My life lately

Well I'm home and it feels bittersweet.  I am a mix of emotions with an overwhelming sense of exhaustion. Work this past two and a half weeks has been phenomenal and while I really miss my friends, It's nice to have a home cooked meal ;)

This year I moved back to school for work incredibly nervous.  My friends had graduated and aside from Tim and a select few others, I felt like I had no one.  Gosh, I was wrong.  In general, it helped me open up and foster new relationships, all the while learning so much about myself.  It was my favorite year doing this job by far.

The job itself is a weird environment, almost like camp.  We all move in to a dorm and spend 24/7 together and for a relationship that can be tough.  Not because spending 24/7 together is hard, it is because we can't. In front of our bosses we keep it professional and outside of the job we pay careful attention to creating new friendships.  Despite, what can be a difficult environment, Tim and I had a great time and I think the highlight of my time with him this past two and half weeks was this past Sunday.  We went to church in the morning and then went out for brunch.  There's nothing I love more than going to church with Tim and a close second would be just sitting and talking to him.  I got a two in one deal that day and I couldn't help but feel on top of the world.  Having him in my life is the most phenomenal thing and watching him work and interact with others make me so proud of him.  I love him more than life itself.

Overall, work this year taught me to expect change, to open my heart, and above all else to love myself.  A couple of weeks ago I talked about some things I wanted to accomplish this summer and making myself a better person was one of them.  I think these past few days I have really started to hit the nail on the head...although I would really still love to work on my anxiety but that will be an ongoing project.

Here are a few pictures!

Some of the PA's at beach day!

Ronnie and I!  I'm wearing a name tag here that took me 4 days to realize it was spelled wrong...

The only beautiful night we got when we went to camp...it poured the next two...

Just the greatest roommate :)

Date night with these three boys!  Clearly I am the fourth wheel...

Two of the girls at work surprised me and bought my Saint's medal...so overwhelmed and blessed to have them.

I just can't handle this photo....

 Seniors <3

I'm alive I promise...

I feel like a bad mom who has neglected her child (the blog being my child, of course.)  I probably should have warned you all or maybe even prepared better for what's been going on, but alas I did not.  Every summer (although this is my last) I go back to school for 3 weeks for work.  It's an incredibly rewarding job but it's also time consuming, demanding all of my attention and energy.  It's not that I haven't thought about the blog, it actually has made me sad to think that my little corner of the internet is collecting cob webs!  I promise to be better the next two weeks...I'll at least try.

Life has been good, stressful but good.  With two jobs pulling my creative juices in opposite directions, I think I just feel drained.  Being at work for these 3 weeks is both exhilarating and difficult.  We don't really have much time to do anything else except work and spend time with the other employee's and so it makes for some really interesting situations and emotions.

I've been doing this job for the last two years and so this is my last summer of work for them.  My coworkers are some of my best friends and this experience has brought such wonderful things to my life...it even brought me Tim.  So, the fact that this is my last summer doing it makes me sad.  It's really the first of many lasts that I am going to experience this year as a senior and it's pretty bittersweet.

For now, I'd love you all to check some pictures out from this week.  I am going to be putting content up throughout the week since (I think) I have my head on straight now.  Stay happy and healthy :)

 Seniors <3

A beautiful day!

Took this photo yesterday on my way to the Post Office, so beautiful!!!

They end of the semester is always so frustrating.  It of course has a lot to do with all the work that needs to get done in a short time but for me, I just want to be outside!  It feels like lately, Monday through Friday have brought some of the most gorgeous days this spring thus far.  Then the weekend hits and spring decides it wants to hide again until Monday!  It's unfair, really it is!  I am at work today, feeling a little bit like I'm in jail because I'd much rather be sitting in Central Park with a picnic basket and my boyfriend.  I can't tell you how eager I am for the semester to be done so I can spend more time outside.  Not to mention, I have two really fun dates planned for Tim that need to involve beautiful weather...so please spring, stick around!

This Spring!

Tim and I have always been a spontaneous couple.  We really enjoy going and doing things with each other, even if that means we just step out of the house to grab a cup of coffee.  Most of the times our dates are as simple as that, but other times they are a little more thought out.  Like the time we made a date out of going to Crate&Barrel, pretty much one of my favorite days with him ever.

He's really, really handsome...

Anyway, I sat down the other day to start thinking of cool things we can do this spring and possibly even into the summer and this is what I have so far.  If anyone has cool ideas that they would love to share with me, please post below!

1. Central Park, NYC
2. Go to Pop Bar in NYC
3. Dinner and coffee in Princeton, NJ
4. Day trip to Washington D.C.
5. Visit some museums
6. Madison Square Park, NYC
7. Brooklyn Flea Market

Can anyone think of anything else?

A few moments from our weekend

Cutest milk containers ever!

My perfect bed...Tim doesn't agree 

Been looking for a chair like this for so long! It's called a "chair and a half" 

Such a fitting find on our date day

Tim testing chairs for himself...he liked this one

But he really liked this one...I love doing life with this guy.  

Today we have just been bumming around Tim's family's house.  It's been great but we decided to get out for a bit and use the awesome Red Mango Groupon I bought last night!  First we headed to Crate&Barrel just for fun.  We walked around talking over what we liked and didn't like for our future house and laughing at all the things we realized we disagreed on.  I liked the table with the country bench, he wanted a bed with no posts...that sort of thing.  I ended up getting this adorable little fruit crate for my fridge at school but I was so sad that I couldn't buy the whole store.  I want my own kitchen so bad (ugh).  

We bummed around for a bit more at the store then headed over to Chipotle for lunch!  It was so packed, but well worth the wait.  After that we ended the day with some amazing froyo at Red Mango.  Typically it isn't our favorite because we enjoy splurging on our sweets, but we have been on a health kick! 

Have a great weekend!