Humpday Helpers

Humpday Helpers is something new I want to try and do every wednesday. I want to take some time out of my busy schedule to remember the things I am so thankful for that are helping get through the week and especially to get over the humpday of the week!

1. Mary London's spontaneous visit to Ttown: seeing mary london instantly changed my mood of overwhelmed, stressed about the future, and frustration with school turn into the happiest mood I could be in and brought the brightest, most genuine smile to my face

2. My Washington National's sweatshirt: A few weeks ago I received a surprise package from my cousin, Eddie, who works for the Nationals baseball team, and opened the package to find a sweet note and one of the comfiest sweatshirts I've ever owned. It has kept me warm and cozy with this random cold front we are having in Tuscaloosa.

3. Rainy Days: The sound of falling asleep to rain and thunderstorms is one of my favorite sounds to fall asleep to, so this week it has been so nice to turn my TV off and just listen to the rain come crashing down on our tin roof...but it does make it hard to want to get out of bed in the morning

4. The anticipation of my visit from Dickson this weekend: it's been a long week full of tests and having to study for tests next week, but one of the main things getting me through this week is my excitement for one of my best friends, Dickson, to come visit me. He has never been to Tuscaloosa, so I cant wait show him around my new home town.

The Light of the World

A week after being home from spring break I am finally able to sit down and blog about it! First and foremost, I have to say it was the most needed break I could have asked for. I knew I had been stressing with school and the craziness of life but I did not realize I had forgotten what it felt like to be completely relaxed and I LOVED every minute of it!

Me and 11 of my best girl friends were blessed with the opportunity to go to Debordieu, SC and stay in one of Natalie's family friends GORGEOUS beach house. Me, Carolyne Dennis, Meredith Sellers, and Caroline Young hit the road early saturday morning because we were so excited to finally get to beach which we had been counting down for for about a month! We arrived in the late afternoon and were greeted by our friends already there and Mrs. Harrision. Mrs. Harrison was an angel to all of us. She let us stay in her beach house, filled the fridge and pantry with food, as well as took us to a beautiful dinner at the beach club. It was a perfect opportunity to dress up and take lots of fun pics! 

Some of the girls before dinner

The least we could do was give Mrs. Harrison a small little gift

Everyone at the dinner Club

If I had all the time in the world and if it would not bore everyone I could easily go through a play by play of everyday, but I'm not going to. One of my favorite parts of everyday was to wake up every morning with the sunshine beaming and go out onto one of the 5 screened in porches and have my quiet time. I felt like the Lord was shining his light onto me during that time and it was awesome because some times me and a friend would have our quiet time together!

 Every day consisted pretty much of waking up and eating breakfast and then going to the beach where we were all beach bums literally all day with a break to come in for lunch. It was so fun to go onto the beach and enjoy everyone's company along with the beautiful scenery! This trip was definitely a reading trip for everyone as well. I could not tell you the last time I read a book for pleasure, but it was awesome. I read the book Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, and I HIGHLY recommend it to every girl out there it was one of the best books I've ever read! Once we came in off the beach we would typically snack a little, maybe go for a bike ride, or everyone would pick a spot and continue reading their book. We would all eat dinner and then typically sit around and talk for hours. Some nights got deeper than others but they are all awesome and it was so great to be able to get on a deeper level with so many girls 

On Tuesday we changed up our daily schedule a little bit and went to Charleston. It was a very fun day to walk through the beautiful city of Charleston and buy not needed clothes and jewelry! We walked all along King street and through the markets to find many little stands of straw baskets that were being weaved right in front of us. We walked for a really long time to go to the one restaurant that Caroline Young had recently gone to and she would not stop talking about it. After what felt like walking for miles we finally found the restaurant and got half priced hamburgers. It was Awesome!!

Sunsets and Sunrises are one of my favorite things in the entire world, as well I always feel like it is the Lord showing his beauty. Naturally, on our way home from charleston, the sunset was priceless so we had to stop in the middle of the neighborhood and take a few photos 

Me and Caroline Young taking in the beautiful sunset

Lastly, on the last day Caroline Young insisted we get dressed up and take pictures on the beach, which I could not be more thankful for the pictures were adorable and I love them so much and they only help me try to remember all of the amazing memories from the week

Me and Natalie being our crazy selves

 Me and Jenna

 Carolyne Dennis, Rachel Canon, and Me taking our signature picture

Brittany Becker, Caroline Young, and Jenna Wilkins

The Crew that stayed the whole week!

I can truly say this trip was one of the biggest blessings in my life and being back at school I still think about it daily. It was such a special gift to have caroline young join us again because she is soo soo missed at Alabama, but we know she is a happy bulldog! I hope I could give you a taste of this amazing spring break!!

