Rain Rain, Cancel Work

Can we all just agree that rainy days should mean automatic work from home days, complete with huge sweatshirts and hot tea? 

The work I don't mind so much. It's the venturing out into the drizzle that is not good for me. Or my hurr.

This weekend I made it to my favorite Georgia landmark. Yes, that is Publix. I don't know why I am obsessed with them, but I am. Much to the chagrin of my friends and Stuart.

I also watched my own team lose via iPhone app, and Stuart's team lose in person. It was not a good day for football for the state of Virginia. But we did get to spend time with two of our BFF's and pretty much favorite couple to spend time with. I also may have decided I will move to Atlanta because I miss my girlfriends so much. Paul went to UVA and so he and Stuart get along famously. And Heids and I have been BFFs for 10 years. Good lord we are old. 

I also met this hottie:

If you can't read it, his shirt says, "Lord, if you're not coming back anytime soon, could you at least send back Ronald Reagan?". I don't usually get all political up here, and I am not planning to start, but goodness I love me some Ronald. I also don't usually take pictures with random guys, but the game was BORING and he was all kinds of interesting. He also almost got nacho cheese on me. Class-ay. 

Sunday was spent getting some donuts, saying goodbye to friends and bopping by my aunt's for some pizza and time with most of my fam jam. And there were baby snuggles. Definitely worth the drive for those baby snuggles.

And now back to the grind. If I ever get my apartment finished - I'll show y'all some pictures. But lets see when I will have time for that? Probs round about never. 

This weekend we are staying home and I CANNOT WAIT!

Happy rainy Tuesday y'all!

I Remember, and a Little Recap

"Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of u

s, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: 'Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me.'" --President George W. Bush September 11, 2001.

I remember where I was. I remembered this morning when I heard Alan Jackson's song "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)?". I remembered those men and women who lost their lives just going to work, I remembered the firefighters and police officers that lost their lives trying to save others. I remember the people that just got on an airplane that ended up in a field or building, and the people that worked in the Pentagon that day. I remember. And I am thankful to live in the best country in the world with the best firefighters, police officers and military that fight for my freedom and keep me safe here at home. I remember.

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I just couldn't let this day go by without acknowledging it. 

But - an update was requested, and an update you shall have!

I did my first official maid of honor duty and went to a bridal show with my bff!

We then jetted off to the Bahamas, where I won a little bit of cash money

And we spent lots of time babysitting my precious cousins!

The skinny arm was taught to the 6 year old

and I spent lots of time holding this little rascal.

We took pictures with the gorgeous scenery

and slowed down enough to take a picture in the aquarium.

I got nice and sunburned 

and had my makeup done by the two year-old pro :).

I went to my last country concert for the summer during my last Friday night home with my bff and some of my favorite friends from High School.

And we made it to two Hokie games and a Cav game. :) ALL of which were won!

Ohhhh and one more thing... I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!!!

 

I Met a Squirrel and I Liked It...

I hope my boyfriend don't mind it ;)

That is my bff Gladys. She may or may not be the preppiest squirrel around that often decorates herself with both pearls and bows. Perfection!

As of today I have made it through almost TWO weeks of work! My first travel day is tomorrow and I am nervous/excited. Fortunately this is a training travel so I am going with another one of the AC's. PTL.

Also. I have been horrible about documenting the move, the job, the weekends, etc and I want to!

So here are a few I pulled off Instagram. I have 85094384095 pictures on my Mac, from, you know, the last month of my life that has completely flown by. But here are some of the highlights of the last week.


Oh look, its football...

And more football!

Yep - that is pretty much how we spend our time around here! Our friends got into town Friday night for S's birthday, and we sat around watching football. Saturday, clearly the big birthday tailgate (which I MUST recap) and the game, and Sunday we took a deep breath and relaxed before I worked all day and then we headed to Blacksburg for THE MOST STRESSFUL GAME OF MY LIFE on Monday night. 

Yep, I worked Tuesday too. Nothing like 4 hours of sleep for some work productivity ;).

Tonight, I am cooking dinner and we will probably watch whatever college game comes on tonight. Since ya know, I missed out on spending some time at home last night because of the Giants-Cowboys game.

