until we find a cure

Yesterday KZ and I joined KW and the Wiley's at the Relay For Life of Reston. When KW asked KZ and I if we wanted to come with her we were pumped! Relay For Life is such an amazing event, and I was so happy I could take part in the local R4L with my best friends.

The three of us had a great time walking the track at South Lakes HS, eating snow cones and cupcakes, signing up for raffles, and shakin' it at Zumba! It was a great afternoon (despite the rainy and cloudy weather). But what is Relay For Life without rain, right?

It was perfect timing for a Relay considering my Papa Don just had surgery on Thursday to remove a tumor caused by lung cancer. My Mom has been down in Florida with Angel and P.D. since Wednesday, and she says that he is doing very well! So yesterday I relayed in honor of Papa Don and KW's Aunt. Keep fighting!

Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back. RELAY FOR LIFE.

lazy days

It's now Friday. I have only been home since Tuesday evening, but it feels like I have literally been here for weeks. I guess I shouldn't really complain because come June I will be working practically every day. But for right now, having nothing to do is really getting to me.

Each day I have an errand to run here and there, and then of course more unpacking. Usually I am one to unpack all of my belongings the day I get home, but since I am in no rush this year I have done about 2 hours of unpacking each day. It gives me something to do, so I figure I should spread it out.

Last night, KW, KZ, JJ, and I were reunited for the first time since winter break. I love that we can always come home during the breaks and just pick up where we left off. I am so lucky to have such great friends both at Virginia Tech and in NOVA. Since the 4 of us are all poor for the time being, we stayed in and made a homemade pizza, rented some movies from Redbox, and ate ice cream. It was a very fun and relaxing night.

Today I had a few errands to run, including: going into work to fill out some employment forms, getting Danny's friend a birthday gift (GameStop giftcard...exciting!), filling the car up with gas, and taking Mike tux shopping with his prom date. Being home sometimes makes me feel like I am still in high school, but going prom shopping for Mike made me realize that I really am pretty old.

As for tonight, I have nothing to do. Mom is in Florida, Dad is at work, Mike is at a friend's house, and Dan is at a sleepover birthday party...where does that leave me? Sitting on the couch, blogging. Hopefully I will get to see ET at some point tonight! If not, I guess I will retire to my bedroom sometime soon.

Oh, the lazy days of summer...

#nova

I have only been home for one full day, and I am already loving being back in NOVA. I forgot how much I love this place!

I love my hot pink room (even though it is buried under piles and piles of clothes I am trying to put away). I love getting to see my best friends, especially the fab4. I love babysitting for families I have been babysitting since I was 13. I love driving with the windows down while taking Danny to his basketball practice. I love how gas prices are over $4.00...oh wait.

Bring on the summer! I can't wait to record my crazy NOVA adventures with all of you (until July 3 when I head back to Blacksburg for Orientation). But don't worry, I will do my best to blog during OL as well.

P.S. I made a twitter last night...follow me @CATinthehat726. I'm already addicted. Hope it doesn't take away from my blogging!

happy mother's day!

Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful, loving, giving, and beautiful Mommy!! Remember when we used to sing this song to all the Moms on Mother's Day at St. Pets?

Well, here are just a few reasons why my Mom is #1:

1. She is always willing to drop everything to go shopping with me

2. She reminds me that sometimes even I need a vacation

3. She loves all holidays 

(and is the BEST Santa and Easter Bunny)

 4. She loves to snuggle with me

4. She has supported me in all of my crazy dreams and aspirations

(and came to dance team nationals every year)

5. She has hosted every birthday party for me that I can remember

6. She bought every homecoming and prom dress for me 

(so I could avoid the stress of having to pick one out myself)

 6. She watched me grow from an Oakton Cougar...

...into a Virginia Tech Hokie.

7. Now, she is the best Hokie Mom!

So here's to you, Mom, my #1 fan! I love you.

let's do this

My first final is in a matter of hours...ECON 2006! I have done as much studying as my poor little brain can handle. Now all that's left to do is get pumped up to some Fabolous. Oh, how this song brings me back to my high school dance team days!

it's my time.

leave a legacy

It is really starting to hit me that the seniors are graduating in just a matter of days. On Sunday we had our last formal chapter meeting and the Alpha Phi seniors became Alumni, on Tuesday the new girls put on the Senior Banquet at Hokie House, and on Friday we are going to have our last Power Family dinner at Kobe.

I am going to miss all of the Alpha Phi seniors so much, they have brought so much to our chapter! It is hard to picture Alpha Phi without them. I am especially going to miss my gbig, Lindsay. I cannot believe that she is going to be graduating from VT next week. She is the mama of the Power Fam!

But I know that she will do amazing things as she goes on to attend Pharmacy School at VCU in Richmond this Fall. I am so so excited for her! We will miss her lots, but now we all have a reason to go up to Richmond for a weekend or two next year to visit. It is crazy that my big, Anna, is now going to be the Power Fam mama. Oh how time flies when you're having fun!

Also, shout out to all my Alpha Phi ladies and our soon-to-be Lilly Pulitzer print!! Thank you, Lilly for choosing Alpha Phi! We promise to represent you well.

tribe

Today was the second training session for this summer's Hokie Camp. We were to meet behind Lane Stadium at 7:45am to get on the buses to head out to Smith Mountain Lake. HOWEVER, apparently I set my alarm for 7:00pm last night, and therefore did not wake up to get ready until KJ bbmed me at 7:35am making sure I was awake because she was coming to pick me up soon. Nope. I got ready in all of 10 minutes and ran out the door.

Since Hokie Camp is such a high-energy atmosphere, naturally we did not sleep or relax on the 1.5 hour bus ride out to Smith Mountain Lake. Instead, we did "speed dating" on the bus with all of the other counselors. I got to talk to a lot of awesome people though. I am so so excited for Session 2!

As you can see from the picture, we finally got our coveted color groups today at training. I am a proud member of YELLOW TRIBE!! Although I was predicting us to be Black Batallion...in fact, I was like 99% sure I was Black, I was so pleasantly surprised to be yellow! Yellow is such a happy color, and I know we will dominate this summer! 

I can hardly wait to be at Smith Mountain Lake in August. Camp seems like sooo much fun, and reminds me a lot of summer camps I used to attend when I was younger! I feel like just the other day I was reminiscing on my times at Sandy Hill Camp with KZ back in the day. 

...TEACH ME HOW TO YELLOW.