The Fairytale Life

The Countdown begins….Twelve Days…. and I will be in China! That’s right, it’s time for the 2010 International Leadership Seminar For State Officers, otherwise known as the ILSSO. I have been looking forward to January 2nd from the moment I found out about this amazing opportunity. I can’t wait to experience life in a foreign country for the very first time, figure out how to fit two weeks of my life into a suitcase weighing less than 50 pounds, and make some unforgettable memories with other Current & Past State Officers from all across the United States! Lets back up for a second though, before I was excited about the trip, I was definitely very nervous and even more unsure… Why though? Well you see, part of the “leadership” experience of this trip required each individual to raise their own funds to cover the cost of this international experience. O MY! That is a rather intimidating task for a 19 year old college kid!

When the time came and I finally got news that I had been accepted into this program(YAYYYY), of course my brain hit the ground running. How in the world was I going to raise this large amount of money??? Who was going to be willing to donate with the current financial times being so tough? What if I get half way there and am unable to raise the rest of the money?? What if, what if, what if... Needless to say, a million different thoughts and ideas were running through my mind, 24/7! Almost to the point where I couldn’t even focus on school and everything else I currently had going on in my life.

What I needed to do: relax & take a deep breath, make a list of faithful supporters & begin sending out support letters, and last but not least, have faith.

In the fairytale world, someone would just right me one big check and I would be done right? Well, I can assure you that unfortunately, sometimes it seems like I live in anything but a fairytale world. With that said, here’s how my story began:

I was sitting on my bed one Sunday afternoon, attempting to study, windows open, cool breeze flowing through my girly room, thinking about the million things I needed to do… and the phone rang. When I saw the caller ID on my Sprint cell phone, my face lit up with a huge smile as I answered with a very cheerful “Hello!” Any opportunity I had to visit with this very busy, wise, & loving individual was a treat for me. However, let’s just say that I was definitely caught off guard when that person on the other end of the line began talking. To be quite honest, I think I had to pick my jaw up off the floor. But to make a rather long story short, No longer would I even have to worry about raising money to go to China. This GENEROUS individual, who I have such a respect for, was going to make my dream of going to China… A Dream Come True. In the blink of an eye, I would have a check in the mail, with the memo section designated to “Macy-2010 ILSSO.”

If this isn’t a fairytale, I don’t know what is! The sad part is, the story doesn’t end there! Each participant was responsible for securing his/her own flight to San Francisco, prior to the trip for an orientation. Was I going to pay for this flight myself, let my parents pay for it, what was I going to do? It wasn’t but just a few weeks later that a generous lady who I have recently grown very close with, told me she would like to support me in my trip to China. She had frequent flyer miles that she would like to use to purchase my flight to San Francisco. WOW!

Now here I am, just two weeks away from my fabulous trip, wondering to myself what I have done to be so incredibly blessed. One thing I know for sure is that my luck didn’t just magically appear to me one Sunday afternoon. Through my experiences in the FFA and other life events, I have been fortunate enough to have met so many wonderful individuals who I know will be life-long friends of mine. However, there was definitely a handful of times when being an officer wasn’t easy... nor was it the “cool” thing to do. Sometimes I felt like I was missing out on the so many things that Texas A&M had to offer me as a college freshman, but I knew that in the end, this was more important to me. Being faithful to the people and the things I loved and cherished the most, have made for the Fairytale Life of Macy Eaves to become a reality. I realize that words alone cannot begin to express my true appreciation to these two individuals, but from the bottom of my heart, I truly hope they realize what an impact each one of them has made on my life. Without their faith in me, I know that my trip to China would have been far more difficult. Sorry for the super long post (even though I could have detailed the story a lot more), I tried to choose the important parts! The dates of this trip are January 2-15 and a daily blog journaling our experiences abroad will be kept at www.ffa.org. Feel free to check it out! As for now, Happy Holidays to you and your family.

Be Blessed,

Macy

Wake up and SEE!

School: An institution where instruction is given.

This could be High School, a community college, Baylor University, or even Cosmetology school, but for me... it’s Texas A&M University. Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love it here in Aggieland. No doubt the actual school part is very challenging 99% of the time, but I love the people, the professors are great, and I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else! So when given the opportunity to miss a week of school for the National FFA Convention… Tough Decision!

