Long Time, No See!

But literally, I feel like a horrible person when it comes to my blog...There's a layer of dust because that's how long its been since I've had the time to even think about writing a post. And even now as I sit here in the dark in my new apartment, I really have no time to spend on here, but college life is about procrastinating..especially when it is sleep. 

In all honesty, I could write about 10 more blog posts about what has happened in my life the last 3 weeks, and I may get to all those events at some point in time. Knowing that life is only going to speed up for the next nine months however, I'll stick with sharing just a synopsis of my late adventures.

After my mom, sister and I arrived in So Cal, we did our absolute best at just relaxing for a few days on a family vacation that took us to Knotts Berry Farm, Newport Beach, and the side of the hotel pool.

Having only been in California for 4 days, I started training for my leadership position at APU this year in the ALPHA program that helps freshman transfer into college successfully.(a short glimpse at my job)

Once my family helped me settle into my new apartment on campus, it was time to say those awful goodbyes again...although I know what to expect this year after living on my own all of last year, those last goodbye hugs are never easy. My hope is that they never will be.

The next day I embarked on an adventure called BRIDGES which definitely deserves its own post but to sum it up: I spent a week living in the Tenderloin of San Francisco serving God's people, the homeless, who are individuals just like you and me. In one week I learned more about myself than I had the last 19 years of my life and challenged myself to live intentionally in everything that I do. 

I have now been back at school for a week and  have finally hung up most of my clothes in the tiny closest my roommate and I share and have continued training in preparation for the great arrival of APU's (huge) freshman class! Whoooop Whooooop!

I am tired, overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and getting sick but I have a joy that's radiating inside of me that is allowing me to persevere through this crazy time of life. I can not wait to see what even the next week of my life will look like...how much I will learn from my freshmen and all that we will go through together.

So...ya got all that? Yea, I'm lost too but thats okay. Someday it will be fun to look back on this craziness and smile...at my darling adventure. 

The Trunk is Full.

Dear Summer,

"Here is to the nights we felt alive, 
here is to the tears you knew youd cry,
 here is to good bye, 
tomorrow is going to come too soon."

Love, me

Well, the trunk is full. Actually packed. If there was a max capacity for a little honda civic I would be breaking the law. But a girl needs her clothes, as well as her shoes, some wall decor, BBW hand soap, her tennis racket, some more shoes and her Ikea blanket of course!
Tomorrow morning at around 530 am, that little honda will be pulling out of my driveway and venturing out onto the grand I5 for a couple thousand miles...with three girls in the car and a lot of luggage...but no big deal.
Sacramento is our goal. That'll take us a little over 11 hours if we don't have around 5 pee stops, 3 Starbucks trips and the occasional "I am sick of driving, lets pull over..." So if we make it in 12 hours, I will be proud.

Wish us luck. I will miss you dearly Washington. Your yummy tap water, your fresh air, your familiarity, your lack of traffic, and the people whom you keep captive from me while I am in California. boo.

But its okay to be sad. My friend Maddie sent me a text that made it all make sense

"...its okay to be sad because it means you are blessed enough to have thing in your life worth missing"

Ain't that the truth.

Good night Washington.

I love you.

xo

Here's to Another 5 Goody.

Holy Cow! 

5 years...

I was fourteen (barely) and Teig was seventeen. It is our ridiculously cute myspace messages that document that August 8th was the first day that we both had the nerve to tell each other we liked one another for the first time, as if it wasn't obvious already. And so it began. The best adventure I will ever go on in my life...with my redhead by my side. 

God definitely had fun creating our love story. It is rather unique and a little crazy but I wouldn't have had Him design it any other way, especially the last five years. We have taught each other so much. We have been able to go through high school and college together. We've been able to travel to several different places around the world together. We've become each others best friends. We've cried in each others arms and we laughed until we couldn't breathe. We have learned to love with no limit.

As great as it is to look back and think of where we have come in the last five years, I am honestly more excited for the NEXT five years of our lives together. We have so many more milestones coming up...

and I am so excited to start supporting Teig as he starts optometry school.

But before I go off daydreaming again, I just want to say that You, Teigen Paul,mean more than the world to me. I am THE luckiest girl to have a man that loves me the way you do. There are few people in this world who can say they've experienced a love like ours. 

I thank God every day for you Teigen Paul. Thank you for loving me no matter what,
I love you. 

& Here's to another 5 Goody. 

xo

And that is all my Iphone has to say about that week...

Summer Nights with our girl.

                                           

                                                           Coffee with my redhead

                                            

                                                           I came home to find this in my bed!

Dressing Room Boredom

Pierced

                                                                                             

Last Week With Lil Jimmie

and the fashion statement of the week: Bright Pink B&BW Apron...Wearin it like it's going out of style.

A touch of teal in Seattle with a cupcake or two...

                 This is the order of events that occur once you have dropped Megan O Hara's parents off at the airport..

  1. Magically cordinate the color teal into both of your outfits...
                            **ever since we were tennis partners in high school we've mastered the art of matching.**

2. Find a parking spot in Downtown Seattle that won't cost you your lifetimes savings and whip out the Nikon to take a few pictures...

3. okay...maybe a little bit more that "just a few pictures"...

 4. Capture that "Oh that could go on Pinterest" photo...  *above*

5. Pick out the most scrumptious cupcake at Cupcake Royal...and FEAST!

 6. Take some more pictures .....

7. and end the day with a little shopping and another feast at Coldstone...whoops!

 Thanks for a fun day Meg! You are beyond beautiful inside and out and I am lucky to have a friend like you! 

xo

A full moon & a goodbye.

He is off! 

We hugged, we kissed and (I) cried in his arms under the full moon tonight. I know I am a little dramatic but I feel like I said goodbye tonight to much more than my redhead. Summer puts us in such a comfortable routine. We have each other and everything that we grew up with surrounding us for three solid months and leaving that is just plain hard. Growing up is not fun and it never gets easier, in my opinion. 

August is a big month this year for both of us.T is starting Optometry school and is moving into a house with people he has never met before. I am starting my junior year at APU and have a leadership position to train for . We are both leaving family and jumping into the craziness of SoCal.

Even though I love being in California with him, this year brings a newness about it that is scary.  Looking back however, the scariest things I have faced have always ended up being the most rewarding in the end. 

I wouldn't want to do this with any one else but him.

Be safe on your drive down Teig, I miss you already.

Its not goodbye, its see ya later...