The Tales of the Little Pigg: May 2012

Before you say it, I am well aware of the fact that I am a slacker when it comes to the blog. I always say I am going to do better, but then life takes over.

Here is the run down since the beginning of 2012. I work a lot. I work and when I get home I tend to crash and then repeat the cycle. Work is going well. I am learning a lot and although it has it's hard moments I know that the Lord is preparing me for something. He is preparing me for my next step. One day I will look back and say "Oh! I am so glad I did that extra job." I know that there is a reason. I just try to focus on that.

Since the begining of the year I have traveled to Birmingham, Auburn, Calhoun County, Decatur, Folly Beach, and Edisto Island. I spent a lot of time in Knoxville. I have even had some visitors. I went to Birmingham to have a weekend with my cousins and sisters. We don't see each other enough and so this was a weekend for us to just hang out and relax. I went to Auburn to see friends and family. I got to spend time with my Mom, Aunt Jill, Laurie, Julie, Emily, Laura, Molly, and Andy. We spent the weekend celebrating St. Patrick's Day and Julie's birthday. I also went to visit Hollie and Wynn in Calhoun County Alabama. Hollie works for Talledega and Wynn and I went to visit.

David and I spent the last weekend in April at Folly Beach with his family. We all lived in one house and just hung out. It was fun to see everyone and catch up. The only downfall was that I got burnt to a crisp. It was the worst sunburn of my life. My legs radiated heat for a solid three days and at one point my bottom lip doubled in size. I learned my lesson and on the way home I bought new sunscreen for the rest of the summer.
The next weekend I headed to Decatur to visit Mom and Dad. I needed that. I have always loved going home. It has been one of my favorite things since going to college. I love the little slice of land that we live on and the deck that we added on. It's just so relaxing to go there and not have one single worry. I spent the weekend hanging out, shopping and cooking with Mom. Dad spent most of his time in the yard with Sully.

Mother's Day weekend I was graced with a visit from Molly and Laura. I was so excited to see the two of them. I also couldn't wait to explore all the places in Knoxville that I have wanted to go, but didn't want to brave a lone. We packed as much as we could into the short weekend that they were here. I miss my best friends so much. I took for granted the times that we lived just one flight of stairs from each other. If someone gave me the option of living in a dorm room again with them I would be all over it. I don't think they will ever know how much it meant to me that they drove all the way to see me. Next I will be going to Birmingham to visit.

Last week I was lucky enough to get to see David's family again for the happy ocasion of celebrating his cousin's wedding. I also got the chance to conquer my fear of flying by myself when I flew from Knoxville to Charleston with a 37 minute layover in Atlanta. Once I arrived David and I headed to dinner then we drove the 40 miles to Edisto. It is such a cool place. It's small and everyone knows when there are non-locals in their midst. We spent most of our time on the beach on Wednesday and Thursday playing a good amount of volleyball. Friday we started the day off with volleyball on the beach and ended it with the rehearsal dinner. Saturday David and I went to eat lunch at a local Bar-B-Q Restaurant which just happened to be the restaurant of the caterer for the wedding. The wedding was beautiful. The reception was so much fun and Anna and Preston looked as happy as two people could look. Sunday we cleaned up and headed to the brunch for the couple and then headed towards Knoxville.

Now that information over load is over here are some pictures: