Monday, December 1, 2014

Birthdays and Home


HAPPY DECEMBER AKA CHRISTMAS MONTH!!!

I have a lot to catch you guys up on! School’s been crazy busy lately so I guess I’ll just give you the semi-short version of everything…

First, Tommy and I went to the Oh Hellos concert at the Troubador in West Hollywood a couple of weeks ago and it was so fun. BUT I might have been wrong about what time the concert started and we might have gotten there an hour early and the Oh Hellos might have not gone on until 3 hours after we got there. All I have to say is Tommy’s a trooper. Bless. 
The fact that he's smiling is proof he's a keeper.

I briefly lost my drivers license at a TJ Maxx… Even though, in my opinion, if you’re going to lose your drivers license, TJ Maxx is the best place to do it because then you have to go back and shop a little more.

A cruise ship with norovirus docked in LA a couple of weeks ago and those of you who know me well/have lived with me (looking at you Kelsey Drennan), know that any slight chance I might possibly maybe get anything close to a stomach bug sends me into a spiral of panic. I was surprisingly calm about the whole thing, mainly because it was like an hour away. But still.

Okay so now the good stuff. Most of you probably don’t know that Tommy’s birthday is November 22, which is only 2 days before mine. Aka we got to celebrate birthdays for like 4 days straight.
For Tommy’s birthday (Saturday), we went to the USC/UCLA game at the Rose Bowl and it was so much fun… USC got hammered, but I had a blast. The atmosphere felt a little more like SEC football since it was a rivalry, so that was great.
Rose Bowl
Sunday night, the Knapps took all of us out for Tommy’s birthday and listen to this: every year Tommy orders/eats sushi and ribs. He eats them both. At the same meal. Who even knew there were restaurants that cooked both sushi and ribs????? Welcome to SoCal. The west coast is weird, y’all.
Okay, prepare to be amazed. Henceforth, I will recount all the things sweet Tommy did for my birthday (Monday).
  1.  9:30 am: took me on a bus tour of LA, which is something I’ve been dying to do ever since I moved here. He’s lived here his entire life, so we all know going on a bus tour of LA is not something on his bucket list. But, y’all, it was so fun. We hit a bunch of the famous spots around LA including the Chinese Man Theater where all the stars are. I could go on for pages about how fun this was, but I’ll spare you.
  2. Took me to lunch at LA Country Club. That was super fun. It almost felt like a piece of home walking in because country clubs are such a southern thing… and the décor was very similar to the country clubs in the south, so it was nice being in a familiar (ish) setting. And it’s cool to see so much land in the middle of LA.
  3. We got to walk around a local ranch, which was really cool. The property is beautiful – it has a bunch of oaks in an open field and actually looked a lot like the South.
  4. He let me choose where we went to dinner. I chose Chick-fil-a. #constantcraving
  5. Went back to my house and watched movies
Matt Damon. Enough said. 

"Um no actually we live here"

Y’all. It was perfect.

Last thing. I went home (Knoxville home) for Thanksgiving and guys it was amazing. I hadn’t seen any of my Knoxville family in 4 months INCLUDING ADDISON. This was the first time I’ve seen her walk in person. Unfortunately she was a little sick the whole time, but I had a blast with her anyway, of course. It was so fun to see all my cousins and Nonnell and Dadoo. I can’t express how wonderful it was to be back in east Tennessee for a little while. Nothing like the Deep South.





Birthdayyyyyyyy

Richard hugs. 

Wearing Addison's sunglasses...

Roscoe and I are best friends

Fam Jam

I got to meet up with Alesa and Kevin (her fiancé) at Cracker Barrel for breakfast – it was so fun catching up and just being with people who have known me basically my whole life.
Love you.

OH and it snowed a little on Thanksgiving morning!!! (Rich said it was sleet, but he’s wrong. Actually he said it was a combination of snow and sleet, which he named “sneet”. Once again, he called it sneet.)