A week in Indianapolis having fun OR a week at school with tests and homework, hmm lets see…

My Choice: INDY!

So maybe I exaggerated just a bit about the decision, there was not a decision to be made for me! This was my 4th year to have the opportunity to attend the National Convention, and there was no way I was going to miss it. While I was there, I recruited students for A&M, had a meeting for my international trip to China, and also received my American Degree on Saturday.

Looking back now, I realize that each year I’ve gone, I have learned something new. Maybe it was the Voting Delegate Process, learning the city life-style, or maybe it was just something simple that I realized after hearing a motivational speaker.

You may be wondering, “Ok, so what did she learn this year?” Well, let me ask you another question. Have you ever heard something over and over again before finally coming to the realization that it must be important, or people wouldn’t always be talking about it right?

For me, it was the simple fact of “Seeing People.” I heard it 3 different times, 3 different ways, all 3 being very powerful messages. Seeing People??? Yes. Maybe you see a person, but you only see skin deep. Maybe you pass the same person everyday at school, but don’t take the time to talk to them. It could even be that someone sends you a text message, and you don’t see them as being important or cool enough to reply. You don’t see their emotions, wants, or needs. You think it doesn’t matter right? Friends, think about this for a moment… I bet it would be safe to say we can all admit to this fault at some point in our life. Personally, I am not proud to admit to this what-so-ever, but it’s just a part of life.

“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13

As October ends and November begins, this means the Christmas spirit will be upon us before we know it. I encourage you to really start SEEING people. See their wants, see their needs, see their emotions, and see that you can truly make a difference in someone’s life. Forget about being to cool or too busy, be willing to be inconvienced if that’s what it will take. Let your Love shine and wake up and SEE.

Be Blessed,

Macy

Blessed am I

It’s hard to believe that the end of summer is so quickly approaching! Summer ending=Starting back to school! While some of you may be excited, others of you are probably not so excited! As for me, well… I’m not exactly sure how I’m feeling right about now! I mean obviously the whole idea of going to school is inevitable, but is also a choice that we are able to make. As some of you may know, I recently just finished my term serving as a 2008-2009 Texas FFA State Officer. You may be asking yourself how this relates to school? One word pops to mind, TRANSITION. My life is in a big state of transition at the current moment. Haven’t we all heard the saying “as one door closes, another one opens” or what about “All good things must come to an end”? To be quite honest, these 2 sayings have been said to me countless times since July 10th, the day I hung up my FFA jacket for the last time.

Serving as a State Officer was truly one of the best years of my life, and was also a once and a lifetime experience. I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to serve with 9 other very amazing people, all working towards a common goal. So obviously as much as I enjoyed those 14 months of my life, it was a little sad to hear myself being called a ‘Past State Officer.’

The bittersweet feeling of completing my term also has provided me with the chance to take part in several other remarkable opportunities. 1. After State Convention, I took about 2 weeks off to catch up on sleep, hang out with friends and family, and simply relax before I starting working at my O SO FUN new job! I feel so blessed to be working for Dr. Skaggs (Dean of the College of Ag & Life Sciences at Texas A&M.) I absolutely love it because its something I’m truly passionate for. 2. My good friends & teammates Rachel & Amanda moved to Aggieland, woo hoo! 3. My new roommates finally got moved in. It’s been so amazing getting to go home to 3 amazing girls. And not to mention, I love love love to decorate, and we have done a lot of it lately! Lots of decorating=cute house! 4. My very best friend JP got married last weekend. It was such an honor getting to be the Maid of Honor in the wedding and being able to help make her special day EXTRA special. 5. I could go on forever about all of the good things in my life, but it might take a while!

Through all of this transition, I could not be more thankful for the life I’ve been given. I constantly find myself wondering what in the world I have done to deserve soooooo much good. I actually told my dad just the other night that I was bound to have some bad luck come my way sooner or later because there’s no way everything could be going so perfect! However, hopefully this wont happen, but importantly, will remind me of how fortunate I am.

