Sunday, July 25, 2010

Changes

This weekend most of my life for the last four years was packed up.  I’ve lived in the same house for four years and now it’s time to move on.  I’ve lived here longer than any other place besides our home in Florence.  Well…to be honest, I’ve only lived in two other places…one semester each in two different dorm rooms.

I’ve got five days left here before I go home for a short break.  After spending a little time at home and celebrating my birthday, we’ll come back here one more time as a family and I will graduate and finally receive my Master’s Degree.  The very next morning, the next adventure starts as we will drive up to Nashville and move me into my new home for the next year.  It’s almost a waste to fully unpack since I’ll be moving into my own home next year.  Hopefully the next move will only be a few miles instead of across state lines!

I’m excited about Nashville and work, but I’m also getting a little nervous.  I also am starting to realize that things will never be the same again.  I think it’s just part of life, but when I finished high school, I was so ready to move on.  Once I got here, I finally realized just how good I had it living at home in Florence.  I’m afraid the same thing will happen when I leave Auburn.  I think what I will miss the most is not having extended Christmas holidays anymore.  I haven’t had a summer break in three years and I worked the two summers before that, so I don’t think I will miss the summer “breaks” so much.  I think it’s going to be a rude awakening that I might just take Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off.  I think it’s going to much harder to get into the Christmas Spirit if I’m working up until the holiday.

Well, I have a project, a research case and two finals between me and Graduation.  I think I can do it! :)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Current Events

Sorry for not writing in forever.  It’s been busy lately with school and I haven’t had much interesting to say.

Counting today, I have nine days of school left.  Next Thursday I have my Tax Research final and next Friday I have my Advanced Investments final.  I also have two cases and a quiz for Tax Research and one project for Advanced Research to get done before then.  I’m going to try to do one of the cases, the quiz and the first half of the project tonight and, if I’m lucky, I can start packing tomorrow for the BIG MOVE!!

I’m going home for a few days next Friday so I can celebrate my birthday with family and then it’s back down here for Graduation and moving day.  Starting August 10th, I’ll be a Tennessee resident. 

Emma is doing well, but is suffering with the South Alabama heat.  She’ll be much better when we get home and she gets a haircut!  I’m hoping it will be obvious that she’s gained a little weight when her hair is shorter.  Last time she was groomed, I was scared by how thin she was.  We have since visited the vet and changed her food to something with much more fat in it.  I would love if she had gained a few ounces before her annual vet visit at the end of August.

Anyway, I guess that’s all for now.  I’ll try to put up Graduation pictures and pictures of my new apartment in Brentwood once I get settled.  That reminds me that I need to call Comcast or I might not have cable or internet for a while! :)