A couple of things I’d like to mention:
  •  In case you haven’t caught on, I’m dating someone. His name is Tommy. A few people have brought it to my attention that he just appeared out of nowhere in my last couple of blogs and it has apparently caused distress so here it is: I have a boyfriend.
  •  A few people have said things along the lines of  “Wow your life seems perfect” and “Do you ever even have bad days out there in Malibu?” Short answer: YES. You can ask Tommy or Mary Nell or any of the other girls in my cohort. I only tell y’all the fun stuff because it’s fun to talk about/hear about. School is overwhelming, being a grown-up is challenging, and being 1,400+ miles away from my family is hard. But truly, there’s nothing like being thrown into the middle of a completely different culture all alone to strengthen your reliance on God and on those around you. Bad days and good days, I’m thankful to have a God that never leaves me and always loves me the same, regardless of how much of a mess I am.  

Differences between Malibu and the South:
  • Ham. They don’t have ham at restaurants out here. I had this epiphany right around the time I saw the honey baked ham in the fridge and inexplicably pounced.
  • Tommy had never heard the phrase “The pot calling the kettle black”. I’m not positive that’s not just him being clueless but it’s worth mentioning.
  • The Christmas lights here are leaps and bounds classier than the lights in East Tennessee. Shocking, I know

·       So much love to all of you. 

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Spiders.

I'm back...

Okay, so quite a few of you have asked me questions along the line of "Are you even IN grad school?" and "Do you ever attend classes?" This includes a lovely voicemail from my uncle asking how I could possibly be busy with work if I only have 2 class days a week… The answer is yes, but I usually don't write about it because unless you're a Communications grad student, hearing about what I’m studying probably isn’t what you want to read about. BUT since you asked…

Right now we’re in the middle of doing our research prospectus, which is basically a huge term paper on steroids (not a thesis).  This is among what feels like 5 billion other things I have to accomplish each week. I wish you all could see our cohort’s group text because it’s hilarious and pitiful at the same time.

Also, in case you were wondering how we relieve stress (besides pigging out on an absurd amount of chocolate each class – the benefit of having an all-girl cohort):



Halloween was super fun here. Tommy’s mom had a “nice Halloween” aka no scary costumes/decorations. I wish I had taken a picture but I forgot. Y’all, it was so cute – she had Disney music playing and a photo booth for families to come take pictures. AND it’s the first Halloween I’ve ever given out candy to kids so that was really fun. One of the best Halloween’s I’ve had as an adult for sure.
So, my costume. I somehow decided it would be genius to dress up as a hipster for Halloween. Yes, I know what you’re all thinking, “But Annie, everyone in California is a hipster.”

Yeah. You’re right and my costume sucked.

I had to go pick up some papers to grade at Pepperdine on the way to the Knapp’s house and I got more compliments on what I was wearing than I ever do in my actual clothes.

Tommy dressed up as Ricky Bobby and we spent the whole night quoting the movie, then ended up watching it. It’s fine.

Addison was a cupcake and my heart exploded.

Cupcake

There isn't a cuter picture in existence. 

#HipsterIdiot

#Trophywife

I went to a King’s hockey game with the Knapps this past weekend and oh my word it was so fun. I’d never watched more than 5 minutes of a hockey game on television or otherwise when I went, so I didn’t know what to expect. The game is so fast paced I almost couldn’t keep up. The puck moves so fast across the ice, I didn’t know where it was half the time. Aka 3 of the 5 times the Kings scored, I only figured it out after the crowd scared the heck out of me cheering.

Our seats were super close to the ice #casual #cold 

Tommy wins best boyfriend award. Why? Let me tell you about the spider incident. So I’m sitting in bed working on a paper the other day when I see a movement out of the corner of my eye. It was a spider.  And not an average spider - it looked like a tarantula (granted, a really small tarantula but this thing had muscle). Those of you who know me know how I feel about spiders (and bugs in general, let’s be honest), so you can imagine my reaction. 

I FaceTimed my dad and he literally talked me through killing the spider in the middle of a meeting with his two assistants (who thought it was hilarious. And I think they enjoyed seeing Lawyer Harb patiently talk his panicked daughter through killing something 1/1,000 the size of humans).  So anyway, Tommy was over at my house yesterday and sprayed my whole room with this heavy duty Raid without me even asking. Basically this stuff stops everything with more than 2 legs from getting in, therefore I'm a happy camper. So big time snaps for both Tommy and my dad.

Shown: the strongest weapon you're legally allowed to possess in California #halfserious

Y’all, I’m going home (Knoxville home) in 2 weeks and I CAN’T WAIT. So pumped to have all the family together for Thanksgiving and kiss Addison’s face. I’m loving SoCal, but it’s always nice to get home every now and then.

