Monday, September 26th

This past weekend was a weekend to remember. I can't tell you the last time I went and spent the weekend at home so it was actually nice to be at home for once. I headed home Friday morning and was able to meet my Mom, Grandmother, and Mary for lunch. Friday was my mom's birthday and the day they got my Grandmother's pathology reports back. We prayed and prayed for good reports and God helped us out. She will still have to go through chemo and radiation but only 2 out of the 13 lymph nodes were cancerous. All of the cancer is out of her body but chemo is needed since cancer lives in the cells and the tumor could grow back. Although it will be a long road, these were great results. I know the next couple of years will be hard for her but she will beat this horrible disease! Granny was able to come to lunch and we were all thankful for that. It was her first time out since the surgery and it was so nice to spend time with her. We all had so much fun. After lunch, mom and I ran some errands before it was time to celebrate. Blake came into town and the two of us and my parents headed to dinner. William and Amanda met us at Adam's in downtown Buford to celebrate Mom's birthday. It had a great atmosphere because each lady received a rose and there was a person playing a grand piano the entire time we were there. Very relaxing dinner I must say!

On Saturday, Mom and I planned to do some needed shopping. We shopped till we literally dropped. Our legs were hurting so bad we could barely walk anymore so we treated that with a starbucks. We found some great deals and cute clothes! It was a successful shopping day! We headed to bed early because we had to get up early on Sunday. On Sunday, my Mom, Amanda, and I ran the Duluth 5K for cancer. We ran in spite of Granny! It was mine and my mom's first 5k and I am so glad we accomplished one. Our goal was to do it in less than 45 minutes and we did. Out of over 400 people we came in 141 and 142. I was so glad we did it because it felt good to run and especially because we were running in honor of Granny. After the run, we headed to breakfast and then decided to walk around the fall festival afterwards. It was a nice day but after running 3.2 miles we finally headed home around 12:00 for some rest. I had a wonderful weekend with my family an can't wait to see them again!

One Year Anniversary

 Blake's and I celebrated our one (official) year anniversary last Wednesday. It has gone by so fast I cannot believe it! I spent my day studying while Blake was in class for most of the day, but we planned to start our celebrating around 5. During my studying, I received the prettiest bouquet of flowers from Blake which really brightened up my day! Once we were ready, we headed to dinner at PorterHouse (yummy)! We actually had the entire restaurant to ourselves which was kinda neat. We joked about how awkward it would be if it was our first day haha. We both got our usual dishes and split some marble chocolate cheesecake which was phenomenal. Once we made it back to the car, we saw a familiar orange slip on my windshield... yep a parking ticket! We always have a story... nothing is ever simple with us :) Once we got in the car, Blake saw a George Gibson's bag in my back seat which I was hoping he wouldn't see until later. I told him it was nothing but he insisted on opening it. He liked the shirt and visor I picked up for him, but told me he was mad for getting me a gift because he felt bad cause we had agreed on no gifts. Flowers and dinner was more than enough and that stuff adds up! I told him to enjoy it and to quit being so stubborn. We made it back home and decided just for a nice relaxing night. Sometimes, with all the studying we do it is nice just to be able to watch some t.v. for a little bit. Blake insisted on watching Dragon Ball Z and I let him have his way until I was bored of pinterest (sad I know haha). Blake was actually pretty sneaky cause he told me to go get his computer at one point in the night and right next to it was the neatest gift. It was a rustic wood Georgia frame that is so "me." He picked it out all by himself and did amazing!! It was so nice just to relax for the night... It was the perfect way to wind down from our hectic two weeks.

What a year it has been...

If someone would have told me I would fall in love with Blake the first day I met him, I would have laughed in their face and disagreed. Now, I would have loved for someone to tell me that so I could have started our relationship sooner. It wasn't love at first sight, but it's love and thats all that matters. This week is mine and Blake's one year anniversary (although really we have been together for about 2 years minus some time apart in between). This past year has been one of the best years of my life. To have someone in my life like Blake is truly something special. Throughout the past year, I have laughed like never before, smiled like never before, loved like never before, and found my best friend and soul mate. Blake is the most driven, dedicated, caring, loving, and intellectual person I have ever met. He makes me want to be a better person, to work harder, to strive in the beauty of my dreams, and to always be myself. No matter what happens throughout my life, I know that I will always have Blake at the end of the day. He cares for me like no other person I have met before. Each day I thank God for blessing me with such an amazing person in my life. I couldn't have hand-picked a better person for me. He is my everything and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for us.

