omg!!! this weekend was so much fun. We went down to uiuc to visit jenny. She got tickets for steph and I to go to the illini pride semi-formal with her. We got to the campus and had to get ready to go. Ashley was already dressed but steph and jenny and I had to get ready and do our hair still. Ashley loaned us her hair straitener and by some miracle, I got stephs hair compleatly strait. lol. The dance was at a holiday inn nearby. We caught a buss there. They served dinner there, which was not bad. But the best part was the dancing. The music was pretty good most of the time- although steph and I decided that we take the good music at lane for granted cuz there was a fair amount of country music here. But other than that it was mostly rap and some pop and techno which was a lot of fun. me, jen and steph at the semiformal this is the only pic i have from the weekend but ill post the rest next weekend when jenny sends me them. afterthe dance we went back to jens dorm- it was like 7 degrees out and we had to walk to the buss stop in nothing but skirts and heels and really light coats. at the dorm, we hung out w/ some of jens friends who didnt go to the dance. they had all been to a party and were pretty drunk and very loud. but whatever. we some how mangaged to sleep five ppl relatively comfortably in the tiny dorm. jen was on the loveseat, ashley and her bf slept in her bed and steph and i shared jennys top bunk. i was very relieved that steph didnt push me off in the middle of the nite. we didnt wake up till 2pm on saturday. we went to lunch at FAR with some of the other kids in jens building. then we went back to PAR and just hung out for the rest of the day, not doing much. that night they took us out to a bar where there was music and dancing. we had to use fake ids to get incuz u had to b 19- even though our ids said we were 18. that was my first time using a fake id. steph and i were so worried that we wouldnt get in cuz it is so easy to tell that we r only 16, but the guy didnt ask questions. we got in no problem and said that we were going up stairs to the frat party so we didnt have to pay cover charge. we went downstairs though, where the music was and hung out there all nite. we didnt know alot of what they were playing, but it was fun any way. steph and i didnt drink much, only a sip or two of smernofs, rum and coke, and sex on the beach, but not enough to be affeted. but the other kids with us did get pretty drunk. so we were kept entertained. the wierdest thing was seeing jenny, who to us is our big sister, who we remember as student council president and that kind of stuff, getting drunk, but it was def. interesting. random guys kept tryng to dance with us, but jen wasnt so far gone that she wasnt looking out for us. it was a fun night, alot better than the last time we were out. no tears this time. we left rite when the bar was closing and went back to the dorm. ashley didnt sleep there that night so steph and i shared her bed. on sunday we woke up late again and had ramen in the room. then we did laundry to get the smell of smoke out of our clothes cuz stephs mom would kill us if she found out we were at a bar. then we showered to get the smell out of our hair. two things i think i will have trouble getting used to in college are having to always use public rest rooms, and having to wear shoes in the shower! haha. then i straitened stephs hair again so it would be nice for school on tues. (maybe)and then we packed up and went home. it was alot of fun spending the weekend with jenny- it seems like so long since we all spent a weekend just having fun, the three of us. i have to say that i missed it, missed having jenny as a big sister and a best friend who is always around. this time was alot more fun than our first trip down... i cant wait till next weekend when jen comes back here. oh and to jen and ashley- thanks so much for letting us come down and share ur room and for taking us out. u guys r great!