My Old Kentucky Home: March 2013

Clearly, the title of this post is not what it sounds like. Keep reading - you'll understand.

The semester is officially half way over. It seems like time has just flown by! Anytime someone tells me that in 6 short weeks I will have my Master’s degree I have this mixed sensation of excitement, terror, and dread. (Which I was so kindly reminded of again today.) I am so excited because I have worked so hard and I am ready to contribute to a field I love so much. I am in terror because I don’t have a job yet and I kinda want one of those to be able to contribute to the field. Lastly, I am full of dread because I can’t even imagine leaving the friendships I have made here. What I do is in Virginia. Who I love is in Harrisonburg. Where will I be without them? It’s just really sad to think about. HOWEVER, I completely believe in building and maintaining long distance friendships. You don’t have to see someone every day for them to be an important part of your life or even, your best friend. Just ask me and Tracy. In fact you don’t even have to talk every day. Sometimes your hearts just already knows.

Well, since I’m doing a little reminiscing about the semester I wanted to pick out some of the coolest things that have happened so far that I might not have mentioned in the blog. (Okay, so after I wrote all of this and added the pictures I decided to just leave it at two of the coolest things. I could recap every weekend if I wanted to but I don’t want to make anyone jealous with all of the library time and dancing at the Dodger I have been doing.)

A huge highlight of this semester was being asked to be in Maggie and Craig’s wedding. They got engaged over winter break on a cruise and along with some help from the cohort I threw them an engagement party soon after. We had super cute invitations (handmade by us!), amazing food, so many friends, and a fun game to learn about the bride and groom a little more. At the end of the game Maggie asked if she could say a few words and she starts talking about me! I immediately said, um, stop, this is your party! And she said, hold on! The rest was caught on video that I unsuccessfully tried to uploaded here. There is lots of me standing in shock but near the very end you can see my happy dance realization that we’re gonna have a wedding!! Pictures of the evening will have to suffice!

The Shoe Game

Very entertaining!

Some of the cohort with the bride-to-be

Me thinking she was giving me a signed picture frame? What?

So proud of her crafting! And proud to stand by her on her wedding day!

Family photo. Mom, Dad, and child. Typical.

Another big deal was being able to fly to Las Vegas with some of my cohort loves for a national conference during spring break. We had a day of adventure in Philadelphia before we left, hilarious rough and tumble times in airport security, adjoined hotel rooms (that we enjoyed like little kids!), delicious food, lots of frozen drinks, slot machines and black jack tables, exploration of the Vegas strip, and good quality time connecting with, networking, learning from, and soaking in all the student affairs connections and information being shared from across the nation. SO MUCH FUN! Here are some pictures of the trip.