Day 1.

I'm still relatively new to this whole blogging world, so I figured I'd try out the 30 day challenge to let you all get to know me better! Enjoy

Day 1: Picture of yourself and 10 random facts

This picture was taken on my last day of my internship with 5th graders.  I miss them all everyday!

1. My favorite time of the day is when the sun is going down, right before sunset.  I love how the sky changes colors and the way the sun makes everything look prettier.
2. Being near a body of water always has the ability to calm me down and make me feel better.  It doesn't matter if it's a lake, river, ocean, etc.  It instantly puts me in a better mood.
3. I'm addicted to crime TV shows.  I could watch Law and Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, CSI, and NCIS all day long.
4. I know I talk about it all the time, but I am also addicted to camp.  I love the sight of kid running around playing in the field, climbing the rock wall, counselors singing with their campers, shooting bows and arrows, swimming, doing arts and crafts, and being silly.  This is going to be my third summer working at camp, and the past two have definitely been the best and most rewarding summers of my life.
5. Sometimes I really think that diet coke still is made with cocaine, because it is so addicting.  I could drink it at any time of the day, all day long.  I could say the same about a good glass of sweet ice tea.
6. I love traveling, and I wish I had unlimited money so I could travel everywhere I want.  I love being able to experience the culture and see famous landmarks and just get out of my ordinary, everyday routine.  (and yes, I did take the pictures in my header in France and Japan)
7. I have never really lived anywhere other than my hometown (I feel like my three years in a small college town don't count).  I have plans in the works to change this after graduation in December, but won't give away all the details yet, until I know for sure! 
8. My siblings are the best.  I have two little brothers (when I say little, I mean 2 and 4 years old) who are so full of energy and fun.  They can drive me crazy sometimes, but I wouldn't ever trade them for anything.  I also have two sisters.  They are not so young, but I love them as well:)
9. I cannot wait to start teaching and to have a classroom of my own. I love being with kids and teaching them and seeing the positive influence that I can have.
10. Passing of time never ceases to amaze me.  It is crazy how time flies by sometimes.  I wish I could press pause or at least slow it down! 

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
-C

Lazy Saturday

Random Thoughts of the day..

• What's with all this "end of the world" business? I don't get it! 
• I think my 2 little brothers being sick is one of the saddest things that I've seen.  Spenc almost had to be admitted to the hospital this morning because he wasn't getting enough oxygen.  Thankfully he is okay for now.
• The graphics on the old Harry Potter movies are absolutely horrible.
• As much as I love laying around in bed all day, I really can't wait for camp to start
• I have recently been obsessed with the Adele song "Rolling in the Deep"  and if you haven't heard it, you should probably go listen to it here.
• I am seriously upset that the pool doesn't open until next weekend.  Today was gorgeous and sunny, but I can't go to the pool! 
• I reaaalllly want to go back to Disneyland
• The thought of going to work tonight depresses me

Missing in Action

I have been MIA for far too long, so sorry!

It's been a whirlwind of a few weeks, filled with planning, meetings, and work.  It feels so good to be productive again and to get stuff done that I enjoy doing and that isn't school busy work!

On a side note, I would just like to say that I really hate people who steal things.  Last night between the hours of 4 and 9, my phone went mysteriously missing, and I would really like to know how that happens.  So now it's no more pretty blackberry storm for me:(.  I'm back to my old school pink blackberry with a mostly broken space bar that I can't remember how to work.  COOL, right?

I love summer. I love sand, I love the beach, I love the sun. I love no school. I love camp.  But these summer cold fronts and cold thunderstorms have GOT to go.  I'm sick of winter clothes--I want to wear shorts and sun dresses and not freeze! However, if we had a mild summer while we were at camp, I would not complain!!


My new aspiration is go to to Las Vegas for my birthday in November.  I know it's a long way off, but I'm already starting a "birthday trip savings" in order to go!  I was actually really surprised at the deals you can get going out there.  I know everything in vegas is wayy more expensive though, so it might take me the whole 6 months to save enough money to have as much fun as I want.  Horray birthdays! Only 6 more months:)


Hope everyone is doing well:)

There's Gotta be Something more...

What a weekend.  It's Saturday night, and yes I'm chillin' out at home.

I sat down today and really got thinking about how much my life has changed in the past year.  A year ago I moved out of my apartment with my best friend and had a fabulous month to spend with my then-boyfriend doing nothing but taking trips to Savannah, visiting the zoo, and thought I had the rest of my life planned and sorted out. I knew last year exactly where I would be in a year.

Now here I am, home again from school but this time for good, and 100% single.  I can honestly say I haven't been that way in a while, and that I have no idea where I will be in a year, and it's a pretty scary thought.  With graduation only 6 months away, I still have no idea where I will be student teaching, where I'll be living, where I will find a job.

