Home for a Few!!

Hi Readers!

Guess what?! I’m sitting in my kitchen of my wonderful home with my parents and we are just hanging out having a relaxing morning! Jake and I left Baton Rouge yesterday around 5 and made it here around 10:30 or so last night. Since we get Monday off for Labor Day, we took the opportunity to come home for a few days! :)

Jake and I :)

I kinda miss it here. It was so nice to wake up in my bedroom and sleep walk down the stairs and be greeted by mom and dad as I finally got to the kitchen. That’s been my routine for 5  years now, and it was nice to finally do it again, haha. But in the same light, it has also let me know that I really like where I am right now. I actually can’t wait to get back to Baton Rouge and begin another week as a student there.

Me and Jodi :)

I finally have some pictures of new friends that I’ve made. It was Kellie’s birthday on Friday, so we all went out Thursday night to celebrate and while I forgot to take a picture of Kellie and the other girls … I did manage to get a picture with Jodi and then one picture of Jodi and Mike. Jodi and Mike are the only couple I’ve met that remind me a lot of Jake and I. They love each other so much and it’s so awesome hanging out with them. We’ve been on several “double dates” and have hung out a lot with each other. Jake and I consider them some of our best friends over there. And then Jodi is one of my greatest friends in Baton Rouge. She is so amazing and so real. Her and I are a lot alike in certain areas, but we also have our differences … which is why I think we get along so great. We went shopping together Friday morning to Target and her and I got us some new clothes!

Jodi and Mike :)

There should be pictures of me and my other girls coming soon. We took the picture of all five of us on Courtney’s camera and she hasn’t posted it yet. I’ll definitely post it when it comes out though!

Other than being home and spending time with my family, not too much is going on this weekend. I’ve got a few homework assignments and quizzes do, so I’ll probably work on that this weekend.

I love you all so much and continue to appreciate life as it is each day it comes! Until next time …

All my love,

Hannah

Slowly gettin’ the swing of things!

Well, as I laid down tonight, I started thinking about all that’s been going on in my life the past couple of days and I suddenly felt the need to blog about it. I haven’t updated y’all in a very long time anyway … so here it goes …..

Since I last blogged, I have moved into an apartment. While the whole dorm thing was quite an experience, it just wasn’t working out for me. Remember when I said I was slowly learning lots of things about Hannah? … Well, this was another thing. I’ve learned that I just need my own space … and don’t function very well if I’m CONSTANTLY worrying about pleasing my roommate and stuff like that … so needless to say, I am very happy where I am now and I can probably stay here for the next four years and be just fine! I live with two other students, one a sorority chica and the other a second year law-student graduate. I don’t see them hardly at all, but they are clean and quiet … and that’s all that matters. The apartment are directly off campus, so it’s no an inconvenience for me at all! :)

For those of you that want an update on the band aspect … the last you heard I made the Tiger Band! YAY! The next day after that post I found out that I made PreGame. That’s a pretty big deal in my world and it was a horrible selection process … probably the hardest I have ever gone through! ….and I was so relieved when I finally made that, too. It’s within the Tiger Band … just another step up. If you go to YouTube and type in “LSU Tiger Band PreGame”, you’ll see what I mean. Then …. today I was one of the ones selected to march in the half time show for our home opener against Vanderbilt. YAY! I just found out my Mom and Jake’s Mom are coming to see that game, so it’ll be so cool to be in every aspect of Tiger Band while my Momma is here! :)

My classes are going really really well. I’ve never been so excited to wake up and go to school before. While it sucks that each of my classes are ATLEAST 150 people, it is still so fun in each of them. I am trying more and more to meet people in my classes, but with so many, I sit by a whole new group each time, and it’s quite difficult to go through the “getting to know you process” each time. You know?

Life in general is going so amazing. I really feel like I’m meant to be here. LSU in itself is such an amazing university with so so much to offer. And the campus is absolutely beautiful. I love everything about it! I’m doing really well right now. I’ve made some girlfriends that I absolutely love. You’ll be hearing more about them as the semester progresses, haha. They are all in band with me and we (at least) have lunch and/or dinner each day together. It’s so wonderful. And, Jake and I are doing great. I so totally still love him and he’s loving it just as much as I am. :)

So .. there’s the update. Of course, I could go on and on about so many different things that I’ve been through, but I’ll save those for when I’m not so tired. Just know that I’m doing absolutely wonderful and am more blessed than ever! Until next time …

All my love,

Hannah

GEAUX TIGERS!!