"This year, is gonna be incredible"

We are already 17 days into 2010 and so far the year has been off to a wonderful start! I had a great time ringing in the New Year in Atlanta with Tara and a Hokie Victory at the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, guess I finally broke the losing streak with my attendance at the game. It was a wonderful way to start off the new year and I must say that the first two weeks have already been pretty busy. Last weekend for work we had our annual Greek Leadership Institute for our new chapter leaders and I had the chance to plan it this year. Other than the fact that is was VERY cold (luckily the cabins and the meeting rooms were heated at the camp) it was a wonderful weekend and both the students and the staff/alumni facilitators we had help us all seemed to have a great time, it was truly a wonderful way for us all to kick off the spring semester. This weekend my friends Tory, Tina, and Melissa came down from Virginia to visit us and while it was a short visit we had a great time. Yesterday was a little rainy and pretty cool out but we still enjoyed a carriage tour around the city and got in some shopping at the Market and on King Street. We hung out at the house last night and ordered pizza and played some Wii, just had a good old girls night. This morning we went downtown for brunch at one of my new favorite places here in Charleston, Hominy Grill and then took a nice walk along the East side of the peninsula enjoying the views of the Battery and the Cooper River as we made our way from the Battery to Waterfront Park, the sun was out today and the weather was very nice, It was a great ending to our weekend together.

Timmy and I have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months including upcoming visits from friends and family, some upcoming activities we both have with work, a trip back to Richmond in March to visit family and friends and see Wicked, my new volunteer role as Recruitment Advisor for the new Beta Theta Pi colony at the University of South Carolina, hopefully running together in our first 10K during the Annual Bridge Run here in Charleston at the end of March, and some weddings! We both continue to be grateful for the many blessings we received during 2009 and look forward to all that 2010 has to bring to us.

Here are a few pictures from the CFA Bowl Game and from the girls visit this weekend.