And Done!

I have offically passed all of my classes, and will be graduating on Saturday, December 17. Moving into ATL on Monday and starting my job on January 2. Reality is closing in like a freight train!

The light at the end of the tunnel...

Ever hear that expression? well, when you only have three exams (that you only have to make C's on) and five days left until graduation, the light is shining right into my eyes! YEAH for being so close to being done! I don't actually know if my attention span is going to make it, since it has been reduced to about one hour. How sad!
Anyway... this weekend was fun, except that I started getting sick. Friday I drove down to ATL with MORE stuff that I don't know if I'm actually going to need, but that I refuse to live without. On the way there though, Tom calls me and asks me if I've picked up my ticket for graduation yet... no, no I had not! So, Tom gets that for me. Get to ATL, drop the stuff off, nap, then head to Birmingham to party it up with Stacey... at least that was the plan. Got there, we chilled, went to dinner, and just caught up and really hung out. It was some fun times. We got dressed, looked super hot, and headed to Tuscaloosa to hang with Bama boys (as there was nothing going on in B'ham). So we get there, and I've forgotten my ID. I mean seriously, that is such an amateur move! I was so pissed off! We still got into Mellow the hear a really good band, and got to hang out with the Bama boys a bit before heading back to Stacey's apartment. Passed out around 2 or 3. We got up and got some lunch at Panera, and we were both starting to get sick... it sucked! Went to open play, but no one else was there, so we went back to the apartment, and I gathered my stuff to come home. I gradually get more and more sick in the car, and then I realize I've forgotten something very vital to my existence in B'ham. No, it's not my blanket (yes, I'm 21 and I still have a very specific blanket that I carry with me on trips... I don't want to hear it), and it's not my pillow. I left my cleats. For me, that's like leaving my right arm, or my cell phone. And as sad as that is, I won't be able to get them back for another week, when Stacey comes to ATL to visit. I'm still kicking myself over everything that I left in B'ham... my heads just not always screwed on right apparently.
So, yesterday I forced myself out of bed and to Panera for some soup and some study time, which was fairly ineffective, and then went back home and watched boring Sunday afternoon TV. So now, it is two hours until my first final, and this is what I'm doing... posting. How much do I not care anymore?

MacDaddy Throwdown-Auburn

Yeah for Auburn.... It was a fine excuse to not work on my projects that were due today! So, tournament in Auburn means that I get to see everyone that I absolutely love! My weekend actually started on Thursday, and I went to Nooga for the night and played some pickup there at Engel... such a nice field! It was bitterly cold, but really fun, good time and good ultimate. Stayed with Heather, which was fun since I've barely seen her this semester. Got up super early and headed to ATL to do an interview thing with World Toyota (thanx Samantha!) and then dropped some stuff off at the new residence in Buckhead! I got to Jenn's and we got on the interstate around 6:30ish, and got to Auburn around 7:30 central time. Hung out with Annie and some of the Auburn girls, and then hung out with one of Jenn's friends for a while. Finally passed out around 11:30.

Got up and went to the fields and started my day. The women's division was only one day, so we just had a round robin, even though with five teams if is very easy to do a bracket on Sunday, but that left me time to watch all of the boys that I knew that were there. Played a Kennesaw/GA Tech mix and won 13-5(?) then played Emory and won 13-2. Saw Jennie Yang, and that was so fun! Gave Ray a hard time about being frat Ray (his alter ego) the night before, and of course told him we were still friends. Then we had the longest bye in history... 2 1/2 hours long! It was ridiculous! But I did get to see Auburn girl/A team play, Nooga, and Bama a little. Next... played Auburn. I did not enjoy this at all, because the girls are super sweet and I love them. I also do not like playing against Annie because she makes me hesitate on my decisions, which allows for the chance for her to hand block me (which happened!). We ended up winning 13-5 I think. Last game to the day was against UGA, which was not fun. They are just super good, and have some Ozone ladies on their team, but we didn't lose too badly... 13-7 I think. During our last game, the Bama vs. Auburn A and it was amazing. So, back in September when Bama was playing amazing, McCargo and Robert made a bet that whoever lost the Iron Bowl that ultimate team would have to wear the other's other color (whichever the winner wasn't wearing). Then Bama lost to Auburn in the Iron Bowl, and Bama ultimate had to wear Auburn's white. It was amazing! I heard that before the first point when Auburn put a hand up for the pull that the Bama team on the line all dropped to the ground and started rolling around. SO FUNNY. Bama was up most of the game, but Auburn pulled it out 13-10. Yeah for Auburn, but McCargo and Gray played great (and all the other Bama guys that I don't know).

Dinner with Ray and Auburn boys was super fun, but except for Stacey coming in the rest of the night was a complete bust. Just hung out at Ray's and then most of the Auburn A team and some of the girls showed up unexpectedly. Still lots of fun. Sunday was just a day to hang out. Bama was in the B-Bracket, Nooga took 3/4 with Auburn. Fun just to chill, and the weather was amazing! 77 degrees! Finally got jenny in the car to head back around 3:30 and what do I do but run my car up on the curb of the median next to my parking spot. No big deal right? No... Because all of the Bama boys were sitting in the parking lot just Chilean when I did that. They thought it was hilarious... I was sitting there going "I'm not turning around I'm not turning around..." And Jenn is just laughing at me and telling me to turn around. So of course I do and McCargo is standing there about 20 ft from my car just pointing and laughing and saying "her face is as red as her hair". It was really funny, and has kept me in a pretty good mood so far this week. Finally got back to k-town around 10:45, and passed out.

It was such a fun weekend with everyone, and definitely made these last two days bearable. Unfortunately now what I have to look forward to is packing up my apartment, graduating, moving, and getting a job.
Countdown: Days till graduation: 11
Days till move: 12.

Fun Quiz... or last day of classes EVER and i don't give a shit anymore

So, I'm a little bored at work, and found these fun quizes from Jenn... thanks for helping me waste my last day of classes, and contiune to procrastinate!

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	6.3
Mind:	6.1
Body:	7.3
Spirit:	5.4
Friends/Family:	5.6
Love:	0
Finance:	6.6
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

So, apparently, life is pretty good except for in the love category... how sad is that? When ranking my love life, it comes in as 0!!! Something need to change...

Also: My monster name...

Your Monster Profile

Demon Butcher You Feast On: M&Ms You Lurk Around In: Las Vegas You Especially Like to Torment: Republicans

What's" Your Monster Name?

and my crazy hair color!

Your Hair Should Be Purple

Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional.You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights.

What's" Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

and the countdown has offically begun...