She's so close to being able to say my name.... and yes, that's a picture of me. 



Differences between Malibu and the South
  • No Sunday traffic. 
  • Barely any stores are closed on Sunday
  • People here dress for the season regardless of the weather. I was definitely NOT prepared for this. More on this later.  

Monday, October 20, 2014

Conan, Ellen, and Kelly

This one is going to be looong people. Gird your loins.

Okay so most of you know Kelly came into town this past weekend and, as usual, we had a blast. But first a few random fun things to share:

I went to a Blake Shelton/Band Perry concert a couple weeks ago and man, did it make me miss the South. It's fun to watch all these Californians trying to look country - they mainly just looked hipster. We got to go to the Band Perry meet-and-greet since my dad knows them, and it was so good just to chat with some people from East Tennessee. We talked about the UT football game I didn't watch for a little while and how sad it was that we lost.

We're BFFs now.


I met/chatted with Aaron Eckhart (two-face in Batman Begins) while eating froyo with (you guessed it) Mary Nell and Martha. Best day ever. I acted so casual while we were talking then completely freaked out when he left.

I was missing fall down south, so Tommy took me to a pumpkin patch with a corn maze. We made it through the corn maze in 7 minutes flat. I guess that's what happens when you navigate one with someone who's good at directions because usually it takes me hours and I end up panicking about never escaping so much I just cheat and go through the cornstalks. We also explored Santa Barbara (where he went to college) and saw Oprah and Jack Johnson's house. So much fun y'all.

There was a pig.

#basic


Ok, so on to Kelly's visit.

No, I didn't get my nose pierced. Yes, she made me get my hair cut.

As most of you probably know from my Facebook, we got to be in the studio audience for both Ellen and Conan. I thought I might give a brief description of how this works, since I had no idea before last weekend.

     For Ellen, we drove down to the Warner Brothers lot and parked in a parking garage. In the parking garage, there is a large area with benches and a ticket booth with Ellen employees walking around helping everyone check in. After you give them your name and ID, you basically sit and wait for 45 minutes to an hour in the garage (which is fine because the weather was nice). When they're ready to take you into Ellen's studio, they guide you in groups across the street to her building and you go through metal detectors and they check your purse. Then you sit in a long hallway lined with pictures of Ellen and famous guests she's had on the show. After that, we were led to a lounge area where you could also purchase Ellen souvenirs - naturally I got a shirt and Kelly got socks...Yes. Socks.
     Once we were in the actual studio audience, we were entertained by some guy who is supposed to get the crowd pumped up for the show. There was a lot of dancing involved - aka Kelly at her prime, and me at my worst. It was such a blast though, guys. Such a blast.

We're a big deal. (No we're not)


They had Ellen water - currently on display on my bookshelves.


     Our Conan experience was pretty different. Our friend Amy (who got us all our tickets and is just all around fabulous) got us green room access. For those of you who don't know what that means, the green room is where the guests and hosts hang out before the show. We saw Andy Richter in boxers and an undershirt getting coffee. Casual. Anyway, the green room was amazing. They had Brookstone massage chairs that Tommy and I basically lived in the whole time we were in there. Unlike Ellen, we were taken to our seats through backstage, so we walked where Conan walks out every day. On to the good part:
     As we're walking up to our seats (which have been roped off for us), we realize the entire studio audience has already been seated. As we're walking up the stairs, I'm feeling like a big shot when suddenly I miss the step in front of me and trip. YES I TRIPPED IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE STUDIO AUDIENCE. There was an audible gasp. Guys. It was almost too funny to be traumatic. Almost.

Pre-trip. So happy and naive. 


We also took the Warner Brother's studio tour which was really fun. We got to see the sets of shows like Pretty Little Liars, Hart of Dixie, Friends, Two and a Half Men, and Big Bang Theory (which was filming while we were there). It's also some anniversary of Batman so they had a huge exhibit on that. Those of you who know me well know I love behind the scenes stuff, so I was thrilled. And I got to sit in Central Perk - like the REAL Central Perk set.

Laser eyes

Realized after the fact that I'm overreacting.