Pretty much my life can be summed up to this : work, sleep, eat, football, football, football, work. 

And I wouldn't have it any other way :)

Happy Thursday!

Happy College Football Colors Day!

The adorable Mrs. Jones at Keeping Up With The Joneses is doing a link up of college football colors and today is ESPN's College Colors Day, so y'all know I had to link up ;).

If you've been around here any period of time, you know my blood bleeds orange and maroon. The most fallish college colors around! 

Those Virginia Tech Hokies are out again and I could not be more excited to go back to Blacksburg! Seriously, God's Country is my favorite place to spend my fall weekends. My parents have taught me to tailgate, and tailgate well. Plus I love those football boys. Ahhhh, I am itching to jump up and down to Enter Sandman and hear ole Skipper boom!!!

We are kicking off the season in Cville to celebrate Stuart's birthday and hoping the 'hoos can pull off a win against Richmond. Really, I'm there for the tailgate ;). 

The REAL kickoff to the season is Monday night in Blacksburg. Ahhhh - a night game in Blacksburg. Can I think of anything better?

After a Thursday night win against Maryland my sophomore year. We love some fireworks and usually set them off after every night game :)

College bffs. Heading down to Hotlanta in a few weeks to see Heidi (on the right) to watch the UVA-GT game. Since both of our boyfriends are wahoo fans.

My Hokie fam :). Daddy is an alum, I am an alum (ahhhh), and my sister is a current student. 

My college roommate and bff, my little and I at another night game. With our foam fingers, obviously!

House divided. I promise my sweater is maroon! And my buttons say "Beat Virginia" and "I love Bud" (who is our defensive coordinator, not a drug reference, haha!).

Sometimes I am really classy. Alabama game, my senior year I believe.

More girls at the 'bama game! Sadly, the tailgate was more fun than the second half of that one.

Nebraska game junior year. Stuart and I had just started dating so I made him rush the field and kiss me. And then I made him cut that hair. My goodness. Although I hope my baby girls get that curly hair cause it would be gorgeous on a girl ;).

Y'all head on over and link up. Somehow I knew my regular blogging would come back, and of course it would have to do with football. Last night I was hoping Vandy would pull out the win - I always root for the underdog (unless we are the predicted winner, haha).

Happy Friday!

Instagram Update

With five minutes to breathe (with internet - no thanks to dumb Comcast, but lots of thanks to Stuart's apartment), I figured a little picture update would do the blog good :)

Luke and Jason were awesome. I jumped to Enter Sandman. Yes, it was that awesome :).

Found a couch! In Costco no less. It has a really neat pull out and storage under the part I am sitting on. Thank God for Instagram not really hiding my no makeup face.

My fav Mexican restaurant from home has a branch out in the town between Stuart and I. He took me for lunch Sunday! PTL they do white sauce right.

First meal in the new apartment. Pizza, Diet Coke, Friends on DVD and Stuart. Ahhhh, adult life.

First day outfit - complete with new leopard heels that gave me the blisters from Hades. Stuart is popping my blisters now, true love, that boy.

And with a bang - I am off to bed to get up and trek over the mountain to work before I go yell at Comcast. A girl needs her Pinterest and TLC for after work relaxation.

Overwhelmed

In the last day, I have called up a landlord, set up a meeting and decided to move in. Saturday. As in two days from now. Three hours away from home. With ZERO furniture other than a blue upholstered chair I got from the Teej a few years ago.

Needless to say - my life is a packing disaster right now! Fortunately, I am getting a few pieces of furniture from my grandparents' old house, my aunt is giving me her kitchen table and my parents are taking care of me. Plus I have a bunch of storage stuff that my sister had from her dorm room. Hot pink is not my color. But it will do for now!

Tomorrow I am spending my last night in the 757 doing one of my favorite things ever - going to a country concert (AHHH LUKE BRYAN and Jason Aldean) with some of my girlfriends before getting up Saturday and hitting the road.

Plus, I start working Monday.

And Stuart's birthday party is a week from Saturday. With all of his friends coming in town. And his parents. And I have yet to even come close to finishing his present.

And then I work Labor day, and will then drive to Bburg and back in an evening to watch HOKIE FOOTBALLLL! And then I will probably die at work.

