Leavin' on a jet plane...

Or driving 10 hours...either way, Mr. Fix-It is officially in Baltimore. Suprisingly, I was not as sad as I thought I would be. It isn't like we won't see each other, either. Although the way his mother was acting this morning you'd think that he was never going to return.I'm looking forward to getting my fill of girl time in while he's away. I can already tell he's homesick though. Looks like I will be sending some "southern comfort" care packages north soon!

I'm alive

Hello friends! I've been MIA lately due to a nasty cold and lots of schoolwork. I have enjoyed reading your blogs though I haven't been commenting with regularity. Yesterday I was enjoying a little siesta when Mr. Fix-It called to tell me he had to work today and wouldn't be coming home but that I he would love some company in Augusta. As my BFF Tay put it, it was a "no-booty, booty call" I threw a bag together in record time and flew like a bat outta hades down there. We went to dinner at Takosushi with Mr. Fix-It's college roomate and his grilfriend and then went to see Grand Torino, which I recommend! All in all, a very fun night, worth an interrupted nap!

Thursday thoughts

I got a call this morning that my lab results came back negative! Whew! I wasn't too concerned but it is great to get that news!

Today we had our first Global Seminar class. This semester we are linked through video conference to campuses in Unide, Italy, Boku Vienne and Japan! It was really cool to see how similar all college students are, no matter where in the world. We were all kinda like little kids waving at each other!

Today is the kind of day that makes me miss teaching! All my friends are at the camp ( which is only like 30 minutes from my house so I could reasonably got visit) for Mid-Winter Conference. I miss my peeps! I'll leave with a pic from the good ol' days.
This was the week before graduation. We took a "senior trip" to PCB. I love these girls!

Full swing

Classes are a week old and back in full swing - hence my absence from blogging. I've had a busy busy week! I'm taking a math class....pray for me. I don't have a head for numbers at all! It's going well though. I adore my professor - she is super cute and has great style! Most of my classes are online though so that's nice.

Monday I went to the dermatologist to have an evaluation. I have a high risk for skin cancer so I figured I should start going for a yearly visit. The doc found three abnormalities and removed them for biopsy. I'm not too nervous about them but if y'all would say a quick prayer that everything is ok I'd appreciate it!

It is way too cold to be GA! There is the chance for snow this weekend! Snow would be so much fun but we usually get a "wintery mix" and thats just sloppy and gross. I'm personally praying for a warm front to move back in!

Weekend Update

This weekend was fun! I was so happy to learn that I get to have Mr. Fix-It for one last weekend before he transfers to Baltimore! Friday night when he got home we chilled on the sofa and watched the first of the original star wars movies because I had never seen them and he thought that was crazy - he's a fan. Suprisingly, I was too. I'm going to watch them all because it does seem slightly un-american not to.

Saturday was rainy so we once again stayed put and watched movies all day. That night, I met my BFF Taylor for dinner and drinks and then we went to see Colt Ford in concert. I have a confession to make. I have an inner redneck. I like country music, jacked up loud trucks, drinkin a cold beer and country boys. I didn't think I was going to like the concert but the inner redneck came out and I had a blast! His music is just hilarious!

Today we had a wonderful church service and this evening I made chicken and dumplings for dinner. De-lish. Hope y'all have a fab Monday!

YAY!

Mr. Fix-IT won't be going to Baltimore until NEXT week! I'm so stinkin excited to have another weekend with him! Although this whole first he's going, then he isn't thing is about to drive us both crazy!

Why do you torment me?

Seriously TV execs...way to have the first new Grey's in a month of Sundays scheduled on the same night as the National Championship game. I understand that viewers of the two are usually very different but c'mon! Guess I'll be catching up online tomorrow...can't miss the last college football game of the year!

GO SEC!!!!!!!!!...I'm a DAWG...thats as close as I can get to cheering for UF. :)
On another football note - Stafford and Knowshon decided to go pro. Can't say I blame 'em. People talk about loyalty when a guy decides to enter the draft but seriously, if I had the choice between $35 million and staying at school...no question. I will however miss this:

and this

Glass half empty

Mr. Fix-It found out Monday that he will be transferred to a new job site in Baltimore on Monday. I knew this was coming but it is going to be harder on me than I think. I have kept a good attitude about it and I'm super supportive of him going but I'm going to miss him so much! He has made such great progress in such a short amount of time in his career and I couldn't be more proud. While we aren't married he should go ahead and take advantage of any opportunity he can. There is absolutely ZERO commercial construction going on in Georgia right now and what few large jobs there are have so many companies competing for them it's ridiculous! I'm just grateful he has such a great job and has made such fast progress.

2009 Goals

Have I mentioned I suck at blogging? Oh, you already noticed that? Well, glad we got that out of the way.

Thats one of my goals for the year! I hope to post something new every day. My other goals include:

• To have at least a 20 minute quiet time every day, reading my Bible, praying and actually writing out a list of confessions every day. I was reading Mark Batterson's blog a few days ago and he talked about how most times we take the easy way out and just pray for forgiveness without analyzing what we need to be forgiven for. Thus we make the same mistakes time and time again. Pretty small thing that I think will make an INCREDIBLE difference.
• To get a 4.0 in my grad school classes. Classes resume Thursday.
  
• To exercise daily. Got in a 2 mile jog today, hoping to do that every day with some strength training built in.
  
• To drink 8 glasses of water per day.
• Eliminate coke / starbucks
• Find a job! With a hiring freeze for teachers going into effect, this might pose a problem.

Here's hoping 2009 is full of blessings!