Hi, my name is Allie, and I'm a dragon-aholoic.
Hi, Allie.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery right? Haha, guess again. This weekend, as a very late celebration of my birthday, I went with my mom, sister, and a dear friend and her mom to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta for their Mythical Creatures Exhibit: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids. Yes, you are allowed to be jealous.
This was my face throughout the whole exhibit pretty much.
We had so much fun. It was a long day But well worth it. I got to spend some time with my friend Hannah. She's my "I-don't-care-what-we-do-together-as-long-as-we-laugh" friend who also loves to talk about Jesus. So she's freakin awesome. :)
And I got to hang out with my sister a lot which was good too, considering I'll be going away to college in the fall and will miss our special sister times.
I love how my sister is the only carnivore in the picture, yet she has the sweet face. That's so like her. :)
There was this exhibit that was all about hands on science stuff. Which totally brought me back to my science troupe days.
Science troupe was a class where we made science lesson plans and worked with the Children's museum here in Chattanooga and taught hands-on science lessons to third-graders. There was this girl trying to play with bubbles and since I'd done a lesson on that I helped her out. Reminded me why I want to be a teacher. :) I love kids...most of the time. haha
Yeah, my hands were really sticky after this, but they were super soft too.
And THAT was all on Saturday. I came home that night and swiftly wrote a five page paper.
Immediately after church on Sunday, I hit the rode for a Prospective Students' Weekend sorta thing at Maryville College. Ironically, it's my sister's alma mater. :) And yes, I'm definitely attending in the fall.
It was fabulous. And quite interesting. I began to realize just how sheltered I've grown up. I mean, I knew I was sheltered, but woah. However, I'm at peace about going there. I loved every minute of being on campus. And I seemed to click really well with a lot of the students that already live there.
I sat in on a psych class and was in my element. The professor was great and I was furiously taking notes and being the dorky girl who's doing work even when she doesn't have to. But it's all good.
Maryville College, home of the Fighting Scots. And next fall it'll be my home for the next four years. It's kind of crazy. I can't believe I'm 18 and getting ready to ship off to school. But I'm so excited. So ready for change. I'm the type of person who loves change, which is insane (told you I need to be institutionalized).
So, in August, my blog will probably change a lot in order to reflect the shift in my life.
Growing up isn't always fun, but that doesn't mean you should ever let go of your dragon. No sirree bob, you just have to get up in the saddle, hold onto its wings and hoop and holler the way you do on a roller coaster. And if the smoke gets in your eyes, just cry a little, wash it out, and start again. :)
That's my cheesy life lesson for this weekend. (I think this is the most self-revealing post I've written so it fits :)
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