So after school started in August I realized it was as bad as I thought. I have really started to dislike college and I am very ready to graduate in May. A lot of my friends have been talking about grad school and I find that very funny because that is the last thing in the whole world I would EVER do willingly. I am currently taking 6 classes, 14 hours total and get on average 4 hours of sleep a night. It KILLS my body and makes it VERY difficult for weight loss. All of my classes are tough and require immense time outside of class. I sometimes feel like I am losing my mind. For the most part I don't enjoy my classes but I really like my biomaterials class. I think.... Well I enjoy the professor a lot, she is fantastic and it is wonderful to see someone teach a college class with it being their passion. Most of my professors are in it for the research. :( :( :(
Lately I have been attending lots and lots of job fairs and having phone interviews. I am looking at a multitude of companies from TVA, DENSO, ORNL, MARS, Colortech, to Eastman. It is really scary looking for a job and I always imagined this time in my life would never really come but it did and now it's scary.
Cody has been doing well, he is such a trooper. He has been having some SERIOUS senior-itus. He is so ready to graduate this December and I don't blame him! His student teaching has been good and he is a FANTASTIC teacher. I am so proud of him. I am also so glad that he enjoys it. It reconfirms his passion to coach and teach.
Between August and now nothing besides school and hw has really happened but I have found the good out of this semester and can proudly say I have made a friend! Since we are in almost all of the same classes we work on the projects and lab reports together and since the lab reports take 30+ hours, I will often go to her house to bounce back-and-forth ideas on a tricky software. Brianna has three cats and a dog. I have really cherished this friendship that has come out of this semester. She has such a sweet heart and is a lot of fun! This semester people-wise has been great! I am also really close with my other two friends Shelby and Candice. All three people are so so so different but I really care so much for each of them. I have known Shelby for many years and have had many classes together. She is a wonderful friend and listener. Candice is just the sweetest girl and is so spunky! She is wonderful to go to for advice and just recently got married herself. So I LOVE LOVE LOVE wedding talk together!
You will never hear me talk much about friends because I have always been the type of person who likes most people and get along with truly about every person but I don't usually trust people enough to let them in on my personal life or open up to. So it says a lot when I mention friends!
Anyways, this past weekend Cody and I got to experience many new 'firsts' together!!! Last Saturday I took Cody to his first corn maze, hay ride, pumpkin patch, and carved his first pumpkin! At first he wasn't fond of the maze especially since it was incredibly muddy but ended up enjoying it once he found out he got to take home a pumpkin. We went to Oaks Farm out in Sevierville TN and I highly suggest going there! My family has gone to corn mazes almost every year of my entire life and we have tried over 12 maze farms and Oaks Farm by far is the best! We got to swing, sit in our rocking chars, feed animals and race down HUGE slides! Here is a little collage of our trip:
First, Friday night I attended the Farragut High football game and was able to watch my Cody do what he loves, coach! A storm delay caused the game to start at 9:30pm instead of 7:00pm. But I enjoyed spending time with Cody as he got to 'show me off' as he says, to the other coaches ;)
(and note the coaches wife jacket i'm wearing!!!!:D)
It was very rainy and chilly but we managed to squeeze out a smile!
It was the coolest autumn sight when we first walked into the maze. It just puts you right into a fall mood. Pumpkin everything!! And look how tall the stalks were this year!
Don't let the smiles fool you, I barely got this picture because Cody HATES pictures and that makes me really sad. Pictures are everything to me.
Since he didn't want anymore pictures (even though we had only taken 2 at this point, I took matters into my own hands. He WAS going to be in a picture.) And he ended up liking this one, go figure.
I love doing fun things like corn mazes as yearly traditions.
Cody didn't mind taking pictures of me so I took advantage of the opportunity and he did a great job!! At times like this I really wish I had a selfie stick.
Isn't this just the cutest little pumpkin!?!
Here is the awesome pumpkin patch that was 2 acres long!!!!
We carved our pumpkins on Sunday afternoon and I couldn't help but show off my new initial!! ;) I am so sorry guys, but I am so excited and proud! Bear with me for the next year!
We tested out our pumpkins and I think Cody's vampire pumpkin takes the cake.
To end that action-packed day, we got to visit and eat at our rehearsal dinner place, Calhouns on the River! I am very pleased with our choice and the view was exquisite! I enjoy date nights and date days more than anything in the world!
That whole last weekend I was blessed to be able to spend so much quality time with Cody and to say the least I think we will have the happiest marriage in the whole world. He is going to be such a fantastic husband and I just cherish the quiet times together chatting about our future and learning more and more about each other every day. He is my hero and my best friend. And I love doing everything together. He is such a neat person with such a neat personality and I love just driving in the car on semi-long car trips talking away. He is great company!
This morning I finally got my new glasses! I can see so much better! These will be the glasses I am wearing for the wedding so I hope they look good and blend into my face well!
I am so excited about them!!
This Thursday, today, starts our fall break and Morgan and I took our anual Ijams nature center sister bonding time hike! There is nothing better than some sweet sister time to be able to talk, goof off, and have our little rants together about the same thing. I have really enjoyed being so close to my sister especially in the past 8 years. I'm so glad we are now truly best friends. We get each other.
We hiked every trail this time and this is my personal favorite, while Morgan's is two pictures down. It is so fun doing exercise and outdoorsy things together!
There are so many beautiful things in God's world that just take your breath away!
Like this for example, I could sit here all day. It is the most peaceful and serene thing to sit on the bench and just be.
I know it sounds crazy but I can envision Cody and I having a house like that one day with a beautiful view, lots of land, a few cows, and not too close to civilization but not too far.
The swamp! This is where me, Morgan, and Nana got scary lost 10 years ago. We were lost for 5 hours in the dark! Worst thing ever!
The rest of fall break will consist of Codys football game tomorrow night, a quick day trip to Chattanooga (for hair highlights), and lots and lots of hw.
I hope everyone enjoyed reading this post as much as I did writing it! I will update back again after Christmas or who knows, maybe sooner! I love being able to keep friends and family updated!
Love,
Kayla Dyar (Raborn)
10-15-2015
