Sweet Home [battlefield park]

I am all moved in! And never want to see a packing box again!...at least for a very long time. I now understand why people stay put for so long. I'm exhausted!

We started around 10 this morning because the boys wanted to sleep in and I figured I should grant them that since they were helping me for free. Casey and Stuart are 2 boys I've kinda grown up with in church and they graciously offered to help. I might have threatened their life, but that's beside the point. They dubbed themselves 2 Men & A Truck charging $60/hr. I bought them Taco Bell as compensation. Same thing, right?
Madge, my sister, helped me too. She is AWESOME at moving! Gets in and out quick. Everything is hung up and put away in its spot :) I feel soo at home here! Love my roommate, love my new digs, love life!

We got new Young Essence at Baglady today...I took a piece...and I'm soo excited to wear it Friday! I would have linked the site's New Arrivals here but for some reason their site is down so I will have to post some pictures later along with my new home.

CUTE NEW PURSES! Big Buddah $69 www.bagladyboutique.com


Young Essence Dress that looks super cute with jean leggings www.bagladyboutique.com


We have GREEK stuff and it's super cute! www.bagladyboutique.com
Alpha Chi, Zeta, Pi Phi, ADPi, Theta, KD, SigKap, and TriDelt



And a few from my new digs...ok maybe just one :)...there are still boxes in my room, but you know my cuteness doesn't quit at the bathroom.

Bathroom...I'm a fan of the green and black, thank you Target :) The black mirrored box is courtesy of antique shopping in Kansas City last summer.



Peace out, girlscout.

"Hollar if You're Ready for Summer Nights"

Finito! I am done with my semester from hell. And with Drury. :( Kinda sad about leaving because I've made some great friends in my department and love my professors! But I will stay in touch with the important ones because they've asked me to nanny for them this summer. I met their kids Thursday night when I did a "test run" to see if they liked me. Of course they liked me, what kid doesn't!? Avery is the oldest and Rowan is the youngest. Both are adorable boys and smarter than you would think. Avery loves babysitters (yay for me) and while his mom was trying to tell me things about the house he kept interrupting her. "Miss Chelsea, come here!" or "Miss Chelsea, I wanna show you something!" It was adorable, I haven't been called "Miss Chelsea" since my CrossTraining days...

So that's one thing I will be up to this summer. Another job I will have this summer is Baglady. Duh. I will be in charge of the website and inventory more than anything. Mom is enrolling me in a webdesign class and I'm going to try and create this vision I have in my head for the site.

My best friend from high school is getting married to the love of her life June 27, 2009 and I will be a bridesmaid. She is 4 days younger than me born on my expected due date of November 4th. We always say that is why we are friends, haha. My new roommate (more on that below) and I are throwing her a personal shower in a few weeks at our new place. I am soo excited! I love planning parties, cooking for people, and girls nights! Check. Then we get to throw her a bacholorette party...which is going down in the books as the greatest night ever. Check.

Mom and I are going back to Atlanta for market!! Annnnd we are staying at the Ritz Carlton downtown!! I am sooo excited to go back :) Starbucks a block away and the market 2 blocks away. I don't know what it is about places that you can walk everywhere, nice people greeting you every 10 steps, and beautiful scenery, but I'm in love with it all. When we went to Breck this past winter it was the same way. I think it's a sneak peak of where I will live someday...with Rings&Rattles 2 blocks away.

I banked on selling my books back this year...it might have been because I had 20 to sell back, but who's keeping track? Anyway, most of it I applied to my car loan, but another hunk of it is going to be spent at bookstores :) My Summer Reading list...I am such a nerd, but one of my favorite things about summer is grabbing a book, curling up at my parents in the screened in porch, and getting lost in another world. The Shack, 20 Wishes, Above the Line, This Side of Heaven, and a few more that I know my friend, Pummill, will throw my way.

I move out and in Wednesday! I am SO excited to move in with Katelyn! I have a few of my favorite boys I get to boss around Wednesday when they help me move. :)

For now I will leave you with a few good tunes:
Breakeven
First in Line
Summer Nights

Almost Done!

