with her family, and deer hunting. She also enjoys watching TV when she's at home. Some of her favorite shows are Living Single, Martin, and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. If she's not watching TV shows, she likes to watch comedy, action, romance, and suspense movies. Shenavia is also an Auburn fan and her favorite football player, of course, is Cam Newton. She has a fear of snakes, lizards, spiders, and being on planes, all of which I can completely understand. Besides going by planes, Shenavia likes to travel. She's been to Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. She likes to listen to R&B, Hip-Hop, Gospel, and she's now starting to get into my kind of music, country. When she finds free time, she likes to read mystery books. When she goes out, her favorite restaurant to go to is Hibachi Grill but her favorite foods are pizza and pork chops, not at the same time of course. When it comes to politics, she's like me, not interested. She's very religious, just as I am, except instead of being a Methodist like me, she's Baptist. I've learned so much about her in such a short amount of time. I didn't expect to have a lot of things in common, but we do and I enjoyed getting to know her.

Babysitting gone bad.

I started babysitting a long time ago, but when I was about 13 years old I started to babysit for a couple that went to my church. I had known them for awhile, partially because my older brother worked at his company. They asked me to start babysitting their son so they could go out with friends every now and then. At the time Tucker was about 5 or 6 years old. I loved babysitting and he was no trouble at all. I was still a little nervous about being at their house by myself with him and I certainly didn't want anything bad to happen to him. The next summer they got a pool and Tucker was like a fish and couldn't stay out of it so of course I had to watch him really close. Since I started babysitting Tucker, he has been the most accident prone kid I know. He has had a good number of dirt bike and four wheeler wrecks that led to him having scars all over him. Last summer he even ran into a pole at a restaurant and busted his eye that he had to have stitches on. But one night was definitely worse than the rest.. only because I was the only one that was there with him. It was one night that his parents had called me to ask if I could keep him for a few hours so they could go out to eat. About 45 minutes later, Tucker asked me to fix him something to eat. I go into the kitchen and was fixing what ever it was that he wanted when I heard a growling noise and then Tucker screaming. I ran into the other room and Tuckers whole mouth was gushing blood. I asked what happened and he said he blew in his dogs face and the dog bit him. I pick him up and ran him into the bathroom and took off his favorite shirt that he didn't want to get blood on. While he was still screaming I ran to my phone and called his parents to tell them what happened. Luckily they were only about fifteen minutes away so it didn't take them long to get home. As they rushed home I continued to clean him up and try to calm him down. When they got home they rushed him to the Emergency Room while I was left there with that dog. I was only fourteen or fifteen so I couldn't get home and had to call my mom to come get me. After they got home, they called me to let me know he was OK but he had to have stitches and 5 of the hospitals male nurses had to hold him down.  That was definitely a night to remember and I know he will always remember it to considering the scar that was left on his face. I still keep Tucker every now and then, I even kept him all last summer. Considering he just turned 12, there is no telling how many more accidents that kid will have.

Friends

I would have to say that throughout the years I have had a wide variety of friends. Ones that I've met from church, softball teams, cheer squads, school or anything else. Friends come and go but there are a few that have been there with me through thick and then and have never let me down. Janaof course is going to be my main best friend. She's been there with me since we were 5 years old and we've been inseparable ever since. We've gone to church together, played on the same city league teams, played sports together at school and now she lives right down the street from me. We've always been close and there hasn't ever been anything that has ever got in between us. I know I can always count on her for anything and everything. Another one of my bestfriends is Shelby. I met her about a year ago and we've have been close ever since. Her boyfriend is my boyfriends bestfriend so we're always together. She has helped me out with a lot of things and is always there to talk to. Another good friend of mine would be Darian. I met her a long time ago at church and I even got her a job with me at a tanning salon. We talk abotu everything and she's had my back ever since we got close. Work is alot easier with her working there because I always have somebody to talk to. Samantha is the last one of my girl bestfriends. She came to my school our senior year and we didn't see eye to eye when she first came but we put aside our differences and now we are very good friends. We became very close the end of our senior year and spent most of the summer together. Although I don't get to see her a lot because of school and work we still talk a lot to see how each other is doing and when we can hangout next. My last bestfriend would be my boyfriend. We've been together for almost a year and we spend all of our free time together. He's been there through a lot with me and has helped me get through some of the hardest things  I could have ever gone through. We talk about everything and I trust him with everything. I have many other friends but these few people are the only ones who have been there no matter what and have never let me down. Friendwise, they would be the only ones I trust because it is hard to find people you can trust these days. I wouldn't know what to do without them! My best friends mean a lot to me and I'm so glad I have them.

