June Forget Me Nots
Posted: July 1, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: reflections, summertime 2 Comments »This blog serves multiple purposes in my life and one of them is to record my life, what matters to me and the things that happen to and because of me. Every month has its moments and every month deserves some reflection.
June.
Attending orientation for grad school and feeling the biggest rush of excitement I’ve had for school in, well, ever. Making my first vlog. Taking risks and feeling glad I did. Yankee/Red Sox game in NYC with MC. My graduation party. Being reminded of how vibrantly eclectic the collection of people in my life is and feeling grateful for all of them. Training my replacement at work. Being pee my pants excited over knowing within a few shorts weeks I won’t have to spend 40+ hours a week doing a job I’m not remotely passionate about. Afternoons spent reading outside. A new, leather bound journal. Reconnecting with one of my (two) cousins. Getting back into running and feeling all its benefits. Pushing myself. Setting new fitness goals. Feeling a heavy sad. Focusing on self reflection. Having an old school girl’s sleepover with two of my favorite ladies (complete with pinot grigio and prosecco of course). First wedding of the 2011 season. Drinking and dancing in the same room where four years earlier we celebrated my brother’s wedding. A bold, deep plum lip. Father’s day BBQ. Losing the movie passes. De-cluttering my apartment and getting rid of any item that didn’t make me feel happy and any clothes that didn’t make me feel pretty. FINDING THE MOVIE PASSES. True Blood. A rooftop bar. New mac and cheese recipe*. A week alone. Feeling really fucking sad again. Examining why and focusing on gratitude. Feeling content. And independent. And hopeful. MC coming home from vacation and being reminded exactly why my life is better with him in it.
Currently looking forward to July with all its fireworks, beach days, BBQs, a 5k, Boston visit and Shark Week which starts ON MY BIRTHDAY!
* The BLT one Nora posted on her blog. I made these strawberries as a dessert and both were a HIT.
I love: shark week, finding things we lost, girl time, mac ‘n’ cheese, fitness goals.
I am not loving the sadsies.
Also, YAY, it’s your birthday month!!
Love this list! It’s nice to find those moments where you can reflect on a month and realize ‘holy bananas! I DID DO SO MUCH! I WIN AT LIFE’. So glad you posted a vlog, you know how much I adore it. And don’t even get me started on SHARK WEEK. Expect roughly 67,304 emails during that time period.
Also, I tell you this all the time, but I’m so glad we are friends. Our emails keep me sane during busy months.