Saturday, April 25, 2009
today
instead of me trying to write about what happened in athens today... i will instead forward you to a blog written by my friend and co-worker, Kat. She participated in the local theatre with all of those who were sadly taken from the Athens community today. She has written beautifully about all three of them. www.tumultuouslove.blogspot.com
april
april has been... busy. a lot of ups. a lot of downs. but mostly i'm looking forward to may.
1. i found an INTERNSHIP! i'll be working at gainesville state college- oconee campus. i'll be creating an entirely new first year experience program for both traditional and non traditional students. i'm really excited to get a new experience (different type of school, different functional area, etc.) i'll also be working here at uga for a few hours a week to make some extra cash. woot.
2. i'm still holding at 25 lbs. i got that low, then gained a few pounds (thanks to ben's bday extravaganza) took two weeks to get back to 25, and now i haven't moved from there. in order to not lose my mind i'm going to tell myself that it's because i've been working out a lot more (4 times/week for 40 mins) and the while i'm losing fat i may be gaining muscle. oh man. that better be what's going on.
3. i come home in ELEVEN days. i will be done with finals and turn 23 in TEN days. i just can't get over it. year one? check.
a lot is going on in athens and at uga today. we're in the news for all the wrong reasons. maybe i'll blog about that later.
1. i found an INTERNSHIP! i'll be working at gainesville state college- oconee campus. i'll be creating an entirely new first year experience program for both traditional and non traditional students. i'm really excited to get a new experience (different type of school, different functional area, etc.) i'll also be working here at uga for a few hours a week to make some extra cash. woot.
2. i'm still holding at 25 lbs. i got that low, then gained a few pounds (thanks to ben's bday extravaganza) took two weeks to get back to 25, and now i haven't moved from there. in order to not lose my mind i'm going to tell myself that it's because i've been working out a lot more (4 times/week for 40 mins) and the while i'm losing fat i may be gaining muscle. oh man. that better be what's going on.
3. i come home in ELEVEN days. i will be done with finals and turn 23 in TEN days. i just can't get over it. year one? check.
a lot is going on in athens and at uga today. we're in the news for all the wrong reasons. maybe i'll blog about that later.
easter
two weekends ago (i know... i'm REALY behind on blogging) i had friends from my cohort over for easter dinner. it was so much fun. i even made a ham (which officially makes me an adult) and a strawberry cake from scratch! here are some pics from our delish dinner.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
benji's bday
A few weeks ago was my friend Ben's bday. We celebrated in ATL with dinner at Marlow's Tavern and drinks and dancing at Halo. The music could have been better but there was definitely no shortage of entertainment. hahaha.
Some pics of the extravaganza...
Abby even came down for the weekend of festivities.
I tried to upload other pics from the weekend but photobucket is being RIDICULOUS.
(Sorry for all of you who got this in your google reader 75 times while I tried to fix the formatting of the pics.)
Some pics of the extravaganza...
Abby even came down for the weekend of festivities.
I tried to upload other pics from the weekend but photobucket is being RIDICULOUS.
(Sorry for all of you who got this in your google reader 75 times while I tried to fix the formatting of the pics.)
relay for life!
If you're reading this, then you've probably been bombarded by my e-mails to give to a great cause: Relay for Life. About a month back, our wonderful, 34 year old (too young) professor told us that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. To say that we were taken by surprise is the understatement of the year.
This wasn't the first time someone in my life had been diagnosed. In fact, it's happened all too often to our family and great friends of our family. My dad lost two of his best friends to cancer in less than two years. It's not fair to them. It's not fair to their families. And it's not fair for my dad to lose two friends before they were able to move past age 55.
In short: It's heartbreaking.
SO... enough with the sad part of it (because we all know it could go on for days...) Our program decided to rise up and do something about it. We formed a Relay for Life Team and set a goal for ourselves ($2000.) We ended up exceeding our goal and raising $2290. yay!
The event was last Friday. We had the greatest time. Even if people weren't able to attend the event, people participated in other ways (Bonnie of course made a TONS of food, Margaret donated a tent, etc.) It was so nice to be able to spend time with one another outside of class, and to band together to support the cause, instead of wallowing in our sorrows. It gave us a way to act.
Also, Christy and Kevin were able to pull together t-shirts to wear to the events. They had a cartoon drawing of Dr. Espino on them and they said "Dr. Espino is my homegirl." It is my new favorite shirt by FAR.
Check out the pics below. :)
Sam, Caleb, and Larry
Christy
Our Team (well.. part of it.)
The tent (note the sweet balloons my mom sent dr. espino and our team! I wish I had thought to get a better picture of them. THANKS, MOM!)
This wasn't the first time someone in my life had been diagnosed. In fact, it's happened all too often to our family and great friends of our family. My dad lost two of his best friends to cancer in less than two years. It's not fair to them. It's not fair to their families. And it's not fair for my dad to lose two friends before they were able to move past age 55.
In short: It's heartbreaking.
SO... enough with the sad part of it (because we all know it could go on for days...) Our program decided to rise up and do something about it. We formed a Relay for Life Team and set a goal for ourselves ($2000.) We ended up exceeding our goal and raising $2290. yay!
The event was last Friday. We had the greatest time. Even if people weren't able to attend the event, people participated in other ways (Bonnie of course made a TONS of food, Margaret donated a tent, etc.) It was so nice to be able to spend time with one another outside of class, and to band together to support the cause, instead of wallowing in our sorrows. It gave us a way to act.
Also, Christy and Kevin were able to pull together t-shirts to wear to the events. They had a cartoon drawing of Dr. Espino on them and they said "Dr. Espino is my homegirl." It is my new favorite shirt by FAR.
Check out the pics below. :)
Sam, Caleb, and Larry
Christy
Our Team (well.. part of it.)
The tent (note the sweet balloons my mom sent dr. espino and our team! I wish I had thought to get a better picture of them. THANKS, MOM!)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
33 days
until I am d-o-n-e. Done. With my first year of grad school.
Unreal.
I can't wait to see all of you in 34 days.
Unreal.
I can't wait to see all of you in 34 days.
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