September

Wow! It's been a long time since I've blogged last. I know. I'm doing so bad. Oh well. It's just seems like I blogged yesterday, and it is August. Now September is over and we're off to October. It's crazy. Let's see. Where to start.

The first weekend in September was Labor Day weekend. I was not planning to go home, but Ryan, Elizabeth, and I decided to go home for the weekend. Christie had planned a deck party, so I got to spend some time with her and some of her friends. It was nice to be home for a visit.

The second weekend, Ryan, Elizabeth, and I went home at the request of Ryan. He was celebrating his 20th birthday on September 10, so he wanted to go home for the weekend. I went home to celebrate Daddy's birthday (even though it was the next weekend). We had taco salad and watched the Titans' game on Sunday. Saturday was such a fun event! Daddy, Mommy, Christie and I went to Coolsprings and just spent the day there. Christie got her formal graduation pictures retaken. We went to the mall, different outlet stores, and Jason's Deli. We had so much fun. Our last stop was Target. I think we had too much fun there. Christie and I still laugh at how Mom ran with a shopping cart down an aisle to keep us from finding her, while Daddy just laughed at the three of us. We had so much fun! I was so glad that I got to go home for Daddy's birthday.

The third weekend in September, Elizabeth, Ryan, and I stayed here at ETSU and watched the Gators vs. Vols game. It was so funny to have two Vols fans in the room with me. Let's just say...GO GATORS!!! They won 59-20. Elizabeth made some awesome chili! The rest of the weekend consisted of shopping at Walmart and sleeping.

Last weekend, Elizabeth and I went to Indian Creek Camp to be counselors at the Young Women's Retreat. We had 11 teenage girls in our cabin. Two of our girls were on crutches (which actually was a blessing) and most of them were freshmen. Elizabeth and I definitely felt the generation gap between the girls. We had beautiful weather and the retreat was very enjoyable. It was nice to get away from school for a weekend.

This weekend, we haven't really done much. Slept mostly to catch up from our missed sleep from last weekend and this week. We just had taco salad for lunch. It has been a pretty good week so far.

Now other things. I know I need to have a few updates.

My knee:
I had an episode one Friday and I was on crutches almost 2 weeks. I went to the doctor and found out not really anything different than before. I am now wearing a $1200 brace and I have just weened myself off of my crutches. I have 3 more weeks of physical therapy. Hopefully I will be able to walk without too much pain.

My diet:
My diet has been going very well! I haven't weighed myself since September 8, but then I had lost 14 lbs. in two weeks. Ryan had lost 17 in two weeks. I will not weigh myself for a while, but I feel so much better. I am finding that a lot of my once "skinny-day" clothes are now clothes I wear everyday (well, when I didn't have this huge bionic woman brace on). I'm excited about fall. I might have to get some new clothes because a lot of the shirts that I have now are too big for me! ;) I will give another update soon.

School:
School has been going well. Not really much to say. The only things that are different is that I am the secretary of Luntsford Hall Council. It's a lot of fun. We have a lot of excellent activities planned. The most exciting one for me is the trick-or-treating in our hall. Hopefully I can take some pictures and post them up.

Well. That's all for now. I will try to be better about blogging this month, but I can't promise anything. :) Much love!

P.S. Check out my college pics of the Young Women's Retreat (and the move-in pictures if you haven't already looked at them). ;)