last week in charleston

so i've been in the dc area for a few days now staying with friends, trying to find somewhere to live and had my first day of work! but before i get to all that here is my last week in charleston in pictures!

went to folly beach friday night for the sunset - i love the beach at night and it was just so nice to sit on a quiet beach and just read and take it in.

saturday morning i went downtown to the farmers market and walked around 

then i met up with my zta friend elizabeth at sullivans island and we hung out at the beach for the afternoon and had to swim across the gully to actually get to the beach. yes - swim, it was over my head. pretty crazy! then saturday night i went out to dinner with the girls.

one of the things i wanted to do before i left charleston was walk the ravenel bridge. so sunday morning before i picked up my parents i walked the bridge! 

so after picking up my parents & going to the tattooed moose for lunch we headed to patriots point as my dad loves battleships and the uss yorktown (a HUGE aircrafy carrier) is now a museum in charleston. the view of the ravenel from patriots point.

mom & dad with the yorktown

chocolate chip cookie recipe for
10,000 cookies

hanging out with a old fighter plane - being on a flight deck was really cool!

after the afternoon at the yorktown we went to sullivans island for a walk on the beach!

where i attempted to make my parents do a jump photo - they were hilarious!

us on the beach.  

monday morning we headed out to fort sumter - here are my momma & i with the flags that all flew over ft. sumter

my parents and i at the fort - i had a great time telling them about all the civil war history (plus got my park passport stamps!) so after fort sumter we headed back towards my apartment for the plantations. 

where we got to magnolia, walked around a little bit and while we were on the nature train seeing the property (where we saw so many alligators, even on on the path!) it started to POUR. so we got a little wet. and it continued to downpour for a while, so we cut our visit short. so after going home to change we headed out to walk around downtown charleston. so the plan for tuesday was to load the truck in the morning and then go back to magnolia in the afternoon and walk around downtown before driving a few hours north. butttt a new plan took place due to this!

so tuesday morning it was lightly raining but the forecast said it should be done by early morning but after getting the truck to my apartment it was POURING. by early morning we had gotten a few inches of rain and the drainage ditch behind my apartment was a river! and so we didn't do any thing except wait for the rain to stop - so we tried to leave my apartment to get lunch butttt we were a bit flooded. the water came up to my mid calf right outside my car and i wasn't driving until it went down a bit more. so it finally started to drizzle and the rain receded off the parking lot.

 

it was a little bit flooded.

but we started loading the truck at around 4 in a light rain and by 6 amy & i finished cleaning and turned in our keys. and my parents and i hit the road so we would have a few hours less driving to do. 

so leaving charleston was hard - i love it there but i'm ready to start a new chapter in my life and SO excited about dc! (or will be once i have a place to live)

let the crazy begin

today starts the next 7 weeks of crazy (and it actually goes longer now) and marks the official start to summer in my books (despite it feeling like summer since march 29th when i arrived back in charleston).

so the last week was pretty quiet. i've been having a bit of a cold the last week so i wasn't up to much. but i did go to the beach both saturday and sunday which was interesting as we were under a tropical storm watch. the difference at the same spot on beach from saturday to sunday was very interesting. super windy and the waves were huge. there were soooo many people windsurfing and kitesurfing.

saturday at sullivans - this is looking back at the tide pool. i was by the ocean

sunday - you can kinda see where i was sitting on saturday.
the tide pool is in front of me and in the distance is the ocean.

but other than that it was a quiet memorial day weekend. amy left for a few weeks in philly for an internship on sunday. and i of course watched hockey! friday night was pretty exciting for me with the devils winning game 6 of the eastern conference finals! and then last night started the first game of the stanley cup finals. i'm upset with my schedule over the next few weeks though that it will be hard to watch a few games. uugh!

but tonight i'm off to philly to see the girls tonight and then friday head up to westchester, ny for jeanne's shower on saturday then a night in the city for her bachelorette and then i fly home on sunday night. busy busy busy!

and to make my summer even crazier i'll be in dc from approx july 27-aug 7th for work. i'll be doing a session of my absolute favorite conference - the one i went to myself, worked a few times and last summer ran in dc. soooooo looking forward to that! i've realllly missed dc and all my dc friends.

