Wonderful Weekend

Hello everyone!

First off, I would like to say that I am not sick!!!!!!! Finally, it's about time. This weekend was absolutely amazing. I had so much fun this weekend.

First on Friday, I only had one class after work, so Ryan and I decided to go on a date. We ate at the Stir Fry Cafe because we had heard that it was a great place to eat. It was ok. It's not like home Chinese places. I loved the decor and the way that the resturant was laid out though. It was a nice ambience. Anyway, after dinner we went to go see Gridiron Gang. It is a really good movie. I liked it better than Invicible. The Rock did a great job in it too! Everyone should see it.

On Saturday, Ryan and I went to Johnson City SDA church. It's a small church, but it was really great. The pastor was so nice. He went out of his way just to meet us when we got there, and then to ask us to come back again! So, we concluded that Saturday is going to be our church day, since we like two churches in the area. In the morning, we will go to Johnson City SDA church, and in the evening, we will go to Grace Fellowship. After church, we went to eat at Chili's. Some people would think that we hadn't eaten for several days. It was yummy! We'll go there again sometime, maybe for another date. After that, we had to make our weekly trip to Walmart. ;) After Walmart, we went back to ETSU. He went back to McCord to change and get ready for the corn maze and I went back to Luntsford just to chill out before we went.

We left around 3:30 to go to the corn maze in Bristol. I was really excited because one, I really wanted to go to the corn maze and two we got to see the fall leaves on the way there.
This tree was already yellow last week. I see this every day when I go to class. It's so pretty.

Anyway, we head out toward Elizabethton originally, but eventaully we got back going the direction we should have been going from the start. We finally got to Stickley Farm and went through the corn maze.

It was amazing weather. The sun was shining, but it wasn't too hot. When we went through the maze the first time, we somehow got to the exit in 10 minutes, so we tried it again. The second time we went through, we made another wrong turn and ended up in the entrance again. Finally, on the third time, we made it to all 6 checkpoints and made it to the end. It was a lot of fun. Ryan and I made a good team.

After the corn maze we went back to ETSU. This morning, Ryan came over and he fixed biscuits, which was absolutely yummy! We watched Independence Day and then he left. Right now, I'm taking a short break from studying to blog about this amazing weekend. I have had so much fun! I can't wait til next weekend for homecoming!

Well, I got to get back to studying.

Love,

Jillian

P.S. There are more pictures on my College Pictures link. Just click the link and go to Oct. 20-22, 06 folder.

Anniversary

You know when the best time to get flowers is? A time when you least expect it. Today Ryan got me flowers. I wasn't feeling well, again but a different kind of sick, so he went and got me some medicine and these gorgeous flowers. You can't really tell in the picture, but there are hints of fuschia in them. They are absolutely beautiful.

It happens to be our 3 year, 7 month anniversary today. Yes, it's a bit cheesy and we don't celebrate those anniversaries, but it was nice that he got me flowers on this occasion and to make me feel better.

Well, I'm going home tomorrow for fall break...so I got to go pack. Blog soon!

Jillian

Continuation of a Sad Sick Day

Just a short note. I missed my first class today, Calculus II, because I was sick. It's a little depressing, but I'll be ok. Ryan took notes for me. The question is if I'm going to Biology tonight. I don't know. I'll see in a little bit. Well, just a quick update for my sickness as of right now. I can't wait to go home. ;)

Cold Remedy

Ok, recently I've been getting sick pretty often. Well, I have figured out a remedy to help, with the help of my parents. Everyone should try if you have a cold. Gatorade, water, and juice become your best friends. DayQuil and NighQuil are wonderful medicines for congestion. Trust me, I had the best sleep last night. Tissues with lotion is another thing. BLOW YOUR NOSE!!! It helps with sore throat as well and congestion. Lastly, a couple of things new that I tried last night that helped a lot. First, if you're into aromatherapy and smelly stuff then you'll like this. The shower soothers. I took a really long, hot shower with the shower soother and I felt completely relaxed and not congested at all. Lastly, I went to bed early after I plug in a SudaCare plug in thing. It helps you breathe in the night, without a stuffy nose. I loved it. I feel a lot better today because of all of those things. Ph, don't forget SLEEP!!!! It's the most important thing to getting better. Try this the next time you get sick.

Ok, now onto something more exciting than a cold. Last weekend was great! I went to Gatlinburg with my family. It was great to see them again. We went are Pigeon Forge and we went to Dollywood, which was a first for the family, but not for Ryan. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully, we will get to go there on Spring Break with all of our friends.

I'm so excited about next weekend! Fall Break! Well, I gotta run (if ya couldn't tell with the choppiness of my blog) See ya soon!

Much love,
Jillian

Our first excursion

It's been a long time since I've updated. I apologize. I've been pretty busy, mostly trying to stay healthy.

Not much has really happened, just classes, yoga, cleaning my room, and that's about it. Yesterday though we very fun. Ryan and I decided to take our first day trip in East Tennessee. We had picked up so brochures from outside of the Bookstore and we just randomly chose one. We picked Jonesborough, TN. It's about 15 minutes from Johnson City, so not a bad drive.

At first we got on Highway 11 east and we actually pasted the Historic District of Jonesborough, but we kept on driving. It was beautiful. It was pretty nice weather, the sun was shining and it was a nice temperature of 73 degrees. We saw the mountains from a distance and lots of farms. Eventually we turned around and decided to take one more detour before we got back to Jonesborough. We stopped at the Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park. It was cool. Well, the little fishing spot was cool. We also found a place to go camping there. It was nice to be outside.

When we got to Jonesborough we found that it was a strip of stores and that was about it, but it was what we wanted to visit the entire day. We parked and walked down the street. It was great exploring the antique shops, galleries, and other specialty stores. It was so quiant.

That was our day. It doesn't sound like much, but we had a lot of fun. I will upload pictures today. Just click on the link that says College Pictures on the right. Our next expedition will be a corn mae the third weekend in October. :)

Question of the Day (Answer this in a comment please): Ryan and I had been on a movie rush lately. We even have a book to list titles to see or rent. So anyway, what is a must-see-movie that you would recommend for us?

Well, go visit pictures. Blog later!

Love ya,
Jillian