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Born
I was born on October 28th at 11:50 pm! -
First Memories
My earliest memories are around my third birthday. I had a massive haunted house themed cake! -
Katrina
When hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, I was living in Biloxi, MS. The storm flooded my house and destroyed our family's belongings, as we moved them to the basement for safe keeping but the storm surge got in. -
Temporary Living
For about a year and a half after Katrina hit, my family moved to Oxford, MS. We lived in my grandparents apartment, so it was crowded. To top it all off, my mother was pregnant and my father was still on the coast because his job required him to be. -
Back to the Coast
After most of the storm surge receded, my family moved back down to the coast. We hadn't finished rebuilding our house yet, so we had to stay in a tiny apartment in a not great part of town. It was sometimes miserable, but we made the best of it. -
Back to Oxford
After I went to school for a bit, my family decided that the coast wasn't the place it used to be. We were moving back to Oxford. We would live there until my sophomore year of high school. -
High School - Freshman Year
The beginning of high school. This is when my interests and hobbies expanded and my world opened up a bit. Met a ton of friends and overall truly enjoyed myself. -
High School - Sophomore Year
My peak of high school. Perfect grades, great friends, had a ton of fun and enjoyed sports. An overall fantastic year. -
Moved to Greensboro
Summer after my sophomore year I moved to Greensboro, North Carolina. My dad took a job there and we set off almost as soon as the school year ended. It wasn't easy, I had never even heard of the place before spring break and now I was moving away from all my friends. -
High School - Junior Year
Junior Year was not a great one. Didn't have many friends, it was easily my hardest academic year ever, and I was stressed from all the testing I was doing. I took the ACT just about 8 times and the SAT 3 times. It was hard on me. -
Work Crew!
After the wonder of a year that was junior year (sarcasm), I went on the most influential experience of my life. Seemingly on a whim, I decided to concede to my parents wishes and travel to Colorado for a month for volunteer work. I essentially was a summer camp counselor, except the camp was amazing and in the mountains. It was the most amazing experience of my life and let me open up again. I wouldn't be who I am today without this experience. -
High School - Senior Year
After work crew, I was ready to start again. Now, this wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, but I let go of all my anger over moving and decided to chill. I made some friends, and even got a girlfriend. I got a job and decided to save for college. Life got much better and I was happy again. -
College Decision
After much thought and procrastination of the subject on my part, I finally chose VT over App State for my college decision. I was so excited and couldn't wait for it. -
Move-In
I finally made it! Mom and Dad ate lunch with me and then wished me luck. I moved into my dorm room and started classes soon after. It was a very exciting time. -
Settling In
Classes started, a week or two passed, and I'm finally getting used to this college thing. Hopefully it keeps going well, I'm enjoying it a lot. I'm even exploring the different dining options! -
First VT Football Game
Super exciting time: my first ever VT game! Go Hokies! -
First Visit Home
While I've had a lot of fun at college, I needed to visit home. It was great to see everybody, and I had lots of fun messing around with my siblings. -
Fall
I love Fall! My favorite season had arrived, and I was enjoying every second of it! -
Thanksgiving Break
Yummy food and a week off? Please and Thank You. Always great to spend time with my family, and I loved every minute of it. -
First Snow
It's almost the end of the semester, and finally the first snow has arrived. It didn't stick, but man was it an awesome time with it snowing almost the entire day! -
5 years from now: Accomplishments
In 5 years from now, I want to be set in a career that'll be something I enjoy doing as well as something that keeps a family supported. -
5 years from now: Personal Life
I think that I would like to have an apartment, living with a significant other in 5 years. I wouldn't mind having a dog or another pet to take care of. I also think at this point I should be searching for a house to buy, and hopefully it is a smart investment.The image is actually from an article about someone buying a house at 24, so I feel this is a reasonable thing to do. -
5 years from now: what does it look like?
For me, I think 5 years down the line will be a great time of my life. I will be working, which while I struggle with school work I seem to really enjoy other types of work. A full time job would be very nice start in my career. I also think that I'll not only on my own, I will be starting to pay off my student debts, which I'm sure will be so much fun.
