The Princess Within

I can totally see me working these

 This morning I woke up at 4 a.m. to watch The Royal Wedding. It was beautiful, it was romantic, it made me and every other girl in the world want to have a fairytale wedding and marry a prince. But it also got me thinking. Not about tiaras or wedding dresses or even wedding bells, but about different decisions about my future. 

I suddenly had a yearning to move overseas when I graduate and get a teaching job there. I've always wanted to explore Europe and as I sat there watching the TV, I felt that I had to be there. Like now. Now it's just something that's sitting in the back of my mind right now. But I want to grow on it in the future. Of course it all depends on where things go with other things in my life, but I can just picture myself walking the hills of England and living in my own little castle :) 

A nice quaint cottage :)

Eggcellent Weekend

Ok, so I stole that from somebody else, but it was so cute I just had to! Had a wonderful time this weekend. It was the first weekend that I just forgot about all of my responsibilities (even though I probably shouldn't have) and relaxed. Went to Geoff's house early Friday and we had dinner and then went to a movie with his parentals. Saturday was chill and we went out to a soul food restaurant. Food was pretty good, not the best shrimp and grits I've ever had. The best part was that we walked in the door and we were the only white people in the place. In fact, we were the only not black people in the place. I really see myself as a balanced person, but I feel like I got a taste of what a lot of minorities might feel like. Watched another movie, The Kings Speech, which I had wanted to see for a long time and it was totally worth the wait!

Sunday was Easter and it was a really nice one. We went to church and the service was done really well. It felt good to get in my God time, since I haven't been giving him as many hours as I should be. I have a hard time motivating myself to go to church when I'm at school. I know that's not the way it should be, and I want to start seeing it as less of a hassle and more of a desire. I'm slowly working my way there, but I know that it will take time. We had a tasty Easter dinner with G's parents, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousin. We even Skyped Jenni so she could be included. This was the first holiday (except for New Years and Halloween do those really count?) that I haven't spent with my family and it was a little weird. I usually go to Aunt Deb's for Easter, but this year I wanted to see G more. I realized that by doing this holiday without my family, I'm really becoming an adult. When I get married and have kids and the whole shebang, I'm going to have to choose where to go for what holidays. I know that's far off, but it just got me thinking!

Geoff and I had a mini photo shoot and this is the only one I liked. The sun was directly in our eyes so we looked like we were in pain for most of them, but this one is the least painful.

In our Easter best, aren't we springy looking?

Lots of Choices!

Well, not really a lot, but it seems like they all came at one time! I had an interview last week at a kitchen store in town and then one today at LOFT. I got an offer right away from LOFT and when I checked my email, I also got an offer from the kitchen store. I'm not sure what I'm going to take but right now I'm leaning towards one over the other. We'll see!

I also had a social today to meet the teachers that I could be interning with. We were supposed to find out this evening, but no luck so far! Again, I have my favorites, but really it's not in my hands so I have to take what I get. I feel like this year is coming to a close so quickly, but luckily, I feel like all of my ducks are in a row thus far! It would just be lovely for things to stay that way :) 

April Showers...

Gosh I hope they bring May flowers because it sure is a mood killer! April has been off to a very hectic start. Some good, some bad, some average.

Geoff and I celebrated our year and half such a mile marker, I know! on April 3. We don't do the whole "anniversary" thing, since really it's only been one anni-, if that makes sense! Buuut since he's there and I'm here, we umm he decided to celebrate! On Monday, I got home from the doctor (more on that later) to a lovely box of roses. Because I wasn't feeling well the last thing I wanted to do is cut and trim them so I threw them in water and saved all that for later. When G came up the next weekend, he took me out to Zola's, the fanciest restaurant in these parts! It was sooo yummy and I'm so thankful that he cherishes our relationship and wants to celebrate!

Told you they were pretty :)

 The first week of April was also filled with a lot of pain. Head pain that is. On Monday I got an excruciating headache while sitting in class. I'm not prone to headaches and when it started messing with my vision, it really freaked me out. I called my mom first the resident nurse off course! and then made an appointment at Health Services. The doctor checked me out and couldn't find anything but gave me a prescription for a muscle relaxer and told me that if it came back, I should go to the hospital. Went home, lots of pain, saw flowers - see above, pills, bed. 

Tuesday came and went. 

Wednesday, another headache. Awesome! Called doctor, told me to go to hospital. Andrea drove my car to the hospital. Sat in waiting room for lots and lots of hours. Went to room, sat for more hours. Aunt Deb came to take care of me! I finally got a CT Scan and thankfully every came back normally. No ones really sure why I was having headaches but they're gone and I'm feeling better! I'm so lucky to have friends and family who take such good care of me!

Isn't she a gem?

The rest of April thus far has been pretty uneventful. Did Relay for Life this past weekend which was a cool experience! This weekend is Blue and White Weekend which will be a blast and Geoffrey is taking Friday off so he'll be up a day early! It's been raining all week so next week will hopefully be more bright and sunny! My Vitamin D levels are getting low!