A Semester "Down Under": It's a new year! Welcome 2011!

So, 2011 has come, and I will still be writing 2010 for the next 2 months. Most people have a New Years tradition. Mine is going over to the Jordan's farm (people from my church) to shoot fireworks, eat way too much food, and have a scavenger hunt on the farm. We all stay the night there and wake up to waffles and friends. I love my New Years tradition and love spending time with friends from high school.

The group on New Years Eve (we were supposed to all wear our school colors)

I mentioned earlier that I am working as a substitute teacher while I'm home until February. So, the first full week of school started back up last week. I worked 4 out of those 5 days! I subbed in a 5th grade classroom and a 1st grade classroom for 3 days. The kids were absolutely adorable (a little talkative) and I could not have asked to spend my days with a better group. They were a little talkative but I think they were just excited to have someone knew for a few days. :) The best part of the job: I get $60 a day! It is giving me a taste of what a real job will feel like.

Although I am enjoying my time substitute teaching, when I saw all of the Facebook statuses of my friends going back to PC, I began to wish I could be there with them until I leave for Australia! Thankfully, semiformal was this past Friday so I got to spend all weekend on 3G! I enjoyed every minute of it and did NOT want to go back home. However, work was calling me (until I got home to find out that school had already been cancelled...). So, the weekend was spent with all of my friends at PC only to leave for home after 2 days. However, don't you worry. I will be back before I leave! :)

Paige, Elise, and I at Semiformal

part of the Diamond Family

Ellen and I getting ready

So, once I got home, I found out that school was cancelled due to the coming snow storm. My reaction to this was: "Yeah right. We're going to get a dusting MAYBE. Everyone will be upset that school was cancelled due to a little snow dusting." So, since I went to bed with that kind of attitude, I had a dream that I woke up to very little snow. So, when I woke up at 8:30, I decided that a little bit of snow was not worth me getting out of my warm bed for. However, I ended up getting out of bed at 9 since my stomach is on a very strict schedule and was telling me that it was time for breakfast. My dad was getting up about this time as well and asked me if I wanted to go outside. I then looked toward my window and it looked bright (you know that brightness that only a night of snow can bring?). So, I ran to the front door and was surprised to see WHITE and a lot of it! Apparently, Darlington got 9 inches in some places, but I measured 6 at about 2 PM. The snow was still falling though. Now, I haven't seen this much snow since I went skiing with my youth group in WV. So, as you can imagine I immediately turned 6 years old again. I ran across the street to make snow angels and play in the snow with my neighbor (who is in elementary school). My mom then came over to their house and we had coffee with 2 of our neighbors. We also rode around town (to get pictures of course!) with the neighbors and ended up cutting donuts on the square and sledding down the hill by my elementary school! Once we got back (thankfully!), my mom and I made a snowman and ended the day with homemade vegetable soup. Ok, so I know to some of yall I sound like I have never seen snow before in my life. Well, I haven't seen this much in a really long time! School is out again tomorrow in Darlington, and it is about time for things to start moving again. I'm getting a little stir crazy in the house. I love the beauty of all the white stuff, but I like going places too!