can't steal MY joy

Where to start on this whirlwind of a week...

My internship at Panorama Public Relations is fabulous. I'm learning so much about PR, and getting to work with clients like Belk (fashion PR!!), American Behavioral and Bayou La Batre. I feel like such a big girl getting up early everyday and dressing the part of a successful PR professional...did I mention I'm simply dressing the part? I think I've got a long way to go before the rest comes true.

Me and Caroline went to Birmingham Museum of Art's "Art on the Rocks" together. Got our picture taken for myscoop.com's best dressed feature, had some classy hors'deourves, and listened to Erin McCarley rock out.

Other than having my car broken into and having a stolen iPod and GPS weighing on my shoulders (oh and did I mention the $1,400 worth of car damage?), Birmingham has be pretty good to me.

Now time to make friends. Okay. I'll get right on that.

Nobody ever told me how striking the difference is between making friends in college and making friends post-grad.

College: no effort, friends come to me.
Post-grad: big-time effort to make friends while spontaneously trying to shake the impulse to blow the whole thing off because I've already got friends. But guess what? They live somewhere else.

So in the meantime it's just me and my virtually-friendless-Birmingham-self, my smashed car, awesome job and my unwillingness to let anything steal my joy.

pardon the nostalgia

My room is empty. My apartment is empty. My heart is empty? Nah...that's a little dramatic. But I am equally welcoming and running from the new season of life that is closing in upon me.

I'm going to miss this



And this



And this



And them



You'll have to excuse my nostalgia lately...leaving a place as special as Auburn does it to you. Next stop: BIRMINGHAM!

Hoarding: Buried Alive

This show makes me want to do nothing but clean for the rest of my life.



The thing is--every time it comes on TV it's like a car wreck...you just can't look away.

The Tea Rose

I know it seems like this blog has become my outlet for book criticism, but I have to publicly express my love for this book--The Tea Rose. If you haven't read it, you should. End of story. I've just finished reading it for the second time (I read it for the first time last year), and I can't wait to move on the the sequel--The Winter Rose.

through the years

I've had some pretty rad friends. Friends I've known since freshman year, but it feels like I've known them forever. Friends I've met along the way in college who've become so dear to me.

Me and Steph--football game '06:


Me and Steph--football game '09:


THEN: me and cam, single baby!


NOW: me and cam, she's married! (and i'm still single...)


My DDD pledge class at our first rush:


My DDD pledge class at our final chapter meeting:


My Young Life team when I got placed as a freshman:


My Young Life team at our last outing as a team--senior year


Me and Jords then:


Me and Jords now:


Then:


Now:


Me and Linds moving in sophomore year:


My 21st!


My tridelt girls then:


My tridelt girls now:


College is a time that truly convinced me that it really isn't about where you are, but all about the people you're with.

guess who just went LIVE!

That's right folks.

www.megenheslip.com

It exists.

I created this Web site in one of my PR courses (it's still not totally done, but I just couldn't wait!)

Go ahead, peruse the pages...look through my resume/portfolio...offer me a job...
:)

cameron freshwater

Cameron is married. MARRIED! Here's a few pictures to enjoy :)