When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say, "I used everything you gave me."

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Peace




In the midst of all of my grad school madness, this is a concept I am trying to grasp daily.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Major League Ballparks

Another addition to my bucket list..... Well, I guess this one is an addition to our bucket list (mine and Brady's).

We want to go to every Major League Baseball Stadium together.


Last summer, we went to Busch Stadium in St. Louis together. For me, it was heaven on earth. For him... not so much.




This summer we went to Wrigley Field in Chicago to watch his Cubbies. Notice in the picture how fake my smile is.....:)




Also, when Brady came to visit me in KC, we went to Kauffman Stadium, Home of the Royals. I love it :)



I can't wait for the rest of our adventures and to experience the wonderful world of baseball together!

Monday, August 2, 2010

The Next Chapter

And so it began…

A new chapter in my life and time has gotten away from me. I’ll begin with the birth of my niece, Macy. She was born on May 17, 2010 and I was there to witness her first breaths. How awesome! It was a very emotional experience to be there with my sister as she had her first child. My best friend is now a mom! It was hard to focus on finals that week because all I could think about was graduating and being home to spoil her to pieces.

May 23rd, I graduated. A very bittersweet experience. Quincy University has become such an important part of who I am and I miss it so much every single day. I miss Quincy as a whole. I miss driving down North 18th street to get to our awful awful science building. I miss sitting on my porch swing and watching as people walked by. I miss walking into the UC for breakfast and Lynn knowing exactly what I wanted. (And knowing that I wanted her to leave the bacon off on Fridays during Lent). I miss Kirch and his white reeboks, although I don’t miss physics with one ounce of my being. I miss hatching chicks in Dr. Hale’s lab, and Luaders blowing stuff up in Chem. I miss waffle cone Wednesday’s at TCBY and half price pizza at the tower. I miss staying at Jack and Greg’s during stormy nights when Kari and I were scared to stay in our own house. I miss skipping class to watch QU baseball games and hanging out with the girls of 2024. I miss running with Ski while we trained for our half marathon…. As well as many other things that I can’t even begin to explain!

For graduation, Brady gave me a dog who I (not surprisingly) named Haiti. She is the love of my life and has kept me company many days since I’ve been living alone in KC. She really is a princess!

After graduation, I moved home for a month. I got to see Macy almost every day which was one of the biggest blessings I could have ever asked for. I got to spend much needed quality time with my parents and sister.

On July 1st I moved to Kansas City. This was a huge step for me. New city, new house, new school… but I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world! I have met some really amazing people already and I know that they will be a very important part of my life for the next two years (and hopefully long after!). My first term of my MOT program is over in a week and I already feel like I’ve learned so much. It makes me excited about what I am going to be doing with the rest of my life and the people that I’m going to help.

Here’s to the next chapter in my life… I promise I will blog sooner next time! Much love to all of my followers. I hope you haven’t given up on me!