so have a wonderful weekend!!

quiet

it has been a pretty quiet week here in charleston and while the quiet is nice i'm getting bored, but i know i should appreciate the quiet before the crazy starts next week. my summer travel schedule is a bit crazy and i'm hoping it is going to change which will only make it worse, but hopefully i'll know whats going on in my life because of it. wow, way to be cryptic right?

so this week i've subbed monday. tuesday, wednesday and i will be friday as well and then i worked at old navy this morning. it kinda stinks school is done next week as my subbing income will be stopping, which makes me sad because it has been really great to actually be earning something. i think this is the first time i don't want the school year to end. but it has been nice one of the schools where i sub i've gotten to know people and they request me now so they've kept me pretty busy so it has been nice to be in mostly the same school and even the same wing.

but today after work i went to folly for the beach for a few hours and it was nice to relax and enjoy an afternoon reading and listening to the waves. plus it was finally warm enough/not windy for me to actually just wear my bathing suit and not be freezing so i could actually get some color! wooo! i haven't been to the beach in a few weeks and i plan on going a few times this weekend too.

folly beach - i've been spoiled living so close to the beach!

ummm, other than that i've been watching a lot of playoff hockey. my devils are playing the rangers for in the eastern conference finals which is a bit of a heated rivalry between these two teams. and it is even worse because my dad is a big rangers fan so there has been a few phone calls and lots of trash talking between us. it doesn't help that it was 18 years ago in 1994 when we played the rangers in the eastern conference finals and the devils lost game 7 in double ot and there are a lot of similarities this time to 1994. so i'm hoping the devils can win game 6 on friday night at home so we can get ready to play the kings for the cup.

so just enjoying a quiet weekend in charleston, no real weekend plans yet. the roomie is headed up to pennsylvania for the next 7 weeks for an internship and i'm starting an epic 7 weeks of travel. 

may 31 to june 3rd - PA/NY for jeanne's shower/bachelorette

charleston

june 6 to june 13th - colorado. conference the 7-10th and then the 11-13th rocky mountains!

june 13 to 18th - houston. conference the 14-17th and then playing on the 18th in houston

charleston

june 21 to 25th - nj. doctors appointments, heather's shower and general nj fun.

charleston

june 27 - july 1st - philly for a conference

charleston

july 4- 8th - connecticut for a conference

charleston

july 12 -15th - philly for jeanne's wedding

charleston

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so lots of flights and a few days either sunday night/monday am to wednesday night/ thursday depending on if a work trip or wedding related back in charleston. it is going to be a crazy summer!

any fun memorial day weekend plans?

last week

so life down in charleston has picked up! i've been busy with work and just enjoying the (mostly) gorgeous weather we've been having in the lowcountry and keeping myself entertained. so welcome to my life the last week via pictures - because i've been a little photo crazy on my phone recently.

i subbed 4 days last week and was 2 social studies and 2 math teacher at 3 different schools. overall i had a good week subbing and for the most part the students were good. there was just one class that i was done with after 5 minutes and thank god it was only a 55 minute class and not a 90 minute one! but it is nice getting into a routine and while subbing isn't my fav it is good experience. plus i'm getting a ton of reading done! i was happy i got 4/5 days for subbing. i've gotten reallllly good at stalking the website of the service and just constantly refreshing it. just didn't work wednesday, which is the hardest day to get sub jobs. and this week is spring break down here so no subbing, which i'm sad about because i could use the money, but at least i have a conference in atlanta so i'm working thursday - sunday! 

but on wednesday i went to the beach! i absolutely love living 25 minutes from the beach. even it is windy and i have to stay wrapped up in a sweatshirt! 

and then some fun around the apartment. amy has been working last week on a facade drawing project and just for fun had me draw one. and welllll mine looks like a kindergardener drew it. but we managed to name all the styles. it was pretty funny. and maybe there is a reason i stay away from professions where i need to draw?

 oh and so tuesday i see brig - amy's cat walking around and notice there was something hanging out of her mouth. i thought it was a toy at first and then realized she was acting kinda strange. oh wait - she found a lizard. so i managed to take a picture first before catching it in a shoebox and letting him outside. brig was not pleased with me for taking away her toy. i'll take lizard over mouse or snake in my bedroom anyday. 

