The Cordle Fam

Hey Everyone! It has been a while since I last posted. I have been crazy busy with school. Yesterday, Mom was traveling from Jackson to Newnan and she decided to stop through Jacksonville and hang out with me. She ended up spending the night with me. I really enjoy it when Mom comes and hangs out. We have alot of fun. We were just playing on the internet and came across yearbookyourself.com. O my goodness! It was hilarious. I luckily had pictures of Caroline and Bo on my computer so we were able to yearbook them as well. I hope you enjoy these. Comment and tell which are your favorite of each of us! Go try it yourself!

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

-Pope John XXIII

1. Dad’s very understanding. As his kids, we’re very fortunate that we don’t have to worry about dad getting real angry when things don’t go exactly as planned. Just ask Anna, who’s had about as many traffic tickets as she’s had birthdays. Or Caroline, who got pulled over tonight. Twice. Granted, the argument could be made that they learned it from him. I’ll never forget the day he received a letter from the DMV in the mail stating “Robert, your drivers license is no longer suspended”. “That’s good”. He wasn’t aware it was suspended in the first place!
2. He’s a very hard worker, and it’s made him very successful. I’ll never forget the day when I was in elementary school and they sat us down for a “family meeting”. Mom & Dad explained to us that Dad had been laid off at the bank, and was going to work for himself. “We think this is really a blessing…Dad’s been wanting to open his own firm for a long time”. We were too young back then to know how scary this must have been for them.For many years tax season was a very stressful time for him, yet at home you could barely tell a difference.
   
   And even though tax season and soccer season overlapped, it was a rare case that he wasn’t sitting beside Big Bob during Goob’s games cheering their team on. Getting laid off did turn out to be a huge blessing, and we’re in awe of what Dad has been able to accomplish in his career, without ever neglecting his family in the process.
3. He’s a giving man. It’s no secret that he’s been amazingly generous to us, and for that we could never repay him enough. But he’s often just as generous to complete strangers. Several years back, Dad walked into his office one morning to find a young man trying to thieve his computer. Through some masterful negotiation, he talked the kid out of stealing his computer. Instead of having him arrested, Dad took him over to Broadway Fashions and bought him some new kicks, which is what he really needed.
4. He’s forever supportive. I’ll never forget the night in 2003 that I met the fam at Houston’s in Buckhead. We’d barely ordered our drinks before I handed Dad a two page, typed document outlining a crazy plan I’d hatched to spend a semester on a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico. Never mind that neither he nor I really had any sailing experience, by the time we got to Starbucks after dinner, he was 100% on board. That was a life-defining trip for me, and it couldn’t have happened without the support of he and Mom.
   
   One more story of support… About a year ago, us Cordle kids went through a bit of a rough patch. Through a series of misunderstandings or unfortunate events, all three of us were struggling. I was in jeopardy of losing my job, Goob had been accused of plagiarism, and Anna was accused of hazing. We all laughed when someone would ask how we were doing, and he would casually mention our various situations, then emphasize how proud he was of how we were handling them. (For what it’s worth, I’m still employed, Goob still graduated, and Anna’s still a Zeta.)
5. He is the most loving father that anyone could hope for. Rarely does a day go by when he doesn’t tell us he loves us, whether it be in person, by phone, an email, or a text. But not only do we know he loves us, he’s also a very loving husband. We can only pray that one day we’ll have a relationship as good as our parents. The example they’ve set is something we’re thankful for every single day.

Dad, sorry that Anna & I couldn’t be there to hang out with you on Father’s Day this year. I was sorry to hear that you ended up working most of the day, then I realized that Goob was in town, and it made sense. Kidding. We enjoyed getting to see your office a few weeks ago, and hopefully you’ll be able to use the pictures we left to brighten it up a bit.

Although sometimes we may not show it as much as we should, we appreciate you more than you can imagine, and we absolutely know that you’re the Best Dad Ever.

Love You!

-B, AC, & C

This morning Janele was on her way back to J’Ville and she heard on the radio a bunch of talk about a new quarterback that Coach Crow (JSU’s head football coach) is thinking about recruiting. Turns out that this is a huge controversy because the guy is Ryan Perrilloux, LSU’s former starting Quarterback from the national championship winning team. Ryan got kicked off the team for drugs, cheating, and a bar fight. He will fit right in with the local residents at Jacksonville Place. I just got off the phone with Skylar, who was JSU’s starting QB. I asked him what the team thought about this and he said that they didn’t care cause all they want is a championship ring. This guy is seriously downgrading! From SEC to OVC!!! (Bet you don’t know what OVC stands for) When I first heard that we are playing Georgia Tech, I laughed… But NOW I think we might have a chance. GO COCKS!

