Final days...

Well today has been bittersweet as I start to pack up my apartment. I cannot believe that this crazy semester is over and I am moving back home to do my internship and then graduate in May! This semester has been very challenging with group projects, interviews, resumes, and time management. I laughed when I only had 12 hours to take since I am so used to taking around 16 at least, and then that all proved to be wrong. This was my most stressful semester with 10 group projects and papers, 7 presentations, 4 papers and 2 interviews. But the most rewarding. New friendships were created and old friendships were made stronger. I am very thankful for my time at Troy and the many blessings and opportunities I have had. I will be in Troy for graduation and then head to Auburn to see friends and watch a special friend of mine get married! Only to return to Milton for a few days and return to Troy and prepare to volunteer at the Camiella Bowl game in Montgomery! Im very excited for it, as South Alabama is playing in it so I will be able to see one of my best friends Matt Floyd! Next semester will be a big one for me, my internship is at Andrew's Institute and I am praying that this will guide me to the next step i will take for my future. I will miss many of my friends and just being in Troy, this place is home to me. I will always hold it in a special place in my heart. I have gotten used to seeing the same people at church, school, the community, and even Walmart. Troy is such a small town, after spending a short time in it, it is home to you. I am going to miss the sunsets in Troy also, they are just something else here for sure!  It will be a hard transition this next month and everything, but im trusting God with everything He is doing in my life.

So blessed to have done life this semester with these two ladies!

An answered prayer to be in this woman's Dgroup this semester. She is an amazing role model and going to be a great mom!

So blessed by this girl and her friendship. I couldn't have done this semester without her!

Final Pages......

This semester is starting to come to a close and reality is starting to sink in a little more each day. 16 days is all that I have remaining in Troy. I cannot believe that my time here is coming to a close. I remember when I first arrived her two years ago and thought that I may have made a mistake and would have never imagined I would be where I am today. The friendships that I have made in many different areas on campus, the relationships that I have created with my professors and the memories that have been made and that I would not change at all. I have been blessed in so many ways while in Troy, to start off my thanks to my parents. Who pushed me to get where I am, to watch me struggle to make friends and offer to bring me back, but deep down they knew I would be better off here. They made sacrifices for me along the way, put up with many crying from stress phone calls, many projects that I would need help on, but thankful for the relationship that I have with them and have grown closer to them while I have been away. Excited to be home for my internship so I can hunt with dad again and to help him whenever he needs me. To be back with mom and to workout together and to spend softball season together. Its all about the little things in life that we sometimes tend to forget. I am very thankful for all the friends that God has put in my life, some that may have only been in it for a certain season or have been placed in my life for a lifetime. I always was told you will meet some of your greatest friends in college and I laughed and never imagined that happening. But today I can say that i cannot imagine life without them. They have helped me get through group projects, made me laugh when I was stressed, let me watch movies upon movies for girls nights. I have been blessed beyond measure. I cannot imagine if 2 years ago I would have moved back home and never gave Troy a chance. Today I cant imagine Troy, Alabama not being in my life. It is my home away from home. My heart will always be in Troy and Milton. Because they say home is where your heart is, and now my heart is in Troy. I know in a little over a week I will have to start taking down pictures and boxing things up, and Im not ready for that part yet. So I am making the most of my final 16 days left here and live them with no regrets! God has been so good to me and I am so grateful. Thank you to everyone who has prayed for me while I have been away, who supported me on SBP this summer. It all is in with God's blessings! Here are some recent pictures that just make me smile when I think of Troy

Its T Time!

This fall I was blessed to be apart of a group on campus called Trojan All-Stars. This is a group of girls who applied and then interviewed to work with Troy Football and their recruits that are at the games every weekend. The schedule changed throughout the season, but basically we were in charge of giving tours in the Stadium Tower, the various floors that are located within, lunch, highlight films, speaking from Coach Blakeney/ Athletic Director John Hartwell, and then they were taken onto the field to watch pre-game warm ups. We would also decorate the locker room some games, make candy goody bags and then made Senior Baskets also. I am thankful for the friendships that we made, and that grew from this experience and am thankful to have the opportunity to attend such a wonderful university.There is not any other place I would want to be! I can't believe that we only have one more game left this season. But I am excited to be able to cheer on my Trojans and especially the senior boys that I have gotten close to over the past 3 years!

