This week is full of forecasts of thunderstorms and gale force winds. The meteorologists are watching this storm to see if it turns into a tropical depression. It seems like it outside now anyways. It's windy and the rain is just steadily dumping on us--no thunder, no lightning. Watching the doppler, it seems to have a slight spinning and a large, very unorganized eye. Enough about the rain it has ruined the last few days and will ruin the next few too.
I finally graduated on May 9. We started the weekend out by heading up to Athens and watching the UGA Baseball team play Vanderbilt at Foley Field. Georgia ended up losing but we had fun anyways. My granny, mom, dad, Amy, Kenneth, Elisha, and Colby. This is my Granny and I at the baseball game. I love her so much!
Saturday morning, the morning of graduation, began with a breakfast of mimosas. I love celebrating with champagne in the morning. Graduation was long, of course, but we had a few interesting speeches. Representative Jack Kingston, a Georgia Alumni, gave a very humorous speech filled with snickers the new generation. Have you ever heard a politician say OMG, LOL, ROFL, BFF, etc. all in one sentence?
We were lucky that while graduation was going on on the football field the sky was overcast and saved us from a hot, humid day.
We ate lunch at Inoko's, our favorite Japanese Restaurant in Athens--for hibachi, cook-in-front-of-you Japanese. After lunch, we sent the kids home with their grandparents and went downtown to do a little shopping and picture taking on North Campus. We avoided The Arch for the day, however, because there was a mega-line waiting for their turn to have a photo taken. We had a great night downtown with all of my Athens friends and played cornhole at the bar. Jarrod and I won, of course. Overall, we all had a fabulous weekend and I am so proud of myself for sticking it out and finishing.
As for our moving, we have already packed up the furniture in our guest bedroom and have taken it to the coast and to Jarrod's dad's house in Statesboro. It has begun. This weekend we will be taking our motorcycles and some other things to my mom's house. We will also be picking up a bed that I once slept in as a child. It will be going with us to Louisiana for Addie to use as her "big girl" bed.
My last day of work at the restaurant will be this Friday and my last day teaching will be next Thursday. Thursday the 28th, will also be the day that the movers come to pack our things into boxes. They will be back on Friday to load it all up. That leaves Jarrod and I on an inflatable mattress for the weekend while we finish cleaning this place up. So it's all coming to an end down here.
Addie is so smart!! She is learning new words all the time. Our new favorites are juice, and shoes. She will go get her shoes for us and pick up her foot waiting for us to put them on her. She is a sport! This being inside is making all of us a little crazy! Addie is so used to being outside and playing in the dirt. She has begun to find things to get into to keep herself occupied though, which means that we're having to keep an extra close eye on her when she's being quiet in the house. It almost always means trouble!
Well, I love you all but I have to run...
