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the event? Cavs vs. Pacer game

the place? Indianapolis

the drive? 64.2 miles

the company? 5 girls. 1 couple. 2 strangers. And a car full of immature strangers.

the evening? ridiculously ADVENTUROUS

We knew from the first minutes that this was going to be no ordinary night. But then again...when is it ever ordinary if Morgan & Ashton (plus Nitzsche, Graber, and Short) are together?! We planned to begin our evening by rolling out of the parking lot at 4pm. However, Ashton made the wise decision of locking her keys into the car. Campus Police to the rescue!! Crisis #1 adverted.

$3 parking. Holler.

All you really need to know about the game is that our boys - LeBron, Z, Animal, Shaq, and Lil Gibson - WON...by a lot!

We hope you all remember reading in a previous post about our infamous 1 thru 10 game. Trust us, this game came into good use during the evening! Ashton was privileged enough to smooth talk her way into getting a group of crazy fans to hand over their homemade sign. What did the sign say? "I am KAZAAM" (In reference of course to the great Shaq...click the link).

Driving in the city after the festivities was an experience in and of itself. To any passers by, it may have appeared that this was a car full of crazy drunken ladies. (Except for the designated driver). And apologies to anyone we frightened or annoyed in the city.

Our immature actions ended up attracting some immature boys while driving on the boulevard. After driving beside them for close to 20 minutes & yelling out the window to them, we had (1) an invite to karaoke, (2) an exchange of phone numbers, (3) some legitimate questions about the actual age of these "men", and (4) all-out laughter.

Our night ended with a rendezvous with some fellow IWU "friends". We got free Starbucks out of this! Thanks Daddy.

We don't really know how to end this, but we can't wait to do it again next year!

...and then I woke up!

We all have them. You either love them or hate them. Most of the time you forget them. And they always make for great conversation & funny stories. Yes, ladies & gentlemen...we are talking about dreams.

It's probably accurate to say that when talking about dreams, most people tend to associate dreams with psychology and suppressed desires (most of what Frued researched). Recently, Morgan was reading in the Old Testament about God using dreams to specifically speak through Daniel about the coming conditions in Judah. This prompted thought about the significance of our dreams today. So how can we decide whether or not God is speaking to us thru certain dreams? Quite honestly, we cannot point to a specific dream that we strongly believe has been a revelation from God. Could this be our lack of discernment, or do we dream about specific things/events because these are the things that are pressing on our minds and hearts?

We want to transition into a little "show & tell" because these are some of the dreams we most vividly remember:

Morgan has had such great dreams in the past that she was often called upon in class to share her dreams with all the students. However, more often than not, her dreams have resulted in morbid endings, leaving her peers slightly depressed and confused. [Examples include: her friend being sent to jail and Morgan was forced to tag along even though she was innocent. Someone usually dies & it tends to be the same two people. She also once dreamt that her friend was a terrorist. And in another dream Morgan was assaulted and then found to be pregnant! Remember...these are dreams folks...not real life.] However, on a happier note...Morgan once had a crush on a dog...(and here's the kicker) this dog was also on her pro football team!!

Ashton's dreams, on the other hand, tend to just be random and highly illogical. Her dreams have consisted of such things as: churros, rotten bananas, adopted babies riding on motorcycles, giving birth to 1000s eyeballs (actually...someone else had that dream, but it was about Ashton), frolicking around a waterpark with her husky/chubby boyfriend, driving buses, and getting kidnapped at a courthouse.

All in all, while dreams certainly do provide much entertainment, we often wonder if they sometimes have any deep or real meaning to them. Now...we'd love to hear about your crazy, random, hilarious, and deep dreams. Also, we'd love to know your thoughts on discerning what dreams are sent as revelations to us from God.

[Just so you know...Morgan went out on a very thin limb to tell you about her dream with the dog. She is quite embarrassed by this. So you better think it's funny!]

Amish Weddings

Well now...this SHOULD be the last distance blog for awhile. Ashton and Morgan will reunite Monday, January 11. Mark your calenders.

So, let's talk weddings. To date, Ashton has been to somewhere around 20 or 30 weddings, while Morgan has been to a total of...2, the last of which was on January 2nd of this year. Here's the kicker- I (Morgan, that is) did not know the groom; nor did I know the bride.

Ladies and gentleman, Morgan Meyers is a legit wedding crasher. First off-I went with an amish impostor (see picture featuring Luke Helmuth as the impostor and Zach Gibson as the other kid). Boy, were people confused. Second- I had planned to leave after the wedding ceremony, BUT instead found myself at a sit-down, name plated, 50 guest wedding reception. Third- I chose to hid out in the bathroom in hopes of avoiding the happy couple as they frolicked from table to table in greeting. I succeeded.

Yes, I did feel semi- awkward. Yes, I did feel rebellious. If you ask me, I would encourage everyone to try wedding crashing at least once before death. And then tell us about it...on MAblog.

