Welcome home, bud! We missed you!! We love you!!My job in the Office of University Events at UNC has gone really well. I've learned a lot and met some really great people. The event that I was hired to help with was the Installation Ceremony for UNC's tenth chancellor, Dr. Holden Thorp. Well, that event, and the ones that surrounded it. So, last weekend was busy, for sure, but it was also high-energy, exciting, and stressful - all of which I love! Here are a few pictures from the day (and the locals would insist that I point out the "Carolina Blue" sky):
This one is Dr. Thorp with Carolina's ensemble choir known as the Cleff Hangers... They had just finished a rousing rendition of J.T.'s Carolina In My Mind:
So what's next? you ask... well, so do I. Now that the installation event is over, the job search is in full swing again. There are a few prospects out there, and so for now I wait to see what comes back up in the nets I've cast. Uncertain, but ok. I'll keep you updated on this as things unfold...
Fall as officially arrived in North Carolina. Just when I had convinced myself that we might get to skip right to spring, it came. And so, with much grumbling, I have pulled out the sweatshirts. I don't know where the tradition of carving pumpkins came from, but I think that it might have been to give us a chance to create a physical reminder for us to keep a hold of our toothy grins despite the trespass of the frosty conditions. So I've made it a goal for the week to carve a toothy grin into some unsuspecting pumpkin - and I promise to post a picture of my creation.
I'm officially half way finished with my grad classes. For those of you who didn't know, or who had forgotten, that I was even taking classes - don't worry, I do that all the time. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the trek I get to make to Washington this coming summer to take a class on campus. (And also looking forward to the detour to LA on the trip to visit Nate - and Char & Kev!)
Some sad news: my car was violated this week. Apparently the state of North Carolina feels threatened by my "thug-ride" and has decided that the tinting is too dark to pass a vehicle inspection. And so, Justin has done the dirty work for me, and took my car to someone to lighten the windows. I haven't seen the handy work just yet...
Some great news: My brother comes home from Afghanistan Monday! :) After what seems like EONS, I will have both little brothers (relatively speaking, of course) on one continent again. YAY! My parents and I will be on base to meet him upon his arrival Monday night. Will be a happy homecoming, indeed! Here's a picture of the two of us a few days before he left:
