Posts tagged ‘graduation’

November 30th, 2010

When did this happen?

I know my posts recently have been short and some have even been cryptic. I am sorry. I have something that I have been blogging about privately, and I will be sharing all of that soon enough – but right now I can only go day by day.

Tomorrow I am being initiated in to Omicron Delta Kappa. It’s a National Leadership Honor Society. That should be exciting. I will (hopefully) get to wear the stole and cords at graduation! I know it seems silly, but that was something I didn’t get to do in high school. But I have worked my butt of the last few years, and my grades have been excellent!

B-man and I went home for Thanksgiving. We got to spend some nice time with  my family for Thanksgiving. On Friday we went apartment hunting and I think we found a place. It is pretty nice, new, has a 24-hour fitness center, and we can afford the 2 bdrm w/ den – so practically 3 bedrooms. The rooms are small, but that’s apartment living for you. It also comes with washer/dryer in unit, and a dishwasher. If we don’t find any place better than this we will probably go for it.

On Saturday we went up to celebrate B-man’s brother’s birthday. He turned 40 and the party was a hoot! We made him an “old man kit” with prunes, a cane, and Worther’s original hard candies. The box it all came in was the real present – as we figured he could use it for geo-caching.

Sunday I went to church with my family and met up with a potential employer. We chatted for a little while, and it looks like I have a job all lined up for after we’ve moved! I’m half nervous, and half excited about it. I know the company does a lot of college classes and k-12 classes too, both of which I feel relatively comfortable interpreting. I’ll keep everyone posted!

After church we drove back to Tennessee. I drove for about 2 hours, but I was so tired, so B-man took over the driving. The normal 7.5 hour drive ended up being a little over 10 hours – and he did most of it. I am so thankful, because it gave me a chance to relax, and to sleep.

So I need every one’s help:  how should I decorate my cap for graduation? Please, leave me a comment with suggestions!

November 29th, 2010

It’s almost 2 am.

We just got back from a wonderful Thanksgiving trip to Virginia. Our house is cold, but not as cold as outside. It’s below freezing out there!

I am so happy that I got to see both my family, and B-man’s family, as well as celebrate a birthday while we were up there! It will be so nice to be up there and close to family soon enough!

The graduation countdown 14 days.

November 7th, 2010

How did this happen?

It’s November already! I can’t believe it. I was talking with my Dad on the phone this morning as he drove past Knoxville, and I said “I’ll just see you at Thanksgiving” to which he reminded me that Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away. And then after Thanksgiving is… umm… December. Then in December is GRADUATION!!!

The next month is going to be one heck of a very very crazy month. Graduation is on December 11th. We have family coming into town, and then they are going to help us move back up to the DC area! It’s really weird to think that my time is Knoxville is over. I mean – four and a half years ago I came to UT. My parents moved me into my first dorm room, and then I stood and waved as they drove away. I wondered around for a bit, and then went back to my room and crid.

I asked B-man today if he cried when his parents dropped him off at school – and he said no. Apparently guys don’t cry.

But I have changed and grown so much in the last four years, it’s almost impossible to recognize the fresh faced 18 year old I used to be.

Our college days are almost over!

September 23rd, 2010

Remember that giveaway?

Tomorrow I will announce the winner of the giveaway! I am so thankful to every one who opened up and did a little thinking about their own relationship with food. Knowing, and acknowledging are half the battle!

In other news… I am feeling a lot better. I don’t know what it is about Thursdays, perhaps their proximity to Fridays, but I usually feel pretty relaxed by Thursday. I usually have a class tonight until super late, but it’s been cancelled, so I get to go home at 2, finish my paper that is due tomorrow… and then chill!

I have found a new favorite food too. Any one else tried to limited Peach Mango Muffin from Einsteins? Don’t do it, because you’ll never stop. It has a crunchy top, and a supple, soft, peach and mango filled center of goodness. I have considered trying to recreate something similar at home… but if I do that… I may never lose any weight. I had sworn them off for a few days, considering this one muffin is around 500 calories, but I had to skip breakfast due to an alarm malfunction, and I won’t be having lunch until 2 pm. See how I justify my desicions? Terrible. TERRIBLE!

It’s a process.

My blog has been rather picture-less recently. Partly because I’m not doing anything picture worthy, and partly because I feel like my pictures don’t compare to the other blogs I follow, and I’m embarrassed by my dependence on the macro button. I own a canon powershots camera. Very fancy. Trust me. Ok, maybe not. But it works. One day… when I have better things to take pictures of, I will return to that. I promise.

And lastly… I bought my CAP & GOWN for graduation. In December. That’s really soon. Perhaps I should start a count down. In 78 days I will be a college graduate! Holycowhowdidthathappen?!

And then I will sleep. For an entire year.

Forgive me.

I like sleep.

May 25th, 2010

My Semi-Vacation.

Last summer I attended two weddings…

The first being a friend’s, the second being:

MINE! And actually… I think I went to one more, but I don’t have photographic evidence, so maybe I’m making that up. Who knows!

I also attended two graduations. My little sister Becca graduated from HS last summer

And B-man graduated from Virginia Tech!

It was such a beautiful day!

After his graduation my husband and I traveled to Florida for a week of celebration. We stayed in a hotel room with my Dad (umm… we weren’t hitched yet), and we bought 5-day passes to Disney World.

Despite the rain…

We tried to have…

But really, you can only take so much rain.

We decided not to use the last day on our 5-day ticket because well… it was raining.

I would also like to point out that, in every picture of my husband wearing a rain poncho, he has managed to rip it. Except the first picture – because we had just bought him a new one… for the third time.

Any way, I tell you all of this to compare my entire summer of last year, to the last week of my life (the first week of this summer).

We’ve been to one wedding:

With plans to attend another wedding in July.

We also went on another rain-filled vacation. There are no pictures of this because I was kind of upset about it… so I just slept a lot. Sorry. But here’s a picture to represent all of the sleep I did!

Then we went to my best friend’s graduation from the University of Virginia!

I did a lot more, and intend on being a bit more specific about these events, but I was just surprised at how we managed to cram an entire summer’s worth of events into one week! Ah!

Between May 14th and May 24th I drove 1,954 miles. Yeah… that’s just a rough estimate made by using Google maps and inputting every leg of our trip. Maybe I need to get my oil changed. lol.