The time has come...

I feel so lame because I feel like I JUST got this thing up and running. However, I have decided to switch over to Tumblr for a blog home. You may find my posts here:

http://malarog.tumblr.com

Hope to see you there sometime. I shall come back and visit often.


Blessings,

Mallorey :)

"Meet Me in St. Louis"

So do you remember the amazing trip to Destin I was supposed to be taking this past week?

Long story short... it got cancelled for personal family reasons. (not from me, from my friend Liz.)

I was home for the week and my parents were watching me be completely bummed about my trip being cancelled. They felt bad because they knew how bad I wanted to go to the beach. So my stepdad , Mike asks "Well would you still want to go on a long weekend vacation?" After making a few phone calls the only ones available for a vacation in June would be myself, Matt and my closest guy friend Barry. The three of us decided to go to St. Louis, MO for a four day weekend. I had actually never been before, it's only about 4 hours away from Jackson, and they have a ton of things we could do for fairly cheap (Six Flags being the ultimate one:) ) To make another long story short, my stepdad booked us a hotel room for my birthday at the Hilton Inn St. Louis Frontenac.

And I must say this hotel is AMAZING.


The plan is to pick up Barry after work in Martin, TN this Thursday at noon, drive up to the hotel to check in and then roam around the city looking for some good eats. The three of us decided to go the Travel Channel's Man vs. Food route and go to all the restaurants Adam ate at when he was in St Louis.

Other than pig out on some awesome BBQ and milkshakes, we're gonna head on over to Six Flags and spend the entire day there Friday along with playtime at the City Museum and going to an aerial fireworks show over the St. Louis arch.

Many many pictures to come. See you next week :)

I just want to take this time to say....

If you have different beliefs than me, that's perfectly cool. I'm never ever going to shove my beliefs down someone's throats.


So DO NOT do the same to me.


@$$holes.


Thank you, have a good day.

Favorite moments with Adam.

So last night was the Owl City concert at the Ryman in Nashville. Matt took my for my birthday present (early present anyways)! I was a little iffy on how I think Adam would sounds live because he uses a LOT of electronica in his music. I was blown away because he sounded EXACTLY the same on the stage. He was very shy and timid when he first came out and he loosened up as soon as he started to play his music. It was so sweet! I LOVED the xylophones, violin and cello...








And I leave you with this video footage Matt got of Adam singing "Lonely Lullaby." It brought me to tears. Enjoy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stStY0Lki8s

HAPPY early birthday to ME.

Oh I forgot to mention this too..

Matt is the most AMAZING boyfriend ever.

Wanna know why?



For my birthday (which is the 22nd) he surprised me with....



Owl City concert tickets. YES.

Back from the grave...

I do not care what people say about being teachers. You can not say that summer breaks are not AWESOME.


That being said--- I have a VERY busy and eventful summer ahead of me. Here are just a few of the happenings going on:


1. I will be interviewing for teaching jobs in Nashville and hopefully be moving there come late July or early August.
Nashville is the city I grew up in and absolutely love. Definitely the best place to live in as far as Nashville goes. Not to mention my family all live just about an hour and a half outside of it. So far I have gone on six interviews. Oh, yeah. You heard me. The places I interviewed for were:

- Walter J Baird Middle School for Lebanon Special School District (I interviewed along with 8 other people. Then I got called back for another interview because I had made her top two applicants. The other applicant turned out to be one of my close friends who forgot to tell me she applied for the same job as me. Turned out she ended up getting it... but it's all cool :))
- Watt Hardison Elementary School for Sumner County Schools (This interview went PERFECT. Can't tell you a single thing that went wrong. I was introduced to all the teachers, staff, administration, some of the students and even was given a tour of the school and art room. At the end of the interview the principal told me that she would love to have me teach there but has to do a few more "mandatory" interview till she can give me call. Never called. So about 2 1/2 weeks later, I did. Told me she filled the position already. Nice to frickin' meet you too.)
- Dickson County High School in Dickson County. (This was an AMAZING high school, but the interview was not that great. The principal did most of the talking... so if I don't get offered this I won't be totally shocked.)
- Lebanon High School for Wilson County. (This was a great interview. The principal, VP and their head art teacher interviewed me together so it was nice to be able to ask a lot of art related questions to their other art teacher that I probably wouldn't be able to ask the others. They loved all my work and all my answers so... chances are pretty good with this one.)
- Byards Dowdy Elementary School for Lebanon Special School District. (Out of all the schools I applied for, this one would be my top pick. It pays the most, but the program is funded best. Not to mention it's the elementary ages which I am incredibly itching to get back to working with. Plus the administration are two female teachers who are still fairly young and vivacious about teaching, They're amazingly sweet. They said they will let me know something at the end of this week. LET'S BELIEVE AND PRAY!)

2. I'm taking a vacation to the beach for the first time in FOUR years.
YES... THANK...YOU....JESUS. I'll be going at the end of June with my friend Liz from college, her boyfriend, her sister and her sister's friends and of course my awesome boyfriend Matt. We will have a blast and definitely expect some pics.

3. Catching up on some reading.
I'm currently finishing up The Hunger Games which is FANTAS

What does a girl do?

When you've been out of school for a week due to snow and you are SICK IN BED? Alright, it wasn't the whole week I was sick...it was Saturday night actually. I woke up at 2am in cold sweats, my heart pounding out of my chest, indigestion, bloating and nausea. I knew it wasn't the flu because I didn't have a fever. The only thing I could make a connection to was it was food poisoning.. I had a very yucky combination of food that day and I'm sure it was my body punishing me for treating it so badly. I was absolutely miserable. I tried to sleep it off but it was useless trying to sleep. So I just laid in bed until 7:30. I absolutely HATE throwing up so I was going to do everything in my power to not go that route. I got up just enough energy to take a shower and put on my shoes and hoodie to drive across the street to the store. Doing all that in itself was making me even more exhausted. I have never felt that miserable before. At the store I stocked up on Peptobismol, lemon ginger tea, peppermint tea, Nyquil, chicken noodle soup, and grapes (for when my appetite came back).

I carried my stuff back to my apartment and as soon as I stepped back in I collapsed in the kitchen. I didn't pass out but I was light headed and lost my balance. After that I stuck my booty in bed and didn't leave until I was feeling better. I doped myself up on Pepto which helped but didn't make everything go away. I took melatonin to help me rest and that didn't work surprisingly. So I drank water and tea all day long. Make a long story short, I'm finally cured and healed of my yucky sickness. Woke up this morning feeling like a million bucks!

Out of all of that I bought at the grocery store, the peppermint and lemon ginger tea worked MIRACLES for me. They soothed my stomach and really reduced my nausea, bloating and indigestion. I've not been a big fan of many hot teas in my lifetime but this situation has made me become a huge lover. I drink tea all the time now, especially peppermint tea.

Out of that whole situation, as much as I hated it and would not wish it on anybody, I'm glad the Lord gave me a reminder to make my body a temple and to take good care of it. Thank you Lord. :)