As of today, I only have three more days of classes left (including today), five shifts at the computer lab left.
19 days until graduation.
20 days until the move to ATL is offical.
YEAH!!!!!!

Turkey Pic's!!!

Ol' Dirty Basters! Hell yeah for Second in the Tourny! It was such a fun weekend... Thanks Jenn for asking me to pickup! (and thanks Stacey for origonally saying no!)

The Girls! Samantha, Me, and Stacey at the Turkey Dinner and Turkey Shoot... which these two girls got second and third. (they should have gotten first because Rayley wasn't taking his own shots!
Me and Spaz after we played each other in finals... in our awesome Naked Pretzel hats!!!

Me and Jenn in our awesome ODB shirts that she drew and we made! Nice Leg Warmers!

For the rest of the pictures, check them out here

Turkey Tourney was SO MUCH FUN! Drove to Nooga on friday and wasted a little bit of time there visiting with Liz, and then headed out to Huntsville to spend the night at Jenn's. So I get there and we are hanging out, chillin with Jenn's parents, and Jenn realizes that she hadn't made the shirts for the team yet! So we make a trip to Walmart, because Target is closed, and it takes forever because we keep losing Edleman over and over again, like he's never been to Walmart before. It was pretty funny, and we had to have him paged over the PA system! We go back and start working on the shirts, and Edleman and Jenn work on them in Adobe Illustrator for a while, and we eventually get the design printed off and ironed onto the t-shirts around 1:30 in the morning. Go to bed and PASS OUT. Wake up, get to the fields, and meet the team. They were super cool, and fun and good! We ended up going 4-0 on Saturday, went back to Jenn's and showered, then went back to the fields for dinner and drinking. OH MY GOODNESS.... the food was the most amazing thing I have ever had. There was so much food that half way through the line and had to start moving stuff around on my plate with my fingers so that i could fit more food on my plate! IT WAS SO GOOD! Then the three teams that went undefeated on Saturday had to play a game to decide who got the first round bye... it was so fun! It was kinda like simon says by for adults! SO fun! Then there was the Turkey Shoot, which Raley won, which he shouldn't have because he wasn't drinking. Samantha and Stacey got second and third though... hell yeah! I got to be the designated drinker for a couple of people... that is the way to play it! Went back to Jenn's and passed out quickly. Woke up, got to the fields, played Julie Morris' team first, won, played the a huntsville team, won, semi's against the team with all the Shotgun kids on it, won only by 2 pts, played in finals, and lost, but i was still awesome! I had a great time. I got to hang out with Kate, Spaz, Nooga kids, Stacey, McCargo, Sam, Cobble, Abbie, Jenn... the list just goes on and on. Good weekend was had by all! Pictures to follow soon.

When We Girls Drink to Much...

1. WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHERE OUR PURSE IS.
2. WE BELIEVE THAT DANCING WITH OUR ARMS OVERHEAD AND WIGGLING OUR BUTT WHILE YELLING "WOO-HOO!" IS TRULY THE SEXIEST DANCE MOVE AROUND.
3. WE'VE SUDDENLY DECIDED THAT WE WANT TO KICK SOMEONE'S ASS AND HONESTLY BELIEVE WE COULD DO IT TOO.
4. IN OUR LAST TRIP TO PEE, WE REALIZE THAT WE NOW LOOK MORE LIKE A HOMELESS HOOKER THAN THE GODDESS WE WERE JUST FOUR HOURS AGO.
5. WE DROP OUR 3:00 A.M. SUBMARINE SANDWICH ON THE FLOOR (WHICH WE'RE EATING EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT THE LEAST BIT HUNGRY), PICK IT UP AND CARRY ON EATING IT
6.WE START CRYING AND TELLING EVERYONE WE SEE THAT WE LOVE THEM SOOOOO MUCH
7. WE GET EXTREMELY EXCITED AND JUMP UP AND DOWN EVERY TIME A NEW SONG PLAYS BECAUSE "OH MY GOD! I LOVE THIS SONG!"
8. WE'VE FOUND A DEEPER/SPIRITUAL SIDE TO THE GEEK SITTING NEXT TO US.
9. THE MAN WE'RE FLIRTING WITH USED TO BE OUR 5TH GRADE TEACHER.
10. THE URGE TO TAKE OFF ARTICLES OF CLOTHING, STAND ON A TABLE AND SING OR DANCE BECOMES STRANGELY OVERWHELMING TO US.
11. OUR EYES JUST DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO STAY OPEN ON THEIR OWN SO WE KEEP THEM HALF CLOSED AND THINK IT LOOKS EXOTICALLY SEXY.
12. WE'VE SUDDENLY TAKEN UP SMOKING AND BECOME REALLY GOOD AT IT.
13. WE YELL AT THE BARTENDER, WHO WE BELIEVE CHEATED US BY GIVING US JUST LEMONADE, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER TASTE THE GIN.
14. WE THINK WE ARE IN BED, BUT OUR PILLOW FEELS STRANGELY LIKE THE KITCHEN FLOOR (er, or, the mop?)
15. WE START EVERY CONVERSATION WITH A BOOMING, "DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY BUT..."
16. WE FAIL TO NOTICE THAT THE TOILET LID'S DOWN WHEN WE SIT ON IT.
17. OUR HUGS BEGIN TO RESEMBLE WRESTLING TAKE-DOWN MOVES.
18. WE ARE TIRED SO WE JUST SIT ON THE FLOOR (WHEREVER WE HAPPEN TO BE STANDING) AND TAKE A QUICK NAP. (OR AT A FOOTBALL STADIUM)
19. WE BEGIN LEAVING THE BUTTONS OPEN ON OUR BUTTON FLY PANTS TO CUT DOWN ON THE TIME WE'RE IN THE BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUR DRINK.
20. WE TAKE OUR SHOES OFF BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT'S THEIR FAULT THAT WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WALKING STRAIGHT

courtesy of Stacey

So... life decisions finally made

So, not much going on lately. Last weekend was Ruby, which was fun (I love the auburn girls!), and this weekend was Dave Baldwin (UT men's tourny) and also my family was in town for the Memphis game (which UT almost lost). Don't get me wrong, I don't really care about UT football, but come on... we can't lose to Memphis, and it should have NEVER been as close as it was! Anyway, weekend was fun, saw Memphis people, partied with my parents, good times. Saw Ray and Justin and Spaz play, which was super fun. Love them.