As I sit here typing this the rest of my family is running 13 miles! I am so proud of them! Last night one of my friends asked me if I was jealous that I was not there with them, Yes I am jealous that I am not there with them BUT NO I am not jealous that they had to get up and run 13 miles this morning. It is almost 11:00 and I have not received a phone call yet from any hospital in the Nashville area, that is a good sign! Today Moe, some and my friends, and I are heading to the lake. I am real excited and I know that Moe is! He is just not used to living the college life. He has woke me up at 6:00 every morning!!!!!!! I told Dad this and Dad said “WOW He is sleeping late!” He just seems a little depressed here. I think that at the Lake he will be at his 2nd home so he will be a little more used to his surroundings than here. Well, I am off to pack… for me and Moe.

Last night we had our Senior Night in Zeta. (In Zeta you are considered Alumni after you have completed 8 full semesters as an active member.) Senior Night is where all of the sisters get together and tell stories about the seniors as kinda a Goodbye. WOW! How time flies! I was thinking about the past four years, it is just crazy! All of my memories seem like it happened just the other day. Here is a picture of me, Janele, and Cumba in front of the banner that the sisters made for the seniors.

Last night, Jen and I were in Wal-Mart and we thought that it would be fun to buy those foam curlers to see what it would do in our hair. Well, I don’t know what I was thinking. When we woke up this morning and took them out of our hair, I looked like a Chia Pet! Jen’s didn’t look as bad as mine but it was not something that I would call cute! We for sure got a good laugh out of it.

OK… So here is the story… Last night after chapter, We were hanging out at my house and we were bored so I thought that it would be fun to go up on the Zeta Hall and hang out with some of the girls, so we did. While we were up there some of the new girls were talking about how now that they are initiated they want to go get a Tattoo. So I thought that it would be fun to go with them. While we were at Artistic Addictions in Anniston, Janele decided she wanted to get one. SHE DID! She got some design on her lower back. Well, after long debate they talked me into getting one. DON’T BE MAD! It is a small crown on my ankle. It can be covered up if I have to. I have always wanted one but didn’t know where to get one that would be cute. I like it so far…

Here is a picture of it…

O My Gosh, Words just can’t explain how much fun the past 4 days have been. I have been in Hilton Head at the Van Dee Mer Tennis Complex helping out with the Tennis portion of the Special Olympics. There were about 100 athletes from 12 different states competing. There were around the same amount of JSU Students there helping. All the athletes competed in a singles match against each other and then each athlete was paired up with a JSU student and they were doubles partners.  So, I was paired up with a girl named Jen Myers from North Carolina. She was a really good player. She came determined that she was going home with the Gold! We pulled it out and she went home with 2 Gold Metals. One from singles and one from doubles. I was so proud of her.

This week I have so many funny stories and many memories. I wish I could tell you about all of the players. Just to give you a little bit of a better understanding of what this week has been like, Janele came up to me in the middle of the week and said “I feel like I am living in the movie, The Ringer!” It is so true! As I type this right now I am thinking of all the memories and I am seriously laughing out loud! These athletes are great! I had so much fun getting to know them. I wish that everyone could go and experience what I have experienced the past few days. I have some videos and many pictures, but I will have to tell you more later.

This is a picture of me and my partner Jen after we completed our doubles match.

And here is the the picture where we are receiving our medals!

Wow! I am sitting here looking at my schedule and realizing that I am going to be crazy busy this month. It is going to be a fun but busy! I leave Friday and head to Newnan for the weekend. Janele and I are taking a class where we go to Hilton Head to help with the Special Olympics. Every year about 50-75 people for Jacksonville State go to Hilton Head to do this. Each student is paired up with a participant in the Special Olympics, and we play another pair. I am extremely excited about this. I think that it is going to be a great experience. We are going there on Sunday and will be there until Thursday. Well, since we will be so close to Savannah so close to St. Pattys day we just decided to stay there until probably Friday. Then heading back to Jacksonville to pack up and meet up with the others for Spring Break ‘08. Then me, Janele, Jen, Molly and Jennifer will head to Gulf Shores on Saturday for the whole week! I am so ready for a break! I will be celebrating my 22nd at the beach. Then the following Friday or Saturday back to Newnan. I will be in Newnan for Easter and to celebrate Me and Caroline’s (and Mary Joy’s) birthdays!  Then back to Jacksonville! WOW! I am getting stressed thinking about it! All this packing and unpacking is already giving me a headache! I am excited! I will keep the Blog up to date as much as possible.