Ireland

As luck would have it, I'm going to Ireland in March. It turns out that I had the most awesome professor for finance class last semester who teaches at Belmont Abbey College in Charlotte. He's taking his Globilization in Sport class to Ireland, and suggested that I come too. I mean how would you sleep at night if you turned that offer down? My semester-wide project in class was to create an organization and in my attempt to be creative and create outside the box, I chose to research surfing organizations and camps and things. The place that we're staying at for the first 6ish days in Ireland is called Adventure Ireland. It's a surf camp/outdoor recreation center type place where the water is 12-15 degrees in March. I don't know why that sounds fun to me, because I hate being cold, but it does. So basically we're surfing and climbing and cliff jumping for 6 days in Donegal and then heading to Dublin to be tourists for the last 4 days. Winthrop is really cool and letting me get class credit for it, so I have to help my professor plan the trip and be an adult chaperone type person. I would argue that having to be somewhat of an adult is a small price to pay to complete a 3-hour course in a 10 day period. My passport is somewhere being processed, my money is being sent off this week, and I got a cute little book of Irish history for Christmas. So let's do this.

Gaffney

I don't know, but I think I should after grad school get my P.H.D in hanging out with a concentration in staying up late. I've had a fantastic Christmas/work/school break.
Although I've been busy. How come breaks are more busy than actual life sometimes?
I love everything and most everyone in Rock Hill, but it's nothin like coming home.
Proof...

quote of the day

After getting engaged...

Erica: "You get to be in a wedding!"
Me: "I've never been in one!"
Erica: "I've never had one!"

quote of the day

Kesler: "We were gonna drive through the Grand Canyon but it was too dark."

Ready...Break!

The last 2 weeks of school really made me consider WHY the heck I went back. I hate studying for a test. I hate going to class when its raining. I hate being so busy because the work seems to never end and you have no fun time in your schedule. On top of that, let's get real, I'm just not a good student. In undergrad I didn't put enough time into my schoolwork and I was far too busy making friends instead of A's. But overall this semester has been different. Ok, maybe not about the friends thing, but I have noticed how studying about what you really love turns from stupid boring textbook into actual learning. All that to say that school and this semester has completely rocked. I have been so encouraged by the girls in my bible study and my roommates and Moe's days with Kalli that even the gross parts of the semester really didnt bring me down. Contentment in the Lord and where He's put me has been the key to all this goodness and being blessed to be a part of a community that is full of Jesus but messy because we're all sinners. As roommates we have grown a lot and been mad a lot and stressed a lot and had so much silly girly fun and I absolutely love living with best friends. Also, I'm ready for a much deserved break as I have worked 3 jobs this semester while making an A in my statistics class without killing myself, thank you.

quote of the day

Grace: "I'm gonna make an acronym out of Mickey's name! Mickey I Can Kill Everyone. Yours, grace."
Phillip: "This is why we can't have nice things."

Janna: "I can't find my phone."
Me: "Want me to call it?"
Janna: "Well its on vibrate in my coat pocket."

Quesadilla WINsday

I've always loved the thought of being a "regular" at a restaurant or bar type place. The person knows your order and can start making it as they see you get out of your car. Well in an unintentional attempt to get fat and die of unhealthy eating habits by age 26, Kalli and I eat at Moe's every wednesday. We've only missed one wednesday all semester and that was thanks to thanksgiving, in which we ate like crap anyway. Turns out, we're regulars at Moe's now. Today we walked in and Ryan got our soft shell ready and added all our toppings without us saying anything. Salsa, cheese, lettuce. On top of that, the guy at the register only charged us $3 instead of the usual $5 or $6. So even though today is crappy and full of tests and rainy, as Brooke would say, "we win."