sparklers

i love teeter tottering on the line between spring and summer! all the excitement of looking ahead to hot summer nights and making memories with friends... from movie nights, to barbeques, to good workouts, and long days by the pool/ lake... it never seems to last long enough. its like when i buy fireworks on 4th of july and i can hardly contain myself, because i am SO excited to open the sparklers! i just imagine how beautiful they are and how fun they are to play with, especially when you write your name with them in the air! i always love them and then as soon as i light them i get scared, because they seem to burn so intensely and so quick that im scared the flame is going to skip right up the stem and burn my fingers, but it never does. summer is just like that. it is such an exciting and intense season... and almost always short lived. before we know it we will be back in school and in our same old boring routines. we have to live it up during the summer, while schedules are a little more flexible and the opportunities a little more endless! otherwise, we will stand around not making memories and summer will fly by, like the fire scorching up the sparkler ribbon, and before we know it- POOF- it will be gone...

what announces summer in the south louder than the HEAT? trick question, the answer is nothing does! haha well folks, it's here! summertime arrived and we will soon be begging for winter's return after the sunburns, humid air, frizzy hair, and sweaty days sink in...

i've spent the last month wrapping up spring semester of junior year with finals, an official acceptance to nursing school, traveling with family, visiting with friends, and last but not least working! I've found little free time to blog during all the running around here and there, but now that i've done a tad of nestling down into summer that will hopefully change!

i started taking microbiology yesterday, as a summer class and the last pre-req before my nursing courses begin in august! i also picked up a waitressing job at a busy local restaurant, along with my job at the gym, which has kept me plenty busy, my feet nice and sore, my body still adjusting, but keeping my savings for nursing school on the rise! wahooo!

i am dedicating time to blogging at least once or twice a week this summer, if not as a life update at least it will be a good way to vent/ creative release!

Things i am looking forward to this summer (in no particular order):
1. my bestest friend is getting MARRIED to an amazing man come July 1st- yipppeeee!!!
2. my smarty pants sweet boyfriend, B, begins applying for vet school
3. i get to see family from Cali this summer that i haven't seen since my sweet 16th bday
4.cutting down my 5k time (more later...)
5. making an A in microbiology
6. having many many many great times with friends to fill me up before nursing school takes over

and im sure many others that i can't think of at this moment seeing as I have to get up BEFORE the crack of dawn and head to work at the gym.
anyhoo- many exciting things have been unfolding lately and i can hardly wait to tell you about them all!

Until next time,

G