I want to leave you with one quote that I heard this week and it been on my mind 24/7. “Blessings come down when Prayers go Up.” As school begins to start, I challenge you to find out how true this quote really is. You will be in awe of the power of one simple Prayer.

Be Blessed,
Macy

It's almost here!!!!

Howdy,

Busy, amazing, fun, and fast are all words that immediately pop to mind when I begin reflecting on my last few weeks. With the end of my year so close, I think it’s finally starting to hit home that one of the best years of my life will be over soon. Not that I’m counting or anything… but I only have 16 more days to serve! Many people ask me if I am excited about being done, and others ask me if I’m going to be sad. I have to say yes to both of these things. It’s definitely a bittersweet feeling… but after getting to know the 10 Incoming State Officers, I know that the Texas FFA will be in good hands. I am excited to see what new door will open in my life as this one closes, but I am also very sad to hang the jacket up that I have so proudly worn for an entire year.

My team and I spent almost a week in Austin writing our session scripts for State Convention. As stressful as this might have been at times, it was such a relief to have it done! (I am currently in College Station memorizing these scripts, but I’m using this time right now for a little break!) When it was time to leave Austin, we then began our long drive to Anna, TX for State Leadership Conference. I had the privilege to Chair this camp and I can honestly say, it couldn’t have gone any better! For those of you who were there, we had a few technical difficulties, but other than that everything went great!! I was truly amazed at how talented each of the Area Officers were. Without them, our camp would not have been half the success that it was! I was also incredibly blessed to have my 9 teammates always there willing to do whatever, whenever!!

After State Degree Check and a few days break, I was then lucky enough to attend the Area VII Leadership camp in Bastrop. I had an absolute blast!! These Area officers spent a lot of time into also producing a very successful camp. It was such a neat feeling to see them actually apply everything they learned just days earlier at SLC. One thing about this camp that sticks out most was a very sweet Happy Gram I received. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Happy Grams, they are the camper’s opportunities to write other campers. Without repeating what the note said, it truly made my day and gave me assurance that the Lord is, and will continue working in my life!

On Monday morning I will get to attend my very own, and very last Area IV Leadership Camp. I’m excited to see what the team has in store. The next couple of weeks are going to be nothing short of crazy, yet unforgettable. My team and I will spend a week rehearsing for Convention before we actually arrive in Dallas. I should probably end it here because I don’t want to tear up thinking about it! Haha. If you will be there, I CAN’T WAIT!!! I hope you are as excited I am to kick off the 81st Texas FFA Convention and ready to Discover Your Dreams! See ya there!


Be Blessed,
Macy

For all you amazing girls! (And guys too of course!)

Howdy!

I am a complete nerd! My idea of a perfect day is when I get to crawl up on the couch and read a good book! (I spent 5 hours at Barnes & Noble today just reading!) I just got done reading one of the best books I’ve read in a long time! Lady in Waiting by Jackie Kendall & Debbie Jones… it’s a MUST read! I’m not really sure what compelled me to start reading this particular book, but I am SO glad that I did. I actually think the authors owe me a percentage of their sales because I’ve recommended it to so many girls!

Lady in Waiting is how you can become God’s best while waiting for Mr. Right. Probably sounds a little cheesy but it would be anything but that. I think that sometimes as girls we question our worth based upon if we have a boyfriend or not. I think it’s also very easy to settle for less than the best simply because we may be tired of waiting for our knight in shining armor. This is crazy! Not only is God preparing us as women, but he is also preparing our Mr. Right. I am not going to ruin the book for anyone who is going to read it, so…. I do challenge each of you to go to the book store today and begin reading my favorite book! I promise it will be worth every minute.
Changing pace a little bit, we are getting closer and closer to summer every day! I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait. I will take my last final on May 12th, and then I’m going home to Stephenville for a little while before we hit the road for the summer. I’m also going to take a Maymester business math class during that time, yuck!

In between the last time I wrote a blog and now, has been a pretty exciting time. Our Retiring Address for State Convention was due April 20th. I have know what I wanted mine to be about for a good while… or so I thought! When I sat down to start writing, I just felt lost. I didn’t know what I wanted to talk about; it was not a good feeling. I began questioning myself why I was having these feelings when I had already prepared so much before this. I knew that sitting there looking at my computer screen wasn’t going to help me much so I just got up, forgot about it, and went about my normal day. Matthew 6:34 says “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself; each day has enough trouble of its own.”

