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! :)

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! :)

Big News

I GOT A JOB!!! :)

It’s in Nashville and I start much earlier than I honestly expected…less than seven weeks until I start the next part of the journey.

I feel like humming “I’m a big kid now” all the time!

More details to come…

Happy Birthday (A Day Late)

My sweet Grandaddy celebrated his 91st Birthday yesterday!  What an accomplishment is that!

Grandaddy and me after my undergraduate Graduation last August

It was a HOT, humid day and I don’t know why I didnt’ take my sunglases off. 

I sure do love the person in the picture with me though!

I talked to Grandaddy and sent him a letter through Mom.  I’m not good with the post office and realized I didn’t have enough time to send a card and it arrive on time.  Oh well…I’m sure he liked my note just as much as he would have a card.

Happy Birthday Grandaddy!  I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck*!

*Our saying when I was little*

Weekend Plans

Emma and I are going out of town tomorrow afternoon.  We’ll drive to Florence to spend the night and then Mom, Dad and I will drive up to Nashville on Friday.  Emma is staying home with a babysitter since she doesn’t like car rides.  I don’t blame her, but she needs to learn to be a better rider.

I have a second interview at an accounting firm in Nashville.  Hopefully, there will be good news after my interview.  We’re also planning on doing a little apartment hunting Friday afternoon since I won’t really have many more opportunities to look before I have to make a decision.  Really, M&D may have to preview places for me and then I’ll make a final decision.

We also get to visit with G&G this weekend.  I didn’t plan on getting to see Grandaddy again before his birthday, so this will be our little birthday celebration.  We won’t be celebrating, per se, since there won’t be any cake and ice cream (or Grandaddy’s and my preference, watermelon), but we can enjoy each other’s company just the same.  I’m always grateful to spend time with him.

Sunday, we’ll say goodbye to our Senior Minister and his wife as they move on after 8 years to another church appointment.  This is going to be particularly hard since they live down the street from us and have been such good friends.  D especially has been a godsend (literally) for our family and a dear friend to Mom.  New ministers are part of being Methodist, but we will especially miss D&G.  They are one of a kind!

We’re going to have a busy weekend, but I hope to get everything done with a little time to breathe worked in there.  Maybe I can stick my feet in a pool too—if I’m lucky! :)

Happy Birthday to Emma

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday Dear Emma

Happy Birthday to you!

Baby Emma is TWO today!  I can’t believe that the tiny little 1.5 pound puppy that we rescued from the woods and snakes is now a 3.5 pound bundle of preciousness that has been with us for the last 21 months.

When we first got Emma, I thought I would never connect with her and I thought she would never develop a personality.  I was so wrong.  It took a while, but now I can’t imagine my life without her.  I can look at her and tell what she wants and she’s so attentive to my moods.  Her sister couldn’t stay with me any longer so she picked a sweet baby to help heal my heart and let me love again.

I’ll post pictures of Emma’s birthday weekend photo shoot later.  I’m going to try to get some more tomorrow if the weather cooperates so I’ll have more to choose from.

Emma the Roly Poly

Emma got a haircut a week ago last Friday.  I knew she was skinny, but I was shocked when I saw just how skinny she was.  I like the “teddy bear” look on her, so it had been a while since I had seen her without her fur coat.

Anyway, Emma has never been a good eater.  Apparently that’s just part of having a poodle—especially a tiny one like her.  The next Monday, Mom and I took her to our vet that we LOVE and Emma got some new food with a higher fat content.  This food is duck based instead of chicken based like her old food.  It’s also 13% fat compared to 3% in her old food.  To make a long story short, she LOVES it!  She’s eaten more in the past week than she would have eaten in at least two weeks.  I think she’s already gaining a little weight.  She was 3 lbs 6 oz last Monday and I would like her to be around 4 lbs.  She has her annual checkup around the end of August/beginning of September so we’ll see where we are then!  We might need diet food before long! :)