October 25, 2009
It is my 22nd birthday. It is a weird age. I actually do feel older.
I had tons of fun yesterday (the day before my birthday) and even today has been quite enjoyable so far.
If you don’t know…I absolutely LOVE my birthday. I make a big deal out of it every year and I think everyone should with their as well. My friends and parents made it special as they have so graciously learned to do for my sake.
Don’t worry, I will have pictures to follow.
October 21, 2009
Tomorrow will officially be 9 weeks of teaching.
I can’t believe it.
First of all, I can’t believe I’ve been at school for 9 weeks.
I can’t believe that I’ve survived the craziness of my kids.
I can’t believe that I’ve gotten up for 9 weeks and gone to school everyday…some days crying and some days really excited.
It’s been a crazy time and yet it still continues for 3 more 9 weeks.
September 13, 2009
My friend from college, Erin, has just arrived in Lyon, France to begin her first year of teaching. She is an amazing girl and I know she is going to love it over there.
Check out her blog to see how it’s going for her.
September 8, 2009
-School is getting better every week. I still have a lot to do but I’m learning how to balance it all.
-I joined a gym here in the area and won 4 free personal trainer sessions. I have had 2 so far and I love them. We’ll see if I pay to keep going with a trainer though 
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-I am going to visit my brother, sister-in-law, and niece this weekend and am really excited. She got a Carolina outfit that is really cute. That is a huge deal with my brother and his wife’s family because she comes from a long line of Tennessee Volunteers.
-This 3 day weekend was glorious. I got caught up on a lot of things that needed to be done and got to rest a lot.
-Laura and I and our friend Meghan rode in a bike ride call The Tour de LaFrance! How cool is that? …it left from an elementary school named LaFrance. It was 13.7 miles and it was a lot of fun. My dad came from Spartanburg and rode with us and my friend Kevin D came from Clemson. We had a big group which made it even better. We ended up riding back to our apartment so total we rode about 19 miles. I never thought I would be able to say that I rode that much on a bike but I have! I’m ready to ride in some more rides now.
-I know I’m a bit behind but I just got the new NeedtoBreathe cd and it’s awesome. Go check it out if you haven’t heard it. I’m ready for them to be here in October.
-I got to see my good friend Seth this weekend. He was my AP at camp my last summer and I miss him a ton. He is so full of energy and I don’t think I ever quit laughing when we were hanging out.
Laura, Meghan, and Me
August 22, 2009
Yes, I am a first year teacher.
Yes, it has consumed me. This past week was my first week of teaching.
It was long and tiring. I’m ready for a routine to see what this year is going to be like.
August 5, 2009
Ok so I know I am way behind on blogging. I just looked at my blog and realized I haven’t had a post since June and it’s August!
The reason? July was a crazy crazy month. I think I was home at my apartment for a grand total of about 5 days all month.
Quick overview:
Needless to say, I was traveling for the majority of the month. All of my trips were amazing and I had a blast on each one. Colorado was an amazing experience and I loved it. I think the change in elevation got to me a bit but I still had a great time. It was really good to see Emily and catch up with her.
My favorite part!
We went hiking one day and it was beautiful. I’ve never seen the Rocky Mountains and they were breathtaking. There was still snow on a lot of them, which was a pretty awesome.
Gauntlet was amazing. We took 18 charter buses full of 750 teens and 200 volunteers down to Daytona Beach, FL for a week. We got to see hundreds of kids lives changed. The fire and excitement of it all is still definitely evident in their lives at church and throughout. Thursday morning we had a baptism at sunrise, which was breathtaking. You can see hundreds of pictures from the trip here.
July was a crazy filled month full of goodness.
June 29, 2009
Yesterday around lunch time was a pretty frustrating day. We decided to go eat at Pizza Hut because they had wooed us with their commercials. Yes we fell for it. We got there around 1:3-, which is kind of late to be eating lunch anyway. We eagerly searched for the items on the menu that we had seen on tv, but sadly they were nowhere to be found. We finally got our drinks and asked the waitress about this perplexing thing. It was really bothering us why we couldn’t find the stuff on the menu. She proceeded to tell us that they haven’t updated the menu since they opened and therefore the items were not on the menu but they did sell them. I asked her what meat was in the meat pazone and she said ‘Oh you know, just a bunch of meat.’ I just kind of laughed at the ridiculousness of that answer and decided to get one anyway.
While we were waiting on our food, we had the great pleasure of having the backside of our booth kicked by two little one’s feet while they were singing their ABC’s at the top of their lungs. On the other side was a couple who had been waiting for breadsticks for an hour. That’s when we figured out that this food choice was possibly not a good idea.
While we continued to wait for our food, which ended up being about 45 minutes, another interesting group of people walked in. It consisted of two high school boys and one of their fathers. They were seated at the table right next to us and ended up being the loudest people in the whole restaurant. The loud boy began telling stories and lied to a friend who called him on the phone. He also talked about his parents and his pretty much hatred for them. I maybe or probably made some rude comments about him that I now feel bad about. All of them pretty much broke our hearts about how they were acting and the air that they had about themselves.
We finally got our food and it ended up being delicious. I am looking forward to eating my leftovers soon. But I am pretty sure that is my most exhausting and frustrating eating experience of my life.
June 27, 2009
I went to one of my favorite places in the world last night. As always, it was gorgeous. I want to go for a sunrise at some point. I think I love it more than any other look out place because its a chapel. I have never seen this plaque before until last night and it makes it even that much more special.
June 27, 2009
I went to visit my brother for about a week and during that time my sister, Jared and Boone got to come too. It was the first time that Boone and Brianna got to meet and they were adorable together. At one point it looked like Boone was holding her hand. He is already becoming the protective older boy .
June 19, 2009
I had the opportunity to have some great great girl time in the moutains of North Carolina with some friends from camp. My friend Kathryn is from Highlands, NC and we went up to her house for the weekend. It was beautiful and it was great to catch up with these girls. I didn’t actually work with all of them at camp but I feel like I did. We did some pretty awesome things and just spending time with them was awesome.
I rode up with my roommate, Laura, and we decided to document our entire weekend. We made a few stops along the way, one of them being Stumphouse Tunnel. If you have never been there, it is pretty scary (at least for a scaredycat like me). It is really neat, though, and I’m glad we walked all the way down.
Here are some pictures from the weekend. If you ever have the chance to go to Highlands…go! It is so much fun and beautiful.
One of my favorite pictures from the tunnel. I don't know what this kid thought we were going to do to him.
We stopped by Grandma Heffington's and visited with her for awhile.
We stopped at a fresh spring that came out of the side of a mountain.
This was the view from our room.
At an overlook.
For our last night we ate dinner at this cute little place called The Cabin. It was amazing!
