Finals

Well this semester is almost officially over. I have one more final tomorrow for my Economics class and then I am done and heading home!

In good news I got a 100, yes a 100, on my Statistics final!!! It brought my grade up to an A which I was very happy to see!

I haven't gotten any other grades back yet but hopefully they will be just as good as my Stats grade.

Hope everyone has a great week and HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS :)

November!

Well here is an update of my crazy life..

This month I celebrated my birthday! I had a themed birthday party.. Anything But Clothes and I made my outfit out of a tablecloth and a happy birthday banner with bows. Here is a picture of my outfit and my friend Brynna in her towel outfit:



My friends Ashley, Zach, Monica, Alli and Miranda, from ECU, came down and it was a great time!



Me and Zach, he wore a Twister mat.

I was actually able to go home on my birthday so I went out to dinner the night before at On the Border, it was very yummmy!



They made me stand on the chair and swing the cloth around while they sang to me.

This year I got to spend Thanksgiving with Grammie and Pop-Pop as well as Kyle and Lindsey. It was great to see everyone, the food was wonderful and we got lots and lots of shopping done, so it was a successful week. It was also great to see all of my friends who were home for the holiday as well.



Three Generations Picture, apparently we are getting taller through the years!



Me, Pop-Pop and their adorable dog Pogo

This past weekend I attended my semi-formal Christmas Cocktail for AKPsi. It was fun getting all dressed up, forgot how long it took to get ready for events like that! It was a great night overall minus the fact that my feet still hurt, dress shoes do not like me.





My future roommates for '08



Me and my friend Brittany

This next week is FINAL WEEK and I am not too excited about that.. 5 finals then it is home for a nice relaxing break, hopefully! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

New Pictures!

So I have been MIA from my blog for awhile so here are some updates!

After Jean-Pierre passed away I decided I to get a new fish, his name is Vladimir! Yes, I am a fan of the foreign names, here is a picture of him..



In late October I went on a camping trip to Carolina Beach with AKPsi and here are some pictures from that..







My most recent pictures are from Wednesday night, HALLOWEEN! This year I was a flapper and I took a ton of pictures but I'll control myself and only put up a few pictures :)







She was Alice in HORRORland, pretty scary





She was a bumblebee and there is scary Alice

I'll update again soon but until then I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Sink Issues

Well I was hoping this week was going to be free of surprises but nope I wasn't that lucky. Yesterday morning I woke up an hour late and was rapidly trying to get ready before my bus came. I was in the process of washing my face when I felt water dripping on my foot, so I opened the bathroom cabinet and water was pouring out of either a pipe or the sink bowl and all over everything I had in my cabinet. The water got to my towels and then continued to run until it was on my bathroom floor. Needless to say my Q-Tips didn't survive but most of my other things made it out okay and after two loads of laundry I think everything is almost back to normal in my bathroom. And I would like to say I still made it to class on time! While in class the maintenance man came and re-sealed my whole sink and everything is going okay so far, let's keep our fingers crossed that there are no more water leakages anywhere!



The Aftermath.. Everything from under the counter on top of the counter!

Life is Good

Nothing really new going on here in Raleigh, Fall Break is soon and I couldn't be more excited! I am very ready for a break from classes and tests! This past weekend my best friend Ashley came for a visit and we went to the State vs. Louisville game. State didn't win, but then again what else is new. My fraternity just had rush so we have pledges now and I am now a "Big Brother" haha and my little is pretty adorable! Here are some new pictures from the past couple of days..

Me and Ashley at the State game!!



Meredith, Brittany, Me and my little, Lyndsey!



Everyone have a wonderful week :)

RIP Jean-Pierre

This weekend was great, well until this morning when I found Jean-Pierre floating. Said a prayer and sent him back to the wonderful world of water aka flushed him down the toilet. But onto the better news..

I got to spend the whole day with Ava yesterday, and Chris and Michelle too :) Ava is getting so big and is just too cute!

But I'm off now to bake cupcakes for a friend's birthday and read for sociology! Have a great week!

New Addition to the Fescoe Fam!

Introducing Jean-Pierre...



Yes, it is true I am now a fish owner. I saved Jean-Pierre from Pet's Mart on Friday and he has been living very happily in his new tank on my dresser. My friend also purchased a fish the same time I did and her Jacque died on Sunday, hopefully Jean-Pierre lives a long life!!

Anyhoo I recently purchased curtains and a cactus..





