January Snow with Mississippi Sun

What a fast few months it has been. So much has happened, so I know I am going to leave something out. Last semester was pretty easy as far as school went. We had clinicals the first half of the semester and then class the second half. I actually got to have a little bit of a social life. That has all changed. Steven and I got to go to Disney World with the Madison Central band right before thanksgiving. I had TOO much fun! I only made him stand in a few character lines. Every park was decorated to the nines like Christmas. Hollywood studios had lights dancing to music and Cinderella's castle was drizzled with ice lights. One couldn't help but smile. Thanksgiving was lovely and traditional (thank goodness) at my Grandmother's house and all football at my in-law's. We moved into a new apartment that week also. Much bigger, and livable for the next few years until we begin to grow our family. It is perfect, and has room for a kitchen table and chairs.

School left only one exam, which was good for a special couple, Ben and Meagan, who decided to get engaged the night before our spine exam. So happy for them and pray that their life and journey that lies ahead is very blessed beyond measure and everything they desired. They get married next November, and I am honored to be a part of their big day! 

Christmas was fun, but it seemed to fly by. I painted a LOT to pay for some lovely monetary issues that were unexpectedly thrown at us at the end of the semester.  We did the usual Christmas routine and enjoyed our time with family over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day not forgetting the main reason for celebration of course! 

We left the day after Christmas for the Smokies with the family, and spent a lovely 7 days in a cabin in the mountains watching football (which didn't really work out in Mississippi State's favor), shopping, watching snow fall, and SKIING!

The skiing wasn't much, and it definitely left me and Steven wanting more, but we had so much fun at Ober Gatlinburg skiing with my little brother. After a few spills, we finally got the hang of things and Steven was brave enough to test out a blue. After a major fall and collision with a ski lift post, he decided to stick to the green and tried an easier blue later in the afternoon. It left for many laughs and only a few bruises. The snow was fluffy and powdery, and we immediately started looking for ski resorts in Colorado and saving for our fun ski trip that is still two years away. 

When we got back, it was back in the swing of things almost immediately. I have a semester jam packed with neuroanatomy, spinal cord, lifespan, a huge research project, and wound care (which I got enough of in Vicksburg). It is very overwhelming, especially after last semester, but our class is always up for the challenge. I know we are all going to breeze through it. And after this semester, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Only one more year after this one. 

This semester has already had its perks, though. Just last Thursday, Mississippi woke up to a winter wonderland. The snow was melting as it was falling, and it was a wet snow but it was beautiful and the flakes floating were the biggest I had ever seen. I did have to go to class, but driving to school watching the beautiful snow fall wold put a smile on the biggest Scrooge's face. Old Canton road looked like a Christmas card, and my fun PT class decided to turn the SHRP building into a snow fort and attacked those walking up to the building to class. A snow ball fight did commence and it was so much fun to act like a kid again, especially after the mountain of notes and reading that had been fed to us in just a week and a half of school. The snow had melted by noon that day, and by that afternoon, it felt like spring with the sun shining and the blue sky, but the pictures don't lie. It was said that if it had been below freezing when the snow started to fall, that we would have gotten around 6-8 inches. Any snow in Mississippi, though, is a good snow.