I knew God had another plan for me and my Retiring Address. To make a really long story short I just didn’t worry about it because I knew God would place something else on my heart. Sure enough, He did and my RA is DONE!!!! I hope that each of you will get to come to State Convention in Dallas, July 7th-10th and enjoy this experience. I can be completely honest and say that until the last couple of years, I didn’t pay that much attention to the Retiring Addresses. What a mistake! I think it is so neat to see what each officer has learned throughout the year and how they want to share that with the 10,000+ students there! This is my favorite part of Convention now! Enjoy the rest of the school year and stay away from the “swine flu!” haha

Have a great May! Be blessed

Your Biggest Fan,
Macy

P.S. I found $180.00 today of my Christmas money that I obviously majorly FORGOT about... That will make ya smile!! :)

Over My Head!

Greetings-

I want to first start off with an apology to everyone, I am truly sorry I haven’t posted anything lately, as the title says, I have been a bit OVER MY HEAD! Even though life has been crazy, life has also been amazingly wonderful lately. Just today I found myself wondering what on earth did I do for God to be so good to me?! I can explain…

Let’s see, at the beginning of March I had the opportunity to meet & spend the night with the National FFA Officer team at Champion Ranch in Centerville. This was such a fun time and I can assure you that our organization is in the hands of 6 great and very talented individuals. One of my favorite parts about the weekend was just getting to hear each of their stories and how they got to where they are now. They are each a living example of hard work paying off.

As I look through my calendar of what I did next, Spring Break in New York City comes next! Man, what an awesome trip this was! After spending 5 days there, I rememberd just how much I love the city. My all time dream is to one day be able to live and work in downtown NY. People call me crazy, but I just stand in awe of the lifestyle difference compared to here in good ole’ Texas! I must not leave out one huge part, the Britney Spears concert! Yes, I went to a Britney Spears concert! Go ahead and laugh, but it was the coolest thing ever. I did sort of feel like I was walking in to a Miley Cyrus concert though with all the thousands of screaming girls everywhere!

After recovering from my NY trip, it was time to hit the road for Area Travel. I spent 2 weeks on the road traveling to 3 High Schools a day. I have to be honest, I was not very excited about having 2 weeks worth of make-up work, but it ended up not being bad at all. It was a true joy to get to meet so many FFA members and visit so many different schools across the state. Just a side note, if we came to your school and took a picture, I uploaded all of those to my Facebook page so please feel free to tag yourself!

After 2 weeks on the road and lots & lots of miles, I then headed to Austin for the Texas Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this, it was an amazing and very benefical weekend. Students from many different universities all across Texas gathered to further their knowledge on leadership, relationships, the importance of service, and many other things. When I left Austin on Sunday afternoon, I felt very refreshed and motivated to begin facing life again. If you ever have the opportunity to attend, I HIGHLY encourage it!

This past week was my first week in College Station in over 3 weeks, crazy! I had 4 tests to make-up and I know that God was by my side the entire time. Something even more crazy, is that my Retiring Address for State Convention is due one week from today! Several months ago I thought I knew exactly what I was going to do, now… Not a Clue. I was telling someone today that I just feel lost in the direction I need to go. Needless to say, I have spent a lot of time in prayer lately and I’m hoping I will be able to present this “picture perfect” RA that I have in my head!! I hope that each of you had a wonderful Easter with your friends and family. Summer is getting closer every day!!!! Yay! At the end of next week, we will be traveling to the State CDE contests, so Good Luck to any of you who advanced and I hope to see you there! Good Luck to any of you running for offices as well. Be Blessed

With Love,

Macy

Life is Good, Life is Great!

