Mr. Golden Sun

The sun = ♥ I am enjoying a week full of sunshine and I am loving it... Here's to a summer full if sun, now I just need a good playlist!

Practically Perfect in Every Way!!!

This weekend I had the pleasant experience of going to see Mary Poppins the Musical. It was on tour and came into a nearby city, so the bestie and I along with her family went. It was supercalifragilisticexpealadocious!!! The cast was fabulous along with the choreography and costumes. The music was also well produced. Afterward, we had a fabulous dinner downtown at a fine seafood restaurant, in which I had a delicious baked salmon with a Parmesan crust... yum!!!! Anyways, the day was Pratically Perfect and I am now aware that I own the "perfect" Mary Poppins bag,that could contain a hat stand and possibly a tape measure, now all I need is the perfect "mary poopins" umbrella, which I am sure would come in handy at school where it loves to pour!

MOM!

If you haven't notice we look a little bit alike, thought I would share a good photo and a candid that perfectly describes us!

I have been wanting to do this post for a long time and so I am glad Mother's Day is finally here. My mom is such an inspiration, as I know many of your mothers out there must be, so now let me share a few things about my mother. My mom was a single mother for several years and she gave up so much for me to be the person today. I could not imagine shaping my character based on anyone more than her, she is selfless and loving and one of the greatest influences in my life.

While always being there for support, she is always great to laugh and cry with and this year as I went off to college for the first time she was an amazing encourager. Though I know it was hard to see me go, she encouraged to spread my wings to bigger and better things beyond the confines of my hometown. SO, I wish a very Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there, and I am sure many of you have great stories about your mothers, feel free to share!!! I would love to hear it!

Emotions running high!

This blog will be short and simple because I am way overwhelmed because guess what is knocking on my door :FINALSSSSS!!!!!

Emotions are high!
Work is endless(or at least it seems the way!)
My mind is a million places other than school!


However, I am determined to get these finals in the butt and show them who is boss, because summer is calling my name and I have it in the grasp of my hand.

Well coffee break is over back to work!

-Ashton :)

Looking Back

Reminiscing... such a strong word, but I hate it because I can never spell it correctly. Anyhow, this week I began Reminiscing. My roommate, TMoss and I began slowly removing things from our walls and desks and closets as we prepare to move out of our dorm, and with each removal comes a story. A story of a late night laugh or dance party ( we loved to dance, and I am sure whoever lives below us despises us). Either way we have had so much shared in such a small space. While we come from two different spectrums, her being OCD, while me not so much, we somehow managed to live and breath in the same small area for the entire year and throughout it all we sparked one amazing friendship. Within nine months we have grown from young women to two independent ladies and we have learned life lessons along the way. Fortunately, both of us have decided to continue to be roommates next year, but thankfully we will both have seperate rooms, so she won't have to deal with my mess :). I have found some of our first photos from college, that we dug up as we were going through stuff.

My favorite photo of us!

The day we moved in! Our first Toga adventure

Life in the FAST lane....

Well, it has been a few days, and quite whirlwind since my last blog, but let's get the big news out of the way first... Greek Week was a success once again. AXID won for the 4th year in a row!!!!!!! Yes, quite an exciting accomplishment. In addition, one of our sister's was named Greek Goddess, our 6th year winning that title!!!! Throught the week we dominated in events such as Penny Wars, Letter Count (which is quite hilarious), Trivia, and recieved awards for our community service efforts. Another sister also recieved the living the ritual award, which is AmaXIng!!! Okay, enough bragging, so sorry!!! I feel like a mother boasting her honor student child.... Me and couple of my pledge sisters on Game day Performing during the Variety Show, out theme was SNL!

Me and the Big Sis at the Letter Count, yes that is me hidden behind all that clothing. The object is to have the most stuff on donning your letters.

SOOOO on to more things!!!!!!



This past week, I had an encounter with a raccoon, yes RACCOON!!! It was standing outside my building when I was walking in, I was on the phone with my roommate, at first glance I thought it was a cat, but when I realized it wasn't I quickly yelled a few curse words, whole it preceeded to follow me, I thought I was going to wet myself, thankfully he jumped in the trashcan and I ran inside!!!
I also have a new obsession with Belks Department store.... There dresses this season are fabulous and the sales are amazing, plus the fit of their clothes is applicable to most body types, which is great for me. Plus dress shopping just makes me excited for SUMMER, which is almost here thank goodness! I only have two days of classes left and two finals and I have officially completed my freshman year... Exciting?!?! I think YESSS!! Here's to a good week and some extra sleep, I need to catch up from greek week!!!

Also check out my big's blog this week, she is blogging about the positives things in her daily life this week as an effort to stay positive through the end of the semester. http://blondeambitionklh.blogspot.com

-Ash

Friends can cure anything

Lately I have found that friends are the ultimate cure to anything and everything. In the past year, I have made so many new friends while in my freshman year and of course those who have been with me since high school and before. An inumeral amount of my friends became my sisters when I joined AXID, but some of the most important people in my life have been with me through it all. My best friend Suzanne is one of those people. She has been with me through relationships, high school dances, drama, grades, and anything else you can imagine. Even more lately though we are miles apart now due to college she has been a wonderful listener and she had all the right words to say that make everything better. In addition to that, her family has become like an extended family to me. Though there are many other people who I have met along the way who have been great friends and mentors to me, nothing is the same as a BEST friend, and they are a dime a dozen. I am thankful for all of my friends and the impacts they have made in my life, but most of all I am truly thankful for my best friend.