Mommie/Daughter Day

This weekend is the beginning of my spring break and somehow Caroline Young, one of my best friends from camp/ my roommate freshmen year, convinced me that I had to come home so we could go to our friend Ryan's cabin on thursday night! Because I was convinced to come home then I decided to give myself some more time off and got the amazing pleasure of having a mother/daughter day.


Going to school out of state and being away from home so much I forgot the simple pleasure of just hanging out with a mom, who cares for me whether she wants to or not, listens to me complain about everything and anything, and just is there to take care of me when I come home from a really hard week of school. I got home and told my mom I needed some new clothes, so she did not let anything get in our way.We woke up early to make sure we could start our day off with a workout and then we were on a quick time frame to do as much shopping as possible (which for me is a good thing because I HATE shopping...I think I'm allergic). So naturally team Longosz divided and conquered and took care of business and my mom spoiled me some beautiful new clothes.


After a long couple of hours of shopping, I needed some food, so my selfless mother decides to go to our favorite restaurant, California Pizza Kitchen, where we sat at the counter and ordered our typical Barbecue Chicken Salad. But this time I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and try a new pizza so I tried the Greek pizza which was phenomenal! Heres something to make your tastes buds hungry:

After our awesome morning, Mom ran off with her friends and it was time for me to head to the mountains where me, Caroline Young, Ryan Johnson, Ethan Latty, and Matt Post all enjoyed a relaxing evening in the beautiful mountains where we got to go eat at Mishima, one of our favorite hibachi places to go to on our nights off during the summer. It made me want summer so bad! After enjoying everyone's company and talking about everything under the sun we went to bed and woke up so excited to go get a biscuit from LBg (Lake Burton Grocery), but to our dismay they were out of biscuits so we had to experiment and try something new. 

From breakfast, me and Caroline decided we wanted to go into camp and check it out, and it was the BEST decision we have made in a very long time. We got out of the car to see the beauty of the waterfront:

Since the day was so beautiful we could not resist going and just laying on the floating dock and laying there and reminiscing on our past 13 years at camp, 6 of them which have been together.

  

We could not come close to even capturing half of the memories, but it sure did make us so sad to think most of our friends would not be going back to camp, myself included. It was a very bittersweet time!While laying on the dock the weather could not have been prettier and I could not have felt the presence of the Lord more than when me and care were just lying there talking about all the amazing memories the Lord had put in our life, especially all the memories we shared together. It was awesome to think back to when we were first campers together and remember quickly becoming best friends!We started to make ourselves way too sad so we decided before we left we could not leave without some  awesome self timer photos...which turned out to be better than we thought!

Lastly, we were on the way out and decided we MUST take a pictures of the gates. For us camp people the gates are very symbolic because they are the filter of all the bad things from the real world to only the amazing parts of camp! After we were done taking more self timer photos we were greeted by our amazing boss, Andrew Thomason, who we talked to for a little and we got to enjoy his amazing bear hugs that make you feel so special and loved. Unfortunately, for me I got a little emotional because he brought up me most likely not coming back this summer, and it made me realize all the amazing times I was giving up to persue my dream of becoming a nurse!

High Up in the Mountain Tops

For my first blog post I figured I would explain the thought behind the title of my blog! These words come from the some called High Harbour, which was written about the summer camp I have gone to since I was six years old.


To me Camp High Harbour is the BEST place on earth! It has turned me into the person I am today by teaching me the values to always seize the day, if its to be then it is up to me to make sure it happens and I cannot depend on anyone else, and one of my favorite lessons is the 5-finger prayer that says " God will never leave me"


I have been a watersports counselor for the past 4 summers and been so blessed to change so many kids lives and watch them express who they truly are. One of the best parts of camp is that everyone there is 110% themselves. There is no pressure to be somebody that you are not and everyone can go crazy singing songs and just having so much doing different activities while incorporating the Lord in everything we do! I love sharing the awesomeness of the Lord with my 12-14 year old campers and to see them learn a little more about his awesomeness!


Lastly, the best thing camp has given me is my some of my best friends! There is a big group of guys and girls that  have been best friends for the past 5 years. I am blessed that we are all so good about keeping in touch and getting together every time we are home from college. I thank God everyday for these people because they always support me in everything I do and are there for me in every situation of need. I am blessed to have best friends that share the same faith as me and to be able to talk openly about our creator!!


Here are some pictures to try and capture the awesomeness of camp!!

The Beautiful Waterfront 

Only Some of the Best Friends I Could Ask for!

My Crazy WaterSports Family!

Margaret, Me, Kelley, Caroline, and Katherine just dressing up crazy like any normal friday night!

God being present at a 6:30 am morning ski!