driving back from the beach with the top down; packing my lunch the night before; coming home to a clean house; sleepytime tea before bed; meeting Sarah Butler; finding a place to run at Lake Mackintosh; making pasta salad; the nice lady at the shipping store; letting a kid borrow my Carolina football for recess; my card from Carla that came in the mail; teaching at Clemson; teaching in Colorado in the spring; having Duck Donuts in my desk drawer at work; eating pupusas after work at El Carbonero; talking to Ali; waking up to learn that the Outer Banks didn’t get hit by a hurricane; Dad calling to check on me today; morning conversations with Camden; long drives to help me think; Saturday night at Hannah’s; eating Lucky Charms with Evan and Camden this morning; taking chances; having time to be helpful to Kallie; Amy Milsom; going to Ali’s for dinner in a little while; setting up time to meet with James; Kallie’s mom offering her cabin in the mountains; teaching psychoanalytic theory; SATC season 4; lying in bed thinking; talking to Shanna; Evan being at VIR this weekend; going for a walk with Ali; Sarah; The Filling Station; long talks; the talking lady app; my calendar says things like “massage”; dinner with Sara Kesler this week; living close to friends; Camden being Spiderman for Halloween; The Glass Castle; rereading my NEO-PI; spending time with Amy Singer; grants; LPC; going to lunch with Mom and her quick cherry pit bag; helping Ali with chapter 1; sleeping to the sound of rain; Elysia being back from whatever outdoor thing she was doing; sleeping in tomorrow; time with Evan, Camden, and Shanna; talks; getting away; To Hate Like This is To be Happy Forever; wings and pretzels at O’Malley’s in Sylva; fall leaves; Dianne and the cabin; new iPad apps; sleeping in my own bed; drinking lots of water; not being tired; time with my friends; Tara; Amy Singer running into Mack Dennis; football; fires; clean sheets; going home tomorrow; Evan helping me with my car; talking to Dad tonight about taxes, education, and Rand Paul; my students at Clemson who always brighten my Thursdays; Whitney; working with Tara tomorrow; snow today; putting up the Christmas tree; Ali and Megan spending the night tonight

Megan calling; Mary Deck’s emails; deciding to spend a week at home for Thanksgiving; Tiffany saying “we” can do this; Carla going with me to get my nails done before dissertation proposal; Elysia’s dissertation help; Whitney being someone who pushes me; all my Sylvan people-Beth, Sherri, Rhonda; my family’s distance from all the dissertation stress; ODU students; sleeping in my own bed after being gone for 2 weeks; reality checks; Grandma’s text messages; PhD (ABD) after Tuesday

being able to go at a moment’s notice; talking to James about dissertation stuff; ideating with Ackerman; Dr. Border’s being supportive; Darrell Thomas and Joan Patterson; Sylvan; proposing a technology class for school counselors; teaching at UNC; talking to Sage publisher about technology textbook; reviewing text for Pearson; co-teaching Advanced Groups; presentation at St. Mathew’s school in Charlotte; Advanced Prac supervision; on-call in the clinic;  Camden is crawling; going to Chapel Hill to do work; eating quiche for breakfast with chocolate milk; watching movies; not checking blocks

Mom calling to check in; making calzones for Carla, Elysia, and I; Denisha doing a fabulous DCT session; going to Barnes and Noble for a regular book; Evan is having a baby; sitting outside with Elysia; calling to check on Carla at 2am; Evan wanting to go to Charleston; buying a house; Mom, Grandma, and I planning a shower; weekend with Carla; Christmas shopping online; Stumbling on Happiness (the book); talking to Mom; getting my nails done with Elysia

golf tournament; Hootie concert and Edwin McCain after party with Shanna; Folly Beach; Tsunami; cosmos; Lake Keowee; Lake Lure; Kenny Chesney; Gypsy Cab; Earshot; Connolley’s; Greenville Supper Club; Bodies exhibit and the aquarium with Evan; Blue Ridge Parkway; Dustin’s wedding; Lake Norman with Megan; Downtown after 5; running errands for Miranda; painting Evan’s house; seeing Chicago; Mom making Megan’s quilt; Heineken in the fridge from Elysia; Jennifer is having a baby; taking time to get ready in the morning; talking to Mom at 8am; feeling settled; Evan calling from the DMV; having breakfast with everyone; Evan laughing on the phone; thunderstorms; starting school…again; taking the dogs to the park; being around counselors again; standing outside talking on the phone; being happy; having no tv; going to the park with Carla; talking to Evan before and after his massage; finding a psychology of music class; getting through #6 on my stats exam

Eric is home from Iraq; my family and friends; being busy

my family; a pretty day; Mom’s flowers; Buck and Megan; Mom bought me Ben and Jerry’s; Dad worrying that I’m tired; Evan getting my car fixed for me; going to school with Elysia; Ken and Wendy; my new computer; running into people at Ingle’s; eating ice cream with Mom, Dad, and Grandma; my students; getting started on a paper

Eating stew with Mom and Dad; going to Elysia’s; talking to Dianne Prohn; journaling; going to workout with Evan; Evan bought me Apple Jacks and chocolate milk; Mom found her stolen wallet; working out with Elysia at UNCA; spending time alone; Megan being my group co-leader; getting home in time to watch the Bachelorette; Casey calling this morning; teaching Study Skills; having Evan to talk to; Grandma’s soup; going out with Elysia; watching the game; Mandy Ellington called to tell me happy birthday; stray cat on the porch; fresh flowers; warm weather; Mom; hanging out with Megan and Rachel; beautiful weather; talking to Casey; Elysia and I went to Applebee’s; finishing developmental interviews; my dad coming over to fix things; eating leftover birthday cake; going to Elysia’s to work on school stuff; going to the hospital to hang out with Mom; my family; my new Norah Jones cd; good friends; dinner; time; school; the 11 o’clock news; my new Nicholas Sparks book; spending time with both grandmas; talking to Aunt Lena and Uncle Mellor; rescheduling my practicum time; making ravioli; Kallie calling; Mom bought me Diet Coke; sleeping late; going to the lake; Dad; going to the dentist tomorrow; classes ending; Elysia’s nice things to say about me in Group’s class (filling our tea cups:)); Buck and Megan; Dianne Prohn called; Kenny Chesney cd; one exam left; rainy days; seeing the sick baby lamb; new pj’s; my family eating pizza together; going with Evan to Fletcher

*this was my first year of graduate school….no time for writing then either!

Going to dinner to celebrate graduation; Katie moving back; Professor Unks; writing thank you notes; JD Barrett

*this was the year I taught 5th grade…no time for journal writing, too much grading and planning, I guess!