This Past Week..

This past week has been INSANE! My wreck happened a week ago from today. Mama stayed with me Sunday night, got me a rental car on Monday, went back to Charleston on Monday afternoon to get Daddy, I started my new rotation Tuesday, on Thursday Mama and Daddy bought me a new car, Mama brought it to Augusta Thursday night and spent the night, Went home on Friday, I had a massage on Friday to help with the pain, and have been working on an hour long speech that I have to give Tuesday morning!

My new supervisor put this in her office for me. I am now working in the Emergency Room. I work from 2:30 in the afternoon until 11:00 at night. I am loving it though! It is very fast paced, and you never know whats going to come through the door.

This is my new Ford Escape!! I havent come up with a name for her yet, but I LOVE it!
Mama and Daddy did a good job with picking out a new car for me!
I bought some new Coach shoes this weekend!
Yesterday, I took Chanel to a park by my apartment that has a nature trail.
This was her first time in my new car.. she did not know what to think!

Last night, I decided to take a break from my homework and TRY to paint one of Daddys paintings.. WELL.... Like I told him, I realized how much better he is than me!! That man has some talent!

My attempt... I am calling it my abstract version of his painting!

... and last but not least, I finally gave in and went to Krispy Kreme!

The Wreck.....

On my way home from Charleston, I saw my life flash before my eyes. It had been raining all morning, so I thought I was being smart by heading home when the rain stopped. When I was getting off an exit in Columbia, SC., my car hydroplaned, went all the way across the road, then spun several times and I ended up in a ditch rolled over on my side, the car then rocked back in an upright position.

The police told me that I came within a foot away from hitting the concrete slabs holding up the bridge. He said if I were to have hit it, I would have had serious head injuries.
I remember seeing cars in the distance when I was getting off of the exit and I knew that I could go ahead and merge without them hitting me. When I began to hydroplane, I remember looking in my rear-view mirror and not seeing a single car in sight. I do not know how a car did not hit me or how I did not hit another car.

As I was spinning, I remember thinking that I am about to die or become paralyzed. I remember thinking about my family and Anthony, and how I may not be able to talk to them again.

I have never had my life flash before my eyes until last night. It was not a good feeling. It is something that I am still battling right now. I cannot sleep because I keep having flashbacks of the hydroplaning, spinning, and heading into the ditch. I keep thinking about everything that could have happened. I keep thinking about how my dog could have been killed. I keep thinking about how I could have been killed or how I could have killed someone.

I was in shock at the amount of people that pulled over to check on me. The first person was a mexican. He came and opened my car door and had to help me out of the car because it was leaning so bad. I was able to use his phone to call my parents. A sweet black lady also pulled over and she called 911 for me. Another guy pulled over and helped me find my cell phone. He also gave me his Clemson sweatshirt because it was cold and rainy outside. Several more stopped and got out of their car to check on me. Every single one of them offered to stay with me until my parents arrived.

It took a while for the police to arrive at the scene because there were 4 other wrecks just in this area at the same time. I had an off-duty police let me sit in the car with him for over an hour while I was waiting for my Mom to get to the scene. She was still in Charleston. The police was so sweet to me. We got to know each other by asking a billion questions. He kept me laughing the entire time. I know he was trying to calm me down and take my mind off of what just happened, and it really worked. When my mom got to the scene, I lost it and just began to cry. I waited over 2 hours to see her. I never needed my mama more than I did in that very moment.

This is the sweatshirt that the one person gave me.. I am not going to lie.. I kind of like it!

We are in the process now of waiting to see if my car is totaled. The people that towed my car said that it is totaled. The state farm lady said that it is totaled. The police said that it is totaled. We are just waiting to hear back from one more person now. I got a rental car to day and I am not going to lie, I do not want to drive. I am scared to drive. I get scared that every car I see is going to hit me. I know this is something that I am going to have to get over fast, but it is really playing with my emotions right now.

This wreck was bad, and I am in a lot of pain, but I am so thankful that it was not as serious as it could have been. Noone was seriously hurt, and a car can always be replaced. I know the Good Lord sure was watching out for me.

Charleston...

This weekend I had the chance to go to Charleston, SC for my Daddys art show. It was the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. We think this is his 17th or 18th year doing this art show. This is only my third time going, so I was really excited about it when I found out I didnt have much homework to do.

When I got there Friday night, we had to go to a party out at a barn. There were tons of people and lots of good food! The barn was lit up in different kinds of lights and was absolutely beautiful. They even had lights decorating a tractor!

The city of Charleston is absolutely beautiful. This is Rainbow Row.
Before we went to the show, mama and I decided we wanted to go to Folly Beach and walk around and take some pictures.
I thought this one was funny.
Ignore our hair ;)
The beach.
I loved seeing all the horse and carriages around town.

They had GREAT shopping!


I found one of my favorite stores!

....and bought these two things! Unfortunately, my parents and Anthony said they would not go out in public with me wearing this hat! haha.

Chanel attracting customers.
Me and Daddys booth.

Mama and Chanel.

I wish everyone could see what a hit Chanel was at this show! She has never had so much lovin' before in her entire life!

Daddy and Chanel

I am so proud of this man!!! :) I have such a talented Daddy!!! I wish I had a job where I got to stay home and color all day ;)

I never get to go to these shows because I am always in school. I really thought long and hard about going this weekend because I have been so stressed and busy with this internship. But getting some TLC from my parents was well worth the drive! Its amazing how being able to see your family can reduce so much built up stress!!!

Make a Difference Monday

Since Tomorrow is Valentines Day, I figured today would be a good day to do my Make A Difference Monday about my boyfriend, Anthony.

Anthony and I have been together for several years now.
We have been through the good, the bad, and the ugly. But it has done nothing but make us stronger.

Alot of people dont know the "real" Anthony. He is tender-hearted, caring, loving, romantic- yes, he writes poems :) , and makes me laugh all the time.

I met Anthony my freshman year of college. It was when I was going through a really rough spot in life, and he is one of the people who showed my that life was worth living. We had so many deep conversations where he made me realize how special I am.

Anthony is not just my boyfriend, but he is one of my best friends. It is so nice to be able to call him when I am having a rough day and just vent and vent and then listen to his advice. If I am having a bad day, he will do whatever he can to try and put a smile on my face. Our entire relationship has been long distance. So we are getting pretty used to this, finally! It is always so exciting to come home and see each other for the first time in a while! I still get butterflies.

This boy has turned my life around and I will forever be grateful. It takes a special person to put up with me and all my blonde moments, emotional moments, and serious moments. I am so thankful he has been able to put up with it all :)

This weekend..

When I am in Augusta on the weekends, the weekend seems to drag on and on.. This weekend I went to Albany, and it FLEW by. I did not get to see everyone that I wanted to see, and I didnt take near as many pictures as I wanted to :(

When I got home on Thursday night, I sat around talking with Mama and Daddy for a while. We played with all the animals. I thought this was a cute picture of Buddy!

Friday morning I took my car to Anthony's shop and got to spend a little bit of time with him! I havent been home in about a month, so it was so nice to see him!!

I met my mama, grandma (Mimi), and great grandma (Nanny) at the mall for lunch! I am so blessed to have these three ladies in my life! Alot of people I know never met their grandparents, so I am blessed to have my grandparents still around and my great grandparent :)

Mama and I went shopping that afternoon for Chanels birthday present and ran some more errands. We came home and rented movies, ate junk food, and built a fire!

That night, we went to Elements to hear our friend Anthony Johnson play.

I ran into a sweet friend of mine, miss Erica McDowell!

OH! Andrew came home this weekend to see me :) I have this look on my face because he kept saying I was grossing him out. He finally agreed to atleast sit in the same chair with me to take a picture.

An old friend of ours, TJ Mauldin also played a song at Elements.

Saturday morning I woke up and went to Mimi and Poppys to say bye to them. I love their dog Honey!!!!

Me & Mimi

My Poppy... I do not know what is going on with my hair!

I love these people!

:) Lucky girl

I spent the rest of the day hanging out with Anthony. For Valentines, all I wanted was to go on a date to see The Vow. It was SUCH a good movie!!! I had so much fun :) But what wasnt fun, was saying goodbye after our date ended..

After the movie, I went to Grammy an G-daddys house to say bye to them.

I love this picture of them!

Me & Grammy. It was so nice sitting around and talking with them. I sure do miss them when I am gone!!

Sunday morning I woke up and had to say goodbye to my parents and Andrew. It sucked. You would think after living on my own for several years now that goodbyes would get easier. However, they get harder and harder each time!! Only 2 more months of this though!!! :)

Thank you to everyone who helped make my weekend wonderful! I had such a good time and am sad to be back in Augusta. I cant wait to see all of yall next time! :) Love you guys!!