Wednesday Outing!

The lovely days have been coming in bunches and I am so grateful for them. I feel like I am really starting to get back into the swing of things. Finally. It has been a long time coming. Last night I was having trouble falling asleep and began thinking of ways to better myself, to keep myself on the track of feeling good about myself and the future and all these ideas starting popping into my head of little arts and crafts type things. I wrote them all down and plan on picking up the supplies tomorrow to get started on some of them. I've missed being creative.
My Wednesday was quite nice, Stephanie and I got together and had girl time!!! We went to the Dayton Art Institute, Starbucks and back to the place I saw the cute boots. I finally tried on the right pair of boots but talked myself out of getting them and another pair I really liked because I wanted to see what they looked like with jeans and I had tights on. boo. We did find boots at another store, but I couldn't stop thinking about the other pairs...so tomorrow we are going back and both getting a pair!! I may give in and get both pairs I liked. Oh boots, you are going to take all my money...good thing today is pay day!!
Now it is time for pictures from our Wednesday outing!!!

deer!

cute bears!

its ravi!!

cute stephanie!!

more cute bears!

saini family love

I am back home from my dog sitting duties at Ravi and Stephanie's. It was a nice little mini-vacation for me...even though it was less than a minute away from my own place. I enjoyed my time with Sabin and Netflix on the xbox...oh how I will miss Murder She Wrote.

Today was another lovely day for me (yay!!) and if I wasn't so sleepy I would do a longer post with pictures from Stephanie and I's outing, but they will just have to wait till tomorrow. I will post one picture I took while I was staying at the Saini house:

i love the saini family!!

second chances

I have decided that maybe I was sabotaging myself on the dates I have gone on recently. It is hard to spend time with a person when it is not the person you thought you'd be with, the person you want it to be. He is gone though. It is over. I have to let myself be happy and so I am thinking of maybe, possibly giving a certain date another chance. We are going to go hiking in a bit...whoo!!! I feel so silly about this kind of stuff.
Anywhoo, it is a lovely day today in Dayton, Ohio. Sabin and I have gone on a couple walks and watched some tv. I went on yet ANOTHER boot search and actually found a pair I liked!!! Unfortunately, the girl that was working at the store could not bring out the right pair four times!!! After she brought the wrong boot out the last time, I gave up. They did have cute flats on sale though so I bought two pairs...a purple pair and a black and tan pair...yay!!!
I had a math test this morning, which I did not feel prepared for at all, but once I got started I began to feel more confident. I am so anxious for school to be over. I just want to be graduated and to be able to breathe and figure out what is next. I know I have all the options in the world, which is great...but it's also kind of overwhelming.
My plans for the evening just fell through...no hiking.  IT Crowd and sushi from Dorothy Lane Market it is.

doggy slumber party

love

I'm dog sitting Sabin at Ravi and Stephanie's for the night and boy oh boy are we having fun!! We're cuddling and watching This American Life and Friday Night Lights. I got some Starbucks earlier with a friend who is in from out of town and then went back to their place and made a frozen pizza...which I never eat, so it was a treat. After tonight I fear I will never want to leave, there are no noisy neighbors here, there is Netflix on xbox and I get to use the Keurig...I can feel myself becoming spoiled.

etsy love

I purchased this cute squirrel notebook off etsy and received in the mail last week. I got it to jot down all the thoughts and feelings and fun times that I will experience this fall. I'm looking forward to fillings its pages these next couple months and then finding a new notebook for winter.

