finally everything july.

just in case you missed the obvious..

ive been slacking when it comes to blogging in my life lately.

so i thought why not start again with some monthly goals.

since to no ones surprise i didnt make june goals

let me first fill you in briefly on my life over the past month.

i experienced my last days walking down the hall of ES as a student.

watched my best friend win her third state championship.

packed packed and packed for the beach.

ended a chapter of my life that has meant so much to me by

turning my tassel.

became an alumni of ES.

had the best week of my life at senior week.

joined all 499 of the other upcoming freshman teaching fellows in raleigh.

experienced many first iv, surgery, and stitches thanks to my wisdom teeth.
and so much more...

everything may.

last month i slacked

and did not make monthly goals for april.

but its a new month so bring on may.

so as i flashback to march i see that

i didnt complete all my goals

so i plan on attempting them again.

 1. get ready for prom.**

2. get nails done.**

3. finish senior research project.**

4. try to ignore my senioritis.

5. attend superman's baseball games,**

 chris' softball games, & *

lukster's baseball games. *

6. wear green on the 17th.**

7. get jess a "twice new" birthday gift.**

8. try to blog at least 10 x's.**

9. have a mother-daughter day.**

10. start finalizing senior week.*

11. workout 3x's a week.*

12. start to decided where i want to call my home away home
       for the next four years of my life **

**=check.

*=semi-check.

=failed

may goals

run 3 days a week.

meet some new people on the twenty first

at freshman orientation.

finalize senior week plans.

send out graduation invitations.

enjoy this last full month as an ES senior.

take more pictures.

continue morning devotions.

start new bible reading with superman.

attend erins graduation.

try to get gilbert to like outside.

spend quality time with family.

get mom a great mothers day gift.
buy my first few items for my dorm room.
plan graduation presents.

everything march.

i cannot believe that it is already time for monthly goals again.

time to flip the calendar because its march.

february goals.

1. get mom and dad great birthday presents (check.)

2. tour another college (check. it might be the one.)

3. get superman great valentines day gifts.(check)

    (the third times a charm)

4. continue daily bible readings with superman. (not daily but frequent.)

5. finish my new devotional book (check & im currently rereading it)

    becoming a women of simplicity

6. order & start a new book in the series (it is currently being shipped)

7. drink only one mountain dew per week (only drank 3 the whole month!)

8. have zero snow days (FINALLY!)

9. help someone that needs a helping hand. (check.)

march goals.

1. get ready for prom.

2. get nails done.

3. finish senior research project.

4. try to ignore my senioritis.

5. attend superman's baseball games,
                 chris' softball games, &
                 lukster's baseball games.

6. wear green on the 17th.

7. get jess a "twice new" birthday gift.

8. try to blog at least 10 x's.

9. have a  mother-daughter day.

10. start finalizing senior week.

11. workout 3x's a week.

12. start to decided where i want to call my home away home
       for the next four years of my life

everything fourty niners.

this past saturday i had to wake up at 630

and by 645 my mother father & i were off to charlotte

i slept the whole way and my parent woke me up

which felt like 10 minutes later. we were here.

the place i had been dreading to come.

the place i thought was not for me.

the place i thought i would never call home.

the place that i thought was my 3rd choice.

with five minutes of arriving at unc charlotte i had realized

that what i thought had been all wrong. the campus was gorgeous

and the people were friendly than ever.

even though it is a large university it still has the smaller college feel.

plus they have tons of coffee places all over campus.

which wins me over.

after the teaching fellow seminar i took a campus tour..

as i was walking around i thought to myself

can i see myself walking through this campus in just a few months, calling it my home away from home, and knowing that this is the place for me?

and i honestly easy could answer yes to that question.
i still have a few more things to think about before i make any final decisions but if i had to choose right now i know where my heart currently is.





i cannot wait to see where He has planned for me to go.



celebrating everything we have.

due to the fact that our anniversary landed on
 a monday during basketball season..

superman and myself decided to go out to eat on sunday night.

he came to pick me up like always (he is such a gentleman)

and off we went to winston-salem where we stopped
at my favorite place to eat ever..

