HOME SWEET HOME

YES, I KNOW. Ive been lacking in my blog skills. I apologize to anyone who was desperately waiting to know any info about my life. Ha just kidding!!. its pretty normal at the moment...oh, and broke- due to the completion of my first year as a grad student and planning a wedding!  THATS RIGHT. I finished the first year of my odd three year track. If you havent figured it out by now, I am a "special case" grad student.  Due to my  B.S.degree being in psychology instead of communicative disorders, I had to take a few other classes before I could start clinical work. And  now I will officially be able to start clinic in august! whoop whoop. Who will be my lucky first patient?? :)  because of all of my hard work and grades,  Bobbie bought me some really cute heels to wear in our engagement pics. Well, by the end of the photo session, i was wishing i had failed instead. After 3 hours of pic taking, the shoes had pretty much ripped my feet apart....... and yeah, i will wear them again. because they are just that stinkin cute. BEAUTY IS PAIN PEOPLE! :)
 *if you havent yet,  Here is the link to a quick teaser of our wonderful photographer's favorites from the session. http://www.patrickremingtonphotography.com/blog/

I registered at Mimis on Main and City Drug last week. THIS IS THE FUN PART! big thanks to my friend Jacqueline Simpson for helping me figure it all out! AND ofcourse, sweet Anita for helping me at City Drug. I LOVE EVERYTHING. It totally made me want to buy a bunch of cute plates and cookbooks, and go practice my wifely cooking  and decor skills.  Im obsessed with my christmas dishes. Its aright to eat on "old st.nick" salad plates all year round, right?

It feels super good to be home. The past year was kind of difficult for me, moving to a new town in a new apartment alone with new career goals= a lot of change! But, I learned so much. Here are just a few  solo lessons I learned:
1. I figured out how to live all by myself, which was FABULOUS at times, and yet TERRIFYING.
2. Leslie Barnes taught me how to install my own redneck alarm system: Put all the breakable plates in front of the door, so if a creeper breaks in, I could hear the plates crash and go jump out of the window!
3. Crying 3 to 4x per week is perfectly ok, and does not mean that I am certifiably crazy. (Pete disagrees :) )
4. Thank goodness I was smart enough to not purchase but, if it looks questionable..  DO NOT BUY "organic lettuce" from your weird neighbors.
5. Hairspray can kill honey bees and prevent them from taking over my living room.
6. Those little Shark vacuums will not vacuum up 1000 dead honey bees.
7. Columbus is full of airplane men in green jumpsuits, and women wearing bonnets.
8. Lean Cuisines start all tasting the same after awhile.
9. Reading your bible and singing Jesus loves Me makes everything better.
10.  THERES NO PLACE LIKE HOME and I'm never living alone again. :)

I really need to go to sleep!
have a blessed sunday!
Sam