Ok so apparently my smiley faces all show up as J in my post lol. Just letting you guys know I wasn't trying to start a new trend of typing J's as a symbol or something or anything crazy like that haha.

Hey Guys!

Hello Weshos!!!

I too have been a slacker and am terribly sorry for not posting for my week, but as Emily said, better late than never! J

My summer has been going pretty well so far. I’ve been able to spend lots of time with old friends whom I didn’t get to see a lot during the school year so that has been quite wonderful. I have also gotten to spend a great amount of time with my family, and not just my mom, dad, and brother, but also aunts, uncles, and cousins that live out of state whom I normally only really get to see at Christmas so that has definitely been a big blessing J

I took my first vacation of the summer in Wrightsville Beach with my immediate family and my brother’s girlfriend. It was a very fun and relaxing trip. We were basically beach bums the majority of the time. However, we did take one day for a little bit of serious business to tour UNC Wilmington because that is where my brother wants to go to college. I was totally bored after three hours of walking around the campus and listening to tour guides but it was good for my parents and my brother to see everything and get all of that important info. During the tour, one of the guides asked me if I was thinking of coming there and I told her that I already attended Carolina. She then asked if I was thinking of transferring and my immediate and strong NO! might have come out a little more harshly than I had intended because I was trying to insult her school but I mean come on, can any of you guys blame me for clearly communicating that I didn’t want to be anywhere other than UNC??? Anyway, I think my brother really enjoyed it and I can definitely see him doing well there. I think UNCW is a pretty good fit for him J

Don’t worry my summer hasn’t been filled with all fun. I have been working as well at Mcleod Feimster’s Hardware Store for my fourth summer in a row Woot Woot! Haha. I can’t complain though because I genuinely enjoy working there and it is so nice to have an income again. I really missed that during the school year.

OH! I almost forgot to tell you guys. I am going to New York this Saturday!!!!! J J J (Hopefully you can sense my excitement from the excessive exclamation points and smiley faces) My mom and I are taking a 3-day trip just the two of us. It’s going to be great! Except, according to my last check of the weather, it is supposed to be thunder storming while we are there so I would greatly appreciate prayers for good weather.

I hope everyone else is having a great summer so far. I can’t believe that it’s still relatively early in our summer break. That just blows my mind. I feel like I have been away from Carolina way too long already. Plus, I miss you all so terribly much! There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss Wesley and Chapel Hill in general. But, before we know it we will be reunited, Yey! I am getting more and more excited about living at Wesley with all of you guys next year. It’s going to be awesome, I just know it J

BWSUMMERL!!!

Nicole

Summer So Far!

So my future wesley housemates...I am a slacker, I didn't realize we were assigned weeks for this post thing, but as I say very often,"Better late than never!"

This summer has been one of the best so far! I never knew I would miss UNC this much, but when you make friends as awesome as Wesley peeps, you are bound to miss them over the summer. With that said, I love my family, which includes three younger brothers that I am extremely proud of but also annoyed by at times. They are hilarious! Plus my parents are pretty cool, I can't believe I survived a whole year without them! (Well I can, but they are super helpful!) I'm super family-oriented if you couldn't tell, but almost as important as family to me are my friends!

Friends, they know you at your best and worst, and will ALWAYS, not matter what make you laugh!!! Laughter, and a lot of it, took place on our 2nd annual beach extravaganza! I had one of the most exciting, interesting, relaxing, and entertaining trips with 8 or so of my closest friends from high school. We call ourselves "The Lunch Table" group, because we all sat together our senior year, lame but it works for us! :) I love them all and can't wait for next year's trip!

Recently, I had another exciting trip to Chapel Hill. This surprise venture was meant to shock Miss Madicella (my roommate...lol) but she is way too smart, and was only slightly shocked when Reed Pomeroy (one of those crazy friends from the beach, also my best friend) and I flew through the doors of the Stone Center during her work hours to spend the rest of the day with her! We had been there way before, thinking she would return, but had epic surprise failure and ended up completely missing the lunch plans, but it worked out quite swell and we got to go with Madicella and Karen to Southpoint and Target. This summer I've had to learn to cope without constant laughter when we were in HoJo this year, but that spontaneous trip was so much fun!!! Can't wait to visit again!

On top of all that fun, I was blessed enough to find a job! My church has a child care center, and I got a part time position watching afterschool/school-age kids. So far they are pretty fun, but also rowdy since its the beginning of the summer. The one other teacher and myself get to round up 21 kids and keep them under control, so I will achieve many lessons in patience, I'm sure. I'm also working out, walking, jogging, and loving it! The book "Made To Crave" by Lysa TerKeurst is very inspirational and encouraging. :)

So, I know this has been long, but I am super excited to call Wesley my home and can't wait until we all arrive in August!!! Hope you each have a fabulous summer!!!

BWsizzlinsummertimeL,

Emily :)