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Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts

Monday, May 21, 2012

Milestone Moments

Am I really an Auburn Alum? I'm still pinching myself.

Graduation

I was lucky to have all of my wonderful family members join me in celebrating this milestone.  It was a hectic weekend, to say the least, but I loved sharing it with all of them. I really felt all of their support and love during a pretty emotional few days for me.  Jim came as well and was such a good sport hanging out with my family all weekend (and entertaining Madeline).


Jim and I actually celebrated his birthday the day before graduation but he told me I wasn't allowed to make a big deal about it because it was "my weekend" 


{cindo de mayo birthday y'all! instead of a sombrero, he got a soccer ball??}

When my family arrived we all met downtown and ate at one of my favorite local places, Bizilia's... writing about it is making me crave it! Some day I will learn how they make their chicken salad...

After lunch, I headed back to my apartment to get ready while my family explored Auburn's campus.  Then, around 3:30 the whole gang headed to campus for the commencement ceremony. (My grandparent's watched the ceremony online, how sweet is that??)

Here are a few more pictures I didn't include in the first post --

{Andrew}

{sisters}

{sisters and grandpa}

{madeline - aka future Auburn grad}


{parents}

{allison - aka bff}

{2 of my favorite people ever}

{the whole family}

The next day was packing day (read: extremely stressful day). Thankfully, with the help of everybody, we were able to get most of it done in just a few hours. After all the packing was done, Jim headed to the airport to go back to D.C. and I drove to Atlanta, leaving Auburn behind.

The past few weeks have been filled with craziness. I will be doing more posts detailing all of it!
Coming Up:
Drive to Boston/Moving-In
Orlando trip
Getting settled in Boston

Friday, May 4, 2012

Where did the time go?!


I graduate on Sunday! Countdown is officially down to 2 days!!

May has been a whirlwind month already and we're only 4 days in! This month is going to be full of so many life changing experiences, I've barely had time to look back and reflect on everything and everyone that has gotten me to this point in my life... I guess that's for another blog post.  After graduation I am jumping head first into the next chapter of my life (I guess I wouldn't be me if I did it any other way).  For fun, here's a little preview of my life this May:
  1. Graduate
  2. Pack up & leave Auburn behind the next day
  3. Begin 21 hour road-trip to Boston 3 days later (with a pit stop in Williamsburg to visit my grandparents)
  4. Move into my new apartment 2 days after that
  5. Fly down to Orlando for a few days of relaxing (and Harry Potter Wizarding World!!!! nbd)
  6. Fly back to Boston
  7. Start my new job 2 days later

Between steps 1 and 7 there are 15 days... my head is already spinning but I am so excited to see what this month brings!

{P.S.} for any family or friends that want to watch graduation (Live online) here's the link: http://www.auburn.edu/communications_marketing/graduationlive/

Friday, April 27, 2012

Life's Tough, Get a Helmet


This quote is so fitting about so many aspects in my life right now.

Finals are hard.
Graduating is hard.
Long distance relationships are hard.
Moving (logistically) is hard.
Moving 1,200 miles away from family & friends is even harder.

Knowing I have help to get me through all of this crazy change in the next month makes it a tiny bit less terrifying.  I still feel like I have a mountain ahead of me!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Carlton Street

I am home from a SUCCESSFUL trip to Boston!

        Found an apartment
        Met with my new work team
        Spent days wandering around the city I will call home in 2 months!!!!

My new place is amazing. I ended up picking the very first place I saw, I just knew when I first walked in the place was perfect!!

I will be living in Brookline.  It won't be an easy commute (~45mins) but the place is totally worth it and it's only for 3-4 months during the summer. There are tons of shops, restaraunts, coffee shops, grocery stores, and a subway stop just steps from my door... can't beat that! Not to mention I'm only a mile and half from my aunts and walking distance to Fenway!

Other than finding my place I also got to hang out with my aunts and cousins. Colbie and Bennett have gotten sooooo cute!!!! Playing with the two of them was probably the highlight of my trip!


Thursday, March 1, 2012

Step 1



Well it is official... I am moving to Boston in May. Graduation is in 2 months (65 days, 18 hours, and 4 minutes to be exact). Being the obsessive planner future-minded person that I am, I've already started planning for life after Auburn.


First and foremost - I need a place to live!


That's why I will be spending a few days of my Spring Break flying up to Boston to find an apartment.


I will post pictures and details of my trip when I get back!