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 "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 mothers.

happy mothers day

to my mother.

to my grandmothers.

to the women in my life that are my second mothers.

to mothers that have been called home.

to mothers of today.

to  mothers-to-be.

yesterday consisted of..

a great church service.

an amazing lunch.

 naps. naps. naps.

for everyone.

family time.

and most of all celebrating my mother.

thank you mommy

for always putting me before yourself,

loving me unconditionally,

always being there when no one else was there,

always taking care of me,

feeding me, doing my laundry,

driving me everywhere i needed to be,

teaching me how to become the person i am today,

being a role model,

and most of all..

for being the best mother in the world.

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.

nothing making sense

this morning i woke up 

to my mother telling me that there was a

two hour delay!?

that meant i wasnt going to have

to get out of bed until 10 o clock.

when i finally rolled out of bed 

i woke up to this..

a two hour delay is all fine and dandy

until i realized that in 5 days is prom.

snow is on the ground 5 days before prom.

why is prom the first weekend of april?

the woman who means everything.

happy birthday to the woman who..

gave me life.

is my number one fan.

always puts others before herself.

is an amazing cook.

is a Godly woman.

is madly in love with my father.

always has an opinion.

i love more than words.

helps other fight for thier lives everyday she goes to work.

is my hero.

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.

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.