But to the title... I finally made a decision. I'm going to stop freaking out on my friends and family about not haveing a job, and not knowing where I am going to live and all of that jazz. I'm just going to do it. I'm not moving to KS city because I don't want to, and I would be miserable. I AM moving to Atlanta, and I'm going to find a job. I'm going to find a recruiter that can do all of my leg work for me (find openings, and set up my interviews), and then I am going to interview the week before Christmas, go home for probably 3 or four days, and then go back to ATL and interview for more jobs before New Years. I'll either spend New Years in ATL (SAM... hook me up) or in Birmingham (Stacey... you too! or you come to ATL for New Years!...we'll all chat this weekend!). And then I'll continue to interveiw until I have job that can pay the bills (and if I like that one, that is a plus... if not, work and look for another job). I WILL play ultimate somewhere, and if anyone knows when ATL women's league sign-ups are over, let me know... I want to sign up... I need to play!

So, those are the decision... So i'm feeling better, no freaking out, or at least not as much, and just enjoying life. Looking forward to Turky Tourny, Thanksgiving, graduating (we're still not talking about that though!) and the holiday... and MOVING! Stacey...start making plans for this summer, because you are moving too!

Check it out!

Ok, so Itchfest 2005... look at me breaking Lynn! Hell yeah! I offically have a for real picture of me playing ultimate (and it only took 3 years!)!

And then there is me, not catching the disc

in the endzone, but i really like the picture!

College is ending and I am freaking out!!!

Ok, so I had my obligatory "I graduate in a month, and not only do I not have a job, I also have had only one interview, and don't have any others set up!" freak out last night on my parents. The thing that scares me more than not having a job in January? Having to either move to Dyersburg (go to the middle of no where and take a left) or back to Memphis, which IS NOT allowed... I would be so unhappy in either of those places. SO if anyone that reads this (all like five people, and that's on a good day) know of any job openings, especially in ATL, please please PLEASE let me know! I'm getting desperate!

Itchfest 2005

Itchfest was this past weekend, Oct 29-30 @ Vanderbilt. SO MUCH FUN. Ok, so this isn't the most competitive tournament ever, but I love it, and always have. It's almost like hometown for me, because it is the closest tournament to Memphis (and yes, there is a tournament in Memphis, but only stupid people play ultimate in Memphis in August during Dead Elvis Week). And also, Itchfest was the first tournament I ever played in three years ago, so it is my anniversary tournament too! So, get there on Friday night with Claire, Lora, and Meredith, drop Meredith off, check into the hotel, and James and Emily pick me up for dinner. Dinner at the bound'ry, very swank and yummy (lobster ravioli... it was HEAVEN) and I was way underdressed! Go back to the hotel, finally calm down, sleep. Wake up at 5am. and 6am. Finally, alarm goes off at 7, everyone gets up, and we start heading out the door around 7:45. First team at the fields (beating even most of the hosting team, except the few that had to set up fields!), warm up, drills, all that fun stuff. Saw Gracyn (plays with Vandy), the Indiana girls, and Jennie Yang (oh my gosh I love Jennie Yang... if you read this I LOVE YOU!).
Have to play FLO first. Flo is the Nashville women's club team. Love them, love playing with them, don't always love playing against them. Good game though, only losing by two during the soft cap. I got some compliments on my playing ability, which feels good coming from this team, since I do hold their opinions in very high regard because they are good. Final score: 10-8 Flo wins.
Next up: Purdue. I have this longstanding thing about Purdue. I like playing them, but I hate losing to them. Their one short girl with big boobs that lays out for everything is gone, but their short girl who ran my ass off and schooled me was there, Lucy. Great player, great person, great spirit. She doesn't have to be an ass because her game speaks for her, and hands down, she wins against me any day of the week. But we played well, took half, and then let them come back. Hard cap goes on during the point, and Purdue takes in 10-9 (I get scored on for the winning pt. BOO! Such a confidence killer!). All the girls played really well, and we never gave up.
Third game of the day: Hendrix, a little college in Arkansas. This girls were fun, and were learning the game too, but we win, 13-5. Super fun game though, and they were great.
Last game: cross-over against Towson. Last year, they beat us on Saturday, and then we beat them on Sunday. Well, they didn't roll over us, but they got ahead and stayed ahead. They threw zone, which we should have played better against, we got broken over and over and over... and all of the UT girls hit the wall where we were tired, and ready to be done. They win 8-4.
Finish the day by going over and watching the boys lose to Vandy A with the parents. All I have to say is that there is a reason that I don't like hanging out with them when they lose. Our teams had the same record for Saturday, and we weren't upset... but whatever. Hang with the team at S.A.T.CO., go home, shower, and meet the parents and Wells for the best Japanese in the world at Taste of Tokyo. After dinner, went back to the hotel, watched UT lose to South Carolina at home, and then passed out. Woke up at 6am, because not only did we change time zones, but we also had day light savings time end, so it really felt like 8am. I was about to start making some real enemies when Lora, Katrina and Leslie suggested that we go and get breakfast. Came back, checked out, first ones to the fields AGAIN (I mean seriously, we were there before the UT guys... that is not good!).
First game: in quarters against Towson. They don't show up until 9, game time, and we get on the line, so they don't have time to warm up. Ya know, I wasn't trying to be a bitch, but they knew what times the games started, so I don't feel bad. Anyway, the throw zone on us, we score, and then we decide to throw zone... and we score! They couldn't handle our zone! Final score: 13-5 US! Hell yeah! I felt very good about my game, I made some good decisions to move to disc, had Meredith pop up to the middle handle position, and I took off, caught it, threw for a score! You know you are playing good when you hear "Watch out for the girl with red-hair!" every player wants to something of that nature from the opposing team!
Semi's: Flo. AGAIN. This time, they threw zone, and we didn't really have a chance. I don't remember the score, but everyone made mistakes, but again we didn't give up, and went down fighting. A great weekend over all. Look at some of the pic's on facebook here and hopefully I'll get the one good one of me playing from Tom soon.

Ass Pictures

As I said in the last post, I made a complete and total ass of myself in Tuscaloosa this past weekend, and I'm sure that everyone there that I know would be more than happy if I never visited again (except Stacey, because not only did she encourage it, she helped facilitate it and proceeded to be completely entertained by it... at least someone was!) So here are a couple pictures from then, and a few explainations.

Here is a picture of me, Stacey, Billy, Adam, Derek (hot guy in green sweat shirt) and some other guy, who I can't remember his name.

Me, Stacey, and Adam. Click Click...

BOOM!!!!! (ok, it was a drunk boom, but it was still a boom!)

And I think that this picture of Billy might just sum it all up...enough said!

