Well, a few things have changed since the last time I wrote on here.....

I went up to the Phillips' in Georgia towards the end of June through the beginning of July, for Jess's grad party. That was a lot of fun and good to see Jess, Sarah, and Chuck.
Then, Jess calls me one day to just talk and she mentions that her and Chuck were going to visit Cassie-Marie when she got back from Latvia. Of course, this makes me really sad since I couldn't go.....then I get a call from Chuck a few days later, and I'm on my way to Georgia to go with them to see CM!  We all met up, along with Joseph, Paul, and Hazel, and we went to a lake (which was gorgeous and so fun), it was a lot of fun and SO good to see Cassie-Marie.
Then, the Phillips and I talked and decided that I should stay here in Georgia while I look for a job (there's more here than in Florida). So I've pretty muched moved in with the Phillips and am now living here.
Chuck and I are dating.

So about the only thing that hasn't changed is that I don't have a job....   But God is faithful still. He is good. Very good indeed.

But before I get to that, it's been a while so I'm going to attempt at catching up on everything major that has been happening before the big day.

*Last few weeks of school was pretty intense. They were things that were accumulating from all four years at Bryan, so it was not easy and I was pretty emotional. So for the 5 or so papers I had to write, I cried...

*Week before graduation, we (Kirsten, Jess, CMarie, Sarah, Courtney, Ashley B., and I) went on our own little Senior Trip, which was really great. Definitely was an adventure, but I couldn't have picked better people to go on an adventure with    
  We seems like we did a bunch of stuff, but when I really think about it, we just relaxed together, got frustrated with each other, and laughed really hard together a lot. And cried for a few minutes one night :)
     We camped in a tent on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was interesting trying to put up the tent in extremely windy conditions, but with the help of Cassie's friend, Paul, it worked out well. (We basically stood there, holding poles, while he figured out how it went up, telling us what to do) haha :)
What made the wind even more irritating was Sarah and I trying to cook our meals...a few times, scrambled eggs and meat went flying, but we got through the week with some really good food, if I do say so myself
We all got sunburnt in some way (Kirsten, got like 2 inches on her arm, and the rest of her was tan), but it wasn't too bad at all. Nothing some aloe lotion couldn't help
A thunderstorm went through one night. Ash and I tried to rough it out, and it wasn't that bad, but then the lightning was getting closer, so we decided to join the others in the cars.
The next day, it was forcasted to rain again, so everyone except me and Ash had an adventure with trying to find shopping malls. While that was happening, Ash and I were cleaning up the site, chasing after flying shirts, skirts, and such, and watched the tent finally give way to the winds, melting right before our eyes. We decided to just take the tent down, moved down a few spots where the wind wasn't nearly as bad, and we spent the next 2 days there.
Ash and I sat in the back of her car when the rain started coming down. We soon see a man peeping at us through the open window, saying to us, "Sorry to disturb you ladies, but this came flying off of your site...*hands us a sleeping bag cover, while suspiciously looking at Ashley's Smirnoff*...so you might want to get the rest of your things..." lol.
The week was definitely full of a lot of laughter, fake yelling at each other, soaking up the sun, reading our books next to the ocean/pool, and alcohol. Except Kirsten. She was the only good Christian.

Then came Vespers, where Mr. Palmer made me tear up while he cried on stage, and our class ripped the BC ribbon after being told that the ribbon symbolized the Christian family of God, where it is not complete if it is broken, and a girl falling on stage. Only our class would make that kind of mood when it's supposed to be all serious.
And then Graduation Day. Started out badly because having it on the Triangle was cancelled due to rain, so it was in Rudd. It was nicer than I think we expected it, and I think most of us were really sad because the mood was pretty somber.
Then the fam and I went to the cabin, where my uncle, cousin, grandma, paw paw, and his girlfriend were for a couple of days. Monday morning we started the drive home, that took us a total of 16 hours.

So now I've switched rooms with my brother (because it's in the back of the house, it actually has a door...). So that's been a little strange, and tiring (since he is a boy and he has a hamster, it was pretty gross).
Now, I'm job searching, trying to help Mom with the house (she sprained her ankle) and helping her with planning the Softball Banquet that's in less than 2 weeks.

This is what I wrote a little over 3 years ago:

"Holy smokes, guys! this is absolute craziness! Friday, I was officially done with my classes of my freshman year of college! can you belive it!? i can't....it has flown by so quickly. wow. Tonight the ladies of Long 4th had the 2nd annual "Paper Plate Awards" in the lounge complete with food and lots of laughter"...

...and then I proceeded to describe each award that was given to whom....*sigh*

I was SO dramatic. haha oh how things have changed...