nothing forgotten.

as my cap and gown are now just something hanging my closet

my tassel no longer hangs from my mirror in my car

and i am no longer a student at ESHS..

the memories have not been forgotten.

as i was getting dressed for graduation july 10th i thought to myself..

i cannot believe this day ive been working toward
 for 13 years is finally here. 
the place that has impacted my life in so many ways
is soon going to be a place of my past.
a place filled with the people i love.
the people that have taught me life lessons
and helped me make memories that will forever
 hold a special place in my heart.
today is the end.
today is the beginning.


the last touch to my graduation outfit was
a "forget knot" ring.

i never wanted to forget what high school has given me.
and i never wanted to forget my last step..graduation.
after walking into the gym,
listening to the speeches,
listening to alex sing,
walking across the stage,
and turning my tassel.
i looked down at my left hand and just take it all in &
tried to truly capture the moment and my mixed emotions.

 

this ring will soon be kept in my high school memory box

along with many other items from the highlight moments

 over the past four years that i cherish deeply.

everything "lucky"

wisdom teeth.

a tooth that is not very liked by many.

yesterday i was lucky enough to get mine out.

an experience that most have had to live through.

after watching many of my friends and family go through

this procedure i was far from excited about it.

the other night i was dreading

all the secrets i was probably going to tell

and the dumb things that i was going to say.

i had never been put to sleep nor had i been put on pain meds

so i was completely clueless on what to expect.

to my surprise as soon as i woke up from my surgery

 i was the only one in the room and i looked around for a minute

and was sitting up when the lady walked in.

she seemed shocked that i was sitting up.

she asked me tons of questions

and told me i was acting very normal which was very unusual.

she brought a wheelchair in the room to take me to the car

but i told her i felt that i could walk & i did well i must add.

the lady said i was a "lucky one"

once i got home i started my many meds

and eatting my lovely meals consisting of..

yogurt, mash potatos, mac and chesse,

ice cream, & apple sause.

ohhh how much i miss hard food. 

the highlight of my day definitely was when my best friend

 walked in the door with these gorgeous flowers.

i LOVED them..she knows me too well.

i love you christain.

i cannot wait to recover completely so i can do simple everyday task again.

like drive. eat whatever i want. want to go in public. etc.

everything changing.

a place that has been here for 50 years

a place that has been a part of my life for 4 years.

a place filled with the people i love.

a place filled with a ton of school spirit.

a place that has given me life long memories.

a place that is my security blanket.

a place i will be an alumni of in one week.

today was my last day of walking the halls of this place.

today was my last day of high school.

today was a day i thought was forever away.

today was bittersweet.

today was the end, but

today leads to a even better beginning.

everything wrapping up.

may 27th

senior awards day.

the day i thought was so far away

and now its come and gone.

(here is a preview of a few of the pictures from awards day..)

 

with only four more days

of walking through the halls of ES as a student

and less than two weeks until graduation

everything is quickly coming to an end.

everything offical.

saturday

i attend meredith college

advising and registration day.

the day made everything so real for me.

as i drove out of the gates of meredith and headed home

i took a moment think to myself...

this is the place that i willspend a good 3/4 of my year starting this august.

the place that i will call my home away from home.

photocredit.

after meeting my roommate in person,

finalizing my schedule for the fall,

placing out of spanish uno,

and visiting the bookstore

i knew that today had been a very successful day.

nothing unlucky.

last friday was

friday the thirteenth.

as a reward for surviving ap calculus

our class took a trip to carowinds.

let me back up and say

i am a senior in high school

and yes my parents are roller coaster junkies

but no i have never rode a roller coaster.

friday may 13th, 2011

was the day. the day i rode my 1st roller coaster.

as well as allie.



waiting in lane for our first roller coaster.
i was a little more excited than her.



the intimidater was the lucky one.

as soon as i stepped off i knew

i was officially addicted to roller coasters.

then it was off to many many more roller coasters.

im already planning my next trip.





thanks autumn and chloe for the photos

everything senior night.

senior night

take three

but you know what they say..

third times a charm.

oh baseball..

dont even get me started.

my favorite sport ever.

one of my absolute favorite things to do is

to watch superman play baseball.

he has quite a passion for this sport.

even though his high school sports career

is slowly winding down he will forever

wear a number on his back in my eyes.

this chapter of my life is coming to a quick end

but the next one is so exciting.

there is no one else that i would have rather spent

this chapter of my life with than you superman.

thank you for the many memories

both on and off the field.

chilton

number nineteen

catcher

hunter

number eight

center field

johnson

number fifteen

3rd base

mills

number seven

right field

shinault

(superman)

number six

2nd base

slate

number sixteen

1st base

the 2011 ES basball seniors.

 

everything fifty.

fifty years.

half a century.

five decades.

sounds like forever away.

well that is what ES's first student body president thought

and then sunday he stood in front of hundreds of alumni and

talked about how he felt that he blinked and fifty years passed by.

while he was talking about how yesterday he felt that he was in

my shoes walking down the halls of ES as a senior..

i felt tears come to my eyes.

that is the first moment all year that it has really hit me.

i am a senior & in just 8 weeks an alumni.

no redos, no i wish i had done..

only make the most of my time left, make memories,

and cherish every second.

photocredit:chloe

even though the next chapter of my life

will be some of the if not the best years of my life

high school has brought me many blessing.

i will forever have life long memories

that happened within the walls of ES.

everything WOW GOD wednesday

today is WOW GOD wednesday.

tuesday morning at 1:30am i heard something fly into my bedroom window

and soon realized that it was hailing and the wind was blowing outside.

I heard my brother run to my parents room but i didnt think

twice about it, turned over and went back to sleep.

my mother came in my room around 1:45 to tell me that

the power was out but to just go back to bed.

little did we all know a tornado had hit right our yard.

yes a tornado! there were not warnings or watches or anything.

at 3am the fire department came by our house to ask if we were

all okay because our driveway was to bad to drive on due to fallen trees.

still at this point we had no clue that it was a tornado until the sun rose.

looking outside it was obvious that it could be nothing but a tornado.

i woke up feeling shocked horrified and lucky.

the tornado hit feet from my house.

God was watching over my family.

at that moment i realized that even when we sleep

and arent thinking about him.

he is always looking out and thinking about us.

we were so lucky that there was no structural damage done to our house..

we are only missing a few shingles and shutters.

everything promage.

i have have been a bad blogger these last few days

but ive been just a little busy.

saturday was well..

my senior prom.

this year i decided to try to do everything myself.

from nails to makeup and all the inbetweens..

minus my hair which was done by the amazing penny.

why tell you about my experience

when i could just show you?

enjoy.

location one- my house

 

location two- golf course

 

location three- ryan's

with 32 friends.

supermans face when the bill came.

location four- prom

location five- my house again

lukster had baseball all day so i came home

 to see him after prom.

next stop zb's house and st's house

april 2nd, 2011

is a day and night that will forever

be memory that i will never forget.