OLIVE GARDEN..home of the best bread sticks and salad.

yumm yumm!

also sunday night we decided to exchange gifts

but save the cards for in the morning of.


everyday i wear pearl earrings and ive had the same 3 dollar pair for over a year.
saturday i lost one of my pearl earrings but i hadnt told anyone.
i opened my gift first and it was exactly what i needed..
pearl stud earrings.


next was superman's turn.
superman received a black fossil watch.
and a note saying that after making sure it was the right size for him
i was going to take the watch and get it engraved saying

"today and everyday"

i realized that i didn't take a picture of superman's watch.
therefore here is a temporary picture of it until i get a more personal one.

the monday morning we exchanged our handmade cards.

my card from superman.

during yearbook that day i was taking pictures in a classroom with fall
when there was a knock on the door.
i answered it since i was the closest and to my surprise there was superman
standing outside the door with a vase of beautiful sunflowers.

& yes they smell just as wonderful as they look.

my favorite flower in the whole entire world.

my perfect gifts. he knows me to well.

this boy is way to good to me.

everything february.

january goals.   

 

have a mother daughter day.

 (double check. i had two.)

paint nails.

(success.)

get superman a killer anniversary gift.

(check. he loved it.)

have the best 2 year anniversary.

(checkcheckcheck. better than i imagined)

drink water daily.

(need to work on)

attend 3 of lukster's basketball games.

(triple check.)

spend more quality time with my family. 

(check. movie nights were wonderful.)

finish both my cadet portfolio & intern project.

(check x2)

tour at least two colleges.

(check. ncstate&meredith.)

after realizing that i almost completed every single on of my goals on first monthly goals, ive concluded that when you make your goals known to others it is more motivating to accomplish them. so that is why i have decided to countinve..so here is to february.

february goals.

1. get mom and dad great birthday presents

2. tour another college

3. get superman great valentines day gifts.

    (the third times a charm)

4. continue daily bible readings with superman.

5. finish my new devotional book

    becoming a women of simplicity

6. order & start a new book in the series

7. drink only one mountain dew per week

8. have zero snow days

9. help someone that needs a helping hand.

everything meredith.

Raleigh bound with my mother once again but this time just the two of us.

First stop. 5 minutes down the road. Mickey Ds for some grub and hot liquids..

Second stop. An hour later. Liquid for the car.

Third stop. Another hour later. Meredith College.

After parking, it was time for my scheduled tour.





of course my camera decides to die.

I had never stepped foot on merediths college before in my life.

The campus was gorgeous. And everyone was very friendly.

look for yourself..http://www.meredith.edu/about/virtual-tour/stop1.html

Last stop of the tour..freshman dorm rooms.

As soon as I saw them I was sold.

heilman hall. freshman dorms.

the freshman dorms are suites

& are just for freshman.

with four people to one bathroom.

with a sink in every room &

kitchens on each floor.

the dorms blew me away after seeing NC states

"nicest" dorms on campus last week comparing

them to merediths freshman dorms.

but dorms arent everything so i continued to stay

 with my open mind.

Next. Actual teaching fellows day begins.

Everything they told me made me like the school more and more.

First off i loved when they told me that they graduated 24 of their teaching fellows last year and all 24 had a job by this past august. which is awesome.

Then i loved to hear that you get to choose WHATEVER major and minors in which you would like and get your license in education. So you can customize your education to your exactly what would be best for you.

Meredith teaching fellows are required to study abroad which I had no clue about.

When the girls were telling their personal stories about how much they loved their experience and how it has changed their lives and how they view our world. At first I was thinking to myself that they all have to say this they are trying to get me to come here until one girl bust into tears and told a heart warming story about how she will never be the same after her experience.

There are over 10 countries in which meredith has study abroad sites.

I cannot even imagine that in two years i could possibly be in Iceland right now.

Oh the places that i could possibly go..

This year im going to make some huge life changing decisions in my life and i cannot wait to see what God has planned for me.

worry about nothing.

the other day i was listening to klove and they were talking about their 30 day challenge(which i highly recommend) where they are challenging people to listen to only christian music for 30 straight days to see how it changes peoples lives.

when this man called in..

he said that instead of making new years resolutions he had decided to sit down and make a list of everything in which he was worrying about currently and everything he was worried about coming in the future. he sealed his envelope up. wrote dont open until december 31st, 2011 on the envelope & put it in a safe place where he knew he would not lose it.

he said he had been doing this for the past 5 years and each year he writes down less and less worries. this is because through this process when he opens the envelope at the end of the year he sees that God had took care of his worries.

