NFL DRAFT NIGHT! WOO!

"I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones."
-Bill Parcels

NFL DRAFT 2012

Draft Night for a girl who loves football as much as me is a great way to get my fix in before I have to wait months for SEC media days, and fall practice. As you can see, Tanner and I were supporting not only the Gamecocks, but also the NY Giants!

Tanner loves watching football with his  mommy! 

Margaritas in my NY Giants Tumbler. #mmmm

Basically, the first two draft picks were pretty much known before last night. Andrew Luck- the quarterback from Stanford - is on his way to the Indianapolis Colts while Robert Griffin III - AKA RG3 The quarterback from Baylor - was on his way to the Washington Redskins. So the first two picks were relatively boring, but the next 30 should have been interesting! I was pulling for top picks for Stephon and Melvin which I was so excited to see them go in the first round! Although, I can't root for them now that they are no longer Gamecocks and are NOT Giants (sigh...)

#10 overall pick in the draft!

One of the BEST handshakes of the night!

Round 2 and 3 tonight! You best believe Tanner and I will be watching! Come on Giants! Pick a Gamecock! :)
-Allison

Things I've Learned In My First Year

It's been almost a full year since I've graduated (May 6 will be the actual date). And I'm finishing up what my roommate and I have called "The Rookie Year". So here are a few things that I've learned the past year:

1. All-nighters don't end when you graduate. There are still due dates. And work is just as hard. Only now you do it all day without really a "break".
2. Coffee/Diet Coke was necessary in college (at least for me), in the real world, its essential.
3. That first month or so you see your bank account and go "WOOHOO! I HAVE MONEY", then you realize your parents don't help pay for your rent/bills anymore and all you can think is "damn...".

WHAT?! uhhh...Mom, Dad, little help?....please?

4. It's okay to nap in your car on your lunch break.
5. Your outfits change from sweatshirts and running shorts everyday, to having to be put together. No Makeup days are no longer possible. This leads me to say that I have to repurpose all my sorority tshirts that are no longer worn.
6. Diet Coke Diet Coke Diet Coke
7. You still think in terms of semesters (especially if you still live close to all of your friends still in school) for that first year.
8.  Having a friend there that has known you for 11+ years makes things a little bit easier. Especially when she's going through the same things you are.

9.    Spotify has become my best friend at work. - Free Pandora just couldn't keep up with my 50+ hours a week. And for the drives to Atlanta, and when I'm getting dressed in the morning, and... 

10. Have I mentioned that Diet Coke is really really good?

Story of my life.

-Allison