We're goin to the chapel!

I bought a car!

You Look Like A Monkey....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes

But those wedding bells are coming from your direction, not mine!

Are those bells I hear?

I'm very glad that Ashley decided to blog yesterday, because I was about to blog about her not blogging and lying to me. Love you, Ashlamp! 

I'm so glad that we decided to become pen pals, but I'm very disappointed that I haven't gotten your letter yet! Stupid Postal Service screwing up our bonding efforts! 

On another note...

Dum dum da dum, dum duh da dum....

This Is It

So I think it has finally hit me... This is it, this is my life. I graduated from college. I have a full time job. I'm living in the house I plan to stay in for many years. This is the beginning of my adult life.

As terrifying as that idea is, I wouldn't have it any other way. Well, I do miss my friends from college. I miss seeing people all the time. Other than that I am loving life right now.

Woah.

I was reading some of our recent posts, and it hit me just how far we've come since we decided...or you told me that we should start this blog. I just wanted to tell you that I'm so proud of you and all of your accomplishments! We're doing what we talked about for so many nights at the gym. I'm very glad that I borrowed your shoes that night! :)  I love you Roomie!

Roommate?

I suppose it's time for an update. I was hired at Johnston to teach fifth grade next year and I could not be more excited! I am spending my summer working with three year olds and laying by the pool with Michael and Matthew. And I will soon be moving into a New apartment in Gainesville! Oh. And I miss Ashlamp like crazy.

Just a small town girl....

Livin in a lonely world.....


So tomorrow we are doing a mini relay for life at Johnston with our kiddos. They're going to walk for an hour. I can't help but remember all of the times that we danced, sang, shivered, and drug ourselves around the track together. Oh good times, good times. I miss you, Roomie!!!

Only 6 More Days...

Six is the important number of the day... Including today, I only have six more days at my current job and six more days of school.

Then I have a week and a half off before I have to start my new job. I could not be more excited.

That is all for today.

While we're on the subject....

Apparently it's time for a life update. Okay, here's what you missed last week:

I just got back from an amazing Spring Break spent with Mike and my parents at the lake where I got an equally amazing tan, I love my job just as much as always, but it's coming to an end soon and I'm going to miss my kids, I'm going crazy with stress about where (or if) I'm going to be working and living next year, and miss my Roomie so much (hint: we need a date night soon).

And that's what you missed last week in the life of Me!

The News

Do you want the bad news or the good news first?

Bad? Okay.

I am getting buried under all of the school work I need to finish in the next two weeks. 

The good news?

I only have 2 1/2 more weeks of college. 

More good news?

I have a full time job waiting for me the Monday after graduation.

Even more good news?

I already put in my notice at my current job.

That is all the news I can handle for a while... Back to writing papers.

Facebook Findings

Today I found something very inaccurate on Chrissy's Facebook.


Here is her status from earlier:

I'm so not a morning person.....two more days, two more days....

Lies I say! Lies! If she is not a morning person, then what am I? A super not morning person? Anyone who thinks waking up at 8 am is sleeping in, is in fact a morning person. When said person struggles to stay up past 11 pm, they are not a night person.

I struggle to force myself to go to bed before 1 am even though I know I have to wake up at 7:30 the next morning. I then curse the sun, when I do have to crawl out of bed, especially since I know I will be gone from 8am till 10:30 pm. Such is my life though. Maybe one day I will be more productive in the mornings and learn to enjoy them... I doubt it though. Just like Chrissy will never be extremely productive after 9 pm.

That is just the way it is. Chrissy is a morning person. I am a night person.

 

 

 

 

 

Are we really doing this again?

It's been ten months since my Papa died from stage 4 lung cancer that we didn't know he had. He got sick on a bus trip with his friends the week before he died. Last night, Nanny came home from a bus trip with the same group of friends, and we watched as 2 medics and 6 firemen lifted her in a sling and carried her out of the bus to an ambulance. She had fallen and broken her hip. She asked to be taken to the same hospital where Papa died. Thankfully, they rejected her, and we dodged that bullet. Unfortunately, we were sent to downtown Atlanta at 10:30 last night...where we stayed until 4:00 this afternoon. I haven't slept in 36 hours. She has hip replacement surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning, and then who knows how much rehab.

I'm not sure what makes this harder. All of the memories that keep sneaking back in, or knowing that she's the only Grandparent that I have left.

Just Wanted to Tell You

Chrissy, I have been thinking about you and your family all night. I just wish I could be with you to support you through everything. Since I'm far away, I'm sending you my love.


Miss you.

Call me if you need anything!

Grammar Paper

Someone please check on me tonight. My grammar paper is due today, and I don't know if I will make it through.



Must finish paper.

Must not let grammar class ruin me.

Must continue on.

Rewind and Freeze

I think we should just give up on being grown ups and move to Narnia. Or perhaps find a time machine and go back to freshmen year and relive the best four years ever.

But since those options are pretty unrealistic, I suppose I'll go back to work on Monday with a smile for my kiddos. And spend as much time with Michael next week as possible. He leaves next Sunday for the Police Academy.

(two days later)

He leaves...if he can get over this flu. I'm kind of getting worried about him. He's had a pretty high fever, and hasn't held any food down for three days. Today, he can't even keep his medicine in. And of course, he doesn't want to be taken care of...but he can't get out of bed. Boys.

What To Do With Life

I realized today that I will take my final midterm tomorrow. This is quite possibly the last midterm I will ever take in my life, unless by some crazy turn of events I decide to go to grad school. The fact that graduation is looming over my head really hit home once I realized midterms were almost over.