Ultimate and Debauchery

So, this weekend should have been my second weekend in K-town, but instead I decided that my friends in Alabama needed to see me. I drove down to Birmingham on Friday night to stay with Stacey, and we had a good time, ate dinner, and watched movies. It is funny though, because I met her friend Allison Ashby, who is from Memphis and went to UT,someone that I met when I was a freshman in college, and she knows my friend Ashley's brother, and some of the girls that lived in my old house, and one of the geography alumni. small world. I fell asleep way too early on Friday night, but I think that Stacey forgave me. On Saturday we woke up, and went to a scrimmage, B'ham ladies vs Auburn girls. The score was 15-2, but it does not reflect the level of play by either team. B'ham should not have turned it over as often, and the Auburn girls, WOW! They looked so good, especially since most of them have only been playing for about two months, and they just learned zone last Thursday... I could go on and on. They played absolutely amazing! So, we go eat with Stacey's mom, then head back to the apartment for a shower and head to Tuscaloosa... and it was great, even though UT lost. We walked around for a while, and I killed my big toe on some of the sidewalks. I stumped it on some brick that was sticking up, and it is a good thing that my toes are basically dead on the fronts from playing ultimate, because I basically took the whole front off. But it didn't hurt too bad, and the alcohol later that night definitely helped.
So, we walked around, ate dinner, I saw will and Ashley walking down the street, and Jenn Joyner too, and we threw for a while in the quad. We finally headed to Gray's apartment to party with some Ultimate kids, after hitting up the liquor store for some girly Shmirnoff drinks. Got there, and got hugs from McCargo while he proceeded to yell "Caroloopy-I'm sorry we beat you! I'm SO SORRY!" which let everyone know that I was from TN. Then I was forced to take an Apple Pie Shooter... ok, forced might not be the right work. I didn't take much to get me to agree! Anyway... I proceeded to drink a little too much and make a complete ASS out of myself, there and with my drunk phone messages I left on many people's phones. It was bad. I kept telling people that we were going to make out (people that I knew of course, not strangers) and calling people, and taking shots... oh my lord it was bad. There will be pictures posted, I promise. I don't think I can even begin to tell what exactly happened here, you are going to have to ask me... it was a crazy night, and I did quite a few things that I don't remember and said a few things I don't remember, but it was well worth it. Ask Stacey and McCargo, I know they were more sober and in a better state to remember things than me!

Random thoughts for the day

So, two things I've been thinking about.
First, I got a call from Garmin on Monday. They make GPS units and stuff like that, and they hire cartographers. Yeah right? Well, while I believe the call was only to set up a phone interview, I can't help but be worried because 1. This is the first company that has called me (So I HAVE to call them back and interview because we are in countdown mode until I am CUT OFF), and 2. They are located in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. I am not a mid-west kind of girl. I am southern down to my bones, despite how much I used to deny it. I LOVE sweet tea, and southern summers (even though i say it is too hot). I like snow, but not all the time, because then it isn't fun to be a dork and act like a five year old and play in it. I like HILLS, and Southern Accents. I like the south. And if I get this job, no matter if I hear from anyone else, I'll have to take it because I need a job so incredibly desperatly. What to do?

Second, I just saw a picture of a friend of mine from high school on Facebook (please, no comments on that one... I know I know, I had to give in) and she looks fabulous. She is wearing a cute satin black dress, has drink in her hand and her cell phone and is just smiling away. And I realized that all a girl really needs in life is a fabulous dress, a good cocktail, and her cell phone (well, maybe not that last part, but mine is my life line). So, there is my two random cents of the day.

Realizing that it's over

So, club ultimate is over, and I don't really think that it hit me until today. I know, it's been two weeks since Regionals, and Shotgun isn't going to Nationals, blah blah blah. That's not what I mean. I know that that is over. I don't think that it really hit me that the whole experince is over until now. Janet and Meridith and I have been talking about it at women's practice. All three of us played with different teams, and we all had to play each other at LEAST twice, if not more, but all three of us agree that this club season was some of the most fun we have ever had. And the thing that I hate more than anything is that I don't really live close to anyone that I played with, so I don't get to see anyone! And I hate it! I was told about the ATL beach hat tourny today that is Nov. 12-13 by Kate. I really want to go, especially since I got an invite to share a condo with ATL people that I met this past season, a few on Shotgun, some Rival, and some I don't know yet, but one's that I've heard lots of talk about (in a good way :)). But I can't go, because my family is coming in town, and by family, I mean my mom and dad, and about twenty other people, along with half of my graduating class, and the graduating class before and after me from Cordova (it's the game against U of Memphis). So, I can't really bail on my parents, that wouldn't go over so well, but I am just sad that I'm not going to get to see any on my ATL friends for a while! Sorry for the complaining... just had a sad moment... because I miss all my friends!

I am a Blog Whore... more pictures!

So, this is my normal state at a tournament. I play hard, and act like a complete goofball on the sidelines. Very few pictures are there of me playing or acting anywhere close to serious!
This is one of the maybe three pictures I have in my possession of me playing. This is with Shotgun at Sectionals in ATL. We won this game against Sequence.
Apple Pie Shooters Line!

This is at Toss in Savannah. Each team was supposed to bring a gift for their opponents. We brought alcohol and shared it. This was after our last game against Rival, and it was a good way to end the day. I know that LPS enjoyed... she went through the line like 3 times! If you have never had one, I highly recommend one... they are very tasty!

AHH... Savannah. On my first trip to Savannah, I locked my keys in my trunk. Do not ask me how, or why, because I do not have the answers to those questions. I do know that having Tom and Susan already drop my antenna in my car, almost drop Tom's, having Heather lay in the top of my car with her arms inside my sunroof holding a stick, having skinner try to tell her where to maneuver it so that we can unlock the doors, and Jen just being Jen was enough. It is definitely one of the most memorable tournament experiences I've ever had!

Fun Pictures...

So yeah. I know that I am a HUGE dork, but that is something I've known for a long time, and have learned to deal with. This was at my neighborhood yard sale in Memphis about a month back. Our friends had this huge frame, and my favorite commercials are the hp commercials, so I did a little imitation of it. I love it!
Oh Halloween 2004. Sometimes, you just have to fairy wings and a blue wig and make something up. I was the Fairy of Darkness/Death. Depending on when you asked me and how much alcohol I had consumed up to that point, the answer seemed to change!
Heather's Wedding!

Heather (the bride... laying in our arms) was the UT ladies coach for a year, someone who taught me a lot about ultimate, and a good friend of mine. This is from her wedding in August 2004. All the Ultimate girls got on our knees and put our hands out and Heather layed out into them with her wedding dress on. By far the BEST wedding I have ever been to!