Insert Chandler joke here


Differences between Malibu and the South
  • People wear sunglasses inside here and like people don't look at them weird or find it abnormal. The first 2 weeks, every time I saw someone with sunglasses I would follow them to see if they were a celebrity and they never are. Learned that lesson the hard way...
  • It's legal here for motorcycles to weave in and out of traffic. It's the most nerve-wracking thing to be driving and have a motorcycle whiz by just inches from your car while you're going 70. 
  • Pretty much everyone already has the iPhone 6, including children... Technically I don't know that it's not the same in the South but I'm pretty sure it's not.
  • Botox
So much love to every one of you reading this!!

If only Kelly could move in full time. I don't think SoCal could handle us year-round.

XOXO
Malibu Harbie








Monday, September 29, 2014

Fall and Football California Style

We from the South know that fall weather is football weather. Most of my high school Saturdays during football season were spent watching Richard play, which usually involved me getting extremely angry at anyone who said anything bad about him. Aka, me asking a man behind me if he'd ever played quarterback in college and if not, shut it. Also, passively aggressively yelling "GO RICHARD YEAH NUMBER SIX!!!" as loud as I could when the person in front of me would criticize a throw. I was the queen of shaming people. I kept Kelly on her toes (understatement of the year).

ANYWAY. I didn't think I would be seeing many football games out here, but what do you know last night I got to see USC play. It didn't quite hit the intensity of the south, but it was super fun. I'm definitely missing fall weather down South, though.

Addison's full out walking now you guys and she has pink Converse.



Mary Nell and I had another small adventure. (You'll probably be seeing her name a lot since whenever we're together we end up doing crazy stuff.) Long story short, we decided to go to night church, which is at a different location than the morning services. Of course, we got lost (as always) and ended up being 30 minutes late. After, we went to Chinatown to eat with a group of people from church and I'm still not 100% positive where I ended up... I have no idea what was in my food, but whatever it was, it was fabulous. Then we decided we should hit Trader Joes, since there isn't one in Malibu, but before we got there, we saw an ice cream place that was open. Naturally, we pulled a u-turn and jumped in line. I'm like 95% sure there was some sort of alcohol in my ice cream. Welcome to LA.

Random: had dinner last night with a woman who was Winnie the Pooh at Disneyland for a while in her lower 20's. I might or might not have asked her questions about it for 30 minutes.

Differences in Malibu and the South:
1. The interstates are called freeways.
2. Lawyer is pronounced LOYer here. Which I think makes us Southerners right since LAWyers practice LAW. But whatever.
3. Leaves changing. They don't change here in Malibu, but inland they change a little. I'm definitely missing the fall scenery in Knoxville right now. (But let's be honest, the beach doesn't suck.)
4. They don't have Salsaritas or Moes out here. Guys... queso in general isn't a thing. I repeat: queso isn't a thing here. *cue hyperventilation*
5. Seals are everywhere in the ocean - it's so cool they come so close to shore you can see their faces and everything.
6. I've probably mentioned gas prices on here before, but they're so outrageous I might as well put them in every blog.


All of your prayers are so appreciated. I can already see God's hand in so many things that are happening here and at home. I was just telling someone the other day that as upset as I was when my parents moved to Texas, I'm thankful now because they're that much closer than they would have been - just one small example of His constant provision.

Kelly's coming to visit in less than 2 weeks so be mentally preparing for that craziness. It'll probably involve her dragging me to get my hair cut and me making her watch me get my nose pierced. Fun all around.

Peace, love, hootie hoo (in honor of rush at Samford)
Malibu Harbie

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Malibu Insider Scoop

So many new developments over the past few days.

First of all, in case you haven't heard, there's been a huge heat wave in the LA area for the past few days and it is HOT. Malibu isn't hit that hard, but instead of the usual mid-upper 70's and breezy, it's in the mid 80's and breezy. Still not terrible. But I was in LA this morning and it got up to 109. ONE HUNDRED AND NINE DEGREES, PEOPLE. That amount of heat + smog = ew.

Second, I just started my new job (if you can even call it that). Basically, what I do is pick up an absolutely precious 12-year-old from school, drop her off at ballet, and head home. And guys this girl is awesome. Super outgoing and friendly, and her mom has the scoop on all things Malibu. I now know the location of Cher's house (which was Beyonce's house before that - yes, BEYONCE). I am also now aware that Julia Roberts and Barbara Streisand live within a mile radius of my house. I think we all know who my new best friend is going to be (hint: starts with J, ends with ulia Roberts).

