we know why they call it rough ridge

i apologize to my esteemed fans and readers this week has been CRAZY!!!! This week i had a rec project, an art project, two papers and a test! AHHHHHH! Friday at 1:30 was such a happy time for me and i felt so accomplished! luckily i got a friday treat when we all went Hiking on the blue ridge. SHOUT OUT EVAN HIATT, CLAIRE MAYES, LEAH SKRABAL, CAITLIN WHITEHEAD, ZACHARY ALEXANDER STONE AND GARRETT OKUN. We went to Rough Ridge off the blue ridge and of course Euky (nalgene) was there for some photo-ops! it has been really beautiful here in boonetown (except today). Sandord mall has been packed with people playing and hammocking! of course i got to enjoy few of those activities because i was doing so much homework. however, today was a raiiinnnnyyy day. and my rain i mean HAIL! Seriously rocks falling from the sky and walking to the gym was not so fun!

i am really excited that easter is coming up and that i get to go home at the end of this week! I cant believe that only a week away until we celebrate my sister's ENGAGEMENT at her party next weekend! the maid of honor will be dressed to impress as per usual! I am really excited for all of my family to be together and see my future brothers in-law brian and kevin! Oh and lets not forget i need a tan.

FOR NOW,

HAYUP910

Lifelines

For my Public Speaking class we had to create lifeline speeches it had to include....

-metaphor for my life

-visual aid

- 3 important events

-mission statement

So...i figured i would share my lifeline with my fans/readers/h8ers

I am like water, i flow, i travel, i freeze and i definitely need to be filtered. Just like water reaches great depths throughout the world i want to reach great depths in my life. Water gives us life and i will try to live a life worth living. My visual aid is my nalgene. My dad gave it to me in the 7th grade for chirstmas because all i wanted that year was a nalgene. I just recently started a picture collage where i take my nalgene everywhere i go and take its picture so i always remember where i have been. Each time i take a new picture i am challenged to continue and to go other places beyond my comfort zone. Three important events in my life were (in no particular order) 1. Being a part of FBC youth group. Those 6 years of my life that i spent in youth group molded me into the person i am today. It provided me with my best friends (SHOUT OUT EMILY AND CHAMBERLAIN #TRINITY), many travels and adventures and most of all the opportunities to serve the lord and others. 2. My dad's quadruple bypass in 2009. I will spare everybody the details but it is a constant reminder of how fortunate i am to have a father to go home to. 3. My trip to Bimini, which technically was during youth group, but being on that trip and seeing God's great creations inspired me to become a recreation so i can further my travels and see the world. It is my mission to be a woman of god and through God's grace i will strive to pursue my goals and be a light into the world.

Sorry for such a sentimental posts but i want my friends to hold me accountable and encourage me throughout my life.

This is a picture of EUKY (my nalgene) on speech day!!!!

SPRING BREAK 2012

Sorry this has taken so long i have been having some computer troubles for a few days! WOW! Spring break was awesome and just what i needed. I got to see every member of my family and take plenty of food! I am going to give you the day by day break down and include some pictures of my spring break!

Monday: As much as i hate to admit this on the internet i got my hair cut and highlighted at BANGZ hair salon along with a nice, painful eyebrow waxing. I was looking too good for my day ahead. After my morning at Bangz i took all of my old teachers cookies at Hoggard and got to chat with them for a while. SHOUT OUT MR. MASON. It is kind of sad to think that the famous Hayley Upton no longer walks those halls....kinda surprised that the walls are still standing without me. After Hoggard i had lunch with my GRANNY! I hadn't seen her in since thanksgiving so we were so glad to see each other! We had a delicious lunch at temptations and she wanted to hear all about my life at a mountaineer! After a fun day i spent the rest of the night getting ready for CHARLESTON!

Tuesday: Caitlin and i got up and drove to charleston! It was my first big highway drive and i must say i did pretty well! Didnt exactly make the best time but didn't get lost and didnt get a speeding ticket! My sister lives in the heart of downtown charleston so we got to walk everywhere! When we got to charleston we went straight to the battery and got a snack! Then we went back walking downtown and grabbed dinner, a redbox and some FROYO.


Wednesday: This was a fun-filled and busy day! Caitlin and i got up early to hit up shopping on king street and the FOREVER 21 which was HUGE! Too bad i am pale and broke and wasnt quite in the mood to try on a whole lot. We had the kicken chicken for lunch that was delicious! We went walking on king street and ran into Elizabeth Morton who goes to C of C and that was a total surprise that we were not expecting but we got an ice cream sample from here and it was nice to see a familiar face! We went to the market where caitlin found a big piggy that she blames me for not buying! We say some pretty unique stuff at the market along with a pretty unique group of people. After we went shopping we went to pick up one of my very best friends ZACH EULO from the Citadel along with HEATH TRYER! (WE MISSED YOU BURTON) The boys looked super snazzy in their citadel attire. I think we embarrassed poor zachy when we got out of the car and took pictures as he was walking out. Sorry we aren't sorry. We took the boys to get some real food at wild wing cafe, went to the candy shop, walked to the battery and got them some ice cream! It was so good to see them and I know they were glad to get off campus. After we took the boys back to the Citadel caitlin and i got dressed for dinner and walked downtown. We went to YO BURRITO which was good and a fun atmosphere but wayyy overpriced. Made me miss Los Amigos in Boone Town. Caitlin and i walked around downtown and even weaseled out way up to the ROOFTOP bar even though we are under 21. It had an awesome view and the manager even volunteered to take our picture! Wednesday was a crazy day and the second i layed down i fell asleep.

