My last five minutes in thoughts

Oh hello, lonely blog-friend.

I can’t stop watching you, stupid Netflix.

I’m stresssssseeeed.

Remind me again why we haven’t eloped yet.

PUPPY.

DR. PEPPER.

Pinterest, ooo la la.

Ugh, my Pinterest boards are so much cuter than my actual life.

Greatest invention: the blanket.

I like blogging.

 

the save draft button…

…is a little temptress. Every time I begin to write and I don’t like the direction that my words decide to take, the “save draft” button beckons from its little WordPress corner, and I just press it and forget about the words that had a mind of their own and ran off with what I had to say, never to be heard from again.

One day I’ll sort through my half-written drafts.

Maybe.

Well I’m not sure how this happened…

I don’t think I ever made a conscious decision to stop keeping up this blog, but somewhere along the way, it happened.  I started a Tumblr, which might have had something to do with it, but I can’t seem to do anything on there but reblog pictures all. the. dang. time.  

Anyway, in the nearly year long hiatus from le blog, a lot has happened!  Trent asked me to marry him.  I said yes.  I graduated college.  I applied to grad school.  I got rejected from grad school.  We’re getting married in June.  We don’t know where we’re going to live or what we’re doing.  It’s all very crazy.  And sometimes scary.  But mostly an adventure.

the best laid plans…

I’ve mentioned before, albeit briefly, that my ex-boyfriend introduced me to my current boyfriend. I realize this isn’t exactly a normal sequence of events, but most things don’t work out the way one would expect, so that’s not too surprising.

But it just makes me think about how funny life can be. I’m convinced at times that God really does laugh at the plans we make, because they are so far from what will (and what should) actually happen. This certainly falls into that category.

Although, I’m incredibly thankful. If it weren’t for that first relationship, that I had viewed as such a huge mistake for so many years, I would have never met the wonderful man who is in my life today. So, even though at the time that the first relationship ended, I felt like I’d wasted so much time and energy and heartache, it really has all been worth it up until this point.

So today, just like every day, I’m thankful that my plans don’t always work out. I’m thankful that Someone has a better plan for me. I’m thankful that my life is nothing like what I thought it would be.

Today I am thankful.

the north woods are calling

My dad is one of my favorite people in the world. In the past, we’ve been blessed enough to be able to go on yearly family vacations, usually to one of my favorite beaches.

He and my mom recently took a trip to the Northeast for a weekend getaway, just the two of them, and loved it. It’s definitely different from the beach, which I’m certainly partial to as far as vacations go, but I’ve heard the area that they went to is really nice.

There hasn’t been any talk of a family vacation this summer yet, so I was beginning to expect that we wouldn’t be going. Until my dad announced to my mom today, “The north woods are calling me! Let’s go on vacation.”

So, it looks like I’ll be spending some time in the “north woods” this summer. You may commence your jealousy now.

vested interest

Today, I narrowly escaped being run over at a very slow speed while traversing a cross-walk. I know pedestrians are annoying when you’re not one of them, but really? Umm…right of way?

Although, it’s interesting how things like that can be good conversation starters. I struck up conversation with a stranger as a result, we were united by our righteous indignation against the inequities of cross-walk misconduct. Dramatic, but true.

Also true: Virginia drivers are terrible.

No offense if you live in Virginia, but the facts are the facts.

treading water

In more positive news, I did make it through the weekend with my section of the research paper written. As I am obviously one who chooses to blog for kicks and giggles, you can probably imagine that I don’t really mind putting words together and I’m relatively good at choosing ones that sounds good with each other. This paper was another story. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m completely new at writing psychological research (you heard me), but I felt completely overwhelmed during the whole paper-writing process.

Thankfully, all that’s left are revisions on the paper, a presentation, a couple exams, a couple more finals, and then it’s summer. Although, somehow all of that has to fit into the next two weeks…

research paper

This weekend has been almost entirely devoted to homework. I have to finish this one particular research paper tonight and it might be the most intensive, technical, complicated research paper I’ve ever had to write. And I only actually have to write one quarter of it.

So, blogging about it isn’t going to help get it done, obviously. But I’m hoping that somehow it will help, because as it stands now, it’s going to be a very long night…

a white wedding

My beautiful, dear friend, one who I’ve known for a very long time, is getting married in a few months. I’m honored to be one of her bridesmaids, especially so because the dresses she chose for us are gorgeous!

She’s the first of my closest friends to get married. I’ve known her since the first grade. We grew up together, caused trouble in Sunday School together, stayed up late whispering secrets into the night during sleepovers together. And I can’t believe we’re here already. I can’t believe she’s going to be a Mrs., when it seems like just yesterday we were running around in the dark playing flashlight tag, pretending not to love being chased by our latest crush. Now she’s preparing to walk down the aisle to the last crush of her life.

I’m thrilled, ecstatic, and completely overwhelmed for her. I’m so excited and so happy that she’s found a man that she will cherish for life, who she loves and will love more than the life they’re creating together. She’s going to be a beautiful bride and I am really looking forward to seeing her walk down that aisle and seeing her vow to stand by a man whom I know will make her endlessly happy.

Here’s to hoping and praying that they will have a blessed, happy life together.

feels like home to me

There’s something so comforting and lovely about returning to the house I grew up in and visiting some of the most important people in the world to me. I’m fortunate that this place holds such good memories, rather than the painful ones that come along with many people’s home lives.

This weekend is going to be full of good food, fun, and relaxation. And unfortunately a good amount of homework. But we can talk about that later, if ever.