But I'm pretty sure the best news of all is that I learned to surf. This is not a joke, y'all. My friend Mary Nell, who is basically the source of all my fun adventures, texted me the other day and essentially said, "Free surfing lessons, be here in 30 minutes." For all of you wondering, yes I did stand up, and yes my wipeouts were hilarious. I even bonded with one of the surfing instructors over how funny my face was when I realized I was about to wipe out. To quote him, my expression was "a cross between laughing at yourself and grim acceptance you're about to eat it." I kid you not, that's a direct quote.  For a visual, check out this video. Except I was actually surfing in the actual ocean amongst people who could actually surf. 

Surprising surfing trivia from my brain: 

  • Surfboards are heavier than they look
  • The waves are bigger than they look
  • The undertow here is much stronger than any I've encountered in the South. A couple of times I thought I might be caught in a riptide, but nope. Just the everyday current. 
  • IT'S SO FUN (see the text I sent my family below, including a valid question from Rich... Apparently my dumb texts don't phase them anymore. On April Fools Day this year, I texted everyone I was pregnant and my brother texted back that he was too.)
#righteousdude




One of my best friends from Samford, Katie Holthouser, leaves to teach in Spain today (Sept. 18), and our goodbye FaceTime session was, of course, super dramatic. However, we both figured out that the reason neither one of us are too sad about being in different countries is because that's basically the situation we've been in. California = different country. Fact. But anyway, keep her in your prayers as she makes this transition. Follow her blog here. She's fabulous, guys.

Differences between Malibu and the South:
  1. The thingies on gas pumps that keep the handle down so you don't have to hold it yourself are different here. I'm not sure how to describe how they work (mainly because I still have no idea), but hear you me: it's a battle to the death and I usually lose. 
  2. I'm the only person I've seen who walks around with wet hair. Will this prevent me from going out with my hair wet from now on? No. 
  3. Drivers here are mean - the parking lot at the local grocery store is the earth equivalent to the battle for Helms Deep (if you don't get this reference, you should reevaluate everything in your life. Looking at you, Mom). For example, the first week I was here, I had my blinker on for a spot and was probably like 10 feet from it, starting to pull in when a woman jetted in front of me and grabbed it. I didn't know what to do, and I must have looked shocked because the guy in the car next to me flipped her off for me. I politely thanked him afterward - there's a first for everything.
  4. I almost ran over a preteen skateboarder today. I realize this isn't California-specific, but the nonchalance with which he sauntered away after our near accident was alarming. It should be noted that I had a green light and he was jaywalking (jay-boarding??), and was almost hit again right after our little rendezvous. 


Still trying to update this as much as possible... Sorry my thoughts are so scattered, but let's be honest, when are they not?

Love to all of you!

XOXO
Malibu Harbie

P.S. Small bonus Addison video for all of you who haven't seen it on my Facebook. 













Friday, September 12, 2014

One Month Down

Hello everyone.

I've officially been here for a month, and I'm absolutely loving it.

I've signed up for an acting class with my friend (and fellow Communications masters student) Bonnie, who is an actual actor. Since this is bound to be one of the most hilarious/embarrassing events of my life, I'll keep you updated. But seriously, how can I be in LA and not take an acting class??
Answer: I can't.

Truly one of the biggest blessings in the past month has been FaceTime. Most of you won't be surprised that I FaceTime with Addison (my niece) at least every other day. Huge shoutout to Amanda (my sister-in-law) for dealing with my incessant requests to FaceTime a 1-year-old, which is even harder than it sounds. Here's a small video of how this usually goes.



I've FaceTimed pretty much everyone I know, including:

  • Katie Holthouser, who is about to move to Spain to teach English. Follow her adventures on her blog - she's one of the best and funniest writers I know, so it's bound to be a great read. She hasn't posted anything yet, but she moves in less than a week so stay tuned. 
  • Sarah Wright, who's getting her doctorate in Psychology at Southern Miss. She's legit and should have a blog. I'll work on that.
  • Claire Mayo, one of my best friends from Knoxville, who is getting her masters in French History (it's more complicated than that, but it's over my head) at NYU. So, yes, we're literally as far away as we could possibly be from each other in the continental United States. *crying*
  • Brooke Griffith, another great friend from Knoxville who is an incredibly talented artist and jewelry designer (check out her jewelry here). She spent this past summer interning at URBN, the company that owns Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People. Yes, she's that legit. And you also have her to thank (or hate) for this blog post, because she told me I needed to update it. 
  • My parents... enough said. Kelly is so bad at holding the phone still, it makes me nauseated when I'm FaceTiming her. Richard was so distracted by golf today while we were FaceTiming, he asked me when my birthday was. It's fine. 
  • Talking to (brother) Richard usually involves me talking his ear off and him making obnoxious faces at me before he figures out I'm screenshotting him. See below. 

