savannahhhhhhh

this weekend we took a little road trip to see ole bex. she and bono live in savannah in the most amazing apartment ever. we had an absolute ball. the city is just adorable and it seemed there were many young people [because of scad being all huge there and whatnot] which made the entire atmosphere lively. we met some great people who work for scad and by the end of our little adventure we were about ready to glue ourselves to beckman's floor so we wouldn't have to leave! check out the view from her balcony...

surgeryyyy!

this morning my mom got shoulder surgery. she kept telling me how its no big deal and its outpatient, yaddah yaddah yaddah. so she gets out of the operation and can barely talk she is so drugged up. as she begins to awake she realizes that she can no longer feel her arm. [the doctors put a block on it that will wear off during the night] she can not only not feel the arm, but she has no control over it whatsoever! at physical therapy shes freaking out because when she thinks her arm is one place she looks up and realizes that its really above her head. as amusing as this was, the funniest moment of this experience to date was while we were sitting on the couch. i had propped her arm up [doctors orders!] at a ninety degree angle, and when i moved the pillow so I could rearrange her to stretch her arm again her arm fell. right on her face. it scared her [because she didn't know what had hit her] so much that she screamed! as much as surgery is not fun. the shoulder block has been increasingly amusing!!

benning

this weekend i headed out to columbus georgia to go check out good ole fort benning. jon had a nice four day weekend so i got to check out the area he lives and had my first real base experience. it was a nice and relaxing weekend, and there was some pretty cool places to go in columbus. we had an awesome dinner at this mongolian grille called mongos, it was sooo tasty! the major downside: it's about a million miles into the middle of nowhere!

atlanta aquarium

yesterday i took jon back to atlanta to get his car since he bussed straight to south carolina. we wanted to go to the high museum to see the dalí exhibit, but museums are closed on mondays. boooo. i guess i'll just have to go back this weekend before it closes! instead we ended up going to the georgia aquarium, which was just as cool as everyone says it is! the colors and patterns of the fish were amazing.. a great alternative for dalí!

 

 

happy new year!

happy new year everyone! this year a group of my friend convened in charlotte to cheer on the tigers [who ended up losing the bowl game, but we still had fun anyway]  and celebrate the new year with clemson pals! the weekend was pretty eventful and we met many of our friends new work buddies. before we went to celebrate, i had three days to quickly make up a cooler for jon for the weekend. luckily his flight was delayed and he had to take a bus from new york to charlotte [okay lucky for me not him!] so i had a few extra days to finish up the painting. i didnt quite finish the camo on the top as you can see below...

but the tiger eyes on one of the sides turned out much better than i had expected.

now that the holidays are over it is time to buckle down and start job searching again! tomorrow i am taking jon back to atlanta, and will see the dalí exhibit at the high museum...