the adventures begin.

three weeks ago, i was able to cross off the very first item on the folded piece of paper that has been tucked inside my wallet since 2007: 'go skydiving'. 


wait, seriously? you betcha. here's the scoop: 


on saturday, april 21st, at 5:45 in the morning, a caravan composed of me and seven of my most daring friends started our trek to adventure skydiving in waverly, tennessee. 

liz and i before the jump

however, the weather wasn't ready for us. apparently you have to have clear skies to jump out of them... so we wait. and we wait. and we waited some more. it was obvious the dreary awfulness wasn't going anywhere. after eight hours of waiting around, i asked the kind receptionist if there was anyway they could squeeze us in the following day because our group is literally from all over the country. well, that girl was awesome because she gave us an appointment for 7:45, sunday, april 22nd. bam. 


on sunday, we jumped. my trusty tandem instructor, robbie, and i got really close really fast. if you ever go skydiving, you'll understand what i mean. i was the first of my group to jump out at 14,000 feet above ground. in case math is not your forte, that's two and a half miles into into the sky. while my plane was up there, it was five degrees. just five measly degrees. and i was wearing chacos (like a boss). robbie and i had fun traveling through clouds, talking about the mechanics of being an official cool person that i now am, and he even let me operate the parachute. there really is no way to describe it, so i'll just tell you to go. go. i promise you won't regret it. after all eight of us had done the deed, we put down a deposit to go again. 

robby, bess, liz, myself, paul, alina, natalie, and patrick.
the best of the best, basically.

in other news, i moved back home sunday for the summer (woo!). getting back in the swing of full-time chickfila and a house full of babies isn't the worst transition in the world, i'll admit. things i've done through this easy first week that i recommend to everyone: 

-read tina fey's book bossypants.

-rent extremely loud and incredibly close and we bought a zoo from redbox.

-watch a&e's new series "duck dynasty". 

i also tried to make captain america cupcakes for a cute little boy.

tuesday afternoon starts the bus ride to philadelphia and new york. that's right, bus ride. i'm going with two beautiful ladies and will be meeting up with plenty of handsome gentlemen on the way. 

also, if you could be so kind to keep my friends (bess, shelley, brittany, alina, laura jane, brittany, and belmont nursing students) in your prayers; they are all on mission trips and study abroad trips and could use some safety from the man upstairs as they travel.                                                        i can only hope your summer is as fun as mine will be. stay classy, planet earth and thanks for reading.

peace, love, and cupcakes. 

morgan the nana.