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" It&amp;#039;s only the fifth week of school and I&amp;#039;m already sick-bummer! And out of all the weekends, I had to get sick on the one I&amp;#039;ve been anticipating! It was not only a big weekend for me, but a big weekend for ACU as well - so while everyone was having fun around campus, I was stuck in bed coughing, sneezing, blowing my nose, and sleeping away my sinuses. I started feeling bad Wednesday night and as Thursday afternoon rolled around, I couldn&amp;#039;t bear the coughing anymore. So after my Thursday classes, I went to the med clinic on campus (thank God for these!). Of course I was nervous walking into the clinic without my parents there to guide me through the process, but the doctors are all super sweet and helpful. Once I was taken to a room, the doctor did a little check-up and immediately thought the worse-the flu! But after the test results came back negative, she still managed to crush my day by telling me I probably had some sort of sinus infection and had to stay in bed ALL WEEKEND. Staying in bed all weekend meant missing performing in Freshman Follies. This is an ACU tradition where freshman create their own acts to perform for parents&amp;#039; weekend. Most acts sign up by dorm halls (which is what I signed up for), but they can also sign up through a club or even with a smaller private group. Everyone gets creative by changing lyrics to songs, dressing in crazy outfits, and bringing their best dance moves to the stage. Sounds fun right? But my three weeks of rehearsals with my group were wasted due to my sickness. At least, I was able to attend Freshman Follies as an audience member on Friday night. My hall did amazing! Our theme was &amp;quot;Dance of the Ages,&amp;quot; a compilation of songs from the &amp;#039;60s to the present. Other great acts included Mabee boys&amp;#039; hall singing &amp;quot;Single Ladies&amp;quot; by Beyonce, Gardner girls&amp;#039; hall singing a remake of Miley Cyrus&amp;#039; &amp;quot;The Climb,&amp;quot; and Edwards boys&amp;#039; hall dancing a tribute to Michael Jackson. Sadly, watching Freshman Follies Friday night was the highlight of my weekend, but because it was also parents&amp;#039; weekend, I was able to stay in my parents&amp;#039; hotel room for Friday and Saturday night. If they weren&amp;#039;t in Abilene this weekend, I would probably still be crawled in a ball in my dorm. Sometimes you just need the love of your parents to comfort you when you&amp;#039;re feeling at your lowest. I&amp;#039;m so glad they were here this weekend. So girls, go get your flu shots and take care of yourselves- I can&amp;#039;t stress this enough! Love Love Love, Alexa P.S. Don&amp;#039;t worry I have video of Freshman Follies so keep a look out for it in a future video! There&amp;#039;s boys in oompa loompa costumes, tights, and even Michael Jackson attire :) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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