"I am ready to sail this ship into the shore and throw away the ores forever."
*Bonus points to whoever can name that tune

In so many ways I agree with those lyrics, but I'll just share one. Finished my Global paper, 2 pages into my Ethics paper, and the Spanish final will, by the grace of God, be good if I get some studying in for that. Oh, 11:59 pm Thursday is coming way too fast, but I'm ready to sail that ship into the shore.



I just want to thank all my friends who have listen to me gripe and moan this week about my papers and such. You know who you are, you are all great friends and I am lucky to have you...even though you may not feel the same way after this week, haha.

FFF...Freaky Final Friday

Drury may have their own F3, but I like mine better...especially since it was a freaky morning! Wake-up calls from mothers are always a nice way to start your day. It stormed like CRAZY this morning. 80mph winds and hard rain. My friend's house in Rogersville now has a new piece of yard decor...an uprooted tree.

I love my grandparents, but sometimes they ask for more trouble than they want. My grandparents and their friends went out to my parents because they have no basement. When the storms cleared and they went back home, Mo Iba, my grandparents friend and famous basketball coach, found his car under fallen branches. My grandma and Mo decided to pick the branches off the car to find any damage, but they didn't pick up branches. No, he picked up an electrical cord! Thank the LORD they had lost electricity. But the worst thing was my grandma proceeded to touch Mo WITH the cord still in his hand! Ahh! Thankfully, they are all fine...and confined to their house per my mother's instructions. It's too busy of a weekend for them to spend time in the E.R.

Busy, busy weekend! My little brother, Tucker, graduates tomorrow! OMG I feel so weird about that! But he's had fun in these last few weeks and I am so excited for his new adventures in college! Here's a pic of us before his prom...beware, his tux is a little out there. His friends decided to get the Dumb and Dumber tuxes for prom!

1 final, 4-page paper, 15-page paper.....and FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cinco de Mayo

First of all, HAPPY CINCO de MAYO! Wahoo! We had the best day at the shop :) ...lots of people who have never been in are coming in and seeing the store for the first time. ANND it's during an event which is awesome because everything is super clean and fresh!

Second of all, weirdest day EVER. Wow. Ok, so to start the day off I was doing really well. Made my bed (which if you know me, then you know my room's a mess and bed is never made..not anymore!), went to the gym with Katelyn, and made it back in one piece. THAT is where it all went downhill.

I went to the wrong class, in the wrong building, on the wrong floor...and when I walked in the correct class everyone knew what had happened...very embarrassing. BUT we did nothing in class...no writing, no assignments, no talking about the book, nothing! So that was cool.

Mom shattered the margarita machine last night :( I told her I didn't think I could talk to her anymore that night. Then she sliced her pinky open so I felt bad and forgave her. She forgot to send out Cinco emails and forgot to have signs made. And was having a little bad luck spell to say the least. So after my class, I offered to bring her and Emily lunch at Baglady. Walked in Planet Sub to pick up their order. No wallet. Thankfully, the guy let me verbally tell him my CC# so that worked out. BUT it took them 20 freakin minutes to make 3 sandwiches. Now, my class got out at 10:50 and I took National to the half-way point to Republic where I picked up the sandwiches leaving at 11:30 and still needing to drive to the other side of town and then back again for a class at 12. Needless to say I was 10 minutes late to it.

Oh no, I'm still not done.

I get to Shewmaker and sit down to frantically study for this next test when I get a text from my friend saying it was an oral exam the whole class gets to take together...I should have seen that coming considering we ALWAYS have open note exams. So we're all sitting and chatting downstairs waiting for class and this little girl walks up. She chats with us for a bit and then we all get up to go to class. She follows us and promptly sits upfront and tells the prof SHE wanted to take this quiz we had been telling her about. He told her she didn't want to and she probably wanted to leave because someone was getting ready to get in trouble. Hold the phone. WHAT?
When she leaves, he proceeded to "let us have it." We were all sooo confused! We had no idea what he was talking about, and I still don't know what was wrong. My brain hurt so bad after leaving that class today.

Oh, and one of my finals was canceled today. Wahoo! So I have a quiz Thursday, paper due next Thursday and Final and then Friday my last paper!! So 1 and 1/2 weeks and HELLO SUMMER :)