Hi, I'm Ashley Ingram. I'm new to this...I actually decided to start blogging after a friend of mine, (also President of the sorority I'm in, also my roommate at the time) bought me a diary for my birthday and I soon realized I wasn't going to keep up with it the way I wanted to. However, BIG THANKS to Alyssa Turnage for the diary, because it lasted until now.
So I guess I will just start with a summation of who I am. I was raised in Sweetwater, Tennessee, and wouldn't trade living in Tennessee for anywhere else! Not to mention, I live right in-between Chattanooga and Knoxville, which is actually very convenient being the HUGE Vols fan that I am! Anyways, back to the beginning... I grew up living with my mom, my grandmother, and my grandfather. No dad being in the picture made my grandfather my 'father figure' and a great one he was! At the age of 5 months, I began competing in glitz pageants...not by choice obviously...but if I was old enough to make the decision, I definitely would have competed. (I'm a die-hard Toddlers & Tiaras fan). I competed until I was 7 years old. I had lost interest due to my dedication to cheerleading. I began cheerleading when I was 4 years old in my hometown as a Sweetwater Wildcat. But that wasn't enough for me. I began competitive cheerleading when I was in 4th grade in Maryville, Tennessee. Soon enough, Gymnastics Counts became my home and I was a Mavericks 6 days a week. It was my complete life and that's where my friends were. I didn't have time for my school friends because I was never in town on the weekends or on weekdays after school. But Mavericks came to an end at the beginning of my 8th grade year. I had already missed my school's cheerleading tryouts but luckily, they held an emergency tryout this year and I was on the team. Back to being a Wildcat. I cheered all 4 years in high school and was captain for 3 of those years which was an honor.
But my high school years weren't all about cheerleading. My freshman year, I began dating THE BOY. The first boyfriend/first heartbreak. Two year relationship with a bad breakup that you never talk to again once it's over! So, got that relationship out of the way. My friends were all that mattered at that point...but the problem was, I was friends with THAT group of girls. The catty, backstabbing girls that your mom tells you to steer clear of...except my mom hadn't told me to steer clear, (with the exception of one of the girls). I was blinded because I thought my friends were perfect and didn't see the other side...until Senior year when their true colors were shown. I graduated high school and today I only talk to four of the girls I was friends with in high school.
Graduation day (which I now refer to as 'the best day of my life') was perfect. & just like people say...I haven't seen most of my classmates since that day. Can't say I really mind either. I graduated with excellent grades and was voted Best Dressed by my class.
I am now a student at Tennessee Wesleyan College. A member of the Dance Team. and joined a sorority (which I didn't see myself doing). So, I immediately had a new group of girlfriends that proved that true friends do exist, and some confirmed my fear of having girlfriends!! But I survived my Freshman year...and that's where I am today.... July before my Sophomore year of college begins. Excited? Not so much... Exhausted?? DEFINITELY!!
xx - Ashley
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