And this Saturday I went to the State game and we finally WON!! Here are some pictures from the game..



They handed out those crazy red hats before the game and since I have such a large head I had issues getting it on my head and it kind of broke, oops!

This is me and my friend Brittany toward the end of the game.



Well now I am off to study, I have FOUR tests this week :(:(:(
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

Back at school!

School is going well so far and I am slowly but surely getting settled into my new apartment. I am going to become a fish owner soon and I am pretty excited about that! I am enjoying the apartment life, cooking dinner, cleaning, and all that fun stuff.

Classes are going well, it is still the beginning but so far so good.

Here are some pictures from my room and bathroom...

My Roomies!


My Bed


My night stand


Dresser


My WALK-IN Closet :)


The Bathroom


My CUTE Shower Curtain


The Bathroom Counter

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 :)

Exams

Well it's that time of the semester, exam time. So I have 5 exams, four this week and then one next Tuesday the 8th and then I am done until August. I do get to take a break from studying before my last exam and me and my mom are going to Williamsburg for the weekend to see Chris, Mich and Ava and then we will be heading back to Raleigh to pack up a lot of things. I have slowly been packing things away in my room and now it is completely depressing to sit in here. There is nothing on the walls or really anything on my desk. I was hoping it would motivate me to study because there would not be anything to distract me but no I am still procrastinating. Okay well I guess I need to go and do something productive with my life, maybe lay out by the pool? haha ;)


Have fun at your shower today Kristen, hope you get lots of wonderful things for the girls!

I was tagged.

Michelle tagged me..

Here's the deal- You go to Wikepedia and type in your birth date (minus the year), and see the events of the day you were born. Here are mine...

3 Events:
1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
1955 - RCA offers a $35,000 contract for Elvis Presley.
2003 - Michael Jackson is arrested by police on charges of child molestation.

2 Important Birthdays:
1620 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony
1925 - Robert F. Kennedy, American politician

1 Death:
2003 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer

Holiday or Observance:
Mexico - Anniversary of the Revolution (1910)

Tag 5 bloggers: (I only know 3 haha)
Lindsey
Michelle
Kristen

Distracted

So I am supposed to be writing a paper right now for my Anthropology class that is due tomorrow but I decided to take a break and do a little blogging. This is my last week of classes then exams start and then my summer will officially begin! I had a little preview of summer this past weekend when I was in Myrtle Beach, just laying out on the beach got me excited about being out of Raleigh and back in Jacksonville (I'm sure I'll miss Raleigh after a week though haha..) for a little while and just getting to spend time with my family and friends from high school again. I have been trying to decide whether or not I should take summer classes this year and work or whether I should just enjoy some time off and work A LOT. Its a tough decision for me because the school I would be taking the classes at does not offer the courses in differnt sessions during the summer and I would have to attend school from May 18th-August 7th and Im not soo sure if I would enjoy it at all and if it is really worth it, because I am on track right now, actually ahead one credit so let me know what you guys think :) Well I guess I have procrastinated enough, so back to my paper I go, have a great night!

PS-- I got a 100 on my webpage! Visit my webpage at www4.ncsu.edu/~cafescoe

Sad

What happened yesterday at Virginia Tech has consumed my thoughts ever since the first news broadcast I watched. It is so scary to think that something that horrible could happen anywhere, and the more I read articles and watch the tv I am actually getting scared to go to class. I always felt so safe here but knowing that something like that could happen at VT it could happen anywhere. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone at Virginia Tech and their families.

Procrastination

So it's Sunday and I should be doing homework and studying but I decided to take a break and update my blog, although I do not actually have too much to update on. But anywho yesterday two of my best friends surprised me and came to see me, so that was a lot of fun :) Next weekend I will be in Myrtle Beach and I am soo excited about getting out of Raleigh and going to the beach with my friends! But that fun weekend will lead to a very not fun week of hard core studying for exams. My first exam is April 30th and then I have them everyday till May 4th and then hopefully my mother will pick me up and take me with her to Williamsburg to see Ava and the rest of the fam :) Then I have one last exam on May 8th and then my freshman year of college is over. I honestly cannot believe it is already almost over. I still feel like I graduated from high school a few weeks ago, its so crazy how time flies. Speaking of time I just got a forward today from Grammie and I really enjoyed it so I thought I would share it with you, it is kind of long but worth reading...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ONCE YOU READ THIS YOU WILL UNDERSTAND!

A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.

It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and
life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit
of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think
about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on
his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, "Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is
Wednesday" Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly
remembering his childhood days.