Champions!

This weekend 9 girls and one coach would travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to compete in Regional Flag-Football Tournament. Friday afternoon we loaded up the cars and headed there looking only to bring home the hardware! Two months ago we sat in a classroom and talked about this tournament and had a few girls drop and then spent many nights practicing. Over those two months a special team was created and one that would do whatever it took to win it all. Playing in 27 degree weather Saturday and layered up all day. 
We would manage bumps, bruises, black eyes, concussions, but we wanted it all that bad. And with that much want, we bought it all home! Going undefeated and only giving up 19 points, we won Regionals! It was a great feeling and one that has yet to wear off from any of us. So now we get to move on to Nationals Jan.2-3, in Pensacola! The funny thing is that 7 out of 9 girls are from Florida with 4 of us from the Milton/Pace area. So its going to be home turf for us. It was certainly one weekend of laughter, sweat, coldness, and sweet victory. The best part is that it is not over yet! Im blessed to have been chosen for this team and to have the ability and health to play this game that I love and not have any serious injuries from it so far. "Offense wins games, while Defense wins Championships!"

You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again!

Checkmarks

Well last week I was able to do some checkoffs on my semester to-do list that I made for all of my classes. It has been a stressful two weeks, but these checks were some relievers! Our Senior Seminar class is all about incorporating the things we have learned and to prepare up for the future. We start by having to create a sports business and try to sell it, so basically like a real life version of the show Shark Tank. Our group decided to do a Juniors Volleyball Club, we decided it would be based out of Auburn, Alabama. We would have to go into great detail about what our organization is and what we want it to be, the actual facility location, our budget with great detail of revenues and expenses. This was a two month process that would take long hours and a 72 page business plan along with an intense presentation to the "bankers" we wanted to help get a loan from. The hard work was shown in the presentation. Now to do a phone interview and a face to face interview and that class will be finished! The days are winding down and hard to believe that I am almost finished at Troy!

Savages!

Well I have now completed my final season for intramural flag-football. It was a good season that has left me with so many memories,friends and bruises! But i would not trade one minute or trade to be on any other team this year. I enjoyed getting to know and play with many different girls and then have 2 wonderful coaches. I am not completely done yet with my flag-football career, as in a few weeks I will be traveling to Tennessee with 12 other girls to compete in a regional tournament! This semester has been a very busy one, but thankful that i had this team as an outlet and was able to take some time away from my stress and go and play. Count your blessings today and give God all the praises for the big and small ones He has given us!

We Will Always Cheer for Victory!

It may have took Troy 6 weeks to get their first victory of the season! But it was a good one and it felt good to get a win and it be a conference win! This past Sunday announcement was made that Larry Blakeney our head coach, would coach his final season this year and retire at the end of the season. He has coached at Troy for 24 years! So this is not an easy decision for him at all. So the search for a new head coach is under way and by Dec 1. or Dec 15. for sure Troy will announce a new coach. So hopefully this will fuel the guys and light a spark for them to play for him and turn in some wins these next few games! Today was our Homecoming game and that just made the victory even sweeter! It was a long and HOT afternoon for sure!! I got sunburned and even have a tanline from my necklace! haha proud! But it was all worth it when I saw the players faces and Coach Blakeney as they shook the students hands after the game!

so glad that Taylor came this weekend!!

Arial view of Tailgate Terrance

Trojan All-Stars

Roomie!

Me and T-Roy

Love these two girls!

Beautiful and hot fall day at Larry Blakeney Field!

Taylor!

My girl Kayla who is my football buddy!

Rafting Photos!