DISNEY...

A place where dreams really do come true! I had the most MAGICAL spring break in the beginning of March in Florida! My trip began with a quick visit to South of the Border then a short stay at Grammie's which involved some beach time, some shopping time and of course time for Grammie to cook us some wonderful home cooked meals :) I even got ahold of one of her recipes and will be attempting it very soon! Then we headed to Lake Mary and stayed with my friend Sarah's aunt. Her aunt also happens to be a travel agent and got us FREE 3-day park hopper passes to Disney and meal passes for lunch AND dinner! We couldn't thank her enough for all the free stuff!


At South of the Border

First Day:
Magic Kingdom. I haven't been to the Disney parks in probably about 10 years so it all looked new again to me. We may have been some of the oldest people in the park but we probably had the most fun. We rode Space Mountain 5 times and Splash Mountain 3 times! The rides were so much fun but I really enjoyed meeting my all time favorite princess Belle! We took a ton of pictures and want to go back already!

Second Day:
Animal Kingdom and Epcot. I went to Animal Kingdom about two years ago at Christmas time but it was great to go again with friends and in 75 degree weather! It was beautiful as always and it looks just like you stepped into Africa or Asia, it is so crazy how realistic everything there looks. The Safari and the Roller Coaster were my favorites. On the safari the giraffe came right up to our safari car and walked in front of it, so neat! I went and saw Festival of the Lion King, such a great show, and got called on stage!! Kind of embarrassing, I had to make an elephant noise, yeah didn't know what that sounded like! We went to Epcot that night, I wasn't too impressed, the food was amazing but the rides lacked the excitement I was looking for. I'll give them credit for Mission:Space, it was intense!

Third Day:
MGM and Magic Kingdom, again and Downtown Disney. MGM was pretty boring, Rocking Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror were fun, but sooo short. I wish they would make the rides a bit longer! We went back to Magic Kingdom that afternoon and rode all of our favorite rides again aka Space Mountain! That night we headed to Downtown Disney to buy a few things which would of been more enjoyable but it was POURING down rain. Can't complain too much, it was really the only bad storm we encountered. But by the end of that night we were all VERY tired and ready for some sleep and probably a foot massage. Ok I won't bore you anymore with a day breakdown, here are some pictures!



Me and Belle


Future Roomies


Pluto!


Dumbo


Epcot ball


On Stage, he was huge!


On Stage, making an elephant noise


Tree of Life


In front of Thunder Mountain


End of day 3 haha

I have a ton more pictures so if anyone wants to relive my adventures and see anymore let me know, I know you all do!!

It's Been Awhile..

So I have been MIA from the blog world for awhile. So here is a little update. In the past few weeks I have been very busy with school and work. I now babysit a 9 year old everyday after school and drive her to swim practice plus do things around their house. It is a great job and pays very well. They are a very nice family and the extra money has really helped out.

Last weekend I was in Georgia for a Success Institute (SI) hosted by Alpha Kappa Psi. It was at the Crown Plaza Ravinia right near downtown Atlanta. This was my first trip to Atlanta and I loved it, downtown was really neat and I took a ton of pictures. We saw the Olympic stadium, Georgia Tech, the Coke Factory, plus a ton of other things. SI was really neat, saw a ton of other brother's from AKPsi from all over the place. I went to a really informative session about Recruiters and what to do and what not to do in an interview. They also had programs about increasing involvement in AKPsi, personal finance and a lot of other sessions.











Tomorrow at 8am I am heading out to FLORIDA for SPRING BREAK!! I am heading to Grammie's till Monday and then on Tuesday I will be headed to DISNEY for 3 DAYS! When I return I will be sure to post lots of pictures!

Two weeks till the wedding and all the family arrives!!

Back in Raleigh!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! I had a great Christmas at home and it was fun to have the whole family together again. Ava was too cute and is turning into a mini Zsa Zsa, love it! I got lots of great gifts and some new stuff for the apartment.



Before heading home I had a Christmas celebration with the Fab 5.



The tree and all the presents.



Ava opening her bitty baby.



Me, Dad, Chris and Kyle in our new State pants.

I celebrated New Years with a few friends at Heidi's house. It was a lot of fun to hang out with my friends from high school again.



Me and Ashley



Me and Daniel

Well I got back to Raleigh yesterday and after 10 trips up and down the stairs I finally got everything unloaded from my jam packed car. Now if I could only find the energy to unpack everything... School starts tomorrow so I am off to the bookstore to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a few books. Have a great week!

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!