#attractive 
I thought I would give a little overview of the girls in my cohort (which basically means first year Communications students). There are only 5 of us, so we bonded extremely fast, and have an absolute blast together.

Bonnie: As mentioned above, Bonnie is an actor who's originally from North Carolina, but moved to LA a few years ago. She and I have an absurd amount of similarities, from our extensive stomach problems to our favorite ice cream flavors. Her boyfriend is Australian, so naturally we make him talk as much as possible. Bonnie is one of those people you just click with and you feel like you've been friends forever. (Now that I think of it, that's how it is with all these girls...) But anyway, you can tell how sweet she is by the fact that she even considered taking a beginners acting class with me.
Mary Nell: As you might have guessed from the double name, Mary Nell is from the South (North Carolina to be exact). Where to even start... Mary Nell has a deep southern accent and outgoing personality that form the perfect storm. And by "perfect storm" I mean that Mary Nell can get anything from anyone for free in 30 seconds flat. I'm not making this up. To list a few things she's gotten in the past 2 weeks: an entire box of pizza, an extra cup of ice cream, and a bottle opener (while we were in class at Pepperdine, a dry campus). And that's just a few. She spent a month this past summer living in the woods with a bunch of kids, teaching them nature stuff. Aka my worst nightmare. Major props for that.
Martha: Oh, Martha. Martha is the only girl in our cohort originally from California. She's super outgoing and loves to laugh. She's Mexican-American, which ties into her research and interests in graduate school in an extremely cool way. I love that she's using her experiences to shape her research. She has one of the most interesting life stories I've ever heard, and she thinks I'm absolutely crazy (get in line, Martha). Martha's always down to hang out with whoever wants to and is one of those people you find yourself chatting with for hours.
Nicole: Nicole is the introvert/traveler of the group. I'm 97% positive that any location in the world you can think of, Nicole has been there. I'm not exaggerating. Nicole is probably the least talkative  of the group (which technically isn't saying a lot - we're talkers), but she always has really interesting things to say, and is highly intelligent. Nicole is also one of those people who seems to know something about everything, so almost literally anything you bring up, she can have an intelligent conversation about. She's also really funny.


Differences I've noticed between Malibu and the South:
1. Surfer-speak. Guys, it's an actual thing here... Here's the main vocabulary I've noticed, including, but not limited to:

  • "That's sick" 
  • "Yewww" (which apparently means "epic" according to my new surfer friend)
  • "Rad"
  • "Cowabunga dude" (Ok I'm lying about this one but it's only a matter of time)
2. How people dress. Most of you who know me from college will be genuinely surprised that I've probably only worn a t-shirt and athletic shorts out in public a couple of times. People here are always dressed well, so I dress well. It's also probably because on the off chance I run into Jake Gyllenhaal, I want to be prepared. Step 2: actually wearing makeup. 
3. People are much more forward here, especially guys. 
4. People here aren't "fake" like they are in the South (personality-wise, not physically. That's a whole other ball game). They're very much themselves all the time, and very accepting of who everybody else is. It's refreshing.
6. Pepperdine does not = Samford. I thought maybe since they are both private Christian universities with the reputation of attracting rich kids, they would be pretty similar. Um no. The students here are far wealthier on average than the students at Samford. Also, much more fashionable... no big t shirts and leggings anywhere, although I have seen one sorority jersey (you know those long sleeved huge shirts with writing on the top of the back). 
7. Guys are much more fashionable here... I met a guy the other day who had made the pants he was wearing that day and - trust me - they were cool. 

I've truly had so much fun in this past month. California is everything I thought it would be and more, and it's so fun to see God's hand in every decision and rejection I encountered in the past few years. 

XOXO
Malibu Harbie

P.S. Shoutout to Christian Calegari, one of my Samford professor's sons who just started a blog. He's 7, he's hilarious, and he can sing a mean Jason Aldean song. Trust me go check it out, it'll brighten your day.