I took a long break...

Yeah, this Blog Every Day in May thing didn't work out for me.

I went to the beach, and we had NO wi-fi and I was just enjoying it.  I had the best time doing absolutely nothing but spending a ton of time with my twin and laying out and sleeping.

The Bout of Books 7.0 finished up as well.

So, here's my final numbers on that.

Finished Crossed: 195 pages

Finished Strawberry Shortcake Murder: 320 pages

Started Notorious Nineteen: 22 pages

Started Mother's Curse: 81 pages

Read about 10 pages in The Bride Quartet (I'm just not into it)

So all in all, I read 618 pages and finished 2 books completely.

Not bad for my first readathon I'd say.

xo,

Hanna

Miscellaneous Thoughts courtesy of Hanna

Bout of Books 7.0 Day 2 is now over.  Day 3 is almost over as well, but I haven't even started that! 

I finished Crossed, so the last 55 pages of that.  I also got 43 pages into Strawberry Shortcake Murder.

Hopefully, I will finish that one tomorrow on my way to the beach, and then I have Mother's Curse and Daughter's Justice to make it through for a blog tour next week.

So I've finished 1 book and read 238 pages total during this challenge.

I am currently packing (in my head for my beach trip this weekend), and figuring out what I need to do to prepare.  I'm also mentally losing 20 pounds which leads me to my next point.

I mentioned that I joined the gym... Well I've been twice.

Which is better than nothing I know, but I want to be one of those every day people.  But, here's my issue... running hurts! Like majorly.  It hurts my shoulders, my neck, and I will inevitably have a headache the next day if I run.  So I'm looking for alternatives to running that will still give me a good workout.  Suggestions?

It's also really hard to eat healthy in the workplace.  Bad excuses I know, but these are things I truly struggle with.  Since I don't live by myself I eat whatever my mom cooks, so it's not always what I want to take for the next day.  And, we might have one serving of leftovers and 4 people who could possibly take them so I don't always get first dibs.

I have a lot more thoughts running around in my head, but I have packing and reading to do before I can do that.

xo,

Hanna

So I missed a day...

So, I missed a day in the Blog Every Day in May challenge.  Yesterday was a super busy day though.

 

I came to work, went to the gym, ate dinner, and then finished off my night at Wal-Mart.

 

Which also didn't give me a ton of time to get to much reading in the Bout of Books challenge.

 

I was trying to get through Crossed last night, but I only got 140 pages read, and I still have 55 to go.  It will definitely be finished tonight, and next up is Strawberry Shortcake Murder probably.  Just because I loved the first one, and need something light to read.

 

xo,

Hanna

10 words to sell yourself

So this is a pretty hard prompt, but I'm supposed to sell myself in 10 words.

- Caring

- Violinist

- Happy

- Redhead

- Loving

- Feisty

- Openminded

- Easygoing

- Compassionate

- Driven

xo,

Hanna

My Most Embarrassing Moment

I have quite a few embarrassing moments in my life, but the one that comes to mind most often happened probably more than 10 years ago.

We were camping in Cherokee, NC with my whole family, like we used to do ALL the time back then.  It had been raining allllll day so we couldn't go to the pool, we couldn't go to the river, we basically couldn't do anything.  Well when it finally stopped raining, me and my brother went to the road and started throwing a rock back and forth.  (Don't ask why, I was 8 okay?)

I was never the best thrower in the world (actually I'm pretty close to the worst), so I was throwing all of my rocks underhanded.  Ross says, "Come on Hanna throw one overhanded."  And, the first one I throw hits a mans truck at the next campsite.  I immediately ran inside bawling, and my dad had to sort it all out.  That man looked for a dent on his truck for over 2 hours, and never found one.  (Lucky me)

I've never thrown a rock again.

xo,

Hanna

A Moment in My Day

I rarely take pictures of my day, but today you lovely readers got lucky.

This was during my webinar for UNCC while I was at work.

A piece of advice...

The most important piece of advice that I have is to live everyday like you mean it, and not let others rule your life.  You control your life, and you need to be proud of it at the end of the day.

I have to remind myself of these two things daily.  Literally.  I get too caught up in what others think of me, or what I think someone else would want me to do that I don't fully realize what I want to do or what I want my life to look like from the outside in.  

