I have to warn you - this could get a little lengthy...as some of
you know, I have moved around A LOT - living in 5 states in the last 10
years, but HERE GOES!
After graduating from Tupelo High School, I moved to Knoxville, TN,
where I attended the University of Tenneessee (GO VOLS!) majoring in
Community Health Education. While at Tennessee, I joined Alpha Chi
Omega where I was able to meet a lot of great friends, since I knew no
one and was 9 hours from home. After my sophomore year, I was told they
were canceling that program, so I moved to Johnson City, TN and
transfered to East Tennessee State University (GO BUCS!) where I was
able to graduate with my Bachelor's of Science in Public Health. During
my last year at ETSU (2007) I went to Cocoa Beach, FL for Spring Break
and while I was there I met the love of my life (only I didn't know it
then). At the time, my husband, Nick Warrick (born and raised in
Spokane, Washington) was in the Pararescue (PJ) program in the United
States Air Force Special Forces. Nick was in Cocoa Beach doing some
water rescue training
and although it wasn't necessarily love at first sight, it was
definitely love at 2nd glance. :) A couple of months later, I graduated
from ETSU and move back to Tupelo, MS to complete an internship with
North Mississippi Medical Center's Department Community Health. Then in
the fall of 2007, I moved to Birmingham, AL where I attended The
University of Alabama at Birmingham (GO BLAZERS!), and completed my
Master's of Science in Public Health: Healthcare Organization &
Policy. While in Birmingham, I had my first born and no, not a child,
but my Boston Terrier, Binkley! After graduation in the fall of 2008, I
moved to Seattle/Tacoma, Washington where my then boyfriend, Nick, was
stationed. While there, I worked as a Health & Family Services
Manager for Head Start (a fedearl early childhood eduation program for
low income children). While I enjoyed seeing a different part of the
county - the rain
definitely got to me! Nick finished his time in the USAF in Tacoma and
we moved to Austin, TX (summer of 2009)! My family owns a business in
Austin, so Nick and I worked with them for several months.
While in
Austin, we rescued our second born, our Boxer, Ginger! After our time
in Austin, we moved to Washington D.C. (early 2010) where I had found a
job managing group homes for adults with intellectual disabilities and
Nick worked in Animal Research at Georgetown University. After a few
months in D.C., Nick asked me to marry him and of course, I said "Yes"!
We married 10 months later (March 11, 2011) in the very place we met
for the first time....Cocoa Beach, FL. 
We stayed another year in D.C.
and then realized that we were ready to FINALLY settle down, be closer
to family, and plant some real roots. In May of 2012, we moved back to
Nick's hometown of Spokane, Washington. I got a job with
Amerigroup, a managed care company that provides coverage for on
Medicaid/Medicare/SSI, as a Senior Communtiy Relations Representative. I
love my job - I get to work with vulnerable populations providing
Health Education/Promotion, and have finally found my "thing'. Nick
currently works as a supervisor at UPS (no, he does not have to wear the
brown uniform...lol). Ginger & Binkley have made all of the moves
with us and they are definitely our children...although we don't have
human children yet, it is something we talk about - maybe in a year or
so. Even though I am 3,000 miles away, Tupelo definitely holds a
special place in my heart and I visit 3-4 times per year. A lot of you
knew my mom, Ms. Jeanne Jones, who was a teacher at Milam and THS while
we were there, and she just retired last week and she always talks about
our class and how special we were. I look forward to seeing all of you
at the
reunion!
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