Days of the week *snap snap* Days of the week *snap snap*

Yesterday was July 31st, making today August 1st. Duh right? Well I move into school on August 25th... Woooo. I got really excited this morning and after gazing at my new stuff for my dorm for several minutes taking inventory of my dorm stuff, I considered putting a few things in my trunk to get the packing started. I decided it was a tad too soon. Needless to say, I am excited.
Now that it is August, I know that time will start moving quickly. My last day of work is just 17 short days away. 8 days after that, I'm out of here. Crazy. When I was little, I would think about college and think about graduating from high school and would think "that will be cool" but it was so far away that I honestly never thought it would happen to me. I am not sure what I thought would happen between then and now to prevent it...aliens invading the planet? Another great flood, perhaps? Y2k? And now, here we are. Lady gaga has invaded, nashville went underwater last spring, and we survived the year 2000. I guess now I'm waiting on 2012... My point is, this feels surreal. I don't even think it has hit me that I never have to go back to the worst place on earth  high school again. When my brother and sister were growing up, they always looked so much older than me. They seemed like adults when they hit the tenth grade. I kept waiting to look like that myself, and it still hasn't happened. I remember thinking how cool the kids looked standing outside of the middle school as I, the timid second grader, waited for the monster pre-teens to load the bus. And then, as I finally walked from my high school, keys in hand to my car, I waited for that moment to feel "so old and cool" as the children on the bus passed by. Never happened. I no longer feel like a second grader, I have actually moved up to feeling like a seventh grader. Maybe by the time I graduate from college I will feel like a high schooler. Maybe.




So as I spend my final days as a child in my parent's house, I will not worry. I will not stress. I will not cry knowing that I won't get to see this face every day...

 At least I'll get to see this face a little bit more :)

 

We love my new Macbook...and each other if you can't tell ;)

Happy Monday :)


Love, C

Happy

The end of highschool came and went as quickly as it began. I spent months looking forward to the day of graduation and being finished with school and then it was there, staring me in the face. I wasn't nearly as excited as i thought I would be and I was not nervous (unlike some of my classmates proclaiming that they may throw up seconds before we enter the auditorium.) I was simply at peace. I felt content and confident with my years and years in school. And so I walked, shook my principals hand, and recieved my diploma. Afterward we had a lunch party, full of friends and family, which was alot of fun. Two of my uncles came down to the volunteer state all the way from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, as did my grandmother. Gramma approved of Boyfriend, proclaiming "I like him better than that last boy you had around." So do I gramma, so do I.

Me and my will-be roomie in the fall

The next order of business now that highschool is in the past and college is on the horizon is a pretty common question. Everyone has their opinion and I am pretty open minded--MAC or PC?! Now I have heard all of the common knowlege of "MACs are more expensive" (Duh) "MACs are best if you are doing something in graphic design" (I'm not) and "PCs get viruses easier" (I don't want any of that) But I really have NO idea what to do. I would love a MAc because they do run very fast and are pretty and clean, but if I knew that I could get the perfect PC and everything would be peaches then I would. My parents are the ones who are buying the computer, so I would hate to ask for a super expensive computer, but I would also hate for them to buy one that won't last. Any insight?

More exciting than graduating or choosing an appropriate computer is what will happen in about 72 hours...

Got it? As if the first picture didn't give it away. Yes, WE ARE GOING TO IRELAND!!! At precisely 6:00 PM thursday the momma and I will be on a plane headed to London where we will take another flight over to the great green isle. We have been planing this trip for so long and we are SO excited. We can't wait to eat scones with afternoon tea, see all of the history such as the blahrney stone, and see The Phantom of The Opera and the end of our trip when we return to London. I'm also so excited to shop! I've done a little shopping for clothes to wear while there, but most of my money is being saved. And I am lucky enough to have found such an awesome and adorable blog months ago that gave me great ideas for what to wear while there. Check her out!

So that is that. You can expect lots of pictures and lots of stories upon my return! Am. So. Excited.

Love C

P.S. I am so proud of Boyfriend as he is the 2011 TranSouth State golf champion and is now at nationals! So keep him in your prayers the next few days as he goes for the win. :)

Change we need...and I'm not talkin' about Obama's campaign

Modify, alter, transform, mutate. Change.

 It is inevitable. People mature, get new hairstyles and clothing, meet new people and make new friends. This happens to people in every stage of life. Children, teens, young adults. The change that is on my mind is one of the most important, in my opinion. That is, the transition between living under one’s parent’s roof, going to high school, hanging out with friends...and moving out to live in a tiny square room with another person, taking showers in a bathroom with numerous other showers and toilets and talking girls. Yes, you got it, college. This change that I speak of has consumed my mind for most of senior year and now that that is over with, my mind is an obsessive mess of bedding, tuition, space savers, and mini-fridges.
 

While I will be living about two hours away, away from my parents sister and niece and nephew, and will have to manage my time and get things done on my own--I could not be more excited ecstatic. So Saturday I will put on a puffy white gown and a silly hat with a tassel and I will walk the line to my diploma. To my future. Cheers!

I'll be wearing this little baby in two days. :)