Beachin' it!

One of my favorite things in the world to do is go to the beach. Today was such a perfect day to go. All of the tourists are out of the FL beaches and it wasn't to hot that you can't stand being outside more than 15 minutes. The only downside were the jellyfish that were bigger than my head.

Nevertheless, it was such a fun day!!

xoxo,
Mariah

Fall Saturdays in the south = COLLEGE FOOTBALL!

I got to go to my first fall 2011 UCF football game a few weekends ago. Aside from the cooler weather (okay, in Florida that doesn't usually happen until November), there is nothing more that I look forward to than college footballs games. I just love cheering on my school to victory.

We played Boston College and it was epic! It was the first time we were ever playing a BCS team...

AND WE KICKED THIER BUTTS!

  The Knights ended up beating the BC Eagles 30-3!

xoxo,

Mariah

busy, busy bee.

So basically this is what my life is going to consist of until December...

 Seeing this list of everything that I still have to do just stresses me out. I would love for there to be more lines of yellow highlighting in there to relieve some of the pain. The sad part is that this isn't even everything. I still have 2 finals to add that I don't know the date for yet, and copious amounts of online Italian homework that my professor hasn't assigned dates for yet either. I prefer to work ahead in online classes, but with this one I can't. :-(

I am super excited about all of my classes and even some of the assignments but boy does it all add up and really zap the energy from ya.

Hope everyone else is having a great semester so far!

xoxo,
Mariah

Oren!

My nephew was born back in May, and I finally got to meet him at the end of July for his Baptism.

This is one of my favorite pictures of him and I, but I'm sure there will be many more to come!

Oy vey

This shows the location of Irene from a few days ago, now she is in North Carolina

Watching The Weather Channels coverage of Hurricane Irene is seriously stressing me out, more so than it does when the hurricane is heading directly for me.

Maybe it’s because I have grown up with hurricanes as a way of life and I know exactly what to do in case of an emergency. I have always had a hurricane kit hidden somewhere in my house so I don’t have to be scrambling at the last minute for flashlights, batteries, bottled water and canned soup. I know that if it is a particularly bad hurricane you sanitize your bathtub and fill it up with water because you may or may not have clean water for a few days.

The horror stories that I have heard from friends and family are ridiculous. All of the stores in the cities (Irene is heading for 4 major ones – Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston) are completely packed with people and they are getting violent.

I hope that all of my family and friends from North Carolina to Maine that are in the path of the storm stay safe over the next few days!!

xoxo,
Mariah