Random Blog Again.

I can't believe its' already October. It seems like we've had this hot weather in Alabama for ever. It's finally getting cold again, which means that mom starts making her homemade hot chocolate mix again, which is the best stuff I've ever had. I tried to get some hot chocolate this morning in the Library..but they were all out. But hot chocolate is not the only thing I like about this time of year because old weather means the holidays are right around the corner! Along with being out of school, I also enjoy seeing my family on Thanksgiving and Christmas. This cold weather also means that finals are about a month and a half away and the other tests are coming up too. In between studying for all the tests and work, hunting season is coming up too. Bow season starts Saturday, which means my boyfriend will be in the woods every chance he gets. But all I'm waiting on is regular hunting season to open up, then we will both be in tree stands every weekend. There is so much that is coming up soon and I'm so excited for it all to happen, but I'm definitely not ready for all the finals and tests to take before the breaks.

Classmate Profile Questions

Name: Shenavia Macon
Birthday: October 10, 1991
Hometown: Tuskegee, Alabama
Major: Nursing
Junior High: Georgia Washington Junior High school- Wildcats
High school: Evangel Christian c/o 2010- Lions; Uniform
Hobbies: Shopping, Talking on the phone, social networking, basketball, volleyball, fishing, deer hunting
AUM: started June 2011
Pets: Pitbull but died- Bone :(
Classes- English, Physchology, Math 0800 w/ lab, Visual Arts
Intructors- Mrs. Simms, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Popelka, Mrs. Liang, Mrs. Lingamfelter
Why AUM-close to home, small campus
Other options for college- Troy University
Fears- Snakes, Lizards, Spiders, Planes
Football- Auburn Fan
Favorite Player -Cam Newton
Favorite TV show- Living Single, Martin, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Shoes- Flip Flops, Nike's, Reeboks, Jordans, Sperrys, flats
Favorite Restaurant- Hibachi Grill
Grew up in the country
Favorite Food- Pizza, pork chops
Siblings- 5 brothers : 2 older and 3 younger
Traveled- Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, & Tennessee
Music- R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop, & Gospel
Movies-Romance, Comedy, Action, Suspense
Books- Mystery Books
Politics- not interested
Religion- Christian- Baptist

Fall!

I absolutely love this time of the year where football games, bonfires, and cool weather take over. This past Saturday, my boyfriend and I went to our bestfriends' dad's wedding. It was a short and to the point kind of wedding and we were in and out of there is 20 minutes. After that me & Hunter went home to change clothes then we went back to Zac's house. Zac's girlfriend, who's my bestfriend, was gone to teh store so I watched the boys destroy their targets with their bows. After Shelby got back we loaded up and went to Zav's little brother and sister's football game. Lakin, who's 7, cheers for the one of the younger  teams while Justin, who's 12, plays football for the Junior team. Even though I was pretty darn cold, I loved watching all the football games and the cool weather. Hunter even got me some hot chocolate. But after the games were over we went back to Zac's house where we got the idea to have a bonfire. The boys backed there trucks up and while me & Shelby sat on the tailgates, they started the fire. They both turned their radios on, to Legends Saturday Night of course, and we listened to it until Hunter's battery died..then Zac had to jump him off. The first weekend of cool weather was a success and I can't wait for the many more football games and bonfires during all this cool weather.

long day.

