birthday weekend

thanks for all the birthday wishes! it was a fun birthday weekend and it turned into a mini-road trip along the way and getting to see lots of friends!

i was off friday and despite things i still want to do on my dc list i was a lazy bum and didn't really do anything but relax, read, completely redid my blog, and watched some trashy tv. i kinda hate that i spent a day off doing nothing, but oh well. then in the evening i met up with mj, patricia and others to go see "stupid, crazy, love." and i really enjoyed it. it was more of a romantic comedy and i was seriously laughing the whole time. steve carell was pretty funny and ryan gosling was extremely sexy (he has only gotten hotter as he's gotten older)  and i love emma stone! there were a few awkward bits but overall it was funny, a cute plot and had some turns in there that were unexpected. i'd recommend seeing it!

ptrish being funny with the sangria

so after the movies patricia and i had made plans earlier in the week for sangria. so after the movie we ended up in chinatown and went to las tascas for some sangria and tapas, which were delish. we split a pitcher of sangria and had some great convos about life and everything and might have been a bit tipsy... but we decided since it was just after midnight to head to fado next door for another drink.

well it was now officially my birthday (and my mom called at midnight exactly as she was driving home with my sister from a tim mcgraw concert and kept sending me the funniest texts all night) and so we just ordered our drinks and were trying to find a spot to stand and patricia wanted to play "have you met erin" and "it's her birthday" but we were beat to the punch when a guy comes over to me and goes my friend over there thinks you're cute and well you should talk to him as it is his birthday... so patricia goes, OMG no way it is her birthday too. so we start chatting and his was from northern nj and it was pretty funny. so we take a birthday shot and soon find our way on the dance floor. and then i became that girl drunkenly making out on a dance floor. (which i haven't done since i left ireland) and it was a pretty funny evening. i mean really doesn't that start like a great beginning of a rom-com? meeting in a bar both having the same birthday. seriously i can't make this shit up. welcome to my life.  anyway as i'm leaving dc in 11 days it was a fun story and reminded me that i don't like randomly hooking up with guys i meet in bars so it is just another fun story i have.

watching movies in
the backyard

saturday was fun (after i woke up with a bit of a hangover) but i was headed to jeanne's house for travis's 30th birthday bash! it was a great chance to see a bunch of my college friends who i know i won't be seeing in a while and to have fun grilling, drinking in their backyard and just enjoying catching up with some of my favorite people. jeanne did make my favorite funfetti and strawberry frosting cake for me. and for some reason i was anti-camera so i didn't end up with any pictures from the evening. but the best part was that jeanne to surprise travis rented an inflatable big screen & projector so she could show a movie in their backyard. which was so much fun for us all to be sitting in their backyard watching a movie. buuut my recommendation is don't show "forgetting sarah marshall" on a large screen in your backyard. there are a few too many scenes where we were like oops, good thing i don't have many neighbors! but it was a great way to celebrate and a fun way to spend my birthday!

becca's adorable kitten and her cat 

so sunday morning twin and i had tried to make plans, but she had to work (silly girl scouts) but we made plans for the week i'm home. but i had been trying to make plans with becca and since i was in pa i figured might see what she is up to. and she was free so i drove to harrisburg and spend sunday evening with her and had fun catching up and just chatting and enjoying spending time with her and then was up super early on monday morning to drive back to dc for work.

with some of my staff

yesterday was the last day of session - so we cleaned up and got everything organized and had a little party for our staff to celebrate the summer. it is so nice to not be working 120+ hour weeks and well for the next 2 weeks back to a regular 40 hours. and i have lots of dinner plans this week and i'm seeing TAYLOR SWIFT tomorrow night with patricia! we bought tickets last week and decided we needed to relive the summer of 2009 when we met and both were obsessed. i can't wait! it is crazy i have 10 days left in dc and then i'm home for a week and then off to charleston. where is this summer going?



how was your weekend?