A Ketchup.

How cool is it that I have been so busy? This past month or two has been incredibly challenging trying to balance all the different aspects of my life, but it has been even cooler to see how faithful the Lord has truly been. I'll use this blog post to mainly catch up on the things that my proud parents would want me to inform you about.


COSGA
The Conference on Student Government Associations (COSGA) happened the last weekend in February. This is an organization that I have been involved with for the past three years. It is a four day conference where student government leaders from around the nation, as well as some international schools, come together to collaborate ideas, network, learn how to implement innovative programs on their campus, discuss issues, and have a stinkin' ton of fun. It's the largest conference of its' kind. This year, I was the Programming Executive, which meant I was in charge of the scheduling, workshops, roundtables, keynote speakers, and the conference side of planning. The conference was such an experience and the delegates absolutely raved about it. We barely slept, but that was probably the best part. I lived on coffee-- what else is new? I had no voice at the end of it. Saw way too many 15 passenger vans. Wore way too much business professional. And all of it was glorious. The experience surpassed by expectations. I met so many awesome and unique people. As of Sunday, I was chosen to serve as the Director for the new year. I am so excited to choose my new executive staff and get the year rolling-- I know we will have a committee of complete all-stars.

ELECTIONS
Around the same time of conference, elections for the university were also concluding. Student elections are HUGE at Texas A&M-- the biggest I have heard of at a university. These elections include the student body president, the yell leaders, senators, class council presidents, and class agents. Candidates put together campaign teams, consisting on average of 200 people, to help paint banners, use social media to  promote their cause, hold the banners, wear tshirts, etc. It is hectic around campus and most students avoid certain parts of campus where all the banners are held. My dear friend, Drew, ran for student body president. He is a class act. Here is a little video that I was in to support him-- it gives you an insight to elections.







On another note of elections, I was part of a team that ran for Class Agents and we were selected. Class Agents serves as a liaison between the Class of 2013 and The Association of Former Students. We keep the class in contact after graduation with newsletters, condolence letters, etc. We help plan the class gift and the reunions. It is so cool to be with an incredible team who has such a heart for the school they go to. It was truly humbling to see the support from our friends.

Did I mention one of my friends, who is also on my class agents team, is one of our new yell leaders? How legit. Couldn't be more proud of him. He is a character and I couldn't think of a better representation for the university.

PI PHI

Our philanthropy event for Pi Phi was a huge success. We our annual dodgeball tournament, "Dodge the Arrow," to raise money for the Barbara Bush Parent Center and FirstBook in order to promote literacy. We had about 60 teams compete. I coached "The Butterfingers." They unfortunately didn't make it very far, but I kept telling everyone that we were in the championship round. I told them "Reilly's don't lose." 

ROOMMATE BONDING, AS ALWAYS. 

Here are just a few pictures of the greatest loves around. We've ate glorious food, played bingo, and visited the park quite a few times. 

Sorry this post was pretty tedious to read and quite lame. I promise the next one will be full of excitement and interesting adventures. Miss and love you all. Can't believe it's almost Easter. 

"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called."

1 Timothy 6:12

What a golden man.

Why do people see an old chair on the side of the road and think, "now that is a treasure-- I can do something with that," but when they see a homeless person they, "don't make eye contact?"

Such a cool story. 

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. 

I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. 

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back. 

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. 

I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one. 

I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. 

I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. 

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. 

Merry Christmas, From: The Reilly Kids.

The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people that have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing.

Should I be studying for finals right now? You betcha.


Am I? Nope.


The important aspect of this is that I am not stressed. I recognize that I have a lot to do and that I should be crying, ripping my hair out, throwing my school books in a fire, and vandalizing the library. That's a scary mental image, I know. But I am not. Because one day, I'll miss this. Now, I bet you are thinking, "So, Meghan...you are saying that you will miss staying up until 4 in the morning trapped in a study room trying to memorize 57 pages about different philosophies?" Yes, that is exactly what I am saying.


Granted, I may be saying all of this right now because I have only memorized about 14 pages of those philosophies; however, I genuinely think that there is something cool about finals week. It's hilarious. I have loved wearing pajamas to the library for the past week. I have loved receiving unlimited refills from the coffee shop with a side of, "you look like you need some more." I have loved taking McDonald's Happy Meal breaks. I have loved dance parties in the library. I have loved calculating the lowest possible grade that I can make without it affecting my current grade. I have loved the delirious laugh attacks at approximately 2:30am. I have loved coming up with every reason why hanging out with friends is more important than studying. There is a lot of them. The school part of college-- that will all work out for us and everything will fall into place. I believe that the world will not stop if I do not get a 92.4 on my final. Thank goodness for that.


Studying has been so relaxed this round of finals. Maybe it is because this is my fifth round of finals, or that I am just better at studying. Maybe I just do not care anymore. Whatever it is, I have thoroughly enjoyed not worrying. I have been content and that has been wonderful.


The top moments of Finals week:

• I received 13 Notifications on Facebook because my roommmate, Shannon, decided to "Elf" us. It's a video of our faces in Elf characters doing a ridiculous dance. Sadly, it is easily compared to us. 
• Stephen followed a "red bull" car for about 15 minutes in order to get a free red bull. They went into Sport Clips and it would have been too awkward to go in. 
• I went to 2 semi-formals. One of them was themed after "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and the other was called "Firedance." Both of them were groovy. 
• My wonderful friend, Alli, got engaged. We had her ring pass in Pi Phi and it was beautiful. These kids met each other at the age of 11, and her biggest piece of advice was, "God always over-delivers."  
• We had girls night consisting of a fire pit, pot roast, and s'mores. 
• The roommates looked at pointless youtube videos for two hours yesterday. Cool. 
• It's tacky Christmas sweater week. That's always a good thing. 
• Cookie Dough-- yup. 

 "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." -Philippians 4:19 

Best. 

God created me-- and you-- to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion-- namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life.