2024 Recap- Quarters 3 and 4

Quarter 3 begins with my summer with Kennely coming to an end and no job in sight. I’ll speak more on this in another post. Just know, I was majorly stressed!
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Around the time I was figuring out the job stuff and wrapping up with Kennely, a guy entered the picture. Totally unexpected and really bad timing. I felt like my life was falling apart and I had this incredible time with this guy…crazy. 


I experienced true unemployment for all of one week and decided that was enough for me. I was very blessed to get hired at my current job so quickly. That process was expedited because my friend worked there before me and my application was seen quicker due to the referral process. It was all done in like a week and a half. 


Shortly after being hired, I had some car issues. Randomly, on the way to Sonic, a piece of someone’s car flew out from underneath their car and hit my windshield. We were on the highway and it was so scary. The object hit right where the rearview mirror is and thank God it did because had it not hit that spot, it would’ve come through the windshield and hit one of us. Whoever it hit would not have been ok. This object was small but very heavy and at high speed, it would’ve done damage. I had to have my windshield replaced.


In the pattern of ups and downs that life is prone to, September was a month of ups and downs. I was still struggling with some things internally. Physically, I was not feeling the best. Emotionally, I was experiencing guilt and confusion. The desire to isolate was strong and at this point, I was still able to fight it a little bit. 

I got Boo-ed at work and my basket was cute! We had a department outing to Scene 75 and while I was reluctant to attend, I actually had so much fun. Then it was Black Alumni Weekend at UD. I wasn’t 100% sure I was going to attend because I wasn’t feeling so hot, but I did go and had the best time! I ended up in some random place where he was frying chicken and I was eating a little something off everybody's plate lol

Here are some photos from quarter 3:

Quarter 4 was the most eventful time of the year, in mostly good ways.I won’t go into detail about everything, but the pictures should help fill in the gaps.

 October is my favorite month and this year, I was it’s favorite person. We opened the month with a team outing to the bowling alley. It was a good time. Nice bonding experience with members of my team that I didn’t initially connect with. And to make it even better, I was the captain of the winning team!!! Shocker, but not. My teams are always full of winners! Three of the weekends were spent with 3 different sets of friends. I enjoyed a bonfire with one set, a girls night in with another set, and a trip to the pumpkin patch with the 3rd set. Good times were had. 

I started embracing pink as my favorite color. I denied it for so long because I just didn’t want to be THAT girl…But I am that girl and so? 

My friend had her baby boy, giving me a total of THREE babies for 2024!!!

I went back to school to help throw the kids a Halloween party and it was so much fun! I was definitely reminded about why I needed to step away, but I enjoyed being there for the fun part lol 

Now what I wasn’t prepared for was the holidays in the office. I won’t go into too much detail, but it was a totally new experience. The holidays at work for the grown ups! I didn’t expect to experience so much holiday magic. I volunteered to help with our version of Secret Santa. My Secret Santa got me a Lego Advent Calendar and a time was had! The biggest shock was being “peer pressured” into entering the “Ugly Sweater Contest”, winning, and having it renamed “The Most Festive Sweater Contest” because no one thought my sweater was ugly lol I may or may not have a trophy on my desk.

I ended 2024 on my couch after taking a nap. Yall, I woke up at 11:59pm…WILD! It had been a great unpredictable day with friends. Yall saw the reel lol me and Tej had a time at Cooper’s Hawk!

Here are a few pictures from quarter 4:

2024 was such a turning point of a year. I experienced some high highs and low lows. I hope you enjoyed recapping such a big year with me!