Oh how I dread coming to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays because I have to be here from 8-5 with only two classes. On these two days I have to get up at 6, and I'm definitely not a morning person. At about five o'clock this morning I hear my phone vibrate but I just left it alone and fell back asleep until it was time to get up. When I woke back up at 6, I read the text message that I had ignored earlier. It was my best friend of course.. asking if I would stop at a certain gas station to get her a cappuccino, which meant I had to leave even earlier so I wouldn't get caught up in traffic. I got ready and ate breakfast real fast and I was headed out the door. On my way out I felt a something walking through my legs as I was trying to walk, which made me trip. It was my kitten, Otis. My mom feeds my other two cats before she leaves for work but since Otis is so terribly spoiled he gets a different type of food that I feed him before I leave. Crying as loud as he possible could, I put all my stuff in my car and put my hot chocolate on the porch. I ran inside I got his food, which made the dogs get all excited because they thought they were getting a treat. I gave and gave all 3 of them a dog bone and continued to go and feed Otis. This if course made me run a few minutes late. After I got him settled, I jumped in the car and was off to the gas station. As soon as I got there I was trying to get her a cappuccino and realized that I didn't know which one to get. I texted her and presumed to get her drink. But beside the cappuccino machine was a hot chocolate machine that looked pretty good. I filled a small cup up and at the very end it started squirting water in my drink. I put tops on both of them, went to pay for them and was off. Still running behind, I get in traffic and hurry to school, only to realize my hot chocolate was so completely nasty. All that water that had gotten into it made it watered down, obviously. I got to school and made my way in to class.. without any good hot chocolate. Then the teacher started talking about our midterm and our next paper, just what I wanted to hear - not. Needless to say, I think it's going to be a long day.

False Alarm.

Sunday after I got off work, I stopped by my best friend Jana's house for a few minutes to talk. After I left, I was on my way to my boyfriends house. His mom had cooked us supper so we ate and went to his room to watch a movie. Nothing out of the ordinary, except no good movies were on so we had to settle for the huntin' channel, of course. I had fallen asleep and I kept hearing a noise.. it was the house phone. It rang and rang and rang an nobody got up to answer it. A few seconds later I hear my phone go off, but by the time I had got to it I had missed the call. It was one of my boyfriends' friends that hardy ever calls. Then I hear Hunter's phone going off, it was Aaron.. the same one who just called my phone. After Hunter gets his phone an calls his back, Aaron asked about an address that was on Hunter's road because his step-dad, who is a firefighter, had gotten a call about a house fire on Hunter's road. He only gave us a 3 digit address and all the addresses on that road are at least four, so we thought he might have missed a number. Well as cold as I was, we jumped it the truck and went to go see what was going on. The first place we went by was Ms. Fannie May, who is about 90 something years old and lives by herself. Hunter does a lot of work around her house for her so we were making sure it wasn't her house. We went all the way down to where it turns it so another road and then we turned around. Going all the way to the end of the other side of the road and we couldn't find anything. Although right at the crossroads, we smelled smoke but we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. After looking up and down his road, passing every single house, we never found anything. It must have not been to serious if we didn't see any firetrucks, flames, cops or anything.

Same old stuff, just a different day.

I don't think I've really had any really good days at work, weird days, or even any bad days at work. Since I work at a tanning salon, there is really not that many things that happen to out of the ordinary. Most every time I go to work the same things happen. I work, tan, go home and do homework, shower, and go to bed. The most interesting thing that happens is somebody comes in that I haven't seen in awhile and I will talk to them for a little while. I worked yesterday and it was a pretty regular good day at work. But yesterday, the manager of the salon had brought me a cake for some reason. I also got a lot of my homework done while I was slow at work. Another good thing was that a good bit of people that I knew  came in to tan and I talked to for awhile. After I closed up the salon, I tanned, went home and did some more homework, took a shower, called my dad, then went to bed. Nothing to interesting or anything like that ever happens at work. The same old stuff, just a different day.