And if you aren't proud of yourself at the end of the day how can anyone else be proud of you?  Life is way too short to live it like you don't mean it.

xo,

Hanna

Blog Crush

So, today is supposed to be about publicly professing my love to another blogger.

So, we're not exactly blog best friends yet, (I wish), but her blog is the first one I wrote a comment on, and the first person who commented back.  I freaking LOVE her! We have the same brain malformation, she wears a lot of Lilly, and she's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen.  And, I love how she lives life like there's no end.  I live mine spontaneously through her.

Most Meaningful Quote

I believe a lot of quotes are meaningful and I definitely need a different one depending on the day.

But today's favorite quote is:

If I remembered to pray for these things, I wouldn't have to worry about a thing.

xo,

Hanna

Uncomfortable Things

Today's topic for Blog Every Day in May is things that make me uncomfortable.  There are quite a few of those actually.

- I really hate when people smack their food.  

-  I get really uncomfortable when people text me things I don't want to hear/know and so I just ignore their text message.

- I don't answer if someone calls and I don't know their number.  I ignored Gardner Webb for three months.  Good thing I got in at Charlotte.

-  I don't like when people talk about getting stuck on an elevator when I'm already on an elevator.  Let's just ignore the fact that I could face my death here alright?

-  Which leads to the fact that I'm really claustrophobic and I hate huge crowds that don't have any room to move at all.

-  I hate when people find out I play violin and their next question is "are you any good at it?"  Well no I'm terrible and I just keep playing to make people suffer.  If I wasn't good at it I wouldn't have put 19 years and over $45000 into it.

These are just a few things I don't like to be in my life.

xo,

Hanna  

One thing that makes me mad...

This is going to be a 2 part post:
My every day in May post and a pet peeve.

I have been thinking about what I am good at doing all day.  I'm alright at quite a few things.

- I'm really good at rolling out of the bed at 7:12 and getting out the door looking really presentable by 7:35 and still making it to work on time.
- I'm pretty good at playing violin, or so I've been told.  I know what really good is so I don't think I'm all that great.
This was my senior year in high school.  I'm the red headed one on the left.

- I'm pretty great at forgiving people.  No matter what you've done to me in the past I'll always be there for you.


And now for part 2 of our scheduled programming:
Know what makes me mad?

When someone is in too much of a hurry.

This has been on my mind a lot this week, and I think it's because literally every day there has been either an accident or traffic on my way to and from work.  

I drive to work on a major interstate, so there are no stop lights to try to beat or anything.

I used to think the sun would get in people's eyes as they went around a curve and they just slammed on their brakes which caused a chain reaction.

But, this year it's been accidents that have caused the traffic.

And, I'm not referring to the people in the accidents.  My heart and prayers are always with them.

I'm referring to the people who change lanes 20 times in a mile and a half because they think that one lane is going faster than another.  Honestly, we all get there at the same time.

Or, the people who come from the third lane all the way over in stand still traffic to try to get off.

Well, hate to tell ya but that road isn't much better.  Once you get over there you have to deal with the people and the stoplights.

I literally drive to work with the EXACT SAME people every morning, give or take a few.  By this point, they should know what happens on the interstate.  If it's that big of an issue leave ten minutes earlier.  It's just always on my mind.  These people aren't slowing down long enough to enjoy their lives.  They're just speeding through it like they do on the interstate every morning.

Except most people's driving already terrifies me.

xo,

Hanna

Story of My Life in 250 Words

I kept seeing the Blog Every Day in May challenge, and I was super hesitant about it.  But, I figured what the heck?  Why not at least try?

 

So the first prompt is to tell the Story of My Life in 250 Words:

 

 

 

My name is Hanna and it intentionally has no h on the end of it.  I grew up in a small town in NC.  My whole family lives within a two town radius of me.  I went to school three hours away from home at NC State.  I moved back home after college.  I was supposed to take a job at Disney World last August, but I got really sick and couldn't .  I work at a wonderful place that always keeps a smile on my face.  I am getting my Masters in Accounting starting July 1.  I'm really unobservant, and don't realize if someone is staring at me.  The red hair has caused stares all my life, I'm used to it by now.  I'm just living life and paying back my loans one paycheck at a time.

 

xo,

Hanna