"Jack, did you hear me?"

"Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm
sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack said

"Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd
reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it,"
Mom told him.

"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.

"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had
a man's influence in your life," she said

"He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said. "I wouldn't be in this business if
it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were
important...Mom, I'll be there for the funeral," Jack said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown.
Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and
most of his relatives had passed away.

The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old
house next door one more time.

Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into
another dimension, a leap through space and time The house was exactly as he
remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of
furniture....Jack stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.

"The box is gone," he said

"What box?" Mom asked.

"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have
asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever tell me was 'the thing I
value most,'" Jack said.

It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except
for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.

"Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said. "I better get some
sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom."

It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died Returning home from work one day
Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. "Signature required on a package. No one at
home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days," the note
read.

Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like
it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but
the return address caught his attention. "Mr. Harold Belser" it read. Jack took the
box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an
envelope Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside.

"Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the
thing I valued most in my life." A small key was taped to the letter. His heart
racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he
found a beautiful gold pocket watch.

Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover.
Inside he found these words engraved:

"Jack, Thanks for your time! -Harold Belser."

"The thing he valued most was...my time"

Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his
appointments for the next two days. "Why?" Janet, his assistant asked.

"I need some time to spend with my son," he said.

"Oh, by the way, Janet, thanks for your time!"

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away,"

Think about this. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.

1. At least 2 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
4. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
5. You mean the world to someone.
6. If not for you, someone may not be living
7. You are special and unique.
8. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't
get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time, sooner or
later, you will get it or something better.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most
likely turned your back on the world.
11. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
12. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
13 . Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when
they know and you'll both be happy.
14. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.

I hope everyone has a great week!!

New Hair & A New Layout

So today I woke up feeling quite under the weather, darn weather/pollen/who knows what. But I still managed to make it jazz dance class and it was a lot of fun today, it really brings back a lot of old memories from when I used to dance all the time! We are dancing to Lose Control right now and we are doing turns and jumps and rolling all over the ground, its a good work out and fun too! I also got kind of tired of my old layout so I am trying out this new one. But as I mentioned in yesterday's post here is a picture of my new hair cut...



What do you think?! Ok well I need to get back to my school work, hope everyone had a great day!

Update on my interesting life haha

Okay so I am back in Raleigh after a lovely but extremely short break. I will be here until May 8th (the day of my last exam) and then I will be heading back to Jacksonville for the summer. This morning I took my mom over to the apartment I am living at next year and she really liked it so that was nice. Touring it again got me really excited about moving in!! Nothing too exciting is happening this week, however my final webpage is due this Saturday night so be sure to check it out after it is finished!

Some fun news, April 20-22nd I will be heading to Myrtle Beach with AKPsi so I am really excited about getting away and having a break before the craziness of exams starts! We have three houses rented out and I am pretty sure they are second row, soo really close to the beach!

The only other interesting thing that happened to me over break was getting my hair cut..I feel like its soo short now!! Everyone says it looks good though so I guess its just going to take some getting used to. I will put up some new pictures later. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and a great week :)

Excited

So yesterday I was initiated into Alpha Kappa Psi, so that means no more pledging :) It was definitely worth it and I am so glad that I made it through the seven weeks of pledging! And it gets even better, this Sunday is Easter so that means I get to go home Thurday (No CLASSES FRIDAY WOHOO) and see my family and eat yummy food! Yayy! Okay well I must go study for the tests I have this week, have a great night!



This is a picture from last night with most of the girls in my pledge class!

Craziness

Well these past weeks have been crazy busy!! On a positive note pledging is almost over! For those of you who don't know I am pledging a co-ed Professional Business Fraternity..it has been very stressful but I have met a lot of really cool people, so that aspect has been a lot of fun!

School is going okay, very ready for SUMMER BREAK!! I will be attending summer school to get ahead and also working, hopefully at a restaurant somewhere in Jacksonville.

I am actually in this computer class right now and one of our assignments is to make a webpage and I thought I would share the link to the site so you guys could check it out. The site is www4.ncsu.edu/~cafescoe ... let me know what you think :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Breaks Over..

So today was the first day back after Spring Break and it made me wish it was Summer Break even more! This semesters classes are just not enjoyable and I really am ready for a new semester, new classes, new apartment(home cooked food!)...

Enough for that topic...I did some spring cleaning yesterday and I actually enjoyed it, haha. My room is now dust free for awhile! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Pictures

Here are some pictures from school so far!