Greetings-

This past weekend, I experienced something that I consider to be a huge blessing. First of all, let me just tell you one little fact about the lovely way college works…. One week, no papers, no tests, no homework, no nothing. The next week… All of that plus whatever else you can possible have. I don’t know how they do it, but I like to think all professors get together and establish which week they would like to make us go insane! So for me, this would be the perfect description of my week even though last week was pretty crazy also. I am in a Freshman Leadership Organization here at A&M called MSC A LOT (Memorial Student Center, Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow). Earlier in the year, I was given the opportunity to be a counselor at a leadership conference that ALOT hosts. I was so so excited about this and I just knew it would be really fun. Unfortunately I was on the road when the mandatory training sessions were held but some how, they agreed to let me still participate. Come about Thursday of last week, I began to get reallyyyyyyy stressed out with all that was approaching me so fast. I have to be completely honest with you, and admit that all my excitement for the conference soon turned into a very negative attitude. I even considered dropping out at the last minute because I figured if I didn’t go, I would be able to use the whole weekend to get everything done for this week. I spent a lot of time in prayer about this and decided that was definitely NOT the right thing to do. When I say that was one of the best decisions I’ve made, I mean that 120%.

The SLOT conference for high school juniors and seniors (student leaders of tomorrow) was to begin on Friday, and end on Sunday. I took off work, got as much done beforehand as possible, put a smile on my face…. and went! I got there not knowing what to expect at all. I had no training and therefore didn’t know the schedule or anything at all actually! Little did I know, I was in for an experience of a lifetime. I was fortunate enough to have 8 amazing kids in my little family. In fact, I absolutely fell in love with them. They were all very sweet, talented, and all around just great kids. In the short amount of time I was with them, I felt like they could be my very own. As much as I hope I was able to impact their lives in some way, they also very much impacted mine.

Through out the weekend, I met so many new faces and even made some really great friends with the other counselors in ALOT. I never even thought about my homework and just focused on what I would be able to give to the students. By Sunday, I felt like I was 100 years old because I was so exhausted! I had a blast! Even though I was tired, I was also in awe. It may sound cliché, but this weekend really taught me a very valuable lesson. I need to listen to God’s plan for my life rather than the desires I have for myself. And to add to all of this, since this weekend, several of my kids have sent me the nicest messages ever!!! If I wouldn’t have gone, none of this would have been possible and the people in ALOT probably wouldn’t have much respect for me at all. I could go on and on about this, but to sum it up, I am SO THANKFUL that I chose to go and it really was an awakening moment in my life.

So with such a great weekend, there was just no way I could start off my week any other way than being so refreshed right? I’ve still slept very few hours this week, but I do have 2 papers, a resume, and a test (that I completely ACED by the way) behind me! Now I’m only left with a 2 page paper, an application, and my Retiring Address outline due on Friday. When ever I do so well on a test, it for some reason gives me the mind set that I deserve to celebrate?!? Soooooo… this is exactly what I did! Last night Mai Lee and I went to dinner, then to my very first Aggie Baseball game, then spent a couple hours at Barnes and Noble, then to Starbucks, and then finally we went home! What a great day it was! To end off this week, my mom aunt and grandmother are coming to stay with me this weekend. Hopefully this means some much needed shopping! :) More importantly though, I really am excited they are coming and I wish Saturday would hurry up and get here!

Whatever it may be, I hope that each of you can learn something from this. If anything like my story from this weekend has happened to you, or you can relate to the feeling, I would love to hear from you! If you don’t want to comment publicly, send me an email or even a message on facebook. I look forward to hearing from you! Have a great week and Be Blessed.

Live is good,

Macy

I survived!

Howdy!

Some might say I’m a good friend, but I think Ms. Mai Lee better be saying I’m a GREAT friend after this weekend! Part of our duties as a State Officer is to work a major livestock show. Like many of you know, I worked Fort Worth already. Well, Mai Lee was supposed to work at San Antonio and just a few days before, found out she was going to be there all by herself. Of course I felt terrible and so she somehow talked me into going with her! A little background, Mai Lee lovesssss pigs, and me on the other hand, not so much. Now steers, I would be thrilled to work that show any day. I used to show in High School but I bet people probably thought I came straight from the city after these last couple of days!! I might have showed for 10 years but I have never enjoyed getting dirty which is exactly what we did! I can’t lie to you, when we got there on Sunday, I wore flip flops and that lasted about 10 minutes until they made me go change. They told us we would be done working about midnight and needed to be back up there the next morning at 3am, wow! To some this trip up, it was a long and interesting couple of days but it was worth it. I saw many of you there and that just happened to be on my gate every time. My duty was to open and close the gate when the exhibitors brought their pigs in to the holding area. That gate and I became best friends because we got to spend so much time together! Parents yelled and screamed at me hundreds of times telling me to OPEN THE GATE. It got super intense thats for sure, but it was really cute getting to see all the little kids showing for the first time.

