Spring Break what??

What is this 'break' word in relation to the 'spring' word?? Looking outside the window shows no signs of a fun spring, and the break I was supposed to receive did not occur. Between work, moving (again), and digging at Britt (again), I have had no 'break'.

Work has been fun times actually, I have made many great friends :) and do some pretty silly things while at work that keep my mind occupied from other things.

My move has been fairly painless, I haven't had to move too much just yet, but will have to figure out what the heck to do with the heavy furniture stuff since my happy little camp trailer isn't very big. But it is fun to live by my lonesome and do whatever I want, eat whatever I want, watch whatever I want, and most importantly, SING whatever I want =D

Britt was a muddy and mucky mess...rain storms, hail storms, sticky dirt, and lots of traffic left the site very slippery. I actually almost slid down a decently steep hill with our fancy camera, but was saved by a co-worker. (He later tried to push our boss down the same hill :) fun times) We didn't find near as much cool stuff as we had during our public day, but that was the plan. These few units and test units were more for information purposes rather than artifact purposes.

Hail...a bunch of it...only for like 5 minutes

The 'Ivy House' complex...reminded me of a Tetris piece, I loved it

Spring term starts next week, and thus the last final few pages of my Bachelor degree college life. I'm kinda excited!!!

What a Week!

I know it's finals week, and I do have papers to write, but I couldn't help but think about how crazy this past week has been for me! While I can't go into all of the details :) I had to say something about how things can change so fast without you knowing it.

This time last week I had just devoured some delicious cupcakes for Brooke's birthday...they were absolutely delicious, and Erinn and I had a BLAST making them!! We used some of the colorful frosting leftover from Hannah's birthday cake and created some chocolate cupcakes with a small garden worth of fondant flowers and Erinn's buttercream frosting...

Before decorations...we had to cut a bunch more small flowers...we tended to use a lot :) And I totally hogged the blue frosting, I don't think Erinn decorated a single blue cupcake!!

The finished cupcakes that we decided to take to class for Brooke's birthday party...don't worry, there were many more, they were just devoured before Wednesday and given to Erinn's awesome family :)

Wednesday was also the day of a very upsetting incident that occurred for a friend of mine. Tuning into CNN news told viewers of a very sad incident involving a shooting in a Germany airport that resulted in the death and injury of some soldiers. Having family overseas myself I was immediately upset, but nowhere close to what my friend was. It's a very different heartache when you know the people, and I prayed for my friend, for the families of the fallen soldiers, and for my own family to be strong and safe. I am proud to know men and women who are working hard to protect the things that I believe in and will always support them in what they do.

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Michael Holgate

Now, Thursday I went out to have a couple drinks for girls night but went a bit earlier than I normally do...I hadn't eaten much for the two days leading up to that, and I'm a lightweight on top of that, and had like three drinks and a shot...needless to say I got a bit drunk...enough to spend some significant time getting to know the toilet and the perfect angle to lean against the wall so I didn't feel sick again. Once again, Erinn proved her unyielding friendship and showed up after a crazy bar call from a friend present. She swooped in and forced water down my throat, made sure I didn't do anything stupid, and even made me stay with her to keep me from getting in trouble. <3 her!

The weekend was filled with work and hang out time. I made a random drive out to Jacksonville to check on my beloved Britt project and inspect the rest of the Gardens (I hadn't actually made it up to the amphitheater thingy, so I wandered a bit). I also got to be a kid again after taking a late night trip to an elementary school playground and tried to slide on my feet down a SOAKED curvy slide, of which my feet shot out and I soaked my bum going down. But it was fun, and I enjoyed running around like a child :)

I can't believe it's been 7 days since I ate those cupcakes because it feels like I've done soooo much since then, but that's the crazy thing about time, you just never know quite how to gauge it.

Frustrations in Life

I'm at the end of Winter term of my senior year, my parents are helping me get things paid off and settled for Spring so it will be completely official for me to graduate in June...finishing up last minute papers for this term, getting ready to run during break and spend time with Erinn :)

On another amazingly sick note Chelsea informed me today that she would like for Steve and me to plan a presentation for a conference in Arcata in April about Britt from student perspectives...YES!! I'm completely nervous beyond belief because it will be our little debut in a professional setting, but I can blab about Britt for a looooonnnng time, so we'll be fine, I guess I'll let Steve talk a little bit...all I've got for now, I just couldn't contain myself about this presentation!!!

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