Wrappin' It Up, Tho!

Well, let’s just cut right to the chase and let the cat out of the bag, y’all: Not only have I passed my summer school courses, but I have also received a perfect score on both of my papers!

Y’all know what this means: PARTY-HARDY, Y’ALL—TIME TO CELEBRATE UP IN THIS PIECE!!!

And speaking of which, I am officially two days away from my big return to Southern California. I’ve been checking the Weather Channel, and from what I see, L.A.’s gonna be some kinda warm upon my return. In case y’all haven’t figured it out, I’m crazy about warm summer weather—and it looks like I’ll be wearing my lavender dress with matching shoes. I’m wondering if I should wear a jacket on the plane… yeah, I better take a jacket; Heaven only knows that I might get cold on the flight.

While it’s yet on my mind, I want to thank Mr. & Mrs. Hudspeth for taking time out of their busy schedules to help me with the stuff that I’m leaving here. I also want to give a special shout-out to Ruby’s uncle Harold—who reminds me so much of my Uncle Ronnie—for helping out as well. It’s like my Gramma Jewel once said: “Even Simon the Cyrenean helped Jesus carry the cross to Calvary a little of the ways.” I already let the Hudspeths know that they should expect a Los Angeles style gift from me—straight from this ol’ heart-a-mine.

And yes, I am aware that I’m talkin’ like my Gramma Jewel—that ain’t nothin’ new!

In other news, though, I get to go to my Cousin Erica’s high school graduation in Nashville tomorrow, seeing as how I am officially done with Summer School. And check this out: I will be staying with my Auntie Gladys until Saturday; she’ll be picking me up around 8:30am CST tomorrow morning, and we’ll be heading out to Nashville at around 1pm that afternoon. Erica’s graduation doesn’t start until 3pm, so we’ll be there pretty early.

And of course, today is the last day that I see my homies Ruby and Theo. As promised, the three of us are going to hang out at Pizza Hut this evening. I can tell y’all right now—I’m really gonna miss Ruby and Theo when I go back home, but we’ve got the whole sophomore year to kick it again. You know, there’s an old saying that goes: When you find at least one good friend, you have found a treasure. Well, I know that I’ve got a lot to learn yet in this life, but I know for a fact that God has blessed me with a good friend—dare I say, a sister—like Ruby Jean Hudspeth. And y’all already know that the Theo Campbell, the Neo Man himself, is the brother that I’ve never had. I already told them that we’ve got to take a couple of pictures before we go our temporary separate ways… and of course, we gotta check on each other at least once.

Well, I guess I had better wrap up this blog and get back to tying up these loose ends, but you will definitely be hearing from me on tomorrow; it’ll be after Cousin Erica’s graduation, though. And I’ll be sure to give you some highlights of what went down in Nashville. Like I made mention on last week: Since I couldn’t be able to attend Cousin Calvin’s graduation back home in Long Beach, I can at least attend Cousin Erica’s, especially since I’m out here for another couple hours.

And since there’s nothing else to write today, I shall bid you all adieu!


Hugs & Kisses,
Natasha

Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock... TICK-TOCK!!!

Hot Damn, Y’all—It’s Wednesday!

Yes, I know that’s a totally different introduction from the norm, but if y’all were in my shoes, then you would understand my excitement. You see, in addition to everything else, I am now just three days away from making my grand return to Los Angeles, California! I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it… why does that line sound so familiar? But anyway, I’m just tickled pink (WHAT), overjoyed (WHAT), thrilled to pieces (WHAT)… I’m freakin’ happy, is all!

For those of you who have never watched “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and his “WHAT” segment, just go to YouTube and type “Stone Cold” and “WHAT.” Then and only then will you understand where I’m comin’ from.

And now, back to the lecture at hand.

Notwithstanding my return to the Golden State, I want y’all to know that I have finally completed both of my final exam papers for the courses that I took in summer school—sorry, I am just too exhausted to type the names of the course I took all this month. Anyway, all I have to do is turn them in on tomorrow, but other than that, I’m pretty much in the clear. I don’t know if I mentioned it or not, but I’ve pretty much lu… I know better than to say “lucked out.” Given that I grew up in a Christian home, I know to say that I am truly blessed to just turn in my final exam papers on tomorrow and be done with it. Here’s the caveat to such a simple rule, though: I’m not so sure what my 8am instructor will do, but I do know that my 10:30am instructor is gonna grade the papers in class; he’s gonna call each of us individually in his office and tell us how we did in class and on our papers.

All I know is this: I put my whole heart and soul in these final papers. I took what I learned in class and just tied it in to how passionate I am about teaching. It is my prayer that both of my instructors catch on to that. I’m sure they will pay attention to the depth of my heart and passion for teaching and how I weaved it in with the courses. With that said, I’m not saying another word about it—I’m puttin’ it all in His Hands!

Have Your Way, Lord—Have Your Way!

Well, now that I’m technically done with everything, I gotta get my stuff situated to where I can take it over to Mr. & Mrs. Hudspeth’s house for storage. I am very appreciative to them for keeping the stuff that I won’t be taking back home—I definitely have to give them a token of my appreciation when I head back home. Matter of fact, I’m gonna put that on my agenda right now... and of course, I gotta have one last lunch with my fellow Rustites, the Ruby Red Chick and the Neo One himself.

As y’all can see, I still have a lotta stuff to do. I’ll holla at y’all tomorrow!

Hugs & Kisses,
Natasha