I guess I need to back up a little bit… On Saturday, Lora and I ran a 5K in support of Breast Cancer. It was very cold and windy and I somehow forgot my inhaler (not a good combination). So of course when I got done, I thought I was going to die! No but really, after running this I didn’t feel very good because of allergies and all the stuff that was already going around. Later that evening, I met Mr. Wallrath in Huntsville for dinner. I really admire this man because he is a living example of what it truly means to be a servant leader. For those of you who have had the opportunity to read his book, its very good and will give you a greater understanding of his background. He actually told me a while back that a company wanted to make his book into a movie, which would be really neat!!! Now I’m back to where I left off… between the 5K, not sleeping due to studying, and several days working the pig show, I haven’t felt so great! Mai Lee, Reagan, and I went to dinner Monday night in San Antonio and our waiter told us we looked pitiful. Pretty good compliment huh?! All 3 of us were sick and would wake each other up during the night coughing… not fun! Good news is that I think we are all getting better and my voice came back so I’m extremely glad.

What I learned from this experience is something I think we all take for granted some times. You see, us working in San Antonio might not have been our exact definition of a fun time but someone has done that for us before. Who do I think opened the gate for me every year I showed at that stock show, Casper? Probably not! Each time I would catch myself wanting to complain, I kept reminding myself of Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not for men.” I want for you to keep this in mind next time you are asked to do something not so fun, or even to remind you to thank those people working for YOU at livestock shows. Take a little extra time to reflect on what the true definition of service really is. We should never do it for recognition of others, but more importantly recognition of the big man upstairs. Make it your goal this month to remember this and apply Colossians 3:23 to your everyday life.

In just three short weeks, I’ll be in New York City for Spring Break!!!! I have been looking forward to this trip and especially getting to see Britney Spears in concert for quite a while now! Good luck to any of you still showing in San Antonio and congratulations to those of you who did well. Hope to see you soon!

Be Blessed,
Macy

Fort Worth in a Nut Shell

Hey guys!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend! I actually just got back to College Station after working the Fort Worth stock show. I'm sure I saw many of you there but unfortunately there were many I didnt get to see! :( If you showed, I hope you did great!! Rachel and I were very lucky... we got to hand out ribbons Thursday and Friday during the steer show. I've shown animals since I was in the 3rd grade but I NEVER watched the show as much as I did these past few days! haha We got to see the good and the bad being where we were. When I say bad, one very good example comes to mind. When the steer exhibitors are waiting to go in the ring, they have to wait and line up in a so called "holding" pen. Everyone's nerves are super high, its really crowded, and those big fat steers do not want to be there! One little boy was trying to get through the gate when he got elbowed by another kid's parent. To make a long story short, that man ended up pushing the little boy down and 2 steers stepped on him! From what I hear, a fist fight arose because of this. When I heard this, I couldn't believe it! The steer superintendents said that if they would have known this earlier, they would have disqualified the kid whose parent did that! Now I am probably the most competitive person there is, but NEVER would I even think about pushing someone just to get in the ring!!

Even though that happened, a lot of really good things happened as well! I had a blast getting to see everyone and I know Rachel did as well. Looking back, we truly were very, very lucky for getting to be as involved with the exhibitors as we were! I do want to say Congratulations to Ms. Berkley Iden for having the Reserve Champion Exotic steer. What a great honor this is!! I'm sorry I can’t name everyone who did well with their project, but I promise I would if I could. Now for those of you who know me even just a little bit should know that I absolutely refuse to wear cowgirl boots! Number 1, they are uncomfortable, and number 2 I grew up in Hickville America, (O I meant Stephenville) and so boots just really aren’t my style. Well, obviously since I was working this stock show I figured I should just suck it up and wear my boots… So I did. They were super dirty and there’s no better place than a stock show to get them shined. This was the day before she showed, but I somehow convinced Berkley to get hers done with me! I guess this is why she won because the boot shiner and I gave her good luck! Haha I’m just kidding about that, but that would be cool to say though!