Number one thing on my list to buy for my apartment. WINE WINE WINE...COFFEE MAKER. 

Also, it is adorbs y'all. A little one bedroom in a 160 year old house. I have a fire place in my living room and my bedroom. And my landlord is a Hokie and his wife is a hoot and too precious.

Can't wait to tell ya all about it. And post some pictures!!

Things are nuts y'all. Bear with me, please?

Big shout out to SomeECards for giving this post some .jpg love.

I'm Aliveeee and I Touched A Gold Medal!

I had a great time in the Bahamas, and came home with a killer tan, a peeling back, and some sort of cold/sinusy situation. Annnddd Atlantis charged 20 bucks a day for shotty internet so even though we paid the money for internet, this is the reason for the unplanned blog hiatus. 

However. The coolest part of my trip was TOUCHING A GOLD MEDAL. As in a real one, all the way from the London 2012 Olympics. We were walking out of the casino on our second night there and the mens 4 X 400 team was there with their gold medals on! The one I actually got a picture with is Chris Brown, who ran track for a local university here. Seriously. How cool is that?!?

More Bahamas recap to come. Although I have 705847329857 blurry aquarium photos to sort through since my 6 year old cousin played photographer ;). Happy almost Tuesday!

Big News and a PTL

Hi y'all!

Things are still ABSOLUTELY nuts around here. I have been babysitting for my cousins that I will be travelling to the Bahamas with next week ;) and spending lots of time at the Rehab Center with my grandma.

Yes! She is out of the hospital :). We moved her to a rehab facility and she is getting much MUCH stronger! Big ole PTL right there. So thrilled. And she is in much better spirits now that she knows she will get to come home eventually.

Also....

I GOT A JOB!!!!!

I got the call Wednesday and it has been a whirlwind since then. 

I will be working with college students (yay!) at a small school about thirty minutes from Stuart. So not only will I be getting paid to do something I love - but I will also be able to start a real life with S. God is so good! I also get to travel some and a free iPhone so there are some other perks I am loving as well :)

I will be gone next week on a babysitting vaca, then home for a week, and then starting work the 27th. Annnnddd I need to find a safe, clean, affordable place to live that is about halfway between where S is and where I will be working.

So - thank you for your prayers! And hopefully I will get some blogging in. I am reading when I am sitting at the Rehab Center but my phone makes it so hard to comment.

Happy Friday!

Prayers Please?

Happy Tuesday night!

I know I have been all kinds of slacking in the blog department lately. Sorry y'all. I know how much you must be missing me ;)

Anyways - things around here have been kind of nuts. I came home in a tizzy on Friday because my grandma wasn't doing well and we ended up taking her to the hospital on Saturday and she has been there ever since.

I have been spending most of my days in the hospital with her, my mom and my aunt just keeping her company and making sure things are being done right :).

I'm also waiting on some other news so any and all prayers would be welcome.

I will leave you with this:

:)

Buh-buh-buh Braaaiinn Dump

Happy Thursday party people. Or non party people. I feel like lately I've had to make some disclaimers since everyone is getting their panties in a wad about something. 


Some things bopping around in my head today:

• I am IN LOVE with Stuart's Keurig I got him for graduation. As of late - he goes to work, and I drink coffee. And by as of late I mean yesterday and today. It is so easy and delicious. And is great for blogging in bed/on couch.

• My new goal:

• If I never hear another word about Chickfila, it will be too soon. We get it -  you have an opinion. Eat more chicken, eat less chicken, your decision. Just hush up about it would ya?
• My twitter is being a pain. Who wants one square of background and a bunch of blue? Get it together Twitter fairies. 

• Gabby Douglas is from the 757. Reppin' well girl. Teach me yo moves. Holy bajolie she is talented.

• I get to have lunch with this beautiful bride today. I may or may not have cried looking through her GORGEOUS engagement pictures. And by may or may not have, I mean definitely. Holy cow, my best friend is getting married. And we have our degrees. And this is legitimate. Ahhhhhhh. Credit goes here.

Well that was random. But thus is life. Oh well. Shout out to my ghost readers - Ky, Katie, Jen and Lib. I know y'all stalk ;)