Neal's Deli

I have several things to be thankful for today.

After waking up just before noon, I went to Neal's Deli with my favorite Carrboro resident, Emma. Neither of us had been before but it was delicious!

I found a place to live in Greenville! As much as I hate to leave Chapel Hill, I am excited to have a fresh start in a new town.

I'm also excited that today is the last day of No Pants April. I can't wait to wear skinny jeans, jorts and my new romper.

Going to Greenville.

A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed at East Carolina University but honestly never thought I would end up going there. By the end of the interview, they had not only accepted me to the Masters of Art in Teaching (MAT) program but also gave me a list of assignments and my class schedule for the next 12 months.

At first, I hated the idea of living there. But it slowly grew on me even though Raleigh was where I wanted to live for the past couple of years. Raleigh is safe. I have a church, friends and a job all in the area and knew it would be perfect if I stayed there. I thought I could take a year off of school. It would give me time to learn how to play the guitar and maybe even read some good novels for fun.

Unfortunately, agreeing to live in Raleigh just didn't feel like the right thing to do and this weekend I made the final decision to move to Greenville. It's going to be a huge change- I don't know anybody there and will basically be starting over again.

Maybe Greenville won't be the horrendous, Godless, loveless, peopleless, styleless, musicless deserted island that I thought it was last week. Maybe I'll even try to be social and make some friends.

The idea of meeting people by having those terribly uncomfortable conversations where people ask where you are from and what your major is sounded like a deathtrap to me just a week ago but now I may even be excited about it!

Sure I'm leaving a lot behind and not doing things I thought I would but sometimes that's what's best.

Will you please come visit me after I move?

And then it rained.

* I have a thing for these wedding invitations and their coordinating programs.

* I probably won't be doing this but I wouldn't mind stealing her look.

*My mom says rain on your wedding day is a sign of good luck.

* I started reading this memoir but I'm hoping the movie will be better.

I follow Jesus...

on Twitter and in real life.

Maybe it's sacrilegious but Jesus' tweets are pretty clever. I should note that this is not a "verified account."

Some of the highlights include:

*Hangin out at Lucifer's bachelor party. This guy is so dumb. 1:10 AM Apr 11th via Tweetie

*Microwaving peeps. 1:52 PM Apr 7th via Tweetie

*The worst part about Easter is that the next day is a Monday. Guess Dad didn't think about that. 10:00 PM Apr 5th via Tweetie

*Got a bad feeling about this week 6:10 PM Mar 30th via Tweetie

Ben Haven

You know those days that are just perfect and make you sad because you know the next day won't be quite as good? Well, today was one.

Emma, Charlotte, Pheobe and I went to Ben Haven (the name of the Refvems' beautiful new mountain house). We slept late, laid out and read all day.

Now, an explanation of the pictures:
1- Emma perched in the "Gaston chair," where she sat to read her chri-fi (Christian fiction) novel.
2- My favorite part of the house was that it didn't have a peephole but a peepdoor! I stood outside and made Emma snap my pic.
3- Just us girls hanging out on the porch at Ben Haven and looking fierce, as usual.

It's simple.

My Happy List:

1. Holding hands
2. "You had to be there" moments
3. The smell of my grandpa's cologne (Brut, fyi)
4. When clouds look like cotton candy
5. Homemade cards
6. The Olympics
7. YELLOW DRESSES*
8. Not having to set an alarm
9. Dancing with my roommates
10. Painting my nails

I stole the idea of a "happy list" from The Rockstar Diaries.

*Caleb, I followed your orders and "blogged it."

More school?

Today brought a lot of interesting ideas to the table.

I had an interview at ECU today for graduate school. At the end of the interview, I was offered a spot in the MAT (Masters of Art in Teaching) program and if I accept, I will begin taking classes in June. It's relieving to know that I have somewhere to go but it also complicates things quite a bit.

During the two hour car ride to Greenville, I got a call from the director of a program called Raleigh Fellows. A friend who recently finished the program recommended me to go there and it sounds awesome. Seminary is something I've been interested in for a while and I love working with high school kids, which is a huge part of the program.

It's funny how all of these things came out of nowhere! Yesterday, I was worried about having nowhere to live and nothing to do but today I feel like I have too many options. I'm not sure which feeling is better.

Some friends and I are going to Brixx tonight to celebrate, hang out and eat pizza since most of us will be gone in less than a month! The picture is Amy and Salem enjoying some delicious Brixx pizza earlier this semester.

Pants Have Gotta Go Inspiration

This seems like the perfect blog to read in honor of No Pants April. Sarah stumbled upon it while researching shrimp- the author of this blog liked shrimp so much that she designed a dress to look like one. Oddly enough, it does.

Sarah brought up a good point just a second ago: how do women who have a shrimp obsession get husbands and we can't? You can add that to my list of non-rhetorical questions.

Questions for you.

1.Can someone please clarify what people mean when they say things are so cute they could just eat them up? It makes me uncomfortable. I almost always think babies are cute but I've never had to stop myself from snacking on one.

2. What is the deal with all the purple trees that popped up in the past couple of weeks? They are everywhere and I like it.

3. Why do people find it appropriate to haggle at the Gap? It's never going to work. Give it up and pay what the price tag says.

These questions are not rhetorical- I would legitimately like an answer.

Adulthood is calling.

I'm having a hard time coping with the fact that graduation is less than 40 days away (34 to be exact). What's even worse is that I have no plan for after that! At least in high school, I had the safety of knowing I was coming to college but now that security is gone. I don't like it one bit.

Some of my future possibilities include moving to Raleigh, going to grad school at ECU, continuing on at the Gap or being a flight attendant. The radical differences in those options is not making the choice any easier. Legitimately, I never believed there would come a day where I wouldn't be a student of some sort.

To add in some more craziness, I recently thought I was getting physically sick from all the stress of figuring out post May 9th plans. However, it turns out my stomach just didn't like the new prescription my dentist put me on. The jury is still out on whether or not that makes the situation any better.