Snow Day(s)

Welcome to 2013 everyone! This is my first official blog of the year.

Currently, snow is coming down pretty hard here in Birmingham, AL.

I'm pretty excited about the fact that it's snowing, even though it probably won't stick. Growing up in Florida, the closest thing that we ever saw to snow was the sand on the dunes on a really really cold day. Living in Birmingham, snow is a little bit more frequent, but not nearly something is ever guaranteed.

That being said, today's snowfall has made me remissness about my first few snow days. The first time I saw snow was as a sophomore in high school when I was on a debate team trip in Boston, MA. There are probably a couple of pictures of that circling Facebook, but since Facebook was brand new back then and you had to be in college to create an account...I don't have the photo readily available for my blogging purposes.

The next few times I saw snow was while I was a student at Samford. We used to joke that Samford would usually cancel classes either right after it stopped snowing, or right when it was unnecessary to cancel classes at all (i.e. the time they canceled classes after 1 p.m. on a Friday). Anyway, here are some pictures from those glorious Samford Snow Days!

Samford with a little snow around Christmas in 2009.

The February snow in 2010.

Samford the day after the 2010 snow.

Somebody made a really good snowman and I took credit for it. Hehe.

So excited that it's snowing for my Florida guests.

Such a fun night.

February snow in 2010. Samford's quad...right before classes were canceled.

The other time that I've really seen snow was when I studied abroad in London. It snowed probably 3 for 4 days while I was there, and I honestly got pretty used to it. It was never a super heavy snow, but that's probably for the best. One thing I did learn though, this Florida girl does NOT know how to build a snowman.

The view outside my window at Samford's Daniel House in London.

My snowman...he's just short.

St. James Park in London.

Unfortunately I won't be able to "play" in the snow today. But regardless, it really is beautiful. Here are some pictures from my view today:

Our office in the Lakeview area of Downtown Birmingham.

University Blvd. through out window.

University Blvd.

Parking lot.

28th St. S facing St. Vincent's Hospital

Well there you have it, a Southern Snow Day.

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Case of the Mondays

 

 

I've got a case of the Mondays. I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I just want to go back to Saturday. 

 

 Jason and I had a wonderful weekend full of festivities. Friday night we saw Ben Rector play at Samford's Homecoming Bonfire. Since the weather was so wonderful, we drove around downtown with the windows down, and then we ended our night at Yogurt Lab. 

Saturday we attended Samford's Homecoming Tailgate. Then we headed home for a quick nap and then we attended my friend Cara's wedding. 

Homecoming was fun, and I was feeling pretty old there for a while. Everyone around me looked like they were still in high school. Jason even looked at some kids and whispered to me, "College kids keep getting younger and younger these days," which of course made me laugh. I think he could tell I was feeling more like a 20-something and less like a college kid. BUT, right before we left I went to my sister's dorm room really quick and when I was waiting outside her door a freshman girl and her parents walked up. She asked if I needed to be let in and I said I did. Her mom asked if I was having a good day so far, and I said I was. Then the girl asked me which floor I lived on! I started to feel really great about myself, then I realized that means I look like I'm an 18-year-old freshman. Oh well. I guess that means that when I'm 35, I'll look 29!

Fun times.

Next on the list was Cara's wedding. The weather couldn't have been better. Everything was overly beautiful (including the bride of course)! Cara and Brent could not have asked for anything more perfect, I'm sure. 

I couldn't get a picture without people's heads in the way. Ugh!

Along with being absolutely gorgeous, the wedding was awesomely unique. Brent works for Chick-fil-a, so of course there were endless chicken nuggets, which Jason thoroughly enjoyed. But, the real clucker came when Cara and Brent were announced for their first dance. I won't even tell you what happened, I'll just show you this picture:

Their first dance!

Their actual first dance.

Jason and I also really enjoyed the photo booth.

The funny thing was, we'd planned out exactly what we were going to do at the photo booth, but then we froze once we got up there - thus, the result.

Yesterday was a pretty normal Sunday. We went to early church and lunch. After that Jason went to work and I went to the grocery store twice. The only positive thing that came out of my double grocery store day was this:

I'm seriously looking forward to 3:00 snack time today!

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