Thursday: Caitlin and i go up, went to eat, finally got a hotdog and then drove back to wilmington. We drove straight to the beach to try to get some sunshine for the last few hours of the afternoon! shout out to CLAIRE MAYES WHO CAME TO WILMINGTON! Thursday was also my dad's birthday and as a good daughter i picked up some flaming amy's bowl for him.

Friday: Friday was a pretty relaxing day and just what i needed after a busy week. I went to the beach and got sun and then went on a great 3 mile run. BUT, the most exciting part of the day was going to Ruth's Chris to celebrate my dad's birthday. Ruth's Chris is probably one of the nicest, most expensive restaurant in Wilmington. It was delicious. I have never had such amazing steak in all of my life. My mom and i even got a cheesecake and dayyuuummm that was delicious. Even though my dad doesnt eat steak or cheesecake my mom and i enjoyed it enough for him.

Overall my spring break was amazing and just what i needed. PLUS i booked my flight to Maine making this summer feel even closer! I am glad to be back in Boone with my friends but nothing beats being at Wrightsville beach and at home with your family. Going home always humbles me and reminds me of how i was raised. I know i am where i am supposed to be but it never fails that my mom and i get a little teary eyed as we say goodbye.

***special shout outs****

DUNNA- for always being a great friend and because i left you off of my last post

Caitlin-for going with me to charleston

Jannell-for letting me stay with you

until next time,

HAYUP

Nothing Beats Home

I got home Thursday night and it feels wonderful to be back in the warm 910 air! My mom has been buying me all of my favorite foods and i have been snuggling with Mercer. Nothing beats jackson's bbq,pt's, hibacchi and flaming amy's! I am going to have to work out extra hard next week after all i have been eating! Meatloaf tonight courtesy of Beth and it is one of my favorite meals!

It feels great to have gotten so see all my friends this weekend! Shout out to.....BURTON, JOHANNA, ELIZABETH, CAMPBELL, ELLE(HAPPY ALMOST BDAY), MOLLY (HER FRIEND LILLY), CONNOR, CHAMBERLAIN, EMILY, SARAH, LIZ ALEXANDER AND...DRUM ROLLL....CHRIS ARMSTRONG! Even though i only got to see everybody for a little bit it was still good just to get some quick hugs! However, as much as i love my friends i am a little excited to have Wilmington to my self and get some much needed shut eye and some quality family time with my parents. I also can't wait to venture down to Charleston with Caitlin do see the blushing bride and do some shopping. Oh and seeing one of my very best friends Zach at the Citadel! If anyone has ever driven with me before then you will know to say a little prayer on Tuesday around 10.

I was so blessed and happy to be able to be with my parents in church this morning. It was so nice to be surrounded by love from my parents and my church family. I am about to go see this Means War with my Mommy and i cant wait! It is a little hard to get to the movies in Boonetown!


This is a note to all my blog haters out there...you know who you are...keep on hating.

Lucky 3/3

Thanks to my good friend claire she introduced me to the luckiness of March 3. I think it is safe to say that all of my friends and i had a great time this weekend and March 3 no doubt played a hand in it.

My weekend started off on a good note with english ending early! I had a really productive day and met a new friend shannon! The girls and i went to dinner and then celebrated friday night! But saturday was where the magic happened! Saturday started with the traditional saturday breakfast with Caitlin where we ran into all of our friends and we all shared about our friday nights. I think i saw everybody i knew at breakfast in central. After that i went on king street and out to lunch with a friend and he bought me candy from MAST. Probably shouldn't have eaten it but of course i did anyway with help from the girls. I hammocked also and even though it was cold i was in the perfect spot for the sun to hit me. I took a little nap but then i was so rudley interupted...you know who you are. Then we all went snowboarding and that was SO MUCH FUN! Even though the snow wasnt very good i think i have finally gotten really comfortable carving down the black which is an accomplishment. I also some how managed to get the digits of the rental dude...guess he saw something he liked....haha. Pictures of snowboarding are down below...we look good. Caitlin and Leah did some MAD TRICKS on the ramps.

Sunday we went to church at the Heart and it was seriously the perfect way to start off the week. So thankful for the people in my life that i can worship with! Going to church was great but it only made me miss my family that much more! SHOUT OUT TO BRIAN AND JANNELL AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL PICS. Hopefully i will be in Wilmington in just a few days with my family. Hearing all of my friends being home together made it hard not to be homesick and sad i couldnt be in wilmington with them.

SHOUT OUT TO KELSEY SMITTYYY for her 19th birthday! I had a wonderful dinner tonight with her and all of our friends....nobody what anyone says i had one normal peice of cake.

More to come tomorrow xxoxoxo HAYUP

THUG THURSDAY

Friends, Family, and Fans;

Today was extra warm in Boone town. We broke throught the 60's so there was quite a commotion throughout campus. Hammocks went up on Sanford, frisbees were thrown and i saw some attempts at tanning. I had a great day today, unfortunately the most interesting thing that happened to me was my minor contact lens scare this morning. My day was filled with class, lunch with Kelsey, typing a paper, hanging outside, laps in the pool and dinner and a movie with M. Oh and pretty exciting i tried on my summer shorts...THEY STILL FIT...now all i need is my 910 tan back. Thank goodness it is almost spring break. Called Beth today and she asked me what i wanted to eat over break....counting down the hours. I cant wait to feel the sand between my toes, eat my moms food, sit on my couch, play with snuggles, see my granny and maybe seeing the beautiful bride to be down in Charleston. This is the last weekend before Spring Break 2012 so i cant wait to have a great time with all my friends before we are separated for over a week. Stay tuned for whats to come this weekend. Hopefully some hiking and snowing is in my future.

XOXO HAYUP

This week has gone by so fast this