T Minus 9 Days...

What a GREAT weekend. I did nothing...literally...and it was pretty amazing. Caught up on some much-needed sleep after the week I had AND got a lot of packing done! Can't believe I'm moving in 9 days...crazy! I'm really excited though. One of my roommates moved out this weekend, and her empty room looks so sad!

In other news, I am running the White Rock Half Marathon in less than 2 weeks! I ran 11 miles yesterday, and my legs are quite sore today. I am just hoping the adrenaline will get me through those last 2 miles because I was tiiiiired after mile 10! Below is the half marathon course.


We start and end at Fair Park, which is nice. But we never run on White Rock Lake, which is bizarre because the race is called, wait for it, the "White Rock" Half Marathon. Interesante...anyway, I am excited for Stacey to come visit and run with me ;) It will be a grand ole time!

The fam is coming here for Thanksgiving, so we are having a feast on Thursday afternoon with the Tuttles, Sheltons and Romes! The Tuttles and Romes will be meeting for the first time evah. Should be very entertaining! I am in charge of making Pumpkin Cheesecake (so yummy!) and Proscuitto Cornbread Stuffing (made this last year and it is dee-llllicious). I'm excited! Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite holidays...mostly because of the food. And, if you know me, you know that I also love being around my family...especially since I don't get to see them all that much now that I live in Tejas.

Speaking of Christmas, I'm at a serious loss of what to get the beau and my brother and sister-in-law for Christmas gifts. I'm just at a total loss! If you have ANY suggestions, please please help! I know I still have some time, but, man, I at least should have some ideas by now! Frustrating...

Okay, hope everyone has a phenom week! I'll write after T-giving with an update on the feast and the meeting of the rents!

Signing off with some hilarious "motivational posters" I got in an email today. Enjoy...






I seriously love these...can't get enough!

WOOOO!

Okay, I don't have the time to make this post awesome, but I'm giving myself a 5-minute break from work to share some VERY exciting news!!!

I just officially signed my lease for a one-bedroom apartment, and it's mine beginning December 1!!! I'm sooooooo excited! It's in a really secure high-rise in Uptown Dallas, and I got a great deal. I feel that I'm at a point in my life where living alone is my next step. I've lived with one to three people for my entire life. Obviously, the last six have been with friends, which has been awesome, but I'm super pumped to live all by my lonesome. I think it will help me keep in touch better with friends and get out more during the week :)

Anyway, to celebrate this news, I jsut bought myself an early house-warming present...a new comforter from Anthro!

Holla! I've been meaning to get a new comforter for a really long time, so this just seemed like the perfect present to myself to make things official!

Will post more about the new apartment soon! For now, back to the grind...

Happy Wednesday!

Gatorbait

Yes, as most of you unfortunately know, the Gators lost miserably on Saturday night against South Carolina. What a BUMMER! They started off the game SO well too with that immediate touchdown within the first 14 seconds. Unreal. I was so pumped after that, but I slowly realized we weren't going to pull a big W against these Gamecocks. Good news is I had a great time tailgating and showing Trey around (as much as I could) the UF campus and taking him to the SAE house. Next year, I decided we'll have to stay in Gainesville over night so we can start tailgating early and do a little bar-hopping after the game.

Got to see some of my good friends over the weekend, which was very nice. I love Tampa...I always feel happy all over whenever I'm in the state of Florida, so it was a nice change of pace from Dallas. AND, I get to go home for a whole week over Christmas break. I am so excited!

That's all for now...will have a better update later this week. I have to start brainstorming some Christmas gift ideas for the fam and the boyfriend. Yikes! I'm gonna need your help on this one, friends...

I've had a frustrating day....

I'm waiting to hear back about an apartment I filled out an application for on Friday that I am in LOVE with...evidently, I got it, but my realtor won't return my emails/calls about signing a lease today! If I got it, let's make it official and sign some documents here...I feel like I can't even get excited and celebrate until the lease is signed, sealed, delivered. Annoying.

I got to work early this morning, had to eat lunch at my desk...and I'm ready to go home. But I have so much workkkk!

I'm trying to plan this media FAM trip for a hotel we represent in Jamaica and am getting some MAJOR tude from some of the journalists. Simmmmma down now. You're getting a free trip to Jamaica, OK?

Ok, that's all. Wish my luck that my afternoon gets better....

Is it really only Tuesday? FML

NOLA: 2, Jenna: 0

Needless to say, New Orleans was insane! The only bummer of the weekend was my camera was stolen...it was obviously an accident because if any of you know me, you know that my camera is 5 years old and, let's be honest, a P.O.S. I don't really care much that it was stolen - just sad that I lost all of the photos from the weekend! I usually don't take a lot of pictures, but I was really good last weekend, and it got stolen at about 3 a.m. on Saturday night (err I guess Sunday morning?) on Bourbon Street. Some dude was taking a picture of our group and as we were looking at other people's cameras/photos/etc. and laughing, the dude had disappeared.

Oh well.

Anyway, here are some photos from the trip (stolen from other people's cameras of course):

Molly and I found some awesome masks at a gas station! Wish we had bought them...

The hippie and the chicken...a match made in Heaven haha


Molly, me, Vic and Jess at lunch on Saturday


This was after Molly and I's power nap on Saturday pre-going out haha...love this


Getting ready to go out on Bourbon!


Bourbon Street...Nuff said

It was a crazy weekend but so much fun. Also, the food in New Orleans is unbelievable. Jambalaya could be my new favorite dish. I'm on the search for a good recipe to make myself!

Last week was spent catching up on sleep and getting my body back to normal after a weekend like that! This weekend was very relaxing also. Friday night, I went to Manny's for a going away party for Miss Elizabeth Wishnatzki and her fiance James, who are moving to L.A. tomorrow! Very sad. But at least we'll be reunited over Christmas in Tampa, then her bachelorette party in February and her WEDDING in April :). Saturday and Sunday, I ran errands and tried to get some packing done, since I am moving in less than a month! Crazy. And no, I don't have anywhere to move yet haha. Sensitive subject. Last night, we had a great bible study. It had been about a month since our last one, so it was nice to get back into the routine. Burton and Shelby were nice enough to cook us burgers and baked potatoes for dinner too. It was yummmmy!

Nothing too much going on this week...butttttt Friday, I get to go back to Florida for the South Carolina/Florida Game!!! I could NOT be more excited. We fly to Tampa Friday night and are driving to Gainesville for the game on Saturday. Hard to believe, but I haven't been to a game in The Swamp since I was in school. I know...should be a sin! I went to Tennessee last year, but Hallie and I decided to go to Salty Dog instead of the game haha. And we went to the SEC Championship in Atlanta last year also, but nothing is like being in the Swamp for a game. I am beyond ecstatic. AND, the beau is coming with me! Should be a great experience for all haha.

Anyway, signing off with a quote from the one and only Urban Meyer. Hope everyone has a great Monday and I will try to write before I leave town this weekend!

Urban Meyer's request of Gator fans at his press conference today:

"I'd like to make this stadium absolutely out of control for South Carolina."

You got it, Urbs!