august

where do i even start?

my birthday weekend was spectacular! after work amy, the mikes and i went out to dinner at outback. it was fun, my steak was delish, laughed at captain when he ordered the "chocolate thunder from down under" and then we met up with barry & amanda and headed into town to the pubs. we went on a bit of a mystic pub crawl, but i really only remember the first two. i was exhausted by the time we got to john's and also quite drunk. yay for being the birthday girl.

so saturday morning we woke up waaay too bright & early to meet captain and head to noank for breakfast. we were up at 7 and rode our bikes to carson's and i was quite the hungover girl. we sat on some rocks overlooking the river after breakfast and just enjoying the gorgeous day. and to continue the birthday adventures we went to the beach :) enjoyed the sun and relaxed and read. then it was concert time!

amy had convinced captain to come play and so we grabbed some food & beer to tailgate with and headed to harford. we knew the concert was sold out and omg, traffic! we left and planned to get to the parking lot at 5.30 for the 7.30 concert. yeaaaa, traffic. it took us pretty much 1.5 hours to go 3 miles. so we ended up parking in a parking garage. and tailgated there for a while, which was pretty funny. and then headed to rascal, which was soooooo much fun! their concerts are so great. i went to two in 2006, the epic north carolina road trip and then with my parents. and there is just something about lawn seats and country concerts! loves it!they played a great show, i was dancing, singing and just having a blast! the only thing i was sad about was they didn't play my favorite - "my wish" which i thought was kinda odd, as it is one of their more popular songs. but oh well, the concert was still a blast!

and then last week. ummm there are no words. in the 9 summers i've worked at summer camps, i've never had a worse behaved group. and there was a lot else going on at work too, so it was a complicated week. and it doesn't help that it is now august, and i still have no idea what i'm doing. so i also wasn't in the best place emotionally and so it was a rough week. and it was a quiet weekend, which is what i needed. just watched movies, relaxed and had a few drinks.

and now week 8 started, which is crazy how fast this summer went. a few more days of work and then amy and i are headed up to maine! we are going up next week for a few days to frolic in acadia national park & bar harbor. yay! i can't wait. and then who knows....


and this video makes me laugh, a lot! we just keep saying the "it's so fluffy I COULD DIE" over and over at work.

and the new taylor swift song - "mine" OMG. LOVES IT! i absolutely love the line "made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter... you are the best thing that's ever been mine". i've pretty much been listening to this song on repeat. including i played it for the first 20 minutes of my run this morning.

and speaking of running, it is getting better. i ran almost 8 miles this morning! yay! i wanted to do a 6 mile run, but there was construction, so a road was closed. and so i ran an extra almost 2 miles. but that is the furthest i have ever ran, and i am so proud of myself. and i am feeling so much more confident for the half marathon. yay!

and tonight i'm enjoying my trashy jersey tv. an episode of housewives and the first 2 episodes of jersey shore. yesss! and yay for a new blog header & colors!

how was your weekend?