Fall 2011 in Retrospect

 This past fall I have been living and changing life to the fullest. I work a full time job while going to school full time...which really isn't as hard as I thought it would be. I have been immersed in a new situation of people with my job and have lived out what I have always been taught about loving EVERYONE, no matter what they have done or currently do. I have a genuine burden on my heart for all my co workers. I love that I have gotten to interact with them and get to know them. School has been stressful but I am so glad for great friends like Madison, Jonah, Tiffany, and Hillary who have made me laugh weekly and suffered through certain classes with me. I have loved having History with  Jonah and I have loved eating meals with Tiffany and Hillary.  Then there is my friend, Madison. Madison has shown me this semester what it means to discover myself and be me, what it means to open my eyes to the world and see it in a way I have never seen it before. She has shown me how to push past the voices in my head that tell me YOU CAN'T.  She helped me run two 5K's this semester (one of them quite intense although SUPER FUN) With Madison by my side I ran the LUVMUD Obstacle Course 5K. When I wanted to stop she made me keep going. When I said I couldn't Madison told me that I could and even though she could have finished that race ALOT quicker without me, she stayed by my side encouraging me and coaching me with helpful tips. Due to this, I was able to run the St. Jude 5K improving my time and falling in love even more with running. I have had countless BBQ Nachos and Warm brownies with this girl and watched her live her life to it's fullest and help anyone who comes into her past. I have gone downtown and checked out the parking meter festival where we rode a gigantic teeter totter made of recycled material and got to meet cool new people. She has truly helped me open up and see the world. She encourages me to do things that I either have been afraid to do or didn't think I could do. SHe has taught me that whatever you want you have to go get and work for!  Tiffany has been my source of encouragement and laughter over a good ChicFila biscuit. We talk about our loves for what we want to do when we grow up and romantic places. Tiffany has such a joyful spirit about her and I don't think she has ever talked about a negative thing. Through her I have seen a true passion for an aspect of business and I have watched her integrate it throughout her whole life and her determination to go get it. This girl is going to be seriously big in the music industry business one day!! Jonah has been my history buddy and the guy who says the funniest or least expected things at just the right time. I have had fun in Aram's class with him and we both have had fun trying to teach each other the things in History class that we don't understand.  Precious Eric has been down in Orlando, chasing and accomplishing his dream, and I could not be any prouder. The fact that he knows what he wants and goes and gets it (with Disney and proposing to me lol) makes me so happy. This fall truly has flown by much more quickly then I ever thought it would. I am so glad I could let him go so he could follow his dream down here. The smile on his face in pictures and the sound of his voice on the phone reminds me that it was all worth it!!! I can't wait to be married to him and be MRS. HIGNIGHT!!!!! I can't wait for the adventures that await us in this life and for the love he has already shown me!!! He is truly my best friend and the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. Well that was my Fall in Cliff Note version :)