Gaston! Gaston!

6:00am-wake up routine begins
7:40am- Coffee from Uncommon Grounds
7:50am- Rendezvous at our apartment to get the materials for the big presentation/ TFAS welcome event in Gaston hall
8:00am- Arrival and set up

9:00am- Wonderful lecture by esteemed faculty, guests, and staff. The students also did a political view test to see where they are located in Politopia.

11am- Breakout session, "orienting" the students about internships, classes, etc.

12am-Delicious Potbelly sammie and shake... :)

1-6:30 Work and Work!!! :)

Needless to say, it twas a busy day. So great though!

Tonight we came back and laundered our clothes... we were getting uber desperate. Also, Jesse and I made dinner. Presh. Following office hours, we totes made a field trip across to the Leavey Center to retrieve some ice cream.... I couldn't decide between 2 kinds, so i got both... Don't hate...
Berry Sorbet and Late Night Snack,... Ben and Jerry are so good to apartment 47.

:) God is really working here folks... Prayer is appreciated for sure! :)

today feels like thursday

Today was a great day. It began at 7am bright and early to start going to meetings. Started off with some coffee and a muffin :) ... Then had to deal with the technology department at G-town... They were being lame sauce!! But... Crisis averted. Then grabbed lunch and went to the office, soon to head back to campus to meet a professor then went back to the office and then back to campus again... What a day, huh? But for real, it was wonderful. I absolutely love my job! Then I went for a run.... :) below are some pics... Please note the president's car... Yep, he was totes in Georgetown. As I was running, I ran into the secret services who promptly told me to go to the other side of the street.

Today is the day

The kids ( college students) came today, all 400 of them! Oh wow, it was a loooooooooooong day. It started at 7, and it has been non stop since then. We put up signs this morning around Georgetown and then set up for check-in. We had a group meeting or hug, if you will, then got to work. Tons of kids came through towards the beginning to check in to get the single room in the apartment. Then we had ample down time until our breakout orientation sessions, at 4pm. Those went well... I did lots of talking and answering questions. We then had some time to recoup, so we got some coffee then had to deal with a roommate crisis and then set up for the ice cream social that we, the PAs, are in charge of. We had soooooo much ice cream sandwiches and goodies. Also, there are totes lots of leftovers.... ;)

I am so mentally exhausted, in need a vacation... But I am loving every minute !!!!!! God is so good!

Such a lovely day

Today was so nice....

Got up and went to eastern market early... but we first went to our favorite coffee shop, Pound, on the hill and got coffee and sat outside on their patio. It was in the 60s this morning and upper 70s the whole day... so needless to say i spent most of my day outside.... (which lead me to have one of the worst sunburns i have ever had.... i am purple... :(   ) buuuuuut besides that, it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!

At eastern market, Jesse and I got a crepe and then did our browsing.. I got a t-shirt featuring a mustache... A company called Fuzzy Ink, Itll grow on you makes shirts and buttons all about mustaches... SOOOOO awesome!!!! I got a shirt with a mustache on a bicycle. They also had mustache pillows! Thought of Olivia when i saw the booth. I also got some fun things for mom!

We met up with Jesse's beau, Michael, and then they went off and did their own thing and got to visit for a bit, which was a-ok with me! I just walked around E. Market some more, walked to the capital, went to Union Station (got some cute shoes), had lunch at Le Pan Quitedein, then walked to G-town. :) I had a ME-day... I really enjoyed it... I just got to relax in my own thoughts and basically talk to God all day... :) So great!!!

We came back and just relaxed and watched a movie and went over our bios for tomorrow because all of the students come TOMORROW! oh my stars!!!!! :) Tomorrow is going to be a suuuper long day, but its gonna be swell! :)

Friday Friday Friday

Yayayayayayay Friday!!!! Today was stressful but not as much as yesterday, hooray!!!!! I went to the dentist today to get my tooth fixed. I was nervous about it because it was a new dentist and I was worried it would cost a fortune... Well I went to Capital Hill Dental Group, up on capital hill by the cannon representative building. I went in and signed in and went back. They took a look and took some pics... They said it was something with the bite,so she ground my tooth down and polished it and it felt so much better,not 100%, but better. When I went to leave and to pay, they said not to worry about it. I said, are you serious? She said, "that is what we do. Don't worry. I would hope if one of my patients had a problem in TN that they would take of them too." y'all I just cried and thanked them so much. I was just so encouraged by her kindness. WhAt a blessing!!!!!

I came back to work and worked haaaaaaard until about 7 then headed to apartment.we made some dinner then decided to go out for dessert and coffee. We went to Baked andWired... Got cupcakes and coffee then headed down by the waterfront to enjoy our treats... Btw it is beautiful here and it's in the 70s :).

I'm so excited for tomorrow... Eastern market!!!!!!!!! Get ready for some pics of the weekend festivities, including student check in on Sunday...

Oh man...

Well today was another doozie of a day.... I got so stressed out today. I have soo much to do at work, y'all. I have been working like crazy and it seems like nothing is moving along but in reality I'm doing a whole lot.

Well today we had a staff meeting and got a schedule of things to do and such for the weekend... Oh de-lal-eeee!!!!

But Joe and I won the trivia game at the beginning so we got some candy:)

The rest of the day was super stressful. I stayed late at work until 7:30 to get stuff done and man oh man....

But got to go on a run when we got back. That definitely cleared my head. Then, on the way back, this camera guy and news guy came up to us and asked us if we had heard about the armed robberies that had happened overnight across the street from where we were. He asked us o give our reaction on camera... Oh my stars... First of all, Jesse and I were lookin rough because we had just come from running, so I'm sure we waill look HOT on camera. Second of all, dude looked like a valet man... Until we saw the mic.... As we walked away after our interview we both asked each other if that was fo real... Lol

Wednesday.......

Today was a rough day...

Had sooo much work to do, and little time to do it, and more work piled on and up and over and between and under. In addition, i have a terrible tooth-ache.... I never get those... :/

on the bright side... my day went by very fast because of all the work. :)

came home to then go grocery shopping... on the way there, its starts raining, then hailing.... so we sprint to Safeway... grocery shop, come back, eat, and chill..

I think i need some R & R because of today....

but... its almost friday! :)