Where's Waldo?

Or better yet... Where's the wild animals? I took these pics in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (Sorry about the quality of the last three... it was getting too dark, and using the flash was not an option). See if you can spot the animals in the pictures! And trust me, there ARE animals in all of these pictures!










I thought everyone could use a fun little activity to help the work day pass by... ;)

Wild Saturday Nite

Here's couple of pictures from my girls' night out Saturday night with Teresa and Anna Leigh (no boys were allowed!)... I'd divulge more details of the night, but you never know who reads this stuff! But we had a BLAST, and I can't wait till the next time! ...Sorry I didn't take more pictures. :(

A new day, a new week...

A new start at a new job! Yay! :)

Home again...

Home again, jiggity-jig. The mountains were SO awesome, and the weather was SO great! But now I'm back home today where the high today reached 89 (yes, degrees Fahrenheit). I think I left Fall to come back home to Summer. Oh well.. :( At least I only have 2 more days of work at my old job! Yay!

Anyways... on to some pictures from the trip!



Here's the whole fam (...do you think Ben looks a little like Jesus?)

Me and Jody... the colors this year were absolutely gorgeous!

Me and Jody with a view (as if we weren't enough of a view already) ;)

A nice view along the Foothills Parkway in TN

same place...

standing by the grist mill in Cades Cove, TN

5 days...

Of work left at my old job.

But only THREE days till I go on vacation!!! I'm headed to the mountains just in time for the MOST perfect time of year! Plus, this will be Jody's first time to go up there. I am SO excited! (Can ya tell??)

It's Finally Official!

And now that it is finally official, I can talk about it! I am going to be changing jobs. No promotion or anything, but just transferring to a different department at UMC. I'll no longer be working in the IVF lab.... I'll be working in Microbiology in the main lab at the hospital. From babies (embryos), to bugs (microorganisms, that is)! I am SO excited! This is a very much needed change for me, personally, and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. My first day will be two weeks from this coming Monday. But in the mean time, I'm going on vacation, so I actually only have 7 days (counting the rest of this week) of work left at this job. Hallelujah!

Do you ever feel like this?

This is how I've been feeling at work lately!!

Much-needed relief

I still can't talk about it yet, but God really does answer prayers! And a bit of irony... in the car on the way home from work, Sirius Channel 9 (The Pulse) played Sheryl Crow's song, "A Change Will Do You Good".

L.Y.L.A.S.!

It was so great to see my best friends from high school this weekend... I just wish I could've seen more of them. Friday night, we all (Sarah, Anna Leigh, Lindsey, Teresa, Heather, Jody, and I) went to eat at Julep, and then afterwards, we (minus Lindsey and Heather) went to hang out and enjoy some karaoke at the Stone Pony. I had so much fun, and I can't wait till the next time we can all get together again!

Me, Sarah, Anna Leigh, Teresa, and Lindsey

Me, Sarah, and Anna Leigh

Open your eyes!.. Anna Leigh, Sarah, and me again at the Stone Pony