i apologize for not writing sooner. i feel like i've been going non-stop for the past 2 weeks. so now it's time to catch up. the last week of school was great!!! i had a conference on monday to end student teaching forever. the meeting itself lasted an hr...how long did my advisor make me wait after the meeting to meet with him???.....2 long boring hours. but that was the only thing i had to do alllllll week. it was great. i got to play basketball, ultimate frisbee, and just feel like a real college student again. i also helped Mr. Gover (a man who's really tight with PKA) tues, wed, and thurs. we planted new tomato plants, mowed grass, fixed the shed, and went under the foundation of the house to check for termites (definitely not my favorite) i still think he's trying to stop my claustraphobia (idk how to spell it). the Govers are probably my favorite people i've met over the past 4 years in henderson. they've got so much love and care for PKA and they love to share their wisdom with us.
tuesday night i went with ty and we met stubbs and evan in nashville for supper. we went to an awful restaurant in mount juliet then went and played basketball at the park for a while. that may sound uneventful but with us 4 playing ball....it's always eventful lol. wednesday night i took kathryn on a really nice date to Texas De Brazil in Memphis...it was the most expensive meal i've ever eaten...but it was also worth every penny. all you can eat meatfest....it was heaven on earth for this fat kid!! then for dessert we split a 7 layer chocolate mouse cake that was amazing!!! i was so proud of kathryn...she ate 4 filets wrapped in bacon!! usually she doesn't eat much but not on this night, it was great!
the rest of the week was pretty boring. just getting stuff packed up and ready to go. graduation rehearsal on friday morning then mom, dad, grandparents (dad's parents) showed up in the afternoon. they packed sis up and out of her room then we all went out to eat. afterwards sis, luke, kat, & i went to luke's house in humboldt and set off fireworks, it was a lot of fun...except the next day my feet looked like i was diseased with all of the bug bites on them.
graduation was on saturday...it wasn't very eventful. Dr. J Wiley wore his gigantic shiny bling so that was pretty funny and the speaker was pretty good too. after the ceremony i got to the gym but my parents got stuck in loyd because apparently God thought it would be hilarious to set the worst storm we've had in about a month to go off right as about 2000 people were walking to the sports center....if anyone doesn't think God has a sense of humor...you didn't see all of the soaking wet people in their nice suits, dresses, etc. walking in the door of the sports center lol...my favorite are the women who cake the make up on their faces and when water hits it, it looks like their face is melting hahahahaha...just another reason why women shouldn't wear so much makeup. after graduation the begnaud and steffy families went out to eat, along with luke. then the begnaud's left for tupelo and the steffy's helped me pack up my stuff.
after that my family left and i went to run some errands to tony allen and the mcdowells. on the way back from the mcdowells, apparently the TN state police thought that a ticket was the perfect graduation gift for me. so i got my 1st ticket for going 62 in a 55. (really 73-55) but he was a nice guy and gave me a break. so kathryn and i both got tickets this past week in my jeep, at least mine wasn't as bad as hers though lol. so i drove to tupelo very very carefully. i spent the next few days in tupelo with kathryn and her family. we helped out the finns on sunday afternoon and went to the atlanta bread company with a few people sunday night. monday kathryn and i went to buffalo park in tupelo. it was awesome, we got to feed goats and a giraffe. if you're ever in tupelo i strongly recommend it! monday night after dinner we went to the fountain which is really neat as well. on tuesday we went to oxford to eat at a really neat restaurant called the bottletree bakery. it's a really artsy place, so those of you who know me well know that i didn't exactly "fit in" lol. but it was fun and the food was pretty good. then we went back to tupelo and i packed up and left around 4....not a fun goodbye, it was sad. i really don't know when the next time i'll see kathryn again for at least the next 3 months. so i drove the wonderful natchez trace (sarcastic!!) the whole way to nashville. although i hate the trace i must say that it's much better in the day time. i spent the night with terry & margaret in nashville. i then made the 11 hour drive home on wednesday. i feel like anytime i'm driving to home or to school people to decide to wreck on the interstate and make me stand in traffic for an hour. i finally got home around 11:30 pm on wednesday night. it feels amazing to be home finally.
thursday i got up and went straight to work. i had a nice busy day, then i picked up alisha (my cousin) and we went to the Pens playoff game on thursday night!! it was hands down the best hockey game i've ever watched on tv or have seen live. it was high scoring, there was a hat trick, there were a ton of fights, ppl behind me got in a fight and ejected, players got ejected, and we won....i mean seriously what else can you ask for at a hockey game???!!!
but that has been my life for the last 2 weeks, i'm sure now it'll slow down for a while. i hope all of you are doing well. o nolan grossman's grandpa passed away so pray for him, also nolan's wife kayla is due in september and has a kidney stone that they can't do anything about until after the baby is born so please pray for her as well. God Bless and take care....until next time...adios!
