I never blog anymore ... I follow my friends blogs and then I never take 15 minutes out of my night to just write. I often think of blogging ... when i'm at work or driving, thinking I really should write down these moments. I really enjoying "looking back" on the year and reading my blogs, but then life gets busy and things I want to do for myself get pushed to the bottom. I've been working a lot lately, which makes the days and weeks fly bye and helps keep my mind off of the stress of everyday life. Work stress doesn't affect me as much as personal life stress ... wierd!
So life ... let's see. Phil started school last month. He's getting his MBA at FAU. He seems to like it a lot, challenging I am sure, but also nice for him to focus on something new. it's been a challenge to find a job, but we're hoping he can find a tennis teaching job soon to contribute a little cash flow. He is doing good and got a 95 % on his first finance project too. Our Saturdays are now filled with college football and the hopes that Georgia pulls out a win. Well I take that back ... Phil's saturdays are filled with that. Thankfully after 8 years of being together and 8 seasons of GA football I've noticed as phil gets older he deals with losses better. Of course they sting a bit but for some reason 8 years ago a loss would basically destroy the entire weekend.
More of life. Today my mom got a port for chemo. The last time she was getting chemo they couldn't get a good vein and I guess after this long it was about time. I don't know how she does it, my mom is such a fighter. If I'm half the fighter she is I know I can take on the world. One of the younger girl characters about my age on the soap opera I watch is fighting cancer and going through chemo (in the show). It's crazy to think how much cancer is apart of so many people's lives. Then the news of Patrick Swazy ... it hits just like Farrah Fawcett's. It's crazy and life is so uncertain. I do know that my mom is fighting this with all she has, and I do know that I'm thankful for everyday she does.
My dad and I now have a tennis game every Thursday. I was telling him tonight how much I look forward to it. Phil goes to class Monday, Tuesday, and Wed. night and doesn't get home until 10. Then Thursdays I get to play tennis with my dad and then boom it's Friday. Last week we beat the guys pretty good, they were kind of upset. I think they'll be ready for us tomorrow!
2 Weekends ago phil and I went up to Atlanta to visit his parents and also for a gardner-webb alumni tennis tournament. It was so much fun and I was actually able to just relax and see my friends that I hadn't seen in forever! My friend Molly picked me up from the greenville airport and we went shopping all afternoon and then to dinner. The next day on Saturday we woke up and went right to school to play tennis. A few other girls from the team came too, some lived locally and then one came from Texas. A lot of the past guys teams showed up too. We played tennis and had a nice lunch. That afternoon was the GA game and we all hung out and watched football and the US Open. Grabbed some dinner with my girlfriends and had a surprise baby shower for our one friend who is pregnant. That night we caught the Gardner-Webb Football game and just had a great long labor day weekend. 
It was really nice to see my friends and I even managed to print out pictures and send them all hand written cards. 7 cards later and my wrist was hurting! It's amazing how much we DON'T write by hand anymore.
The one thing that takes up my life right now is work. Our big conference is only 36 days away. for the next few weeks I have really tight deadlines. one is this 100+ page conference brochure I am having to put together. Time consuming but I'm getting faster so I hope it will be done if I work on it a little each day and night. Most of the logistical things are done or being finalized. We have a ton of people registered and I am getting excited for the conference ... and for it to be over so I can re-claim my life! Thankfully I've been able to do "me" stuff, I take a run every day and walk Levi to the park. I wish I had some time to do other things like blog and keep up my dutch. But next month once it's over my workload basically goes to zero and I will have a lot more time to myself, and hopefully less restless nights.
And that's my recap ... my life update. Hopefully I'll blog a few more times before we have the conference in LA :)
