College Grad!

Attention world! I am officially done with college classes!! Well, at least for a little while...I want to go back for my master's, but I need to make some money first! ;) On Thursday, student teachers headed up to SHSU for an "important" meeting. This meant that the College of Education just wanted to waste our time for a day...booooo! However, it was lots of fun to get to see some friends that I haven't seen in a while and eat some yummy Huntsville food!

The picture above has some fabulous ladies in it!! (from l-r: Aurora, me!, Kerri, and Shannon) We were all very excited at this point in the conference because we were almost done for the day!! After the conference, we headed over to Farmhouse Cafe to eat AMAZING home cooked food! Farmhouse has the best rolls in the entire world and their charcoal chicken is to die for! That is one thing that I really miss about Huntsville...it has the best local restaurants!

After dinner, Kerri, Shannon, and I headed back to Conroe to stay in the super nice condo that Kerri's parents let us use...it was super cute and so peaceful out there! At the condo, we undertook a SHSU tradition of decorating our graduation caps. It was so much fun to just hang out, relax, and be creative with two of my best friends! All of our caps really turned out cute and I cannot wait to wear mine on December 18th! Graduation here I come!

I know, I know...I'm an AWFUL blogger!

I will try harder...promise!! Life just gets so crazy sometimes!
So, since the last time I blogged, a LOT has happened...

I'm ALMOST finished with my student teaching!!! Only 4 more days until freedom...and a feeling of uncertainty! :/ The job market for teachers is not so great...nobody wants to quit or retire anymore! I guess that leaves me to substitute teaching for the rest of the year. However, this may be what I need right now so that I can focus more on the wedding. :)

James and I have been living in different states now for 4 months and it has been hard! I hate not being able to see him every day, but this change has made us a much stronger couple! It's crazy that it takes a drastic change for people to realize how much something means to them, but I'm glad that I've been exposed to this. Being apart has made me realize how strong our relationship is...we can go 4.5 weeks without seeing eachother, only talking on the phone, and then pick up right where we left off the last time I saw him. It's just like something natural and amazing...man I love love love this wonderful man I'm going to marry in a little over 6 months!!

I flew on my very first plane!!! People have always commented on how weird it was that I'm about to graduate from college and I've never flown on a plane. Well...now I have thanks to James! :) It was kinda scary at first, but I've found that I like it a LOT better than driving 7 hours to Oklahoma!

I said "YES" to the most gorgeous wedding dress!! (Thanks mom!!) It's definitely not something I thought I would have liked, but I tried it on and mom and I both cried...I knew it was the one! Now all I have to do is make sure that I fit into that size 6 dress when it comes in AHHHH!!! The pressure is on! No gaining weight!!!

That's it for now...I still have four days of school left with my 5th graders, so I need all the beauty rest I can get. ;) I will post pictures of all my fun adventures later this week!

YAY!!!

So, I finally started a blog...exciting I know! I have to give credit to Jill Montoya for finally convincing me that I should go ahead and get over my fear of this relatively new concept of blogging.
Anywhoo...Today has been a relatively unproductive day. I've been at work since 8am and all I've managed to do was check all my emails for free food (its really awesome...just sign up for all the major chain restaraunts' email clubs!) and listen to several hundred grouchy SHSU parents/students that are having trouble with financial aid or tuition payments. SOOO FUN! (notice the sarcasm here) ;) If you don't know, I work in the Visitor Center of Sam Houston State University, so I'm basically the voice and face of the university for all prospective students and alumni...it's a very interesting job... I really do love working at the visitor center and I love all my coworkers, so I will be very sad when August comes around and I have to leave for student teaching.
This is just an overview of what's been happening in my life lately (since January 2010):

1. I've lost 30 pounds since January and it's awesome!! I definitely feel much better on the inside and look much better on the outside :) Now if I could only lose these last 5 pounds so that my Weight Watchers membership is FREEEEEE!!!
2. I've discovered that I have the most amazing people in my life who have helped me through this crazy time in my life. My mom, James, Kerri, Shannon, and Amanda keep me sane, happy, put up with my mood swings, and motivate me to be healthy!
3. James and I have finally set a date and booked a venue for the wedding! June 10, 2011 at Magnolia Lake in Huntsville, Texas at 6:30pm! So, mark your calendars and make sure you can be there!!!
4. My mom has been an amazing mom since the beginning of time, its just taken me until now to realize how awesome she is!! She's truly my best friend and I can not even begin to express my gratitude to her for EVERYTHING!
5. I survived my methods block and got a 4.0!! It was definitely an eye-opening and fun experience in my second grade classroom. There were times when I thought I was going to smack some people for being so unprofessional, but I am proud to say that I got through it without even saying a rude word to them! ;)
6. James turned a quarter of a century old on May 2nd! He's SOOO old ;) and he's going to hate me for putting this on my blog... His birthday was so much fun! We went to Kemah and had lunch at The Flying Dutchman, dessert at Joe's Crab Shack, pet and fed the stingrays at The Aquarium, looked for fun books at Half-Price Books, and then had dinner at Iguana Joes with my parents. It was a long, but YUMMY day!

That's all I can think of for now...sorry this is so long! I'm beginning to like this blogging thing!