Quick Update

Just a short note this month as I am juggling so much schoolwork and end of the semester/end of my undergraduate career busyness. I guess the big news is that I got an apartment to live in next year! Starting in August, I will be moving back to "Clinnon" and living in a cute little apartment in town while I attend school for a degree in funeral services and work as an apprentice in the funeral home. I am excited for the next few months and looking forward to a trip to Spain in May and a summer in the mountains of Montreat, NC. Many adventures await! Stay tuned for posts in May with pictures galore from graduation and Spain!

Proud Parents on Honors Day

Honors Day 2012, PC, with Tyler

GDH countdown.

 This is the time of year when college students all across the nation are playing frisbee, sunbathing, and gearing up for that last month of school. It also, however, happens to be the time when we get sick and tired of the food in the dining hall. We joke that they are cleaning out the freezers, and that may well be true.

At PC, there are communication issues with updating the online menus, but we can pretty much tell what's for dinner within the first steps of walking into the beloved Greenville Dining Hall (GDH). By the time I actually get into the range of visibility of the food, I'm groaning and complaining.

"Mea Lasagna," yum.

Snapshot: I'm standing in the middle of the Classics line and the "Vegetarian"/Soup section, having just realized my only edible option is pizza...again...and I'm saying to my friends: "Four years of this! Ugh!"

Since these are the last few weeks of GDH  (38 days to be exact), I thought I would update my GDH blog post. (Check it out here. There are more pictures...)

Kelly found a pearl!

The chicken fries were short-lived, once we found out what they were...

Pie: The best Thanksgiving food

Loch Ness Monster

Ok, so maybe we play with our food. But nobody said we are grown up yet. Here's to having to feed ourselves from now on.... we'll probably miss you, GDH, but not at the moment.

Signing off for the month, praying for a great end to a great year at PC!

"Clinnon"

Spring is in the air today in beautiful Clinton ("Clinnon"), SC, and I am pondering the very real possibility of staying in this sleepy little town for a couple more years while I pursue my A.A.S. in Funeral Services. I have also been charged with the task of showing prospective psychology professors around the PC campus over the past few weeks and it has gotten my wheels turning on what this place means to me. Their burning questions are along the lines of "Where is the nearest Target?" and "How far is Greenville, again?" I gently tell them there is a Walmart not so far away and that we students think of a trip there not as "an errand" but as "an outing." It's really "an event" in some cases. They chuckle, but I speak the truth.

So, you ask, what do I do between schoolwork and working at the funeral home?

Well, first, there's cooking. I like to cook a lot. Well, I like to eat in general, but I am learning to love to cook. And the great thing about cooking is that you can do it anywhere and feel instantly at home. The Ingles here has become my best friend.

Keeping with the food theme, a Zaxby's has opened up down the road with a fancy new drink machine to boot! There's also a new donut shop in town. Donut's & More has some tasty treats. (Note: this branch has closed since this post was published... but I can still go to the store in Greenwood!)

Donuts & More; Laurens, SC

One of my favorite spots is the little movie theater in downtown Laurens, The Capitol Theater and Cafe. They have gone in and out of business, but when they have a good movie showing, I'm likely to be there.

                         

Last but not least, I am always up for a stroll around the little neighborhoods near PC. I think I'll make a few rounds right now. Catch ya later, blog people.