fun times

The weekend was lovely for me and I am so glad it was. Thursday night was a rough night for me since the guy I'm getting over decided to get in contact with me AGAIN for the second time in three weeks...after not talking to me for four months. Hearing from him just brings everything back and for some reason I can't hate him. I just miss him...and I don't want to. In time I will get over it. It is taking much longer than I ever thought, especially since he just keeps popping back up. Luckily I had Stephanie there to let me send her novel long text messages about all my feelings and fears and she was so sweet and offered a sleep over. I had decided to try to run out my sadness at the gym though and had worn myself out enough that I would be ok alone because all I wanted to do was sleep.
Friday I was in no shape to go to my Communications class-I looked like the characters on Animal Crossing when they get stung by bees-so I spent the day playing with Monty and cleaning until Stephanie got off work and then the weekend got fun and I started feeling better.
Friday and Saturday consisted of bark park fun, going on a MASSIVE hunt for cute boots but coming up empty handed, yummy food, seeing more friends, lots of Starbucks time and a bad movie that I wanted to see because of one line they showed in the previews for it (The House Bunny). It was just what I needed and in no time I was back to feeling like myself for the most part.
I spent Sunday in Troy at my parents, doing laundry and relaxing. My mom and I went to Fulton Farm's because I wanted a cute white pumpkin, which I did not find...but that was ok because I found other super cute pumpkins and got one for me and one for Stephanie.
Yesterday I had school, for some reason it was super hard for me to get up and go. I guess because there aren't that many weeks left in the quarter and I am just getting worn out. I can suck it up though because in the end it will be worth it. When I got home, Monty and I went on a run and it felt amazing!!! The weather was great so it was easy to just keep running and running. When Stephanie got off work we went to Hills and Dales park and took the dogs on the hiking trails. Even though we were getting pulled all over the place it was very enjoyable and very pretty. We dropped the dogs off and had Starbucks time before checking one more store for boots...and found nothing. Gah.
After I got home I planned on going to bed super early but as I was getting ready for bed I got a text message from Kyle inviting me to come hang out. I decided to not be an old lady and headed over to his house to hang out with him and some other friends. We played "Northridge" tag (its too much to explain), did some dangerous swinging and then played Duck Duck Goose...so much fun.
Time to do a bit of homework and get ready for work!!!

pictures from my weekend:

I have a lot more but I think that is enough for one post.

giveaway!!!

 

zombie me.

eeekkk!!! The lovely Danielle made me into a zombie!! She is also doing a wonderful spooky giveaway right now, visit her blog (sometimes sweet) to find out what the prize is and to enter!!!

fall fun

Despite my rather blue mood the past week I was able to enjoy most of the week and have had a lovely weekend so far. Stephanie and I had our Starbucks date on Thursday since we were both in need of some venting...me about my date and her about work.
On Friday I had a test in my Interpersonal Communications class (grades were posted...I got a 89%!) and then bought a few items to make my yummy vegan banana cake, the recipe is so easy-you just buy a whatever cake mix you want and substitute a banana for each egg the box calls for. The you top it with whatever you want, fruit, icing, pumpkin pie filling etc. The purpose of this cake was to cheer Stephanie up a bit so I put apples on top instead of the usual strawberries. I've only made it with apples one other time and she enjoyed it, plus apples go much better with fall weather.

After I made the cake I did some cleaning and then took the cake over to Stephanie!!! We then made a quick trip to Target so I could get gloves in case we went to the Haunted Trails that night. It had been raining all day and continued on into the evening so we passed on the Haunted Trails and hung out with Ravi for a bit at the gas station before doing a little F21 shopping and going over to hang out at the new place a few of our friends just moved into.

Saturday was a bit of a lazy day for me. I took my Philosophy test online and then headed to the mall to look for some boots. Of course I didn't find any and ended up getting more shirts and a skirt. I can't help it though, fall clothes are soooo cute!! After the mall I stopped by Dorothy Lane Market and bought their yummy veggie spring rolls and had myself a little picnic/photo shoot at Lincoln Park.

The rest of day I sat in bed and watched the new episodes of Destination Truth on Hulu. I love that show...my dream job would be working on that show, it looks like so much fun!
Currently I am in Troy at my parents house doing laundry and watching Gangland. My parents are leaving for Nashville tomorrow and I'm dog sitting a few times this week when my cousin can't be here. I bought them a gift certificate to Cracker Barrel to use on the drive down and back for breakfast so they can spend their money on better places in Nashville. Now I just have to wait for my Dad to get home so that I can give them the card.
The rest of my day is looking good. It sounds as if tonight will be filled with either yummy Mexican food at La Fiesta and then a bon fire or making dinner and board games!!! Time to finish my laundry so I am ready for whatever fun awaits me tonight!!

the hazards of love

I had a date tonight and though I could tell within five minutes of talking to him that I wasn't feeling it, it went pretty good...despite what the conversation eventually turned to. We talked the whole time about our pets, school, work and everything was fine until he brought up the guy I am trying to get over...for me that was the end of the evening. I couldn't sit and talk anymore because my legs were shaking and my stomach had twisted into a knot. I ended it as quickly as possible and went for a cry drive.

In the past month I've gone out with a few different guys and none of them have felt right, none of them made my heart feel light and I never left thinking of the next time I would see any of them...it is discouraging.

Henry Rollins always cheers me up, so I am going to lay in bed and catch up on Sons of Anarchy and call it a night.

I did buy a super cute candle at Kohl's today that brightened up my day a bit. For me monograms=love. Sooo cute...and it smells lovely!!!

yum-o

A quick post before I go to work. For lunch I am having the most amazing soup ever!! I am not big on canned soups but this one sounded super good so I decided to give it a try. 