and of course i got inspired. i started thinking about how much of my life i waste worrying for no reason. even though it is not january first i decided to do this anyways.

i took a total of ten minutes today and wrote down all the worries in my life.

when i picked up the pen and started writing my worries onto paper i instantly felt better.

i prayed and ask God to help me trust in him and worry less because i knew that he would take care of everything. i sealed it up. wrote on the outside of the envelope. put it in a safe place. and wrote on my calendar a little reminder.

i cannot wait to see how God is going to work in my life this year and wipe away my worries. i encourage you to sit down for 5-10 minutes and write down all the worries you have.

everything adventurous with mom.

last night my mom came into my room and asked me if i wanted to take a

 mother daughter day with her to winston tomorrow

to finish up my dads birthday present and run some other errands..

how could i say no to a mother daughter day?

(plus that is one of my monthly goals)

we planned everything and everywhere we were going to go today last night

and planned to leave the house this morning at 9:30 sharply.

i got up and ate breakfast,

quick random fact about myself--
i hate milk and the only thing food in which i will drink it with
 is with fruity pebbles and no other cereal

 took a shower, got dressed and was making my coffee to-go

 when the phone rang and displayed SCSchools at 9:28.

school was closing at 10:30 so in other words i had lost an hour of sleep

because we had to pick up lukster from school.

my mothers schedule was now messed up.

once we finally got to winston it was practically lunch time so we eat at

the best fast food burger and fries place ever..FIVE GUYS

after we were fueled up we hit to my mothers lists

& shopped til we wanted to drop until we made it to target..

our last stop of the day.

the woman rung up all our items when i noticed something wasnt quite right..

as my mom looked into her purse

she noticed that her wallet was nowhere to be found.

we asked the lady to hold our over filling cart &

told her we would hopefully be back soon.

after backtracking ourselves and praying a lot, we were lucky enough to find

that we had left it at the last store we had been in before..

all the way back at the mall.

the lady at the store had stuffed it in a locked drawer

after she realized that my mother had left it on the counter.

once we finally got back to target to pay for our cart full of items

we were ready to call it a day.

thank you mother for a fun-filled, heart racing, amazing day.

everything pack.

after having saturday school yesterday
i was not prepared to wake up early once again today.

today was the day of my first (of three) teaching fellows open house.

my mother, superman, and i hit the road and began our two hour drive to

the biggest university north carolina has to offer..

nc state.

less than 30 minutes into the trip superman was passed out in the back seat

this picture was taken on the way home.
hints the darkness & bad lighting.

  

and i was craving my morning coffee..

so we stopped at sheetz and then i was perfectly content for the whole day.

at around twelve o clock

we had arrived to the gorgeous city of raleigh

and our stomachs were growling..

bojangles was calling our name.

here we received the biggest fast food take out bag ive ever seen.

it was literally the length of my arm!

(in the moment i didnt even think to take a picture)

after finally finding the parking deck we needed to park in

there where a future teaching fellow every 50 feet telling you which way to go.

after following from fellow to fellow or the "breadcrumbs" as superman called them.

we had arrived finally to the open house.

after registering we immediately took a tour of syme hall..

where teaching fellows stay.

as soon as the tour guide told me that this was one of the oldest dorms

on campus i instantly thought this is going to be a horrible dorm.

oh was i in for a surprise.. the dorm rooms were huge.

the tour guide said that this dorm is home to the biggest dorms on campus.

 the smallest dorms in the building were not small at all. 

she also said that the smallest dorms were the average size the largest dorms in the other halls.

next we set through four very informational sessions.

all the current fellows were extremely nice

as well as the faculty and staff.

my mother, superman, and myself decided to tour on our own.

while i was walking around i thought to myself

i could definitely see myself calling

nc state my home in just a few short months. 

but there are two more open houses to go

so who really knows where i will be.

meredith and charlotte here i come.

everything january.

 january 2011 goals.    
    -- have a mother daughter day.

    -- paint nails.

    -- get superman some killer anniversary gifts.
    --have the best 2 year anniversary.
    --drink water daily.
    --attend 3 of lukster's basketball games.
    --spend more quality time with my family.
    --finish both my cadet portfolio & intern project.
    --tour at least two colleges.

[thank you raleigh perk for inspiring me to make monthly goals.]

& by the way happy new year.