Moved to my new apartment in Rosslyn (pictures coming)
I really really like living with Amelia (we get her doggy in a week)
Walking to work is amazing and so stress-free
Joined an indoor soccer league here in Arlington (a girl from Blacksburg is the organizer!)
Made cupcakes one night:
mocha with vanilla sugar icing
Been working about 10 hours overtime each week (in two days) for a deadline
Finally got cable and internet set up in our apartment
Amelia leaves tomorrow for the beach (jealous)
Anthony's family is at the beach (we're sad we couldn't go)
Went to Artisphere during lunch with a few people I work with one day:
A bench made from shredded paper
A disco ball at an art exhibit? Ok
A fan propelling that object in the air
Carved magazines
Sweater tents
Creepy man with boxes to display how much stuff we carry on our backs
Earned a KGD sweatshirt:
Went to Texas to visit Anthony:
It was really special to visit Anthony. I flew from Reagan to Charlotte to Houston on the way there, and spent the weekend at the pool, eating lots of good food, watched the new Harry Potter movie, watched some TV, checked out a dead lizard outside his doorstep, met a few of his new friends, saw his office he works in, took a small tour of Lufkin and Diboll, got caught in the boonies outside Lufkin, counted how many cowboys drive excessively huge trucks down there, sweat every time we walked out the door, and flew home. The weekend went by way too fast. I flew first class from Houston to Charlotte, which was interesting too. I was completely spoiled. A blanket, pillow, lots of windows and space, endless snacks and bottomless glasses of wine...I do admit, though, that flying was exciting for me as it was: I didn't feel 100% comfortable in first class...I'd say I was about 75%. We even had our own bathroom, which was pretty nice. Flew from Charlotte to Reagan next to a chatty chatty guy, and came home...sad...
Dinner before my first flight
Night flight home from visiting Anthony
Went to Blacksburg for Grandpa's Memorial:
Grandma and Grandpa's brick
Covered bridge in Newport
Spreading Grandpa's ashes
Found a brick that said brick:
Haha
Went to Emily Stuart's Memorial
Saw a really huge bug on the way to the grocery store one day:
Penny ate my flip flops:
Poor flip flops
It's Friday (TGIF!!) and I am finally sitting on my butt, watching cable TV, doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. Love it! Lacey and Ava were on Skype with me for a little while before I started doing nothing, and it was so nice to see them!! Apparently, Miss Ava is turning into a fashionista, and I'm PSYCHED!!!!! I'm so excited. I hope I can now go buy cute things for her to wear!! I did my laundry earlier this week, and finished organizing my room, so I will take pictures this weekend.
I am so happy to be home with no obligations for the next two days. I clocked 99 hours in the past two weeks, and I am not kidding by any means. 80 hours is the norm, of course, and honestly, I don't know how some people work 50 hours a week on a normal basis. It's exhausting...
Now I'm watching Keeping up with the Kardashians. If you haven't watched it, you HAVE TO and see how much the mom, Kris, reminds me of my mom!!! I'm not kidding about this, either. Their personalities are so similar it makes me laugh...
I got paid today!! It's so nice to be making money! I don't make a ton of money, but it's enough to pay my own way, and that has been such a relief for me. I was very very fortunate to have my Dad help me through college and supply me with a bit more cash when I needed it, but now that I am getting my own paychecks, I don't feel bad about spending money on dinners, lunches, clothes, etc. Well, that's not 100% true. Haha. I still hate spending money. But I can buy things that I like without feeling guilty for it being Dad's money. Make sense? For example, I bought this new dress last week at Loft (on sale for $42):
http://www.loft.com/loft/product/LOFT-Apparel/LOFT-Dresses/Sleeveless-Gathered-Knit-Dress/264412?colorExplode=false&skuId=89921326&catid=catl000013&productPageType=fullPriceProducts&defaultColor=8933
and I bought some new headphones and a new cell phone case -because my old one broke last week- yesterday on Amazon.com but haven't gotten them yet ($15 total). I've been trying to charge things like this to my new credit card to build up my credit, but I'm not a fan yet. My limit is so tiny (which is good for me), but I hate having to pay it back. I just prefer the money to be taken out immediately after spending it. I do have online banking, so once I spend something I can go online and pay it off with my debit card.
Anyway, I don't think I had dinner, actually, so I'm going to go eat. Maybe pasta with vegetables! ...or cheese and crackers with some wine and pasta and vegetables...haha. Who knows!
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