Gainful Employment

Woot-woot!
I got offered the job at the museum today!

how was yours?

My Thanksgiving holiday is over, how was yours? Of course, I ask this question knowing that probably no one will comment, because I don't pretend to think I have any readers left, since I stopped posting all summer while I was busy falling in love, but I'll ask anyway.

I spent my first ever Thanksgiving away from my family, and went to the metropolis of Waynesboro, MS, with Bret's family, instead. It was different. The dressing was wrong. I missed my cousins. But my family was at the cabin, and it just wasn't feasible to get myself there and back without having to drive 8 hours in one day to be back for work on Monday. So I sucked it up and met some extended family, instead. I had a good time, don't misunderstand. We played games and ate and watched football and Bret and I trounced his cousin and aunt in Spades.

On the plus side, I did get to see USM beat the PANTS off Marshall in the football game on Saturday! Winning this game was a big deal--it means we get to play Houston in the Conference-USA championship next Friday. Though we beat Houston when we played them earlier this year, I'm not very optimistic about winning this game. However, I also thought we'd lose the Marshall game, and look how that turned out! We'll definitely go to a bowl game, probably either the Liberty Bowl or the one in Mobile.

My birthday will be here in a little less than 3 weeks, and there have been hints that something adventuresome is planned!

Tuesday Meme

1. Yourself: Southern
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband: mine
3. Your hair: thick
4. Your mother/stepmother: traveler
5. Your dog: hair
6. Your favorite item: books
7. Your dream last night: drug-induced
8. Your favorite drink: dr. pepper
9. Your dream car: infiniti
10. The room you are in: messy
11. Your fear: loss
12. What do you want to be in 10 years? mama
13. Who you hung out with last night: Bret
14. What you're not: organized
15. Muffin: chocolate-chip
16. Catalog: Bas Bleu
17. One of your wish list items: diamonds
18. Time: lacking
19. The last thing you did: cataloged
20. What are you wearing? sweatshirt
21. Your favorite weather: fall
22. Your favorite book: emotional
23. The last thing you ate: cashews
24. Your life: drama-free
25. Your mood: relaxed
26. Your best friend: talented
27. What are you thinking about right now? dinner
28. Your car: white
29. What are you doing at the moment? thinking
30. Your summer: life-changing
31. Your relationship status: love
32. What is on your tv right now? Oprah
33. What is the weather like? cold

more pictures!

We've got about 500 pictures total, but I'm having to go through them one by one and change the size and resolution, because they're HUGE. Here are some of the first ones!

tyger, tyger...

I won the Hattiesburg Zoo raffle to see the white tiger cubs tomorrow night! Obviously I couldn't afford the $500 price of a ticket, so I entered the raffle, and the zoo called today and told me I'd won!

Bret is coming, and my friend Liz is coming over from Mobile as well.

I promise to post pictures!