Today marks a very special day. Today is my roommate Taylor's 22nd birthday!! My very first semester at App there was a very quiet girl who sat two people over from md in a history class. I would have never thought that girl would be the best roommate and such a great friend as she is now. I met her through that history class and a mutual friend. During the next semester we hung out a few times in a group, but I still didn't really know her. I guess our friendship truly began one weekend when it seemed like everyone left Boone but us. We rented a movie on Friday night (which has now become our Friday night ritual) and went to Los I think (which happens often). Then on Saturday we made breakfast and just hung out. This was only the beginning, Christmas came around and I knew that I needed a place to live for the next year...I was kind of panicking. Come to find out, Taylor didn't have anyone to live with as of yet either, so we said why not? Little did I know that this would be the best roommate situation I have ever been in. We are so different, but like a lot of the same things and so it works. We both like for things to be clean, movies on Friday nights, mexican food, and wine. She loves baseball, and I love football. We both have our days where we are in mad moods and neither one of us wants to talk. We are both graduating December 18th...thank goodness! Now we spend out nights watching Dancing with the Stars, Glee, and Modern Family. We spend Friday night watching movies and most of the time baking something from Pinterest. Last weekend she got to come home with me and experience good ol' Lincoln county. She keeps me sane, and promised me if I ever went to jail she would bail me out! We have made so many memories that I will always cherish! It's hard to believe in less than a few short weeks we will no longer be roommates.
On this special day, the day of her birth I want her to know what a blessing she has been. Good roommates are hard to come by and I can truly say she is one of the best. I am so glad that God placed us together a year and half ago.
Happy Birthday Tay! I hope you enjoy your day and feel celebrated all day long! I can't wait to celebrate with you when we get back to Boone. I am so thankful you are my roommate. Love you!
As Thanksgiving apporaches I wanted to write about all the things that I am thankful for so here goes..
Family-There is no doubt about it I have the most amazing family in the world. They are so supportive, loving, kind, and only want what is best for me. Yesterday I had one of the biggest scares of my life which made me even more grateful. Side story-my niece Alli had to be taken to urgent care yesterday because she was having some severe stomach pain. They sent her to the hospital to have a CT scan, but nothing major showed up on it just that her white cell blood count was double what is was supposed to be. Needless to say when I heard this news I about had a panic attack. The doctor gave her a shot of antibotic and sent her home saying that it was probably just an infection. Praise the Lord! I talked to her last night, and she seemed to being doing well. I am thankful that she is okay. I am thankful for my parents who have taught me so much about life, love, and being happy. I am so glad that in 28 days I can give them something they have been waiting for for a long time...me graduating college. My sister is also another thing that I am thankful for...she is amazing, and I could not imagine my life without her.
Anna Sipe-I am thankful that I get to see her in just 4 short weeks. I am thankful for that amazing friend she has been throughout the past few years of my life. Although she has been halfway across the world for well over a year now I don't feel that our friendship are waivered one bit. She is the one thing that remians constant in my life, and someone I know that will always be there no matter where life may take us. I am truly blessed to call her my bestfriend.
Taylor- I am so thankful for good roommates, and I have been blessed with one of the best! Taylor and I get a long so well, and I think it is because we are a lot different from one another, but somehow it works. It is hard for me to believe that in 28 days we will no longer be sharing a house together. She has been such a great friend. We realize when one of us is in a bad mood and we know that we should stay away. And yes, we are those roommates who live in the same house and text each other when one of us is upstairs and one is downstairs. I couldn't imagine my life without her in it.
BBQ Crew- I love them. The old crew, and the new group. My life has been made better because some of these people are in my life. I have spent some of the best times with these people outside of work. When you work together it's almost like you become family.
App State Football- Coming from a family that lives and breathes college football. I have to be thankful for it, but most importantly I am thankful that we are going to the playoffs and I get to see at least one more home game as a student.
I am sure there are a ton of things I left out, and there will be another blog to come again soon I'm sure, but these are just the things that have been on my mind lately. Here are some pics of these things I am thankful for..
So today wrapped the last day of my favorite show in the world...One Tree Hill. This showed started when I was a junior in high school and I have been a devoted fan since then! I honestly feel like this show has made me the person that I am today. I seriously wanted to be Brooke Davis. A few years ago my friend Cindy and I went to Wilmington for a One Tree Hill Charity Event. We drove all over Wilmington (literally) looking/taking pictures of all the houses/places that were used in One Tree HIll. We saw Peyton's car The Comet, The Rivercourt which at that time was painted with Peyton's love letter to Lucas that was used at the end of season 5,and the outside of the studio. We wanted to tour it, but they were already closed that night when we went. The next day was the One Tree Hill Charity Basketball Game. This is where we got to watch all the stars (well the boys) play basketball and then we got to meet the stars and get their autographs. Little Jackson who plays Jamie did the Soujia Boy and Lee Norris (Mouth) told me that my name was beautiful. For me, this was one of the best days of my life! I was getting to meet the people that I watched week in and week out, and who I felt like were a huge part of my lives on Monday/Tuesday nights. I watched Peyton act like she didn't love Lucas, and then she did. Lucas loved Brooke, Brooke didn't love him,and then she did. The Peyton/Lucas/Brooke traingle kept us all wanting more. But knowing in the end that Peyton and Lucas were made to be together. And oh, sweet Nathan and Haley...always and forever. I have watched them love, cry, fight, lose, their success, and their failures, and it has all come down to this. I can't believe after 9 seasons and 187 episodes it is finally coming to and end!
Goodnight One Tree Hill...Thanks for all the memories!
PS. The season doesn't premiere until Jan. 11, and so there is still that and thankfully I have all the DVD's!!
