An Unexpected Saturday

Brandon told me on Friday that he would have Saturday off of work. I was so excited because for once we didn't have plans or obligations. We could spend our Saturday in whatever way we wanted! It was perfectly unexpected.

We slept in, but only until around 9am, so it was still early enough to enjoy the coolness of the morning. I remembered how Brandon mentioned a few weeks ago that he wanted us to go running together, so I asked him to come to campus with me and do a few laps. We ended up walking most of it, but it was a beautiful morning and it was so nice to take a stroll and catch up. It's funny that we have to make time to catch up when we live together, but that's how it works when you start working full time.

After our walk Brandon surprised me. He lead me to our car and opened the trunk. He had brought along a book we've been reading together and our new hammock (which we've both been dying to try out). We strung it up by the river and enjoyed the breeze.

We both started getting hungry around eleven, it must have been that strenuous run we took ; )
So we headed for the apartment to make some lunch. Afterwards we decided to shampoo the carpet in our new used-car. We cleaned for several hours and felt pretty pleased with ourselves. We decided that our great efforts had earned a trip to the movies and a dinner date. We went to the matinee and enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean over a large Dr. Pepper.

It seemed too early to have dinner so Brandon suggested that we head to Dillsboro, the next town over, and walk around. It ended up being pretty cool because the town was putting on some sort of collaborated event. All of the shops were open and there was live music and free samples of some really great food. We found a new kitchen store that we had never noticed before. After that we went to dinner and then called it a night.

It might sound dorky, but this was the highlight of my week! We didn't do anything spectacular or go anywhere romantic, but we didn't need to in order to have a great time. I love spending time with this guy, no matter where we are or what we're doing. He rocks, and I adore him.

Yep, that's my man!

My first job as a graduate!

I graduated from college a few days ago. Its been a long road, but I'm glad I took it. My boss offered me a position with our company as a temporary employee (until our lease expires and we move closer to family). I have never known our company to transition a student worker into a temporary before, and I feel so blessed to have this opportunity. I found out today that my new job title is "Receptionist for the Department of Residential Living at WCU." My duties have not changed at all, as I was already performing these tasks in order to maintain good customer relations. My supervisor also explained that I would not be able to maintain my previous pay grade. I assumed it was due to the raise I got last year (a quarter more an hour) and that I would be returning to minimum wage. She explained that I would now be making somewhere between $3-4 more. Is it professional to turn bright red and yell "OH MY GOODNESS!" in the workplace? Either way, I did it! She knows my situation well, so she laughed and said she was glad it didn't hurt my feelings too bad.

I asked God to provide a boat so I could get across the tossing sea. He said no, and then parted the waters. I marvel at the work of His hand as I walk past walls of ocean with feet on dry land...