Obviously I have been somewhere but being here, in this space, has
been a rough go. I loved this space when I was really going at it and
now I'm indifferent. But I don't want to be. I want to be here again,
releasing my small, beautiful voice.
To me, that is what this place is about. Somewhere to relieve the day-to-day stress, to put out the chatter and whining.
Most
recently, I've been working- a lot. In Long Island, which means many
hours at a pool, paddleboarding (a new favorite sport) and surprise-
running! I started again and I haven't died! I even did a race a few
weeks ago, and I kept my target pace! Granted I completed the last two
miles in a legit thunderstorm it was basically the highlight of my
weekend.
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| after 2 miles in a thunderstorm- not too shabby! |
This also means living in a house with limited wi-fi, no
computers and only a handful of AC units. Needless to say the summer has
been interesting so far.
I went
to a super fantastic country music festival in NYC, it was so amazing I
want to fast-forward to next years pronto. Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley and
Dierks Bently headlined. And I repeat this was the first year! We also saw favorites like Maddie & Tae, Cassedee Pope, Joe Nichols, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, Wade Bowen and soo many more. One of the best weekends ever!
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| did I mention it rained the entire second day? everything I was wearing was completely soaked through... |
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| cause tequila makes her clothes fall off.. |
I've also spent many day visiting with my sister and nephews, they are both getting so big!! And I got to see my Little J and Big J over 4th of July weekend. It was so fantastic to get to give them both hugs, kisses and lots of snuggles. Hoping to see them both (as well as new baby sister!) soon!!
The
rest of the summer is looking pretty stellar. My birthday is coming up,
not quite sure how I feel about that (28 ack!). On the fun side I booked another
trip to Europe. I have a few weeks off in August leading up to my
birthday and one of my friends was meant to visit and had to cancel so I
was basically like "hey- I have all this free time now, let's go to
Europe and party". 24 hours later I have a plane ticket to Amsterdam and
Brussels. Plus my return flight gives me a 5.5 hour layover in Dublin
which is basically asking me to go get some beers there. I'm beyond
excited.
Drama for the time being was finding out one of
my roommates has been stealing from me. This meant packing up all of
their things and kicking them out. Locks are changed- done and done.
Basically
it's been a whirlwind of a summer so far- hoping to get back into the
groove of this place a little better as the summer simmers down... don't
get too excited, it may only be a small post here and there. But something
is better than nothing!
I hope everyone has had a great summer so far- am trying to start the blog reading catch-up now!!
(p.s I have a million books to review for you all- well not a million, but a lot. I'm book #78 currently for the year)