Thanks for always being there for me, loving me, talking to me, sharing with me, and most of all... thanks for being you. I love you Blake!

Football and Puppies

This past weekend was the first home game at Sanford Stadium and everyone was so excited! Georgia was playing one of our rivals, South Carolina. Most of us (including me) thought the game would be a complete blow out. We spent the day tailgating, dancing, singing, and playing corn hole, and we were anxiously awaiting 4:30. We get into the stadium and get to our seats. We grab a red pom pom and waited for the game to begin. The game was so close the entire time. We made so many mistakes and ended up losing by 3 points. All in all it was a great game even though we lost. I mean honestly, us Georgia fans are kinda used to losing by now. I still believe Richt needs to start calling plays, Mike BoBo needs to step aside, Aaron Murray needs some more practice, and the whole team needs to have a session on catching/holding on to a ball. The Dawgs face Coastal Carolina this weekend and all I can say is... if we lose this one, I might just retire my red and black. Better luck next time Dawgs!

As I am walking into the game on Saturday (which might I add was the first Georgia game I have attended without my brother), I get a picture message from my mom that has my maltese and a silver little puppy sitting next to it. My brother and Amanda finally got a puppy! They got a silver lab and surprised my family at the lake. Tucker is so adorable and sweet. He fell in the lake twice, but they managed to scoop him right up! Tucker actually went swimming with Emma and they ran and played on the muddy beach at the marina. I am so happy for them! 

UGA vs Boise State

Blake being the amazing boyfriend he is, got me tickets to the Chickfila Bowl at the Georgia Dome this past weekend. UGA was playing Boise State and we had been wanting to go since we heard last season. We left Athens around 12 Saturday afternoon and headed south to Atlanta. We got there at 2 o clock right on the dot, so we valeted our car at the hotel and headed to tailgate! We met up with some friends and walked around for almost an hour an a half trying to find the orange lot. When they call it "hotlanta" they aren't kidding. I don't think I have ever sweated that much in my life! We finally found the orange lot, met up with some friends and then headed to another tailgate close by. I got to see so many people on Saturday just from walking from tailgate to tailgate. We had so much fun!

We went into the game and we had the best seats which were lower level right about the 50 yard line. I was so excited to see what the Dawgs would do considering our horrific season last year. We had only been in our seats for about fifteen minutes when two familiar faces walked down our row and sat right next to us. My brother had secretly bought tickets with Blake so the four of us could sit together. Blake, William, Amanda and I all got to sit together and enjoy (well kinda) the game. We thought we had it in us... but once again the Dawgs failed to perform. I don't know what it is but they just cannot get it together. After the game was over we all headed back to the Omni for the night. We enjoyed the game, but it would have been a lot more enjoyable if the Dawgs would have won. We now face South Carolina this coming weekend "between the hedges" and to be honest I am a little worried. Maybe this past weekend showed the players they have more work to do in order to put a "W" on the board. I'll be a Dawg fan till I die...but I am sure hoping they can pull out a miracle and get our first SEC win for the season this weekend.

Update on my Grandmother.

My Grandmother had surgery this past Thursday to remove a tumor off of her pancreas. We were all very scared about her surgery, but we knew it was in God's hands. We prayed and prayed and we prepared for the worst because the doctor told us all of the worst possibilities. He told us that with her age, that it is likely that a blood transfusion, feeding tubes, and drainage tubes were possible. We prayed every minute we had for God to hold her hand through the surgery. While sitting in the waiting room, the assistant came in and said "Mitchell family, the doctor will speak to you in consulting room number three." My heart sank, because this was it. We were finally about to find out what we had been worrying about for the last 6 hours. We decided it was best for my Mom and her two brothers to go back and speak with the doctor. They came out with nothing but good news. The cancer had not spread, no blood transfusions, no drainage or feeding tubes, and she was not going to go into ICU. We were so relieved. If that doesn't show you that God is always by you with enough prayers.. I don't know what does. 

The first couple of days she was in and out of it sleeping most of the day. She enjoyed her pain button very very much :) By the 3rd day after surgery they had her up walking a bit. She is feeling much better thanks to everyone's prayers. We will get the pathology reports back in a couple of days to figure out how bad the cancer is. We will then figure out treatments from there. For all of you who prayed... I cannot thank you enough. Yall made this possible. Thank you for thinking of our family through this time... please continue to pray for her during this time because she has a long road of treatments and recovery ahead. 

Thank you and love each and every one of yall. May God bless each and every person who has helped my family through this time!