There's no place like Sewanee

So, the other weekend Chris and I flew to Tennessee for Elizabeth Howard and Tom Jones' wedding and it was a greatly needed weekend getaway. We left Dallas on the 7:15 am flight to Nashville where we rented a car and drove down to Chattanooga for the day. We ate some good barbecue at the downtown Sticky Fingers and walked all around downtown - along the Walnut Street Bridge, to the Bluff View Art District and around the Aquarium. We then went up to the top of Lookout Mountain where we toured Rock City which is pretty cool with winding paths along rocks and a suspended bridge and then the famous Lover's Leap which has an awesome view where you can see 7 states! We also did Ruby Falls which was a tour deep below the earth's surface which ended at a pretty waterfall below ground. There were really cool rock formations in the caverns which almost made me wish I had taken geology at Sewanee. We then headed up to Sewanee where I introduced Chris to the wonder that is Shenanigan's. He aboslutely loved that place and said he would be there every night if he had gone to school there. Saturday was frickin' freezing in Sewanee - the typical weather of fog, mist and really cold weather. Erin, Chris and I braved the weather and hiked to Piney Point, the Sewanee Natural Bridge and went to the Cross. Lizzy's wedding was beautiful and I loved the groom's cake which was the Sewanee gates. Boone surprised Stacey on Saturday morning and proposed to her! Sunday all of us went to Pearl's brunch which was a nice end to the weekend. It was so wonderful to get some Sewanee time in, and to see Stacey, Erin, Jean and Lane because I've been missing them!

You can see pics from my trip at: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/akgerety@swbell.net/albums

Halloween

My nephew's Halloween costume - isn't it fantastic?! You'd never guess that he's really a sweetheart!

Figuring out how to add photos

Chris and I recently babysat for my new one month old cousin....Aren't they cute??? Chris is really good with her and her 3 year old sister - and he actually really likes babysitting!!!

November already?!

Well, I am still alive and have decided I need to get my mind off of neuro and udpate. I know Susan will be proud of me! OT school is going alright. It's a mix of a lot of stress and hard work (assessments, neuro....) but also a mix of easier mind numbing projects. No matter what though, I'm always stressed! I hope I can survive the two years I have left. I survived midterms at least....Got 3 A's (a 100 on my neuro midterm!) and 2 high B's. Guess I can't complain too much. Signed up for my professional project, which is called Play It Safe and is all about promoting safe playing strategies to kids - like bike helmets, not playing in the street...basically doing everything opposite from how we grew up! It is all about promoting health and wellness, which is a growing portion of occupational therapy - that's great and all, but I wanna do hands on therapy! Next semester is pediatrics, which I'm totally stoked about because that's what I want to specialize in. So, for right now, I just take it a week at a time trying to get all my crap done!

I get to go to Sewanee a week from Friday for Elizabeth and Tom's wedding and I SO excited! Chris is coming with me, so I get to introduce him to not only the girls, but also to Sewanee! We fly into Nashville at the ass crack 'o dawn on Friday then we'll drive down to Chattanooga - tool around downtown, probably do Rock City then it's up to Sewanee! Can't wait to take him to the Cross, Green's View, show him the different buildings on campus, and hopefully do a hike to Piney Point, or someplace like that. I definitely need some Sewanee time, ASAP!