I did it!!!!

I chopped it, a whole 12 inches (one foot!!!) of hair is gone from my head. I cringed the entire time Markie (my beloved hair dresser of 3 1/2 years) chopped my pony from my head. I have been telling her my past 3 or so appointments to "get ready! this is it!" Well it never was, so she definitely didn't believe me this time. To her surprise, I came equipped to the salon with my ruler, hairties and plastic baggie, ready for "the great chop" as I referred to it. 12 inches later, here I am. The shortest hair I've had since probably my Derfelt Elementary School days. I've never thought myself to be good with short hair nor do I have any idea how to style this thing but I will get used to it. Maybe I'll learn some new tricks! And hopefully a child out there, victim of cancer, will receive a wig with my hair attached to it and for a few moments I will make them feel happy with the way they look, hopefully feel beautiful.

Locks for Love

In recent days, I have gotten a slew of comments referring to the length of my hair. Those who don't really know me just say "Wow, your hair is so long!" My 'friends' say I look like the girl who never cuts her hair.. As a result, I have decided it is time for me to make a donation. Not just any monetary sum, a donation of my hair. Locks of Love requires ten inches from each longest end of your cut off pony. I am so so nervous to cut off that much. What do you think? Should I go for it or wait longer til I have more to cut off? ahhhh!!

Joys of Dreaming..

As I sit in the library, procrastinating my Chemistry Lab, I am thinking about this..

With her..

Can't Wait.

Even though I already went birthday shopping, I still can't wait for my birthday this sunday!!

Sal and Todd Do Cleveland

This past weekend, my mom and dad came to visit me at my school, John Carroll, in Cleveland. I had a soccer tournament and Connor had a game so it was a great time for them to come!! It was seriously so fun and I wish they could be here every weekend so we can play!

Friday night, we took the Rapid to Downtown Cleveland and had a great dinner and walked around.

Lake Erie!!

Sunday morning, I took them to Cuyahoga National Park to hike around and for my dad to take a long run through the trails. We walked through the trail that I ran in during preseason and that my dad ran in that morning! Then we went to breakfast at a super cute restaurant in the town of Peninsula.

On Sunday afternoon, Connor had a big game against Mt. Union. Who would have thought we'd get sunburnt in Ohio!

2 Years

Connor and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary just before we came up to school. He took me to the Oyster Catcher in Tampa and I got a BEAUTIFUL Tiffany's Key :)

Summer Nights

I missed my friends this year. Loved Summer Nights.

Errie Pawta.

Kaelyn and her friends all went to see Harry Potter on opening night. Since I couldn't join in the fun, I helped them take a premovie photoshoot, complete with wands and scars.

4th of July

The week of 4th of July was a lot of fun this year. To start, Connor and I went down to Miami to see his sister, Kalyn's, volleyball tournament. They competed in Nationals!

On the way, Connor had an itch to fish so we stopped in the everglades right off of Alligator Alley (the highway connecting the East and West coasts of Florida). There was a HUGE storm coming so we got some gorgeous pictures.

We stayed right on Miami Beach, next to Brooke Hogan's apartment building! We also got to go shopping at Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian's new store, Dash. It was such a beautiful place to be for a couple days!

On the morning of the 4th, my family and our neighbors, the Lewis' went out on their boat on the Gulf. We boated over to the 3 Rooker Islands and had an amazing cookout. It was a great way to spend the day!

The evening of the 4th, I brought my family down to my best friend Kelly's beach house in Redington Shores. It was a lot of fun, MORE food, and people I love, what could be better?