Graduation

May 15th I graduated with my MPH (Master's in Public Health) Woo Hoo!! And here are all the glorious pictures to show for it!! It was soooooo long!! A politician spoke and basically just promoted his campaign and said "government is not the problem/enemy" .. we all rolled our eyes and just wanted him to get over with it. Either way - I am soooo glad to be done and to have survived the semester. It was probably the hardest yet most rewarding.

Heres me and N. I babysat him and his sis for the two years I was there.

My advisor and the teacher who made our lives literal hell this semester!

My roommate for the past two years.

Me and Allie.

Me, Selina, and Natalie.

Me, my dad, Marjorie and Nathan. I love his face in this picture. He was doing it on purpose! Haha!

Me and my dad.

Me, Allie, Charlotte, and Hayley.

Crossing the stage!

Walking in.

The small stage we crossed - haha.

Now that I am done - I am on to bigger adventures. Who knows what, but either way I will enjoy them as long as they don't require me to move to a new state with no one I know. At least not for a good while! :)

Live your Best Life Weekend (Day 4)

Our last day in NYC was spent doing some sight seeing. I have always wanted to go to Liberty Island and see the Statue of Liberty so we got up and did that. What I really really wanted to do was go to the top of the crown but you have to book 3 months in advance to do that. So we went had fun and took lots of pictures.

After that we met our friend at the MTV studios because that is where she works! We also rode the elevator with this guy from some show either the city or the hills.

All in all a great trip with a great friend!! Glad we were able to have such a fun time before I moved.

Live your Best Life Weekend (Day 3)

I think after this post I will be one post away from being caught up. So here is the last day of the LYBL Weekend and what me and Carly did after the run that day. We got up waaaay to early for a 2 mile run along the river and ending in Times Square. At the last minute we decided not to run but to instead take a taxi to Times Square and wait so that we could be close to the stage. In our attempt to leave we got stopped and ended up in a good position because we got to take some great photos of some of the celebrity's who were there - Dr. Oz, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J Blige, Suze Orman, and Gayle. After all was said and done with the walk we went home and took a long rest and got up to go walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. This was on my 101 in 1001 list. So we did that and got some amazing photographs that I can't wait to frame. Then we went and had the best pizza ever at a place right under the bridge. Never did we think we would have to wait in line for pizza, but we did and it was worth it. The atmosphere in side was great. All of the tables were right next to each other so when you were seated you were so close to the next table. It was great because we were able to have good conversation with people on both sides of us. I highly recommend walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at getting pizza at Grimaldi's if you go to NYC.

One more post about our trip to NYC, a graduation post and then I will be caught up! I am only a month behind! :)

Live Your Best Life Weekend (Day 2)

Saturday was a day of sessions and Carly and I chose to go to Dr. Oz, Nate Berkus, and I forgot what the 3rd one was because I went around the Galleria to see what was going on up there. Up there I was able to hear Suze Orman speak and do some other fun things. The ladies there were CRAZY!! They were cutting in line, yelling at each other, running for seats - it was intense. I enjoyed all of the sessions and that night we got to hear Oprah speak about her life at Radio City Music Hall. They said no camera's so we didn't take any pictures but everyone there had cameras.

We got a nice purse, shirt, make up case, and some other free stuff in the bag. It was lots of cool stuff.

Live Your Best Life Weekend (Day 1)

So I know its been soooo long since I blogged but I am trying to catch up to graduation so that I can have my blog printed into a book to remember the past two years.

The weekend after class finished one of my best friends from undergrad came up to NY and met me in the city for Oprah's Live Your Best Life Weekend. It was loads of fun to spend time in the city. We had a great time. Here are pictures from our first day. We went to Macy's, checked in for the event, and then went to Serendipity. Carly flew in and I took the megabus - which a really cheap way to get around the northeastern part of the United States. I thought it would be a quick walk from where the bus dropped me off to the hotel but it was actually 2 miles. I was sweating and tired having pulled my huge suit case through town. But we both arrived at the same time and enjoyed lunch at Cafe Metro.

Us outside of Serendipity.

Police cars in Times Square

Inside Serendipity. It was nothing like what we anticipated and it was filled with junk.

Carly got a frozen hot chocolate.

I got a frozen pink lemonade

Inside my first taxi ever in NYC - when I have gone in the past I mostly take the subway

Where we checked in.

Flower center pieces for the reception.

Pictures.

Banners hanging outside.

Macy's is 9 floors high and the length of a block. It was super intense.

I had heard so many good things about Crumbs Cupcakes - so when we passed one in walking we stopped by.

Crumbs even had a special Oprah Cupcake.

This was just the first day. We were so pooped by the time the day was over. Serendipity was our last stop then we came back to the hotel and crashed!! Apparently the fire alarm went off in the hotel too, you could not hear it from our room. Good thing it wasnt a real emergency!!

Graduation Day

Today is the day I graduate with a Master's in Public Health. It has been a long road coming, but I am sooooo excited for the newness that is in store. :)

Thursday night the school held a graduation dinner and it was great catching up, saying by, and hanging out!

Woo Hoo!!

Update: My class that was literal hell this semester grade was just posted and I got an A-. Woo hoo!! Little to no sleep, and roughly 450 pages of 3 different assignments. This class pushed me further than I have ever been pushed before!! Soooo thankful that it is over!!

So I should be blogging so that I can remember these significant moments in my life, but I have been so extremely busy this past week.

Last week Monday was my last grad school class and our group got to present first and I think it went great!! Going first was such a stress reliever because we got to watch the other groups go and just sit for the next 3 1/2 hours of class. Now I am just waiting to walk across the stage on Saturday. Tuesday I went home for an interview with CPS which was on Wednesday. Unfortunately, I did not get the job. Although I am okay with that because when one door closes another opens and I think one that I will leap through will be opening soon. Thursday I flew back to New York because Carly and I had booked tickets month ago to go to Oprah's Live Your Best Life Weekend (which will be a post in itself because it was on my 101 in 1001 list). So we were in the city (NYC) for 5 days and got to do that which was lots of fun. Now I am back home and getting ready for graduation this weekend and moving back to Texas. Life has been extremely busy and unpredictable. I will be traveling for about the next month, but I am excited about it!!