Which leads us to Ashton's ridiculous wedding story. It all takes place on a humid, rainy, summer day on the infamous Winona Lake. Our beloved Ashton can be found passing out programs at this outdoor wedding. The audience is facing the water as this ceremony unfolds, enjoying the picturesque setting of lake, boats, and a butt? Yes boys and girls, the wedding was rudely interrupted by a water-skiing gentleman who proceeded to yell "Don't do it!", accompanied by a full moon! Now there's a divorce waiting to happen!

But really- we love weddings- (like Morgan would love to be invited to more:) We are so excited about our many great friends' upcoming weddings. But, we hope and pray that they experience 0 nude men and 0 wedding crashers.

Another Decade Come & Gone

Well my oh my. Not only is it time for a new year, but also...A NEW DECADE. We've pretty much lived through two decades & hope many more are to come. Here's the ADVENTURES we've had in this past year & the past 10 years.

Also, we are having another wild adventure while composing this new post, Morgan is providing her knowledge & writing expertise via phone messages. Enjoy!

[Morgan's Adventures, Ashton's Adventures, OUR Adventures together]

2009
-Making a blog!
-Senior Trip to the Dominican Republic
-World Impact trip to Cambodia
-Graduating High School
-Being apart of an accountability group called "The Picnic" (too cute)
-Experiencing the loss of a family member
-Working all summer at Skyline Chili (mmmm...so tasty)
-Working all summer at SpringHill Camps
-Finishing my first semester at college
-Finishing my first year at college
-Peeing my pants (while on the phone with Morgan)
-Meeting Whitney Port at an airport (reality TV celeb)

-Attending some awesome concerts such as Coldplay & Dave Matthews (twice)

-Flying by myself for the first time
-Passing Chemistry
-Passing World Literature
-Vacationing in Florida for the Christmas Holiday

The Decade of the 00s
-The year was 2007. The event was Operation Barnabas. Where we first met. The rest is history. =)
-I've saved multiple turtles, however one that I was rescuing in the middle of the road during the summer of 2008 decided to pee on me.
-Finished elementary school, middle school, & high school. (all in one decade!)
-Many many many family vacations
-God bringing me through trials with spiritual warfare & changing soccer coaches
-Experiencing 'identity crisis' & learning my identity comes from God & not friends/people

We're so thankful for the ADVENTURES we've had & you've been apart of many of them, we're sure! Feel free to add to our list if there is anything we have forgotten. We will write to you all next year! (ha) & Hopefully by the time this next decade comes & goes, this blog will have made us famous!

Adventures in the 00s

So Morgan and Ashton are writing a blog together? True.

But are we 'together' to write it? False. Thank you, Ohio & Indiana border. (Actually, we are both enjoying our time in the sun down in Florida...yet we are still in different parts of the sunshine state.)
[& speaking of true/false, Ashton took a final a couple weeks ago that was comprised of 65 true/false questions. weird? yes. Did she ace it? Pretty much.]

Ah, so you may wonder...What really makes their lives so interesting & adventurous? Well wonder no more, cause we'd like to tell you about the adventures we partake in. So without further ado, here is how our college education & tuition money is being put to use:

1. Well, obviously we write this blog! & that has provided us with good teamwork, great laughs, a fan following (hopefully), creativity, and occasionally some arguing. We also enjoy reading & looking at other blogs from both friends & strangers. [The friends that blog together, stay together.]

2. We love to have outings to the coffee place on campus...where we drink coffee, get caffeine highs, and make our presence known on campus.

3. We loooove listening to sermons. [Now you must be thinking...these girls are crazy! And yes, you're right. But as we all know..."Normal is boring. Why go through life unnoticed?"] Why do we love listening to sermons & podcasts? First, it's great to hear from Godly men teaching, encouraging, and challenging us from the Word, we enjoy the culturally relative messages, AND a lot of the time we laugh because people like Driscoll & Chandler can be quite witty.

4. We frequently call our mutual friends and have much laughter & good conversation with one other.

5. As you already know if you've read our first post, we have crazy adventures finding movies to watch. And in case you were wondering...Yes, we finally did get to see the move "My Sister's Keeper".

6. We go bowling & eat at Taco Bell.

7. We go to concerts. (Dave Matthews, Handel's Messiah...just to name a couple. ha.)

8. We like to confuse people & make them scared with our friend Peter. He knows all! Just ask us to introduce you to him sometime. Peter knows.

9. Morgan works at the front desk in our dorm, and Ashton is an RA. So on nights when we are both shut-ins and have our duties, we enjoy using walkie talkies to send people on "missions" throughout the campus! This has resulted in gifts being exchanged, walkie talkies being stolen, & many mis-communications.

10. And Finally, in honor of there being 10 points that we have made, we would like to tell you all about the most easy way to have an adventure. Play a little game we like to call '1 Thru 10'. It's just that simple. At any given time, you can say to the people with you a dare you would like someone to perform, and then you choose a number 1-10 and make them guess. If they guess the number you are thinking of then they HAVE to do it. No questions asked. & no cheating or lying...remember it's the integrity of the game! Oh me oh my...this is probably the funniest way to have adventures, such as hugging strangers or yelling silly things in public, etc. etc.

It's funny to think about how much money we spend on things like TV, ipods, movies, music, game systems, books, food, etc. to entertain us. When really, entertainment can be found all around in life's little adventures (p.s. sometimes we try to see just how many times we can actually use the word 'adventure' in our posts). Thats just our little encouragement to get out there & experience life to the full. After all, the greatest adventures end up being the best stories, and we love humorous stories!

What better to end a blog than with a profound quote...'Life is either a daring adventure or nothing' [Helen Keller]. We couldn't have said it (or signed it) better ourselves. :)

Love is a battlefield?

'Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love!'

All you need is love...or so they claim. But really...the lovey dovey relationships are pushed upon us (Morgan and Ashton in particular) like no other here at Indiana Wesleyan University. While we believe that our friends have the best of intentions, they are futile in their endeavors. Don't get us wrong...we anxiously await for our knights in shinning armor, but we're old fashioned & like to believe that he will just find us. (Cheesy we know, but that's what this blog is all about)

We would like to share with you [the world] our so called pathetic love lives. Let the stories begin!

1. The night was Friday. The event was an Ugly Christmas Sweater party. My job (Morgan, that is) was to create and embellish THE prized 'Love Bench'. This is just highly ironic. According to my "loving" friends, I was the worst possible candidate to be constructing this love seat due to my past non-existent romances. Therefore, they enjoyed taking pictures of me below the mistletoe & underneath the love sign...all ALONE. Good one, guys. ;)

2. To further this cause, I (Morgan again) decided to test my luck with the ever popular "Love Match" application found on Facebook. [Facebook makes the world go round]. My roommates' matches had been a success, so I equally excited to discover my 'future mate'. Imagine my surprise in reading the pop-up message which read, "Application ERROR". (I got a total of 11 'likes' on this one).

3. Have you ever been set-up?? Well this girl has!! [Ashton, that is]. Technically, I haven't yet had a successful match making, but there have been many attempts to set me up. However, my friends have continued to mention all these multiple suitors. Case in point: a "date" is apparently in the works for the new semester.

[Picture on right: Ashton dancing alone at Prom]

Please note: we do not say this to sound pathetic. On the contrary, we are quite content with our singleness. (ALL THE SINGLE LADIES...you know you have the song in your head now. HA) Singleness = we do what we want, WHENEVER we want...our time is our own. All this to say, while some of these occurrences can at times be awkward/embarassing, they ultimately provide us with great stories, memorable moments, and of course ADVENTURES.

So, don't fret if you have no one to snuggle up with this winter season, because that is in FACT why they made snuggies. =)

Life's A Climb...

So have you ever found yourself wishing "Gee, I really want to watch the Hannah Montana movie!" ? Well...we haven't, BUT we ended up watching it anyways.

It all started on a blustery Friday eve, after a fun-filled winter formal event. Little did we know that much adventure was about to be had. After Morgan was crowned the Princess of Shatford, we made our merry little way down to the Marion Lanes bowling alley. We scored some strikes & spares, wore some shoes without socks, and danced illegally in-between the lanes. We wanted desperately to see the Marion Walk of Lights on this beauteous winter night. BUT ALAS, the lights had been terminated!!! So, in our frustration, we decided to dine instead at TACO BELL. & then....we had the most brilliant idea of them all...to watch 'My Sister's Keeper'!!

However, this also turned out to be the most aggravating search for a movie that ever was. I'm pretty sure we went to three different places & searched high and low on campus for this movie that was not to be found. We were convinced that the movie rental industry has some vendetta against us! And to top it all off, all the coffee providers were CLOSED...even the beloved McDonalds (what the crap?!). So, once again, in our frustration we made the rash decision to rent 'Hannah Montana: The Movie'!!! [Jealous, aren't ya?]

Which leads us to NOW. MAblog: MyLifeIsAdventurous. Okay...so this will take some more explaining.

1. MAblog is pronounced as though you were saying mah-blog. Both fun to say and representative of yours truly, Morgan & Ashton.

2. MyLifeIsAdventurous. Forget all that stuff about MyLifeBeingAverage!!! Who wants an average life?! This blog will both highlight the adventure that we have & the adventure that is yet to come.

3. Hannah Montana? Adventure? The Climb? First of all, let it be known that we do not believe Hannah Montana is adventurous. However, she seemed to have an epiphany as she penned the phrase 'Life's a climb, but the view is great.' SO...don't be discouraged. We are here to point out life's many and everyday adventures. So join us on the journey.

Cheesy? Yes. True? Of course.

"Ain't about how fast I get there. Ain't about what's waiting on the other side. It's the climb!"