I sometimes sit and just wonder where life will take me.  I know it's all part of God's plan, but not knowing just sucks.. It's been a few of the most life changing and eye opening times in my life. And honestly, I hate it.

I hate not knowing anything.  I've always been the person to plan out every detail of everything, and it's a weird feeling not being able to. It's time for me to let go.

Anyway, enough of my whining.  I've been so thankful these past few weeks to really find out who my real friends are, as cliche as that sounds.  I'm thankful to have some of the best friends I could ask for, who I know will sit and listen to me complain or cry for any extended period of time, and I don't know what I would do without them.


I had a pretty long night last night, so here I am sitting and recovering writing to you all.  But, tomorrow is Mother's Day.  It's always an interesting day, because I don't live with my mom or anywhere near my mom.  I have to split my time in between my step-mom and my mom.  My life without either of them would be drastically different.

I feel like way too often, step-moms get a bad rep.  Why? I don't know.  I've essentially grown up with mine though, since I was 7.  It's crazy to think about how long I've actually known her and all the ways she has influenced my life.  I'd be lost without her!

Now it's time for me to catch up on my reading list which has been neglected for far too long.  Tonight starts Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Anyone read it?


Night all!


Quote of the day:
"Your destiny never depends on anyone or anything that leaves your life. Or on a desire that doesn’t end up being fulfilled. Let go of what you wanted."
-Pastor Steven Furtick

This year, in a nutshell.

Junior/Senior year of college, in pictures.

 Beta Thetas on bid day! 

Afer homecoming lipsync

80s Bid Day mixer! 

Big Sissy visits for ASU football! 

Hoedown throwdown quad

Halloween goes Jersey

Visit to Florida

Love the Mountains/Cut my hair off! 

Family

Best Mallard Ball date, EVER.

Best roommate ever

Trip to Japan

Barbie debuts

Born in the USA Mixer

Aubree's Bridal Shower

Bridesmaid dress shopping

More Barbie adventures

Aubree's surprise bachelorette party! 

Future BIL!

Siblings at the rehearsal 

Big sissy is married!! 

Saturday Night Fever Mixer

Semiformal

Greek Week! 

Lipsync--1st place!! 

Band Quad

Well, that has essentially been my year.  Hope you've enjoyed! :)

Summer

If you know me at all, you know that summertime is my favorite time of year.  But this year summer means just a little bit more.

Why, you may ask?  Because this summer is the last summer I will spend as a college student.  Today was my last official day of work to turn in, and after spending countless hours working on projects, papers, analyzing student work, and writing lesson plans, I have finally finished with one of the busiest semester's of school ever.  And it feels damn good to be done.


Today was a gorgeous day in the mountains.  Sometimes I feel that I have really taken for granted this beautiful place I have been lucky enough to live for the past three years. It really hit me that I will only be living here for two more days, then it's off to the real world of student teaching and trying to find jobs.

 I mean really, how gorgeous is this view?  How can I leave this forever?


Anyway, all depressing thoughts of moving away aside, I cannot wait for summer because summer means....

CAMP!

My summer days are taken over by camp, and I love it. I am the theme camp director this year, I could not be more excited. Theme camps aren't going to know what hit them!

Now that I'm done with school, my next month will be spent planning activities, games, and crafts for camps that range from animal camp to pirate camp, and everything in between! 


What else will I ever to to fill my time?

• redesign my blog  finished today! 
• Finish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Plan for theme camps
• Start running everyday
• Catch up on "Vampire Diaries" from the past few weeks
• Lay out by the pool
• Take vacations to the beach
• Start work at 131 Main

Any more summer suggestions?





"Are you feeling, feeling, feeling like I'm feeling
Like I'm floating, floating, up above that big blue ocean
Sand beneath our feet, big blue sky above our heads,
No need to keep stressing from our everyday life on our minds
We have got to leave all that behind..."
-Avett Brothers

Bittersweet.

Friday was my last day of internship, and therefore my last day with 75 fifth graders that I've dedicated my semester to.

It was honestly one of the saddest days that I've had to experience.  It was so nice to be able to see how much of an impact we have all had on each one of these students, and I can honestly say that I am so ready and excited to have my own classroom.  I have definitely chosen the correct profession for myself.


I have spent the weekend celebrating the end of a looong semester, and now I have to finish up some school work before I can submit projects tomorrow and be officially done Wednesday! :)  It's a weird feeling.

It is hard for me to imagine moving back home and not living in Boone anymore, which happens officially on Wednesday.  I hate moving and I hate packing, so it should be a long few days of getting everything in boxes and then unpacked and put away at home.

I cannot wait to be sitting right here.  Ahh, summer, so soon!