Relax and Unplug

I wish that was the reason I haven't blogged in over 2 weeks. Really. I'd love a chance to do that. I don't mean to complain, but it seemed only fitting that if something had to give, it'd be this. 

Work has been super crazy busy, I'm freelancing more, my Nerium business has started to take off, and in a few short weeks I'll officially be an aunt. Another fun fact: JT and I figured out that between family vacations, weddings, graduations, and general life happenings... one or both of us is out of town every other weekend from April to July. Truth. That's a bit overwhelming. Especially since I have a tendency to be a workaholic when I don't have people to physically pull me away from things I can be doing.

 

So as much as I'd like to say I've taken a break to relax before we tackle this memory-making adventure ahead, I've just been trying to keep my head above water. And I'm okay with that. I'm very content and excited for what this next season holds. I'm ready to bust out the pastels, flowers, and open-toed shoes and usher in spring with a cheerful attitude. There's so very much to be thankful for.

One thing, in particular, is very exciting, and I hope to share within the month. Hint: I've been saving my pennies for a while. 

So, cheers to (hopefully) warmer weather, a new bebe, and the first full summer with JT's boat!

Memphis in May happenings

Soo0oO0o0ooOo much has happened in the month of May that I figured I'd bring everyone up to speed before diving head first into June (and summer in general) Here we go...

This (not so) little (anymore) one graduated from high school and is getting ready to head south to Mississippi State in the Fall. Seriously can't believe she's 18/old enough to graduate/go to college/live alone/need sorority recs/be older than about 4-years-old. Our beautiful wheata woo is growing up!

The Thursday before her graduation I attended my very first Memphis BBQ fest and (was able to check off one of my bucket list items) met my main main Quincy Pondexter/QPon. Life=made.

Over Memorial Day weekend me and my besties took a trip to Pawley's Island, South Carolina. It was fabulous despite the hours of traveling and intensely severe sunburns we all acquired as a result of being overzealous about summer. 

Rounded out the month my celebrating the wonderful birthdays of my Nannie/aunt/wheat woo's mama and my 89-year old Papaw. 

Among other things, JT had sinus surgery (which I affectionately call "schnoz surgery"), we saw The Great Gatsby (wearing my "I Party With Gatsby" tank), watched the Grizzlies make it to the Western Conference Championship (only to be swept by the stupid Spurs, blah), and wrote a handful of articles for work.

June happenings to come on the blog:
-Italian Fest/Randy Houser
-take JT to Bham/ Arab, Ala. for Luke and Barbara Jane's wedding
-Family beach trip

 looks like this summer 

is gonna be one for the books

One Step At A Time

 Welp.. I did it. I finally graduated from college. Not just any college, but a university. And, while I may be biased, a darn good university at that.

{ May 19th 2012--graduation from Samford University--

the day I thought would never come}

{My amazing support system came to cheer me on,

 help me move, and bring me home}

{These were the reason I didn't wanna go.}

Since moving home I've gotten to do some pretty cool things, to lessen the sting of leaving my besties back in b'ham (and Lakeland, Orlando, and most recently ATL)

For example:

Carnival Memphis (more common known as The Cotton Carnival fashioned after Mardi Gras Carnival)

{This was the first night, the "Crown and Scepter Ball" where Ben's sister, Grace, was presented as a Princess"}

{The next night was a cocktail party at

 the Memphis Hunt and Polo Club}

The most recent development is that I got a "job" as a ServiceMaster intern for 10 weeks in Memphis, which was a real answer to prayer. I'm excited to learn and work on new and interesting projects as I explore the world of corporate media and graphic design. 

If I've said it once, I've said it a 100 times, I may not know what my future holds, but I know the One who holds my future. I'm trying to be patient and take everything one step at a time. After all, how else can I do it. Thanks for all the love and prayers!

 'Til next time... 

that dirty little word I saw coming

Graduation.

No matter how many days, weeks, months or years that you see it coming, you'll still never be ready for it when it finally gets here. From right at this very moment (of my typing)... I graduate in

73 days: 12 hours: 52 minutes: and 24 seconds

YOWZA.

Where did all that time go? The simple answer is that it went toward me growing up. To movies and parties, traveling with my friends, girls nights in...and out..., weddings, birthdays, fields trips, and of course, a whole lot of class and studying.

Lately, it's been on my mind nearly every second of the day: What am I supposed to do now that my plan essentially ends? If you're like me, your whole life seems to have been planned out from the time you came home from the hospital-- of course there were some speed bumps, but for the most part, you had 1 main goal.... start and eventually finish school. SoO0o00O0o ... now what?

That's what my friends and I have been pondering over dinners, coffee dates, fruitless study sessions, nights out, and comfy nights in. We literally can't seem to escape it.

SOO my faithful followers, if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em.

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So, cheers fellow graduates!

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Here's to the next stage of life, may it be as fabulous as the last.

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