in a nutshell

it's been a while since i last posted...i've been really bad about keeping up with this. so here are just some quick little updates.

• Mom is coming along phenomenally! even her doctor is extremely impressed with her progress which is great news.
• Halloween was ok...i guess i got over excited about it. but i brought my sister trick-or-treating and that was a lot of fun. i always enjoy doing that...even though this year she was disappointed my college friends didn't come lol (last year 4 of my friends and i went got all dressed up and went trick-or-treating with my sister and her friends)
  
• school is going pretty well although i'm still a little stressed. two weeks ago was "hell week." i had 4 tests but they all went well.
  
• along with tests - i just need to say that i got a 100 on my last physics test!!
• last week, i voted for the very first time! and it was an incredible feeling. i guess it's not a big deal after a few times, but i was really proud of myself that i had a voice for once!
• last weekend, i went to Charlotte again, which was a lot of fun. i hung out with my uncle and helped him make his house more of a home. i used a nail gun and midor saw!! we put trim up in his entryway and then i picked out the colors, and started painting! i can't wait to go back again and make even more progress.
• yesterday was my very last physics lab for the semester. i'm so relieved...one less thing i need to concentrate on. but at the same time, it's scary to think that the semester is almost over. my, how time has flown. before we know it, it will be christmas!
• next week, i have 3 tests, but then i'm basically done until finals!
• Kobie is still as cute as ever, and still growing. she's getting spayed tomorrow and i'm a little worried/sad but i'm sure she will do fine. i drop her off in the morning and pick her up in the afternoon, so my evening tomorrow will consist of cuddling and snuggling with my little girl.
• i'll be in New Jersey this weekend, and i'm super excited because i get to see all my cousins on my dad's side of the family, who i haven't seen in a very long time (it's been over a year, and probably longer). just sucks that it's only for the weekend...it will go by way too fast.

so that's about it for my life right now. i promise, i will try to get better at keeping this updated. hope everyone is doing well!!

update on mom

apparently mom's surgery went really well. they had to do less work then they originally planned so that was a good thing. the doctor's had to fix her MCL and thought they had to fix her ACL too but they ended up only having to clean it up a little but not completely replace it. she's spending the night at the hospital but will be home tomorrow morning. i'm just glad everything went well. thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!!

mom's surgery

i just want to ask you to keep my mom in your thoughts and prayers. she's undergoing knee surgery. i'm sure she'll be fine, but it's still a little scary. if everything goes well, physical therapy will last up to 6 months. i just hope this surgery works. the doctor's still aren't sure how effective the surgery will be. thanks for keeping her in your thoughts. i love you, mommy! i'll update you when i know anything.

eye opener

in·vin·ci·ble - incapable of being overcome or defeated

when you're in college, you think you really are. nothing can touch you. events that occur in the news will never happen to you.

last night my roommates and i had a little incident. we are all fine, just a little emotionally shaken. but i was definitely wrong - we are not invincible. last night was a big eye opener. i never knew why my parents worried so much but now i know. it's not because of how i act, it's because of the way some other people act. my parents weren't worried that i was going to do something bad, they were worried about other people. this world can be a scary place - you just have to be smart about how you live and your surroundings. it's just too bad i had to learn that the difficult way.

What are you working on?

Veronica posed the question on her blog the other day, "What are you working on?" So I thought I should answer it.

What I am working on:

1. Being a better daughter and sister
2. Being a better friend
3. Becoming a better student
4. With #3 comes, getting into a better study routine
5. Spend more quality time on school work
   
6. Getting to bed at a decent hour
7. Save money
8. Curb my shopping craving
9. Spend more time being happy

I will probably add to this list as the year continues but for now, this is good. so I will ask the same thing Veronica asked...What are you working on?

time flys!!

I just thought I should point out that I cannot believe it is already October. It feels like I just moved into my new apartment a few weeks ago, not a few months! October is such a great month though...fall break, football games, leaves changing, weather cooling, and Halloween!!

HAPPY OCTOBER!


*she's my little pumpkin*

uncle paul

So I've noticed this seems to be my weekly routine...
Get so busy during the week, and then finally sit down Sunday to sort out all my emotions and write down how/what I'm feeling in my handy dandy blog.

This past week has been a little rough. A lot of emotions and feelings that I still haven't quite wrapped my head around but I figured I would post something happy for once lol I feel like I'm such a downer on here most of the time.

I'm pretty excited because fall break is coming up at school. We have Thursday and Friday off so I will be spending the long weekend with my uncle in Charlotte. As of this past Wednesday (October 1), he is a first time homeowner! I will be his first official house guest and I can't wait!

We will be spending the weekend arranging furniture, picking out some new furniture, finishing the garage, picking out paint colors, and some other odds and ends to help make his house more of a home. We have been planning this trip for a few months now, even before he moved in. So I'm really looking forward to it and I haven't seen him since May, so the countdown begins!!

My uncle and I are extremely close. We have been ever since i was little. I have so many memories of when I lived in New York and the days we would spend together. One of my favorite memories was that we had matching jean jackets and we would wear them in his white '61 Oldsmobile convertable. We would just drive around town and listen to oldies. We were that cool lol

He's been going through some really rough times lately and finally something good has happened...he bought a house! Granted, it came out of one of his "rough moments" but I know that in the end, it will make him very happy to have something he can call his own. Now I get to go help make it "his own."

I can't wait to come back and tell you all about it!! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!