After having a great, relaxing time in Fort Worth, I got to go home for the rest of the weekend! I went home Friday, was completely exhausted, and my best friend told me to be at her house at 6:30. My birthday is this Wednesday and a few things happened earlier that day that made me suspect all my friends were planning something for me. Annnddddd… I was RIGHT! I went over to JP’s and then I heard “Surprise!” I guess then I wasn’t so tired anymore because this really made my day! We had some great food, but some even better cheesecake! All I have to say is this was probably the best cheesecake I’ve ever had. And after this weekend, I shouldn’t eat again for a month! I consider myself so blessed to have such a wonderful group of friends, you know who you are, thanks sooo much! The rest of the weekend I just relaxed and spent time with my family. Last semester I was so homesick, knock on wood, but this semester I haven’t been at all... so I didnt even cry when it was time to head back to C-Stat! :) O and the most important part was that I had a hair appointment Saturday morning at 8, overslept, and now I’m sad because I don't know when I can get it done again?! Go ahead and laugh but for us girls hair appointments are very important!!

I hope everyone’s month of February has been good so far. Valentine’s day is just right around the corner. Boys… Think of something extra sweet for your girl! Haha. I hope to be going to San Antonio early next week so if your there, give me a holler!


Be blessed

Macy

Catch Up!

Greetings Texas FFA-

It seems like it's been forever, but with the help of our new advisor Mr. Blaze Currie, we have finally found a great way to keep in contact with everyone! I'm really excited about these new blogs and I hope that you can take advantage and feel free to post comments, questions, concerns, etc!

The month of December was a pretty calm month for us, January picked back up, and now we are back to the full swing of things!! At the first of January, my team and I had the opportunity to spend a week in Austin touring the capitol, training, board meeting, and even began convention planning! It just doesn't seem possible that it's already that time, but I cant wait! We have some really cool things for Convention and I hope each of you will be in Dallas in July. While in Austin, I got really sick so I didnt get to do much... But I did get to meet the Lt. Governor David Dewhurst. We got to go in the senate chamber and get small glimpse of what goes on there. The session was to begin 6 days after we were there, so you can imagine how crazy things were! By the way, Governor Dewhurst is 6'7"... Just in case you wanted to know a random fact about him... :)

I started back to school on January 20th after having a nice, long, 6 week break! So far, this semester has been SOOOO great! I really enjoy the classes I'm taking and it's always a huge bonus when you have friends in there with you. I have met so many new people this semester as well, and I also never knew what a small world it really is. I meet one person, who knows one of my other friends, who I was friends with in 7th grade... so on and so on. :) Believe it or not, Mai Lee and I have been hitting up the Rec quite frequently! It sorta defeats the purpose when we work out really hard, and then.... go eat Chicken Express! But, she had never eaten there before and that just wasnt ok with that! (we have only done that once though so we can just pretend it didnt happen.. haha)

This past weekend we went to San Antonio for the Rural Youth Awards Banquet. What a fun and very productive trip! After the banquet, we went to the River Walk and got to walk around and see all the cool things SA has to offer! Saturday morning we spent the entire morning planning State Leadership Camp, more Convention stuff, and any other business we needed to finish. Talking about these things makes me more and more excited everytime. I almost forgot my favorite part of the trip, touring James Madison High School on Friday afternoon! I was amazed! What a lucky bunch of kids they are to have such amazing facilities and some of the neatest Ag Teachers I've met in all my years of being in the FFA!

Reagan stayed with me in College Station when we FINALLY got back... I said finally like that, because... well lets just say we got lost and our drive took us 4 hours longer than it should have!! oops... I dont imagine my dad was too happy with us for accidentally telling him the wrong directions... But I've got 2 more days of class, then Rachel and I are headed to the Fort Worth Stock Show! I think we will be working with the pigs, so if you are there, we would love for you to come visit us!!!! I hope everyone has a wonderful week and talk to ya soon!

Be Blessed,

Macy