so thursday night i got to meet up with a fellow blogger - angela who i was so excited to meet! her and her husband live in charleston (well they are moving to germany in a few weeks) but we had an amazing dinner at two boroughs larder downtown and it was so much fun to meet her! i really do love meeting fellow bloggers because you already know a bit about each other so it isn't starting from scratch and so fun to talk in person! and then i actually met up with her and her friend for easter brunch as well! so it was great to see her two times in one week!

 and then saturday was the adventure day with amy - so lots of photos from there in this post.

and then easter sunday i met angela for brunch and then enjoyed sitting down at the pool for the afternoon and enjoying the day. and then amy and i had some cooking fun. on the wonderful pinterest i saw this recipe for taco cupcakes. and so i made some taco cupcakes on easter and they were delish! and super easy to make. the hard part was in the grocery store finding the wonton wrappers. haha! and then i went to moe's on friday night for some chips & guac and had some extra chip left over that were slightly stale. so i took them and threw them in the oven with some oil and taco seasoning to make my chips. but a huge success!

and then since it is spring break this week for the schools i had today off. so i met amy downtown for lunch at verde - a salad place similar to my favorite one chop't. not as good as chop't but still good. and then i frolicked around downtown and enjoyed a gorgeous afternoon! i walked through the market and all around downtown then sat and read in waterfront park and then had a little happy hour on a rooftop bar! pretty good monday! 

and then i'm off on wednesday to atlanta for a conference! so tomorrow is laundry, packing and running a few other errands i need to get done! and then next week is irvine, california and stopping in colorado on the way home! april is a busy busy month!

back in charleston!

so i'm back in charleston! woooo!

bye nj!

i was in new jersey since november 18th with all my knee fun and it feels amazing to be back in charleston! it doesn't help that is has been in the 80s and sunny while nj is in the 50s. so wednesday afternoon i drove to dc and saw the lovely patricia and then thursday drove the 9 hours from dc to charleston. and man that drive is so annoying. 3 hours in va, 3 hours in nc and about 2 down 95 and then the last 45 minutes on 26 to charleston. but it was an uneventful drive and i did enjoy seeing the temperature on my car keep rising the further south i went!

sangria & flowers

but the roomie surprised me with flowers and some homemade sangria upon my arrival! so we spent the evening chatting and drinking the sangria with other friends and just laughing. and i enjoy eating the fruit out of my sangria with a fork!

julia & i eating the fruit with forks

friday i spent the day cleaning and organizing my room and apartment and just relaxing and then friday afternoon we headed to folly for a bit for the beach and dinner. both pam & julia had friends in town because it was bridge run weekend and everyone was running it. so we had a fun time at dinner and enjoying the beach - though it was pretty chilly so we didn't spend much time. but we had an early evening as everyone running was meeting up at 4:30 to get bussed over to the start of the bridge run.

evening at folly beach

i didn't need to be up quite as early since i was just heading downtown to cheer on everyone running. and since i knew downtown would be a hotttttt mess - the bridge run is huge! over 43,000 people registered - i decided to use the bus system for the first time. and then i walked up to the end of the bridge to meet up with two of amy's classmates who were cheering. it was fun to cheer along everyone running and as the crowds started coming across the bridge! it was just a wall of people. 

bridge run

beeeeaaccccch!

after the race we hung out downtown for a bit and then amy and i were lazy around the apartment, ran a few errands and went grocery shopping and made dinner and well we were both kinda tired. so i watched some of the final 4 basketball and fell asleep early like old ladies. oh well! and then today i headed to the beach for the afternoon - went to sullivan's this time and had a relaxing afternoon reading. which i loooooooove that i can spend the afternoon on the beach on april 1st - it was only about 80 and a bit windy - so i was chilly and had on a long sleeved shirt. i don't know how the girls next to me were in bikinis! but it was glorious. i love living 20 minutes from the beach so i can go whenever! amy and i made dinner and tonight i've just been catching up online and watching the acm's - all my favorite country artists have performed! wooo! and i'm subbing tomorrow and tuesday at least - i'm hoping for all 5 days this week.

hope you have a good week! how was your weekend?