Hikes, Ears, and Labor Day Weekend

The view from our lunch spot! Sycamore Creek

Now that I can officially say that I've made it through my Au.D. orientation and a week of classes, I figured it was time for another post. Evan and I are still having fun finding new places to explore in NC. We are hoping to find a time to go backpacking in the western part of the state this month, but last weekend we decided to hop in the car and head to Umstead State Park in Raleigh for a day hike. We ended up going on a 7.5-mile looped trail called Sycamore Trail. It was a great afternoon! 

About half way through the hike we decided to pose for a picture!

Tons of fungi provided splashes of color on our hike; this was one of my favorites.

As I said, last week was my first full week of classes. On Friday, I also had my first day of clinical rotation. This semester, the majority of my clinical hours are coming from elementary school hearing screenings. I spent Friday working with some pretty adorable 1st graders at a local elementary school. The screenings were my first experience actually doing all the things I have been reading about for 4 years outside of a class lab. It was great, and I'm heading back to the same school tomorrow to screen the kindergarteners! 

Tailgating with classmates who have all headed in different directions this year!

This Labor Day Weekend was a blast. Evan and I headed to West Virginia on Friday evening to see the WVU vs. Marshall season football opener. We had a great time watching WVU whoop Marshall with Evan's parents at the game, and it was wonderful getting to catch up with friends before and after the game as part of the football festivities. 

It was strange not sitting in the student section, but we enjoyed sitting with Evan's parents, Kaye and Doug, and watching the game!

Mountaineer field...there's nothing better!

The only missing puzzle piece was that my parents were in Mississippi visiting Chris and Abby this weekend and we didn't get to drive to Charleston to see them. It sounds like they had a great time in Oxford, though, and we'll get to see them in a few weeks when they head this way for a little beach vacation. Today Evan and I are back in Carrboro and spending the day taking it easy and getting things ready for the rest of the week. It looks like we'll have our first visitor this upcoming weekend; Erik, one of Evan's best friends, is making the drive down to come see us and all our new town has to offer! 

Until next time...love ya, miss ya, come visit!


-Molly