DC Weekend...

I feel like this weekend was the epitome of a weekend in DC.. Or maybe, a classic weekend for me in DC.

I went out Friday night with a couple girlfriends to a new place we had never been to, which really is one of the best things about living in DC, there is always a place you have never been to that is great for trying new foods and drinks. We chatted, laughed.. at one point I even shushed the loud room cause I was having a difficult time talking over the crowd haha Then I went with my friend to see the new Underworld (good movie!)... Only to walk outside after the movie was over and discover snow.. and lots of it.

Now, I realize at this point it is three weeks into January, and we have had an incredibly mild winter so far (thank you Jesus.. really!), but regardless, I really hate snow. I hate driving in it (although I do now that I am an adult), I hate walking in it (it snows down your neck or gets your feet cold and wet)... although it is REALLY pretty while it is falling, I still hate the coldness of it. However, I am extremely thankful that I grew up in Michigan where snow and winter go together like peanut butter and jelly because I know how to drive in it. Which, Friday night was what made the difference between me making it up the hill or me having to push my car or get stuck... Thankfully I know how to drive in snow, and slid, slipped, and INCHED my way up a 40 foot hill (while FLOORING it and fishtailing).

Saturday I was able to sleep in (YESS!!), then have lunch with a friend that I have not been able to see in a while, catch up on life, and just enjoy each other's friendship... I then made my way into the city, parked my butt in a Starbucks (classic city passtime), read my bible and texted with my little sister killing time before my hair appointment...

Got my "hair did" haha and loove it :)

Then went BACK to Starbucks to meet up with and hang out with a friend. Once we both split from there, I met up with a couple friends and we went out dancing (not salsa sadly)... And, we ended up leaving with several very funny stories of guys trying to dance with us (sometimes repeatedly), and very sore feet (not from kicking anyone either haha).

Sundays are always my favorite though... Mainly because I love my church (I say it every week), but also because it is when I fill my randomness in.. work, school, laundry, napping, gym time, cooking, it's the day that I find easiest to actually let my mind process and work through things.

Tomorrow starts Backswanza!.. Aka my 27th birthday week, I am pretty excited (cause I love birthdays) and this year I am doing something different for my birthday... Please help me raise money for my Charity:Water campaign! I am trying to raise $2,727 to bring 27 families (137 people) clean drinking water!

Spy Hair...

New hair..
Pretty sure I could be a successful spy with how different I look with different hair!

Let's Catch Up..

Obviously I have been MIA for a solid week and a half. I wish I could say I was sorry, but let's be honest.. I am not. I spent a solid week feeling like death, then I have spent the rest of the time slowly getting better.. and making up for all the things that did not get done.. You know, like laundry, emails, homework...


However, in the midst of it all I have had a few cool, interesting, stressful, thought provoking, and engaging moments... Ahh a day in the life of me =P

So instead of explaining every little detail I think I'll just bullet my catch up items.

• I got my hair cut/trimmed and dyed.. I'm really liking it a lot :)
• While my Financial Principles class isn't as challenging as other classes, the professor is kinda a jerk.
• Shawn McDonald and Jimmy Needham are currently my jam out music at work.
• I sent a care package to a friend in Afghan-land.. I'm excited for him to get it :)
• We have done and still have several roomie interviews to do for the spot opening up.
• I got my car fixed while I was home in Lynchburg.. I. Love. My. Lynchburg. Mechanic/Friend! He's the only mechanic that doesn't make me want to cry!
• Making up a missed day at the gym with my trainer has made for a very sore and tiring week!
• My best friend from college and his wife are coming to visit this weekend. I'm stoked!
• I was sort of asked out on a date last weekend.
• I had an absolutely fantastic and refreshing weekend with one of my friends who came to visit last weekend!
• Sometimes I forget how much I love dancing.
• Warm weather energizes me.
• I feel better and more fulfilled when I get the chance to do things for people around me.
• Sometimes my supervisor and I "claim" weeks.. and thankfully God always helps those weeks go better!
• Random texts are among some of my favorite things.
• I am still working hard for Hot Body Whoa Summer.. and I'm excited about my results!
• It feels like it's already June because of my schedule until then...
• My mom, dad, and little sister sent me a card with encouraging scriptures and things written in it. My family amazes me!
• I don't understand how when I tithe 10% of my income I always seem to have more than enough to do everything!..
• Fake people still grate my nerves.
• I think I might do a compilation list of my Facts of Life from Facebook.. They are not complete yet, but it's a fun mini project.
• I am so thankful that things are better now then they were a couple weeks ago.

My God is so good.. If you don't know Him, you should.

Going Home!...

Today after work I am headed home.. well not home home.. but Lynchburg Home.

I am so excited! I have not been there since the end of October, and have missed everyone like crazy! Thank goodness for Skype (if you don't know what skype is.. google it!), Cell phones, text messages, and Facebook. I know those are all sorta lame things to be thankful for, but because of my hectic schedule they make it significantly easier to keep in contact with the number of people I do.. and I love every single one of them, all for different and specific reasons are they dear to my heart.. But, I get to go see them! I'm pretty excited :)

Also, due to an almost daily comment at work about my hair's never ending changing styles I have decided to start a blog about it. I am pretty excited and am really only doing it for something totally ridiculous and fun. I will post more on that one soon. Regardless it will be something fun to do for at least a little while :)

I am so thankful it's the weekend.. and I get to go get a million hugs!

Change...

So, I have decided to "take the plunge." ... I am going back to school. And, since I cannot seem to do anything half way I am going back for a double masters. I have always said I have no reason to go back to school, and getting a masters just for the sake of having one was totally pointless to me, no, I would only return if I knew exactly what I was going for, and if God told me so.

Well, I do not know that God necessarily told me "Go back to school" but, the idea popped into my head out of nowhere, and seemed to make sense as the perfect timing.. all of my closest friends are either teaching classes in the evening, going back to school, or working in the evenings... so what would I do?... Get new friends or go back to school... :) Mostly my feeling is it is perfect timing, and I am in this "what now?" state, so why not at least be a little productive.. especially if that means later I will get paid more or have a better opportunity to do what I love! :)

I am not super excited to go back to school, but I am finding as time progresses and I get through each next step to actually getting signed up and starting classes, I realize I am beginning to have the "lets rock and roll" attitude. Which will be good once I start.

To top everything else off I have dark hair again :) The color did not at all turn out like the color on the box.. The color was "Medium golden brown" the color on my hair became "Dark auburn" haha oh well, I still like it, and it is just hair anyway...

I am really looking forward to fall.