November:
- We had Thanksgiving at my grandparent's house. I helped my grandmother cook all the sides and desserts. I don't remember everything we had...I just remember it was so good and we had tons of it! The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Cameron proposed to Andi!! Chandler and I got to go to the location early to hide and take pictures. It was a fun day for our family and I'm excited to be getting a sister-in-law! :)
December: Christmas month!!! For some reason, I was majorly in the Christmas spirit this year and loved everything about December! I watched every Christmas movie I own over and over again and listened to Christmas music all day, everyday!
- On December 6th, we had a Office Christmas party. Everyone brought a side dish and a white elephant gift to the party. I made corn souffle (and I got a million compliments on it! domesticity...check). I also walked away from the party with huge ornaments! I know they were a gag gift, but I loved them!
- The next day, I made my way to Kansas City, KS for December Staff Training. I stopped in Fayetteville on my way up (to cut my drive in half) and had tons of fun hanging out with friends! Once in KC, I went to lunch with fellow Conway-staffer, Allie! DST was great. All meals went smoothly and as planned (I was pumped about this because this was my first event to plan for!). Friday night the 10th, the guys took us girls out on a date in KC! They did such a great job planning and making us feel special. It was wonderful!
- When I got home from DST, I had the Conference housing list in front of me. This took days and days and days to get worked out, but it finally got turned into the hotel.
- Then, it was time for Christmas! We celebrated Christmas on the 23rd at my grandparent's house. I love spending time with my family!! I got lots of great gifts for my apartment and for my goals of being domestic! We stayed in Hot Springs until the night of the 25th just eating and spending time together. It was the perfect level of laziness to relax before the next few weeks of work.
- On December 28th, I headed up to OKC, OK to prepare for the Conference. We had over 1300 students signed up this year so I knew it was going to be huge! On the 28th, we had a meeting with the hotel execs to go over last minute info. The 29th-31st, I worked in the Region 2 Norman office to prepare for Conference Bonnie and I finished work around 7 on New Year's Eve so that we could go out for New Year's and have fun! We went over to another staff girl's house for dinner and then over to the Points' house for New Year's festivities! I loved bringing in 2011 with so many friends! Looks like 2011 is going to be a great year! (If I can judge it by New Year's eve:)
- The first few days were consumed by the Conference. We started setting up on the 1st and stayed until the 7th. Overall, it went well with very few glitches (after registration). I never felt stressed and I really enjoyed the time I got to spend with other staff.
- I get home from the Conference to a huge chance of snow! I didn't believe it would happen at all because, let's face it, it rarely does. However, I was hugely surprised and it snowed 4-6" in LR! I was off on Monday and Tuesday, which was a great time for me to relax and catch up on sleep from the Conference.
- When the snow melted, I came back to work and started on everything for the spring semester.
- Saturday the 15th, my mom and I came to Conway to go apartment hunting. Great news - I FOUND AN APARTMENT! It is so cute! This apartment community has just been built in the last year or two and it's tucked away from major traffic. The apartment has everything I wanted (including ceiling fans in every room, a walk-in closet, and a huge workout facility! bonus - FREE tanning!!!)
- Today, I signed the lease! This is a huge new step in my life but I'm excited to take it and excited to grow during this semester of adventure. I start moving in this weekend and will finish next weekend and will post pics asap!
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