And another random Shotgun moment. Ray has a DDR machine in his house, so of course we had to play on Friday night instead of going to bed to rest up. Samantha was pretty good, but Ray is ridiculous! This is also the night Susie and I came up with the phrases "Women who handle don't have to dance" and "MORE DANCING LESS CLOTHING". No one will ever beat Shotgun on good times!

First weekend...

So, this past weekend was my first weekend in town in THREE months! It was absolutely fabulous, if not a little dull. Friday had dinner at Tomato Head with ultimate people, and then I just went home a watched movies on TV. I woke up FAR too early Saturday morning (8:30!!!!) had to run to the Walgreens on the strip because I was out of TP, which is very upsetting when you wake up to that! I watched some movies, finally forced myself out of bed to head to campus to meet Memphis folks for tailgating. For me, when Memphis people come in town, tailgating = free food and alcohol. Fantastic times! Met Liz, caught up with her, walked down to Mellow and met Melody, walked home, more movies! I didn't even know that we lost the game until I got to campus on Monday! I'm a horrible UT student! Sunday, woke up at 8:30 AGAIN, watched another movie, some mindless TV... and did nothing! So really my weekend was kind of a bust, but it was nice to be in town. And I have a whirlwind weekend schedule for the next month, so being bored shouldn't be a problem. I'm just too used to being out of town for tournaments with Shotgun, I don't know what to do with myself when I'm here! Well, thankfully, Itchfest and Ruby are coming up, and the family is coming for Homecoming on Nov. 12/13, which is also the same weekend for Dave Baldwin Memorial Tournament for the UT boys. So things are starting to pick up, and I get to see my UTC and Amy Smith and Jennie Yang at Itchfest, maybe Ruby, and Katie. Auburn girls and tag along boys (RAY) are coming for Ruby too, so I will get to see my Shotgun friends too! Can't wait!

Ultimate is taking over... wait a second....

Ultimate has offically and 100 % taken over my life. I can't really explain it, but I know that it is true. Yes, I have been playing for the last three years, and that is all I've been doing. But this club season was the real deal, and so was Shotgun. It was a real team, that I played with at four tournaments, and the same people were on the team at each tournament. I am used to playing with a different squad every time I travel! But the how I know that ultimate has offically taken over is yesterday I was in my Brazilian History class (it's 8:00am and not the most stimulating class), and I am usually pretty good about paying attention and taking notes, or at least listening. And then all of a sudden I woke up and realized I had been completely zoned out for probably close to ten minutes, and I had NO IDEA what we were talking about. I looked at Tom's notes, and nothing made any sense! And I know that I had been thinking about Ultimate and this winter: should I play Nooga league when I don't know where I am going to be? Do I hope that I'll be in ATL and sign up for Women's League? What about when I move to ATL? Who will I live with (it will be an ultimate person, or my aunt and uncle, to be sure)? What am I going to do next club season? What am I going to do about UT, and how do I deal with the issues tha I have with UT?
And when I woke up from my trance, I almost started laughing at myself! I couldn't help it, because that hadn't happened in a really long time! And even still, all I can think about is ultimate and all the questions that are above. WTF?!!!

PS: My Renissance professor used the phrase "Audience Whore"! (meaning that he has to fill an auditorium for a visiting lecturer in a few weeks, and does not feel bad about bribing his students into coming with extra credit so that there will be an audience!)

Suddenly

So, I go out to dinner with Matt, Sharpe, and Anna on Monday night after practice, and they get to Chili's, and start talking about celebrating. Apparently Sharpe got a call from a company in Berkly, CA on Monday about a job and is flying out of Nashville on SUNDAY! SEVEN DAYS after he got the call! And I am super happy for him, because I know this is what he has been waiting for, a job, a good job, not a crappy one at the gun warehouse. But it is so sudden, and I almost think that it's better, because then no one really has time to dwell on it and dread the fact that he has to leave. But still. Sharpe has been there from the beginning. He was one of the very first people I met when I got to school and started playing Ultimate, and he's just been around for the last three years. We've had classes together and all of that in the last year, and we are Settler's buddies (with Anna too!). It's just weird that people are actually starting to leave, people that I am close with. But the thing is, somewhere along the way, I stopped looking at people leaving as a bad thing, and started looking at it as a good thing... places to stay when I want to make a trip! And I know that Sharpe and I aren't the best of friends, but we are close, so it's sad. But I am happy for him too!
Tina and B.V. from Nooga are also heading out! They are moving to Jackson Hole, WY (I think... almost 100%) in less than a month also so they can just live and work for the next nine months or so while B.V. wait to hear from medical schools to see which one's he got into. BV is going to be a great Dr! AND Anna is leaving in two weeks to start her job in D.C.! AHHH!
I think that this is why I can't really stay in Knoxville after I graduate. The people that I've gotten really close to are leaving, and once they are gone, I won't feel like I belong here... hell I don't feel like I belong here anyway! It's so strange to be somewhere and then you realize that you can't wait to leave, but a small part of you is dreading it also. I think that meeting so many people this club season made me want to take that next leap into life, and hopefully I'll land in ATL. Stace wants to move there too, so that is fun, and that is where my life has been for basically the last three months... the time I was MIA because I was playing way too much ultimate!!! I guess taking leave from friends can be hard, but it also means that we are all growing up and moving on. I guess you really can't stay in college forever.

What's Fish without an "i"?

Answer: "Fsh"!

Ok, I never claimed that it was a good joke, but i really like it, and Stace thought it was hillarious on our 8/9 hour drive home from Orlando Sunday.

So, update: This past weekend was Regionals in Orlando. My weekend actually started on Thursday at 9:25 when my one and only class (at least the only one I went to!) got out. I headed down to Nooga to hang at Tom's house, and we did nothing all day! Around 6:00, Janet (knoxville girl, grad from UGA, plays for IP) showed up and we went to pickup in Nooga. Great field, lots of fun. Friday morning I woke up, and left for ATL, hoping that I would get there on time, since I left over a half hour later than I wanted to. Got to ATL, found Teddy's apartment, and finally hopped in the van to get Scott from the GA Tech campus. Did you know that the sliding door windows on mini-vans roll down now! I didn't! Stacy and I had to play with that a while. So, we finally get Scott, but then we can't figure out how to get back on the interstate. And I know that is wasn't helping that Sam, Stacy and I wouldn't stop talking... so we finally end up on the interstate, but we are going the wrong way! Teddy says "It doesn't matter which way we are going right now... all that matters is that we are on the interstate! We'll turn around in a second!" So, besides that, the ride down was fairly uneventful. We did see Amy Smith, Jenny Yang, and Parag (Rival kids) on the way. We finally get to the hotel, do the hot tub thing, and then head up for showers and all that jazz. Bama kids rolled in about an hour or so after us, and we eventually hit the hay.