It is Amy's, which is found in the health foods/organic section of the grocery store (at least in Dayton it is) and it is called Indian Dal: Curried Lentil. Sooooo sooo good. I added a bit more curry powder and turmeric to it, but it tasted totally fine without the extra...I just love their flavors. 

Now it is time for a quick walk with Monty before heading to work...it is just Pat and I in the office this week, oh what fun it will be. 

week recap

Two posts in one day. Wow. The first one was a bit blue...well more than a bit. This second one I will try to keep light. 

Despite the guy who broke my heart coming back into my life a lot of fun things happened this week. 

.Wednesday- I went shopping at the new Nordstroms and got a few cute things. There was a green cardigan I wanted but didn't get...now I wish I would've. Now I have a reason to go back. 

.Thursday- Stephanie and I took our dogs, Sabin and Monty to the bark park since it had been quite some time since we'd gone. They loved it and there were so many cute dogs. 

.Friday- I dropped Monty off at my parents and headed back to Dayton. Stephanie and I went and renewed our driver's licenses and then had much needed girl talk at Starbucks. There is a barista there that knows our orders by heart and our names, he mentioned that he brought us up in their store meeting in regards to the new Via instant coffee. So we took the Via challenge and won, we got free drinks and a dollar off a Via packet. I had one this morning and loved it. Anywho, after Starbucks we went to Dewey's for pizza and their seasonal pizza was the Cuban. IT HAS PICKLES ON IT!!! Amazing. Of course we got it without the pulled pork and Canadian bacon...but it was still insanely good. We took the leftovers to Ravi who was at a show and then went back to their place. I cried some and then we started watching cute things on youtube and 90's music videos and had some sing a longs. Then a few more people came over and we watched a couple episodes of This American Life. One really bummed me out so I went home and had a good cry. 

.Saturday- The first half of the day was really hard for me. I laid around and cried and didn't even take a shower till 3. I decided I had to get out of the house so I went for a cry drive and got some more emotions out. Stephanie got a hold of me and told me she and Ravi wanted to take me to Shanghai Mama's, which has some amazing vegetarian dishes. Once I met up with them they told me we could also go to Hollywood Casino if I wanted to, so after dinner we hit up the casino. I didn't win anything but I had a lot of fun and decided that video roulette is my new game. 

Whoo...that was a lot of update. Now onto today...I went up to Troy to pick up Monty and meet up with a guy I went to high school with. We went to La Fiesta an amazing little Mexican place that I try to go to every time I am in Troy.  We ate some good food and despite the fact we didn't really talk that much in high school, we had a nice conversation and I'm glad I went. The rest of the day I spent hanging out at my parents with my uncle who rode his Harley up from Georgia for the week. I also got a few pictures of the dogs, there was a stray cat in the field behind my parent's house so it was hard to get them to do anything besides stare at it.

newbie.

monty.

toby.

I'm hoping I get all this emotional stuff worked out this week and can put it behind me...easier said than done but we shall see. Other than that I have a social diversity paper due on Friday and a communications test to study for. Stephanie brought up that there are only six weeks left in the quarter and then I'm done, which I hadn't realized...for being so excited about graduating I can't believe I lost track of it all. 

Time to watch the last couple episodes of Gilmore Girls to get my crying done for the evening and then head to bed.

bomb in a birdcage

This week is for sure deserves a post. I have been through a lot emotionally...starting with my birthday. I turned 25 and it was kind of hard for me. I'm just no where near where I thought I'd be at 25 and I still don't know what I'm doing. Its hard. I feel like a 25 year old living an 18 year olds life. Despite the internal emotional drama I had a good birthday. My mom took me shopping and out for Indian food. Then Stephanie and I went to Starbucks and she bought me a pumpkin spice latte and brought black and white cookies (my favorite) for us. It was a nice surprise. Afterwards we went back to her place to see Ravi for a bit. They got me the second season of Flight of the Conchords...I can't wait to watch it. I've missed Bret and Jemaine.

Now onto the best/worse thing that could've happened to me at this point in my life...P (the guy that broke my heart in May) sent me a text apologizing for how he treated me and for everything he did and didn't do. I take it back, he didn't break my heart so much as blow it the fuck up...I know its dramatic to say this but I really feel like there is a lot less of it there. I have tried to date and meet new people but there is something missing, the part that allows me to care. He made me feel disposable and I'm afraid that is how I see people now. 

Oh man. This update is a bit too much for me this morning. I have other more exciting things to update about so perhaps I will do that later today.