…Right? I have given this whole blog thing a try twice
already. Each time, I have managed to keep up with the blog for a couple of
months, then I fade away into the darkness not to be heard from for months.
Four months, to be specific, is the length of my latest hiatus. I have thought about writing many times since
then, but for various reasons, I have not. So here I am again, trying to
maintain this blog for the third time. Wish me luck!
Since it is obvious that I have not been writing during these past four months, I thought I’d fill you in on what I have been doing. April was a busy month at work so a great deal of my time was devoted to that. During my down time, one of my good friends visited, the hubs and I visited with friends, and spent my birthday weekend in Philly and New York. He took me to see Wicked on Broadway! The show was just as amazing and spectacular as everyone has described it.
Since it is obvious that I have not been writing during these past four months, I thought I’d fill you in on what I have been doing. April was a busy month at work so a great deal of my time was devoted to that. During my down time, one of my good friends visited, the hubs and I visited with friends, and spent my birthday weekend in Philly and New York. He took me to see Wicked on Broadway! The show was just as amazing and spectacular as everyone has described it.
May was rather uneventful as my husband started his new job
and it was my last full month of school, so we were both pretty consumed with
work. We did find time to attend a wine festival and hike up Old Rag Mountain.
I loved getting back to nature and the hike was just the right amount of
strenuous. Unfortunately it was an extremely foggy day so we did not get the
gorgeous views one would normally find on top. Guess that means we’ll just have
to hike it again later!
June marked the ending of the school year – finally! While I
enjoy my job most days, by the end of the school year, I am ready for the
much-needed summer break. I ushered in the summer with a trip to Rehoboth Beach
with a few of my ladies. It was a fantastic weekend – as college friends and
sorority sisters, we reminisced about the old days while making new memories. At
the end of the month, another one of my college friends [and sorority sister]
came to visit for the weekend. We went out like we did in college, visited a
vineyard for some wine tasting, and went to a country concert [Chris Young, Lee
Brice, and Brad Paisley – Lee Brice is my fave!]. In between those two wonderful weekends, I
came down with an awful summer cold that had me down for the count for a whole
week. [Go figure, I work with kids all year and don’t get sick, but the second
I’m away from them, I get rocked with the worst cold I have had in years.]
July was a jam packed month. We had a 4th of July
barbecue, visit from my husband’s family, attended the wedding of one of our
closest friends, and made a trip to western PA to visit my family. Scattered
between those two were local get-togethers with friends in the area.
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| From Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Cherry Blossoms in DC, Rehoboth Beach, Virginia Wine Festival, Cherry Blossom petals blanketing the ground, Sunset at a country concert, Wicked on Broadway, Foggy hike up Old Rag Mountain, DC United game, Super moon, Vineyard in Loudoun County, VA, Junior's cheesecakes in Brooklyn, and Western PA |
While the
summer has been extremely busy, I still feel like I have let much of it go to
waste. I think this is because most of the fun happens between Friday and
Monday. During the rest of the week, I have checked a few to-do’s off of my home
list, learned to cook a few new dishes, hung out with my pups, and spent plenty
of time relaxing.
Now, my summer is coming to an end and I only have one more
week before work obligations take over. I am determined to make it count!