Saturday: We get up, Emily and Jon are there (but they got in at 4:30 am!!!), and we head to the field. Get there, see everyone, I get all excited about seeing the team since I haven't seen anyone in three weeks. Lots of talking, not really focusing on anything, which may be why Spaz almost hit me in the face with a disc as our teams were warming up on the same field. I didn't even know who threw it, and didn't care at the time... just wait! Anyway, we warm up, play Alpha Omega first, 13-3 win, then Sequence again, 13-2 win. Then the biggie... Holes and Poles (HnP). This is the game that will send us into the semi's for the first bid to nationals. We are up the WHOLE time, and somehow, they win! Final score 13-11 bad guys. So, we go into the Backdoor bracket. i know-i hate backdoor brackets, but when there are only two spots to nationals... you take every chance you can get. Anyway, fourth game on saturday was against DeathKnell, something like 13-6 ? Win. Go back to the hotel, shower, watch some football, Auburn kids hang out there. Head to dinner at Olive Garden (love it!), and Rival is there. Talk to Emmie, Amy, Jennie, finally get seated, and our waitress brings over a bottle of wine, and tells us it's a gift from Rival! Sweet! It wasn't too bad either! Ozone ladies and Chain tag-alongs show up also, and they are way louder than us, but lots of fun, talked with Jen Smith about thier day and everything. After dinner, hotel and pass out.

Sunday: Wake up, first game of the day is Rival. AGAIN. This is the fourth time in the last month that we've played Rival. Don't get me wrong, it's always a good game, but still. It's getting old playing the same teams at every tournament this fall. Anyway, they wanted to win bad, and they made us earn the win. The game was either tied, or only about two points in either direction. score: 15-13 win. Then we had to play JOTS. AGAIN. I wanted to win this game sooo badly. I wear my heart and emotions on my sleeve when I play as it is, but in against this team it is worse. I feel like I have to prove myself every single time. This time was better than the last because I did play better, breaking the shit out of their cup the couple of points I was on. And then I got scored on. Always a heart breaker. Needless to say, i took it super personal, and broke down, but was fine. I do love BV, because he always makes sure tha I am alright whenever this happens. Anyway, we wanted it, and kept it close, but they won, 15-12. And they won their next game, but did not win the game to nationals. For a complete update of the weekend, at least mixed results, go to South Regionals Mixed Results

Highlights of the weekend: trying to come up with a "whore" name for everyone on our team. Examples: Stacy is the Cuddle Whore, Susie the Attention Whore, me the BFF Whore/Drool Whore, Adam the Picky Whore, Ray the Friend Whore... you get my drift. Great fun, and good Iso's for the future. Free Wine from Rival. Dinner with the team. Hanging out with everyone. Playing well. Not a Giver. Stacy doesn't back down... ok, i've got to stop!

SOO, club season is over, and I'm kinda happy about not having to travel as much, but I'm sad because it's over. I don't regret anything from this season, not the time i've spent in my car, nor the massive amounts of money I have spent. I LOVED my team more than anything, especially since it is really the first real team i've been on. It was a team where everyone actually like each other, and liked hanging out together. We played with our hearts, and we played well. We won a tournament, and beat JOTS for it. I've made invaluable friends, that I love dearly, and I can't wait to move to ATL so that I can just be there. I can't wait for next season, even though I don't know if Shotgun will be around again, and if it is, if it will be the same squad, or anything resembling this year's team. I've enjoyed myself more than I ever have. So even though we didn't make it to nationals, that part doesn't matter. I got alot more out of it. So, here's to a Shotgun Wedding, Shawn Champions, Disney Movies, our pop-gun, running hard, playing well, and ultimate.

Flowers

So, yesterday was a little rough, but I made it through the day without too many people thinking I am a freak (at least I hope). Matty H. did see me crying at Cherokee, because I just couldn't sit at home by myself any longer. Again, I felt like a freak, and could tell that he was a little uncomfortable with seeing my cry. Anyway, so I finally make it to the grocery store, walk in, and I see flowers, and I feel better. So I buy some flowers for myself.
Pink and yellow Gerber Daisies. They are great and just looking at them makes me feel better. And I realized what flowers can do for my outlook on the world, they can just totally be a pick me up. So, today is better, last night was better, and I have flowers sitting right by my bed so that it is the last thing that I see when I fall asleep and the first thing that I see when I wake up. It makes me smile, and everyone should always have fresh flowers sitting somewhere in their house/room/apartment. It really does help.

Bandwagon... Here I come

So, I got this off of Amy Salley's blog, which I got to from sam in a roundabout way... so here goes...

10 years ago:I was 11... good lord that was a long time ago. I was starting the sixth grade (?). Oh the glory years of being a huge geek with frizzy hair!!! (wait... is that the past or the present?)

5 years ago: ah... 16. Was driving, going to high school football games, and being 16. Was also an after school nanny.

1 year ago: I have no idea! I was in college and playing ultimate... the story of the last three years of my life!

Yesterday: Class and work. NO FUN.

Today: Work... NO CLASS!

Tomorrow: Leaving for Orlando! Click Click BOOM!

5 Snacks I enjoy: Corndogs, pringles, candy corn, oreos, and white cheddar cheeseits

5 bands/artists that I know the lyrics of MOST of their songs: Nickle Creek, OAR, Pat Benetar, Sugar Land, Ingram Hill

5 things I would do with $100,000,000: Go the Europe, give to the Red Cross, buy fields just for ultimate in Knoxville, take my friends on a tropical vacation, buy my family a house anywhere they would want

5 locations I'd like to run away to: Colorado!!!! Savannah, Charleston, Paris, Anywhere in Italy

5 things I like doing: playing Ultimate, chillin with my friends, camping, kayaking, sleeping

5 things I would never wear: mini skirts, ugg boots, mini skirts w/ ugg boots (BOO), TIGHT pants, anything uncomfortable

5 TV shows I like: Gilmore Girls, Law & Order: SVU, Crossing Jordan, CSI, and ER.

5 movies I like: French Kiss, Romey and Michelle's High School Reunion, Miracle, My Best Friend's Wedding, Mona Lisa Smile

5 famous people I'd like to meet: Orlando Bloom, Kira Knightly, Sean Connery, Eddie Cahill, Julia Roberts

5 biggest joys at the moment: Flowers, Family, Ultimate, Friends, Hugs!

