Winchester, VA to Grandmama's
We made it! Sorry it's taken me a while to post but we were busy, busy getting my room all set up today.
First things first, Winchester.
Mommy graduated from Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music which is in Winchester so we went and visited the school. There is a lot of new stuff but the old buildings are still there. The dorm Mommy lived in for a few years was still there so we had to take a picture in front of the sign. Luckily there was a new girl moving in so she offered to take it for us.
I took some pictures of the ponds they have that used to be really dirty and filled with grossness but now have pretty fountains. Although they still have some grossness in them...
Including crabs. We know this because we found a "nice" little dried up crab claw on the walkway.
The conservatory
Mommy next to the "SU" because the school is now Shenandoah University instead of college.
The schools chapel. It is a Methodist school after all.
After the school we started the four hour drive to Grandmama's. It was a very nice drive and we enjoyed it. We stopped in Gum Springs where Mommy went to high school.
This is the church my Granddaddy was a preacher at for a long time.
And this is the parish, so it was the house my mom and the family lived in.
Behind the house, as with most parishes of Methodist churches in Virginia, was a cemetery. Which my grandfather liked because it kept the boys away! Mommy has some good stories about that too.
While we were driving on the 64 freeway we saw a sign for University of Richmond so we decided to get off and check it out. Neither of us had been so we had some trouble finding it but we did and it was awesome. The buildings are gorgeous old brick buildings and there are trees all around. There is a lake with a building standing on stilts above the water. We went in that building and it is the commons. The place students go to eat lunch or study. So soon I'll be sitting in a lush over-stuffed chair sipping my latte while reading a book.
Ahhh... the college life!
I am so excited about starting and completely freaked out all at the same time. I'm not worried about my classes or anything, those should be fine, it's the paying for them that makes me queasy... Keep me in your prayers please and keep readin'! There will be many more blogs where this came from!
(And don' cha forget to read these in a Virginia southern accent ya'll! I think I'm already picking one up and I've only been here for a day and a half! Hahahaha...)
