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.

Kyle Holgate

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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.