5 favorite toys: ? A disc!!!

5 people who will do their own: No Idea... maybe sam, but that's the only person that I can think of that even reads this!

Tears

So, last Thursday my grandfather died. It was something that was unexpected, while at the same time my family and I knew it was coming. My mom called me on Thursday night and told me, and I just started crying, almost to the point of uncontrollable. My grandfather was past 85 years old, and had been in a nursing home since I was 17, and declining since before that. Yet, I still couldn't help but be surprised by this. Even now, as I sit here, I am on the verge of tears just thinking about it.
So my brother and I drove to Dyersburg, TN last Friday after he got out of class, and most of the rest of my family was there, or on their way. My Aunt and Uncle from ATL had to fly my cousin in from Germany (where he is stationed) so that he could make it to the funeral. And I thought that I would be fine with everything, the visitation and the funeral and all that, but I wasn't. The visitation was Saturday, and we got there, and between my grandmother crying, my dad crying and my brother crying, I couldn't control myself any longer either. I am sad that my grandfather died, but I couldn't handle seeing my grandmother in so much pain, nor could I handle my dad and brother crying. Both of them are usually so solid and strong. My brother crying, or any of my guy friends, seeing any of them in pain hurts me. I couldn't view my grandfather's body... I just couldn't. The thing that probably helped me get through the weekend though was how everyone was so understanding and just there for me. Lacey, my best friend since I was 5 let me just come and hang out with her last Thursday night so that I didn't have to be alone. My Shotgun girls sent me condolences and well wishes, and I am so sad that I haven't seen any of them in three weeks! Having Tom call me on Saturday meant a lot, because I know that he's been through this before. Lacey's parent's and our "family" (Jerry and Karen, David and Leighanne, Jean and Art). The family brought my cousin Owen from the Memphis airport. I just don't think I could have made it through this whole experience without any of them. They were there to help us clean, to support my parents at the visitation. I don't think Mrs. Wendy left my mom's side the whole time. These people mean more to me than anyone, especially now.
It's been close to two days since we buried my grandfather, and I can't seem to stop being sad. I have teared up in class all day, and I know that my professors and my classmates are thinking "that girl is a freak!", but I can't help it. I just get hit all of a sudden with a giant wave of sadness. And it's not all the time, and I'm trying to be my usual happy self, but it's hard.
So, to end a very depressing post, things are looking up. I know that my grandmother is partially relieved because my grandfather isn't in pain anymore, and my dad feels the same way. It's going to be hard for a while, so if anyone sees me tearing up at random times, just let me deal with it (and that might mean an outburst, or silently), but I'll be ok, because of all the wonderful people that I know are there if I need them. And I've realized that life is short, no matter what age you live to. So LIVE it to all the potential, and put yourself out there. It's the only way to enjoy it!

Click Click BOOM!

Ok, so i finally got a copy of the team. This is Shotgun... the team that I just absolutly LOVE!

(Bottom, L-R: Emily, Annie, Stace, Samantha, Me, Susie.

Middle: Scott, Natalie, Teddy, Jeremy, Justin.

Top: Adam, Avi, Ed, RayRay, Billy, Robert, John.)

Pay no attention to the man behind the disc... just some picture whore (someone who jumps in the background of other people's pictures!)

Where we come from and where we've been set the stage for who we are and where we're going...

Ok, funny (and ridiculously long) title right? Well, for once, there is a meaning behind it. So, this weekend I went home, and it was great. Saw the family, went to the Cooper Young festival in Memphis... Super fun times. While I was home though, we had the Countrywood Garage Sale, and my parents were getting rid of everything that they didn't want to move, but not before I got to go through everything that I wanted for when I graduate in December (which we don't talk about!). It was weird seeing so many things that have been in our house forever go to someone else. There were so many things that had no meaning what-so-ever, and then a few things that have been around since before I can remember. The other hard part about this weekend was that I also had to start cleaning out my room. Now understand, that this room has been my cave, my sanctuary since I was 11, when my brother and I switched rooms. Yes, it is small, with very little closet space, and the room I had before was HUGE with a walk-in closet. But this room was all mine. It is purple, with a purple plaid bead spread, a white iron bed bed, and kayaking and mountain pictures COVERING all the doors and most of the walls. There are shelves on two of the walls and they are also covered with picture frames of me and my friends from high school and before (but I don't talk about those times, and there are NO pictures being circulated! Bad Bad Bad!!!). This room is me from top to bottom. As I was starting to clean, and tear down everything off of my walls to throw away, and dusting and doing all of the things I hate, I found all of my old journals. I mean ancient. So I started to look through them, and I discovered a few things.

I am not that person anymore, and I don't know where she went. The journals dated back to pre-high school, up until the present. The person in those notebooks was someone who didn't really have a clue about the world, but was open to anything. Was self conscious, shy, and didn't really know how to stand up for herself. She weird, in a way that is endearing to me now, but I don't know how things went over then. I don't know how many people truly understood who that girl was, or where she was coming from, or even why she was there.

Now I realize, that the person I was then is not who I am now, but she set me up to be this way. She allowed me to be open to everything I have experienced in the last three years, to be open to new possibilities, and to be myself no matter the situation. I came to college an unhappy person, and I didn't want to stay here at all. But I did, because I don't give up, and I don't give into peer-pressure. I am just me, and if people don't like that, I have stopped caring. I'm ok putting myself out there, in most respects, but I am still kinda wary about letting people get too close, or letting myself fall too hard. I've had to pick myself up from falling for someone too many times, so I never get too deep into anything. That is probably the only thing that I would change: That I would trust myself, and others, more. Not everyone is out to hurt me. It's the hardest thing to learn. But that girl has also allowed me to be here in Knoxville, but also be ready to get away, to move somewhere new and start over again. That person that I was molded me into who I am, unknowingly, an I am forever grateful for her.

(ok, so this was a little lame, but I just had some " ah ha!" moments over the weekend... and Sam told me to post!!!)

