Decisions

The semester ended. I am officially graduated from Florida State College at Jacksonville.

It feels awesome... But it also feels like pressure.

I got comfortable, knowing exactly what was expected of me and what I was supposed to do.

Sure, I planned for the future- But it wasn't happening any time soon.

But just like that, school is over and now I need to make some decisions.

It may seem strange, that I am so stressed about choosing what to do next-

I should feel grateful, right? I am so lucky to even have options!

So how do I know what to choose? How do we know when choosing between two good things, 

which will be best?

Everything that could possibly go wrong with going to the University of Utah ended up working out.

So is it meant to be? Is there such a thing??

I think it just comes down to being afraid of change.

I am afraid of not knowing what will happen..

I cant even come up with what I want for Christmas this year!

I have had the hardest time trying to figure out what I want (which is very out of character for me)

Here is my attempt at a Christmas Wish List:

I love this Michael Kors Laptop bag. It is PERFECT for school!! (I would prefer it in black, but this color is pretty too.)

A cute new Tory Burch wallet. I need a color other than black!

This cute Charcoal ScoopBack Maxi dress is on SALE at Anthropologie! 

I would really like some BROWN tall leather boots, like either of these.
No heel on them, but at least knee high!

And then of course there is always Money!

Disney Day Trip

About two weeks ago Mom, Grandma and I went on a last minute day trip to Epcot!

I absolutely love Disney.

It's like being in another world.

We woke up early and stopped at Starbucks for some breakfast before heading down to Orlando.

We had lunch in Germany and spent the day walking around all the little stores and exploring the park.

I was most exited about starting a new Disney Pin Collection!! 

After the park we stopped by Millenia Mall to pick up some Mrs.Fields cookies,

and shop at some other stores we don't have here in Jacksonville.

I had such an awesome time hanging out with my mom and grandma all day.

I am very lucky :)

Thankful

Yep, I am really bad at blogging. 

Now that it's December, I can start thinking about new years resolutions..

and I think Blogging will be on my list.

I had an awesome Thanksgiving this year with my family.

We went over to Tia Patty's house like usual.

I went over a bit early to help set up and cook.

For the first time I contributed to our meal with a Sweet Potato Casserole. 

I think I'll definitely need to explore some recipes and perfect this dish..

But most everyone said they liked it!

We had such delicious food

we laughed all night playing games and just enjoyed one another's company. 

I really tried to spend the day thinking of all the things I have to be thankful for..

I have so many amazing blessings.

Bring on Christmas!!

Too Long

Every time I think about blogging I am reminded that I have too much to catch up on..

and then I just don't do it.

THEN I realize that now I have EVEN MORE to blog about...

But today is the day!

I am back.

My last post was about 3 months ago, and SO much has happened.

I dont even know where to start.

I guess I'll start with now.

Obama won the election last night. yuck.

I am not only disappointed, but fearful of what the future of this country holds for me.

I was accepted into the University of Utah-

and haven't quite made up my mind about attending.

Not even a quick visit helped make up my mind...

At least I got to squeeze my cute niece and nephew :)

I was also accepted into the University of North Florida.

I've almost made it through my last semester at FSCJ- I cant believe it!

I feel accomplished and proud of myself.

I got to visit Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, 

I also carved Halloween Pumpkins, but didnt dress up again this Halloween :(

And I am preparing for the Holidays, and trying my hardest to make tough decisions!!

Back to School

I love the fall.

I love that there are school supplies everywhere.

I love how its finally getting a little colder...

and I can FINALLY start counting down for the HOLIDAYS!!!

My semester of school started on Monday,

this semester is going to be a breeze-

the easiest semester of my college career (so far)

and I am sort of glad I did it this way.

I felt overwhelmed taking all of my difficult classes at once, 

so I am looking forward to break from that.

Since I'm only taking PE classes (and one online class)

my back to school shopping consisted of only

NEW WORKOUT CLOTHES!!

I love getting new stuff that gives me some motivation to go to the gym.

I am lucky to live near such great stores that have amazing workout stuff!

I went to Lululemon (my favorite) and Dick's Sporting goods.

Date Day

For the first time in a LONG time,

Ed had AN ENTIRE day off!

No school, no work, no appointments!!!

SO we made it a date day, of course.

It started out with breakfast and a quick stop at my school to pick up some transcripts-

and we were off to the Jacksonville Zoo!

I took a bunch of pictures with my phone, but some didnt really turn out-

But here are the best ones:

Owls

Elephants

Rhinos!

Pumba

Bald Eagle

Wolf

Some kind of Deer type animal

We got to feed the giraffes!! They were so cute and would stick their tongues way out to reach the plants.

Ed fed them too!

Jaguar

The best part (other than feeding the giraffe) was that there were tons of baby animals!!

Two baby Leopards, a baby Ape, a baby Tiger and even and baby Giraffe!

Adorable.

Then Ed and I went to the Mall, shared some chinese food and ate a cinnamon roll.

After that we went back to his new house by the beach and rode beach cruisers to Starbucks-

We rode to the beach and went shore fishing until the sun went down...

And we finished the date day with some salads for dinner and a bike ride to Joe's Crabshack-

We watched a little bit of a movie and called it a night!

We had a great time enjoying one another's company, laughing and going on new adventures!

The Month

It seems I have gotten great at reporting what I'm doing with my life monthly. 

I guess it could be worse?

Okay well August has almost ended and it really wasn't super eventful.

Summer school ended;

I realized this summer flew by and I didn't go to the beach nearly as much as I should have.

Next week a new semester will start-

and I'll talk about it in another post. Later. 

So here is some of what I've been up to this month, in photos:

Eddie and I go out to eat far too often- Down South BBQ is one of our local favorites!!

My roomate Cassandra graduated from UNF!! Us at her grad party.

Friends at Cassy's grad party.

We had a pizza night at my house- homemade is the best!

I hung out at aunt Patty's house a bunch and she made delicious Bolinho's de Chuva.

Now some people may find this a bit excessive, 

but every month Ed and I celebrate our "anniversary."

Really, we just enjoy the excuse to treat ourselves to a fun date monthly and keep things interesting.

(Not that they aren't interesting usually)

Anyways, this month we went to another favorite, Bb's in San Marco!

The food is divine, the atmosphere is great and I love that place.

Then we walked around the Jacksonville Landing, and went to the movies.

The before and after of our AMAZING desserts!!

My beautiful gift from Ed!!!

We watched this at the end of the night.. and it was OK. I was really uncomfortable with the whole old people having sex thing haha but other than that, the movie made me laugh and cry! Meryl Streep is amazing and Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious- but I wont see it again.

I hung out at moms house a lot.

Grandma, Mom and I enjoyed a beautiful day at the Spa! We go massages and had lunch.

This was a cute movie- very predictable and sort of cheesy, but fun and uplifting.

My latest TV show addiction! Love watching the drama unfold.

I watched this with Ed the other night... Very good movie!