Goodbye Summer, Hello School Year

Well summer has officially come to an end. I move into my new apartment on Saturday, I am really looking forward to that minus unloading the 758739084 boxes out of the car and up the flight of stairs.

This summer turned out to be quite a success. I worked a lot but in return saved a lot so I will not have to work at least my first semester back at school. I even got to do some traveling. I just recently returned from my almost two week vacation to Florida and Virginia. I flew down to Florida on August 3rd and surprised Grammie and I was there for almost a week. I went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure which was a blast! I also got to go to the beach which was wonderful minus it being extremely hot, so yes my Casper self as my father calls me got a tan!

After Florida I flew up to Virginia and stayed with Chris aka 1st Generation Premature Midget, Michelle aka Escargazzi, and Ava who has yet to get a nickname. I had a great time there as well! Christoph and myself went to Busch Gardens and I got to ride the new roller coaster Griffon which was a ton of fun but was way to short of a ride! We also went to the Virginia Living Museum which was a lot of fun. They had a Jamestown Survival course and yes I was the only one to survive. I was not surprised in the least. They also took me to Richmond and that was really neat and when I graduate I am going to move there and Chris and Michelle are going to be my neighbors haha

Overall my summer was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to the new school year, which starts this Wednesday! Once I move into my apartment and get all settled I will post a blog with pictures!

Summer Update!

Aunt Diane, John and Savannah recently came up for a visit and spent the 4th with us. They rode the train up but after the ride from hell decided to cancel their tickets and fly home and from what I gather the flight was a hundred times better than the train ride. It was great to see the Marino clan especially since they love cooking things like homemade ravioli, eggplant parmesan, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, etc, etc, etc... Stop drooling Michelle :) hehe

Here are some pictures from their last day here:
(Kyle and Lindsey came for a visit too!)











Now onto a work update... I LIVE THERE but the money is good so I can't complain too much. I clocked out tonight and was almost in shock, I have worked over 30 hours in the past 4 days so by the time this weekend is over I will be close to if not over 60 hours. Hopefully at this rate I won't have to work when I get back to school and I can take some time off and concentrate on school and other fun college things.

I move into my new apartment on August 18th and I am very excited about heading back to Raleigh but at the same time sad to be leaving my family and friends. This summer has flown by and I haven't gotten to spend nearly enough time with anyone! Moving into the apartment hopefully will not be too challenging because it is furnished but I am sure I will manage to fill 508403 boxes with other things. Well I think that is about all the updates I have for now, have a wonderful week everyone :)

Car Issues

Well I had my first dead battery experience Saturday night. I had just clocked off, I think it was about 11pm and I walked to my car went to start it and there was nothing. I then looked at the switch to turn the lights on and realized it was still in the on position. Of course I don't know how to open my hood haha and I really don't know how to jump a car and I don't have jumper cables so I call my parents and then I just start crying, why I am not too sure. So finally I calm down and track someone down that is still at work and they give me jumper cables and I get it all hooked up to someones car and nothing happens. I am thinking the car is just dead but then one of the chefs comes out there hits the gas a few times and does some other stuff and my car finally starts whewww. At this same time my dad drives up and then we raced home, I won :)

J-O-B Update

Well I have been working at Gourmet Cafe for over two weeks now and I really like it! I am working a bit more than I wanted to but the money is good. I have just been working during the daytime but yesterday I started training for the night shift. The reason I have to go through training again is because at night everything is pretty much run differently. The dishes prices go from $7 to $27 and the pace is also a lot slower and a lot of the customers are regulars. So from what my manager told me I will be pretty much working days during the week and nights during the weekend. I have requested off a few days to go to Raleigh and check out some of the wedding plans and the bridesmaid dress (pretty excited about that!!) and also Aunt Diane and the family are coming down in early July. But my only other summer plans are a possible trip to Florida and maybe even Disney :):):) we shall see how much money I make before August! Ok well I must go get ready for another lovely day at work! Have a good week!

Job

Well finally after a very long and tiring search I have found a job! I will be working at a place called Gourmet Cafe which is on the waterfront in downtown Swansboro. I am pretty excited about it and I start on Wednesday. So hopefully with all the tourists that visit the Emerald Isle and Swansboro area during the summer I will be able to make a lot of money!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms! In honor of Mother's Day I thought I would display a few pictures of my mom over the past couple of years :)


haha I just had to post this one, love you christoph :)


She is such a bad influence ;)


After moving me into my dorm!


Celebrating the big 5-0


In Williamsburg visiting Ava

I hope everyone has a great day and remember to tell your mom you love her!

Done

Well I am officially a college sophomore, scaryy! I just moved out of the dorm this morning and I am back in Jacksonville for the summer until August when I move into my apartment. I don't think that it has quite hit me yet that I am done with school, for a few months at least. It will be really weird not just doing whatever I want whenever I want but I think the one thing I will miss the most is just being able to walk down the hall to talk to friends. I am hoping this summer will be profitable but also relaxing before my hectic schedule in the Fall begins and that I will also get to make a few trips to visit friends and family! Well I must go unpack now, and I probably will be unpacking for the next 20 hours haha :)