Bitterness to end a decent weekend

So, this past weekend was East Coast sectionals at the Polo fields in ATL. Super fun, kinda. So friday, taylor and meredith rode down with me, and we stayed at Scotts. We get up early to drive to the fields, get there, and start playing, but not before McCargo calls me a traitor for allowing JOTS girls to ride with me. My response? "Riding by myself to EVERYTHING sucks!!!" So, we play Sequence, beat them (I have no idea what the score is), then Emory coed, beat them 15-1, and then Rival, whom we beat, 14-9. Not a shabby day. Winning our pool puts Shotgun in the semi's on Sunday automatically playing for the 1 seed to regionals. Get to the fields on Sunday morning, and have to play IP, who we beat at Shawn Adams last weekend. Things aren't going the same though, especially since we are down 8-3 at half. We finally get our shit together, and make a 12-3 run, winning the game 15-11. Then we have to play JOTS in the finals for the 1 seed. Well, again unlike last weekend, we come out SLOW. Down 8-3 at half again, but we get it together at tie the game up at 13, game to 14. Unfortunatly, we pull, run down to play defense, and Denmark throws to Folks for the score. That's it: not hard fought battle in the last point. A flick to Folks in the endzone and it's over. So, we lose the 1 seed by a point. So we should get the 2 seed right? WRONG! We have to play IP again for the SECOND time that day in a backdoor game. And after coming back twice, and then losing the 1 seed on Universe point, we just had nothing left. IP wins 15-5. IT SUCKED! I've personally decied that backdoor games are stupid and pointless, and that we should automatically get the 2 seed, because we lost the 1 seed game. But ya know, that's just me.

On the bright side, we did get to hang out at McCargo's on Saturday night. We swam, watched ALOT of football (mostly the Bama game), and ate lots of food. That was fun. So, we are headed to Orlando on October 1-2 for regionals, where hopefully we will do well. Practice in Birmingham in two weeks, so get to see everyone then! Other than that, not much going on in my life, nor will there be anytime soon. Ultimate is my life, and it's not letting go in the near future!

Just A Few Pics

Joint Summit 2004 @ Clemson. There are very few pictures of me actually doing anything while playing ultimate. There are FAR more of me like this! Big Orange Screw at Itchfest 2003 @ Vanderbuilt. I LOVE this team!
Agent Orange and Big Orange Screw, Itchfest 2002. I love this picture, for a few reasons. It was my very first tournament, and it is the ONLY picture that I've ever had of the men and women together. And it's a bit old school... few people in this pic are actually still around!
This is the most current picture of me. It is also one of the best. It was taken this past summer up at my grandparents house.

S.A.M.S.G.U.T.

Ok, so that stands for Shawn Adams Memorial Spirit of the Game Ultimate Tournament, and it was this past weekend in Chattanooga. It was an absolute blast! The weather was amazing on Saturday, with a light cool breeze all day. I played with my mixed team, Shotgun (Click Click BOOM!), and we did amazing.
On Saturday we started out our first game agains USN Brutal Grassburn, the highschool team from Nashville. We won 13-2, but very VERY sloppy on our part. I was just happy to finally beat them, since whatever team I have been on has lost to them the last three times I've played them. Next we played Axis, from Austin, TX. Apparently this team beat Show 'n Tail last year at Regionals, but again, a Shotgun victory of 13-2. We had a bye, and I went and watched my knoxville ladies. Our third game was against IP, from the lowland south, and it was our game of the day. We played well, but so did they. final score: us 13-them 10. Our final game was against Mike O., which had a ton of Nooga people on it, actually all Nooga people. We won 13-5, but we played down and were tired. A win's a win though.
Ray's mom cooked us dinner on Saturday night though, and it was amazing!!!!!!! She cooked for almost 30 people! After dinner Susie, Sam, Billy, Amy, Jennie (Rival girls) and I went to the party. We were the first one's there, but we dealt with it, and ended up starting the dance party. It was AMAZING. No alcohol involved on my part, just a good time and lots and lots of dancing. Dancing on speakers was definatly involved! I had far far too much fun!
On Sunday, Ray's mom cooked for us again for breakfast, and we almost were late for our first game. We played Sequence in Quarters, winning 15-5. Next we played Rival. Such a different game from Savannah, and we had to play harder than in Savannah. They abused the fact that we only had 5 healthy girls, playing us 4 women, three men every chance they got. I even got a D off of the first throw after the pull (good for me, but being the slowest person on our team, i should NEVER be the first one all the way down field after the pull!!!), and in the end we won 15-10.
Finals: Shotgun vs. JOTS. This is my personal game, the one I wanted all weekend. I wanted to prove that we were better, and that I am better. We went up 4-2, then they went up 5-4. We took half 9-6, and didn't look back. Final score was 17-11!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It felt so good to win this game, and I was SO fired up the whole time, running my ass off against Meredith, who was killing me, cheering for my team the whole time. It was AMAZING.
So Shotgun wins the mixed division. For most of us it was our first time winning a tournament. It felt amazing. It still feels amazing three days later. Sunday night, a couple of us stayed at Ray's again, and just hung out with each other. It was a good weekend, and a good warmup for Sectionals in ATL this weekend! Hopefully some pictures to follow soon!

Catchup...

So, this is new for me, and I may ramble a bit, so bear with me. I will probably use this as a way to keep my family and friends back home updated on what is going on in my life, since I am not super great at keeping in touch with anyone besides my mom and dad. I am currently residing in Knoxville, but will be graduating in December with a Bachelors degree in Geography and an minor in history (making me SUPER unemployable), getting a job somewhere doing something that someone will pay me for! Kidding... I am hoping to get a job being a cartographer (making maps) for a company in ATL, Chattanooga, or in Nashville. If none of those places work out, I have no preferences, I just want a job.
Currently my parents are getting our house ready to sell so that they can move into my grandparents house in Dyersburg, TN. Kinda sad and scary at the same time because I've lived in that house since I was 5, and I don't know what it will be like to not live there. It won't affect me too much, since I'm graduating in a few months, but it will still be weird not to go home to my tiny room that is my "cave". So, the plan is to have the house ready to sell by October 1, and hopefully have it sold my Christmas. As long as I get to go home (and by home I still mean Memphis) for Christmas Eve service at Advent, and church on Christmas Day (it's a Sunday this year!), I'll be happy.
I also play Ultimate Frisbee (from here on out just referred to as "ultimate"), which will more than likely be written about more than anything else. Sorry, when you're addicted to something, you can't help it. I've been playing for about three years, and this past weekend at S.A.M.S.G.U.T. in Chattanooga (aka: Nooga) I won my first tournament with my mixed team, Shotgun (more on all of that some other time... maybe tomorrow). It was great! I also play with the UT women, the Big Orange Screw, and I love all of them so much, and I am going to miss them more than anything in the spring when I am not here. Thankfully I know that all of the hard work I put in as president for two years will be worth it, because the program is still alive and starting to kick!
So,life is going, just zooming by far too quickly, and sometimes, you just have to hold on tight and see where it takes you.