no, not mine. don't freak out.
my friend/old roommate Jodi from college is getting married today! i am so excited to be there. i rarely get to see Jo but she is such a great girl. and her fiance Derek is hilarious and we like him a lot. he can stay. :)
weddings of college friends are great for so many reasons. you get dressed up and see people you haven't seen in a long time. you get to have one giant dance party like you used to back in the day. you can catch up on life. on occasion, i get to sing! but best of all, you get to witness one of your oldest friends being really happy and starting an exciting new chapter in their life. nothing better than that!
i can't wait to see Jodi today and hug her... yay!
xo
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
home away from home.
today was one of those strangely deceiving days. i was looking through the window at how sunny and lovely it was and thought to myself, "this day must be so warm!" LIES. it was so cold outside. the sun beating down did make my car warm, which was nice. but the temp was way low. ANYWAY. the picture above is basically just wishful thinking. i did not find myself in the park today.
instead, i find myself in st. mary's county at my roommate's parent's house. we came to stay the weekend and go to our friend jodi's wedding tomorrow! it's my first of six weddings this season. (yes, i have a lot.) it's good that i am getting some downtime while i can. between planning for wedding events and life changes, i know i need to embrace the quiet. so i am blogging and watching Say Yes to the Dress. do what makes you happy, they say.
side note: have you ever gone through a really confusing life moment where you realize half of you is happy and the other half is... just not? i've been struggling with that lately. struggling with the surface thought of it and what to do next. do i leave my job? do i try to start something new? do i give up things and focus a lot more on what does make me happy (i.e. playing music and writing). i know that this will work itself out. i'm just going through a weird phase. when i turned 25, i was able to call it my quarter-life crisis. not so much anymore!
hope you all are having a relaxing weekend, enjoy it!
xo
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
moving, painting, sickness & other things.
1. I moved on Saturday. To a new house that my lovely, already-roommate Laura bought. It is already a change of pace, maybe one that is much needed in my life. Normally I hate change.
2. We painted my room the night before we moved in. It was swirly-painted lavender with a garden of flowers for (I hope) a little girl named Madison. (I only know her name because that was painted on the wall as well.) Now it's a lovely, grown up gray.
3. I proceeded to get sick the day after moving. Well, I felt something coming on the day of the move, but we were so busy I didn't really notice. I noticed the day after, though, when I couldn't breathe and felt like I was DYING. You may think I'm exaggerating, but I rarely get sick, so when I do, it's the worst feeling ever. I am completely non-functional except for couch, TV, meds, and my bed.
4. In accordance with the above, I haven't been to work since last Thursday. Also, I have barely unpacked from the move. Only my clothes have made it to the closet, and that was about all I could handle. Luckily, I'm feeling on the mend today. Here's hoping for a more productive end of the week.
5. Laura and I painted our entire living room today and we feel super accomplished. Let me tell you... the people that lived here before didn't do so well with the whole color coordination thing. I'm talking pale green living room, BRIGHT blue kitchen, stairwell sponge painted brown, pale blue bedroom, white and red striped bedroom, and you've heard about my bedroom already. Anyway, we are fixing this hot mess one brush stroke at a time. The living room has become a calm taupe/grayish shade that looks really good.
6. I have about a million things to do for various weddings that are coming up in my near future. My most important ones are all within a month of each other. Insanity may ensue.
7. Today, our forecast was basically a blizzard. But mostly, it just rained. Go figure.
8. All I have eaten in the past four days is leftover donuts and pizza from our moving day. Go ahead, judge me. Also, a ton of OJ, water and NyQuil to combat the illness.
9. I can't help watching every episode of The Rachel Zoe Project. I love it. MAJOR.
10. I now have an elliptical in my basement and I WILL do cardio like a madwoman. Maybe even twice a day... summer's coming!
xo
2. We painted my room the night before we moved in. It was swirly-painted lavender with a garden of flowers for (I hope) a little girl named Madison. (I only know her name because that was painted on the wall as well.) Now it's a lovely, grown up gray.
3. I proceeded to get sick the day after moving. Well, I felt something coming on the day of the move, but we were so busy I didn't really notice. I noticed the day after, though, when I couldn't breathe and felt like I was DYING. You may think I'm exaggerating, but I rarely get sick, so when I do, it's the worst feeling ever. I am completely non-functional except for couch, TV, meds, and my bed.
4. In accordance with the above, I haven't been to work since last Thursday. Also, I have barely unpacked from the move. Only my clothes have made it to the closet, and that was about all I could handle. Luckily, I'm feeling on the mend today. Here's hoping for a more productive end of the week.
5. Laura and I painted our entire living room today and we feel super accomplished. Let me tell you... the people that lived here before didn't do so well with the whole color coordination thing. I'm talking pale green living room, BRIGHT blue kitchen, stairwell sponge painted brown, pale blue bedroom, white and red striped bedroom, and you've heard about my bedroom already. Anyway, we are fixing this hot mess one brush stroke at a time. The living room has become a calm taupe/grayish shade that looks really good.
6. I have about a million things to do for various weddings that are coming up in my near future. My most important ones are all within a month of each other. Insanity may ensue.
7. Today, our forecast was basically a blizzard. But mostly, it just rained. Go figure.
8. All I have eaten in the past four days is leftover donuts and pizza from our moving day. Go ahead, judge me. Also, a ton of OJ, water and NyQuil to combat the illness.
9. I can't help watching every episode of The Rachel Zoe Project. I love it. MAJOR.
10. I now have an elliptical in my basement and I WILL do cardio like a madwoman. Maybe even twice a day... summer's coming!
xo
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