Congrats Are In Order

So one of my super close friends from high school got engaged this past weekend! I never really thought she would be the first, but when I think about it, I have no idea who I though would be so I guess that doesn't matter haha! She is super sweet and she has been with this guy since she was a freshman at GSU so I am very happy for her! She said Bucky was so nervous his hands were shaking like crazy and I think that is super sweet!

{I love this picture I took of them!}

{Her beautiful ring}


{Congrats Amanda and Bucky!!}

Last Weekend

I am so excited to read all about this past weekend on Absent Minded, a blog that I adore and whose author Jenni that I just met this past weekend! My BFF Kim and Jenni met through the blogging world and have become best friends as well. And we all got to meet face to face this weekend! So head over to Jenni's blog and see the pics and hear all about what she learned in the Deep South. I so hope she decides to move down here!

Ughhhhhh

I don't know where my high from yesterday went, but now I am just as extreme in the other direction. Today I feel like I'm suffocating, drowning, cannot breathe in this town. I just want out, but the funny thing is, I don't really want to go see anyone, I just want to be alone. But then again I don't. These are the times when I used to run to my ex who lived fours away and we would curl up on his couch and watch movies for days and eat his famous mac-n-cheese. I miss being able to do that.

Spring Break Plans

I am literally jumping up and down in my office.....because I just booked my plane tickets for Spring Break! I am going to Texas to see my very first best friend Ashley. You might remember when I met up with her over Christmas [see here]. Anyways, it was not even close to enough time to catch up so we decided that I would spend part of my SB there and now those plans are concrete! And she lives by the beach so I will still hopefully get a tan! I cannot stop smiling, and I feel like finally, finally, I am doing something that I want to do and I'm not letting anything stop me. I could conquer the world today it feels like. :))))))

{Rockport, TX. Looks perfect to me! Image from here.}

Roo Roo

I was holding out on writing this post until I was more certain of where this story was going, because for a few days, no one was really sure what the outcome would be. My very best guy friend was in a skiing accident on Friday morning out in Aspen and ended up in a coma with brain trauma. He had to be life-flighted to Denver. They performed brain surgery on him Friday evening to stop the bleeding and it was successful. By the end of the night he could wriggle his toes and lift his arms when asked to do so. By Saturday he was off the ventilator and knew where he was (no more coma!). He took his first steps yesterday and they are hopeful that he will be moved out of ICU in the next day or so. We were hoping to be able to talk to him on Skype last night, but no such luck. However, his boyfriend Brent spent several hours with him yesterday and told me that he was "very smart and sweet" and seemed to remember everything about his life, meaning that his cognitive skills and memories seem to still be present with him. Hopefully he will come home by the end of next week. I cannot wait to see him, although I know the road to recovery will be long and painful. Here are some pics to show you the progress he is making; they are very hard for me to look at, to see my friend in so much pain, but he is the strongest person I know and he is fighting very hard to get better fast....he is truly a miracle and an inspiration.

{Saturday, off the ventilator}

{Sitting up in a chair with his mom}

{His first steps yesterday}


{Brent and Andrew}

Valentine's 2010

Sorry that I couldn't come up with a more clever post title, but it is Monday. Last night, my roommate Enid and I threw a little grilling party for some friends of ours [and ourselves, of course!]. The boys were in charge of grilling the steaks; Enid and I handled the rest, which included but was not limited to: stuffed tomatoes, shrimp paesano, oven-roasted potatoes, gnocchi, cream cheese brownies, chocolate cupcakes, and garlic bread! It was a feast. Did I forget to mention the wine? Oh yeah, there were several bottles inhaled by the end of the night and a mini dance party was the result. But it was a complete blast, and since I am not a big fan of celebrating V-Day, this definitely was my top ranked experience. Here are some pics:

{Me and lovely Enid}

{Mixing up that Shrimp Paesano yummm}

{Walker D and that steak seasoning}

{Enid and Matt}


{That time of the night}


{Why you running round, at 5 in the morning?}


{Candid moments are the best}

I hope your Valentine's was just as good as mine! Spending it with my friends was the best idea everrrrr.

Granted....

Okay, I know that it is 3 a.m. So kill me. All I have to say is a couple words.

He kissed me. In front of many, many people. This has made me so entirely ecstatic that I'm not sure I will even sleep for a second tonight. Okay, okay, I will probably sleep a lot, but regardless.....I am so incredibly excited.

Fearless

Why is it that kids are so fearless? I know when I was younger, I was so very outspoken and confident in who I was and was not afraid to go after the things I wanted, like solo parts in choir, and talking to boys, whatever haha. I would never never ever try out for a solo these days. I don't know what has happened to me, but in my quest to get my life together and grow up, it occurs to me I might be trying to go in the wrong direction. From now on, I'm going to try to be more like my childish self, and take some more risks. Yeah, this feels gooooooood.

Pick Me Up

I know I haven't gone into too much detail about the going-ons of my life recently, and that's because, well, half the time, I have no idea what's actually going on. I know that I am facing many crossroads and I am trying to dig down to find my true self and what my true self wants. This is proving to be a very emotional and sometimes downright discouraging journey. So today I went looking for some things to make me smile, and this is what I came up with:

I Want I Want I Want

A friend of mine went skiing this weekend up in North Carolina, and while I have never been on the east coast, I absolutely fell in love with skiing out in Colorado for the first time when I was in high school. I haven't been lucky enough to go back since then, but after hearing about his plans I am so wishing I could hop a plane to the mountains and play in the powder.....

Scratch Colorado. My roommate just showed me where she used to ski in the Alps in France. It's called Valberg and it looks amazing! Add this to my bucket list pleeeeaaaseeee.

{Picture from here}

Shhhhh, I Can't Keep a Secret

Soooooooo......there is a new boy in my life. And I know I say that at least like, twice a month, but seriously, I think this might be one of those I keep around for a little longer. I have had my eye on him for awhile now, and little did I know he had his on me too! But now that we have gotten over the awkward figuring out we feel the same way thing, things are going great. I just can't stop thinking about that Darius Rucker song and how this could be history in the making.....


Oh my, I can still feel the butterflies I got from him kissing me for the first time last night. Or maybe that's just all the carbonation in the Coke I just drank. Hmmm.

I Know I'm Behind....

Seriously, I know I'm behind in my life when it has been over a week between blog posts! And I haven't even recapped this past weekend when my two besties from high school came to visit me in Athens, one of them for the very first time! It was so exciting, and we had mucho amounts of fun enjoying alcoholic beverages and almost getting thrown out of the local late night hot spot, The Grill. Here are some pics for your enjoyment and I promise I will get my life back in order soon!!

{Our photo montage in the car: Me, Emily and Amanda}

{Me and Amanda a few drinks in...}

{This girl really does have my heart}

There is also a truly hilarious video of me line dancing to the Garth Brook's song "Baton Rouge". However, I am going to limit my embarassment to the Facebook population haha. Sorry lovelies....