Don't get me wrong, I am more than thrilled to graduate. Being done with school is a major accomplishment as well as a relief. It's just that I don't know what I am going to do post graduation. In the short term I plan to continue to work at TRU while I look for a "big girl" job, but I don't know what my long terms plans are. I am starting to freak out that I don't even know what kind of job I want to have. I have been told that I should act my age and take whatever job that sounds interesting to me. Apparently I have my whole life to figure things out and I should just do what I want to do at this point in my life. While I agree with that, it's hard to accept that I spent all this time in school just to get a job that has nothing to do with my degree. I don't want to feel like I have wasted time and money by going to college. At the same time neither do I want to take a job I hate just because it requires a degree.

Although I would love to write full time one day, that is a dream that is far off if not impossible. So for now I will need a job that pays the bills, but still gives me time to write on the side. Hopefully that can be a reality. Many people let their dreams fall by the wayside because of real life and I dread the idea of that happening to me.

If anyone out there on the internet knows what job I should apply for, please help. I am getting desperately scared that I won't know what to do in the near future.

Cough, Sneeze, Sniffle

I definitely miss living with Ashley. She was the best roommate ever! Especially when I was sick....which I am. All the time. Or that's what it feels like anyways. Matthew (Michael's brother) is home with strep, Michael is home with the flu, and I have something between an upper respiratory infection and the flu. Needless to say, we had a pretty lazy weekend. He bought me flowers (DAISIES) :) in my favorite colors, and three new beads for my pandora bracelet. And we went to dinner :) it was a very happy Valentines Day!

My Bad/ No Fun without Chrissy

Let's just get down to it, I suck. Yep, I promised a post every Tuesday and I fail on the third week. But I am only posting one day late... that's forgivable, right? I hope so.

Now down to business.

My life without Chrissy in it has been extremely awful recently. She always made sure life was fun and I have been missing that recently. Now, I will admit that this only partially has to do with a lack of Chrissy, the other part is that I just don't have any time for "fun." I am either working, in school, or both every single day of the week. With homework, taking care of the pets, and keeping the house together there is just no free time.

I would give almost anything to just have a day to hang out with people, especially Chrissy. On some level I just wish we still lived together. At least when we were living together we saw each other every day. Even if we were incredibly busy we had time to rant or rave about how our days went. Now we don't even text every day... that just blows.

Such is life, I guess.

Where Did These Animals Come From?

I was looking around my house the other day and realized I have a lot of pets. When did this happen? How did I end up with 4 animals in my house?

So here is a photo timeline of all my pets.

Clancy was the first to arrive in 2007 (maybe 2008)

She was an only pet for a number of years. Then there was Rosey.

This was the first day we saw her. She took to Alex right away.

Being the first pet that didn't live in a cage, Rosey was more than spoiled...

As she got bigger, Rosey became lonely all by herself. (She doesn't play with Clancy.)

Then one day Rosey found a friend.

But since Rosey tried to eat her friend Mr. Turtle, he didn't stay around for long. Once we knew he was alive and well Alex and I sent him back into the wild. (far away from Rosey's backyard)

After Mr. Turtle left Rosey missed having a friend and tried to replace him with other items.

The yarn just wasn't the same though.

Then one day another animal found us.

At first we tried to send Nigel away, but he just kept coming back to us... Alex says its because I gave him tuna whenever I saw him, but I'm not so sure.

With Nigel being a cat and Rosey being a dog, they didn't become friends right off the bat. So we decided to give in and get another dog for Rosey to play with.

Rosey was thrilled the day we brought Eddie home! Eddie was a little more skeptical though. I mean Rosey has a tail, what was he supposed to think of her?

Fear not, Eddie quickly warmed up to his big sister.

Rosey taught Eddie everything she knew about life.

She even taught him how to ride in the car.

Eddie's smart though. Some things he learned all on his own.

Now everyone is one big happy family.

That is as long as Clancy stays in her cage, and Eddie stays away from the cat...

VMK Posts Weekly... So Should I

That's right guys, Very Mary Kate is back! Every Thursday you can look forward to a new hilarious episode of Mary Kating. Since they can make a full video to post every week, I feel like I can find time to type something up once a week. So every Tuesday you have me to look forward to. Don't worry, I know you're excited.

For today, I just thought I would give a quick life update.

I hate driving, that's not really true... I just hate driving like 3-4 hours a day. Chrissy probably gets that too. Other than that life isn't too bad, just extremely busy. Literally every minute of every day is planned out. With work and trying to graduate this semester life is pretty crazy. Oh yeah, and then I have 3 blogs and one vlog. Then in my little bit of free time I am working on the 50 Book Challenge and outlining my novel. For now I am managing to get it all done, but we'll see how things are in a few weeks.

That's all I really have for right now. I'll be back next week.

I've discovered a new meaning for "love"

Thanks, Ashlamp!! My last day at Sardis was so sad, but I will never regret working there. I learned so much from those kids and my faculty and staff. I hope I left them feeling the same way.

I absolutely LOVE my new job. I leave every morning excited to see my kids, and leave work ready for the next day. It took me awhile to get used to being the 'teacher' instead of the 'student', but thanks to my professors at NGCSU, I really feel confident in what I'm doing,

The only downsides to work are the drive and not getting to see Michael as often. Oh...and this stomach bug that I've picked up during my first week :(((

Wishing You the Best

I hope your last day at your job went well.

More than that I hope you love your new job even more!

Just For You

Chrissy, I have created a new blog and it's just for you.

Hope you check it out...

nottodaymaybetomorrow.blogspot.com

Reunited and it feels so good....

I GOT TO SEE ROOMIE TODAY!!!!!

Saying Goodbye to 2012

Another year is behind us, and honestly, I'm sad to let it go. 2012 was one of the best years I've had in a long time. That just means that I need to make 2013 even better.

I guess that is the only resolution I need, make this year better than the last.