Day 1524

Despite the loss of my beloved Arkansas Razorbacks to The Ohio State Buckeyes, my quick vacation to New Orleans and the Sugar Bowl was an incredibly fun time. Great food, great drinks, great people...what more can you ask for?!?! It was really wonderful being able to play and catch up with some of my college girlfriends...since most don't live in Little Rock, I rarely get to see any of them during my trips home. Smash, I had an especially fun time spending the trip with you! Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!

Day 1518

Tomorrow morning, super early, I'm flying out to the Big Easy! New Orleans for 25 hours sure sounds good to me!

Sugar Bowl, here I come! Woo Pig Sooie!

Day 1449

Last week I took a long weekend and headed back to Arkansas! Luckily I got to spend a few days in Little Rock along with heading up to Fayetteville for the Arkansas vs. Ole Miss game. The weather was horrible (two lightening delays made it a 5+ hour game), but it didn't kill our good times one bit! Before I left for Fayetteville on Friday, I got to have lunch with all my Little Rock girls and many of their babies. Lots of pregnant ladies among us. It was so much fun, but sadly I didn't get any pictures from it. Friday night I got together with my college besties to see Pat Green at our favorite, George's Bar. It was a blast, and I miss all of my girls so much! And of course, we had a DC reunion at the stadium house all weekend, but sadly no pictures from that either! It was a great weekend though, and here's the little I did document.

Day 699

So Friday night was supposed to be my night to FINALLY finish getting my house together. And what did I do? I laid on the couch, talked on the phone and watched "Across the Universe". I was totally worthless, and it felt fantastic. I needed that night.

So then Saturday was going to be my day. But then the music started bumping from upstairs, and I remembered my landlords were having an all-day birthday fest. I had to get out of the house, so I caved and went to watch the Razorbacks lose yet again. Another football game passed before we could finally leave for dinner at Oyamel (soooo yummy) and then I was talked into going out to meet an old friend who I found out was in town for the night. Then it got ugly...someone brought up dad and I ended the night in tears. Needless to say, I didn't get anything done Saturday either.

So now today's my day. And although I am at the moment totally worthless, lying on the couch typing this out, I have had my moments today. Grocery store. Check. Clean the bathroom. Check. Clean out closets. Check. Take out trash and recycling. Check. So I've done some stuff, but now I need some serious motivation to finish this FINALLY. Ugh, I've got to get this done. Today's my day.

Pic before dinner Saturday. It's really blurry for some reason, but I just wanted to show off my game day dress that I love. You can't see the belt or get the full effect though. "Plaid is so in" was my phrase of the night.

Day 685

This was a long weekend. Friday night consisted of playing mom a bit. Laundry and cooking dinner and laying out soccer uniforms--fun stuff like that.

Saturday was the early Razorback game. Enough said. I had to go ahead and continue mourning our team for the rest of the day, and tucked myself into bed a lot earlier than I should have for a Saturday night. A long day indeed. I did manage to cab it over to my aunt & uncle's house to say Happy Birthday to my now 14-year-old cousin Matthew. Bedtime, at their house, was shortly thereafter.

Today I woke up not-so-bright and early and finally made my way to IKEA to get a new couch and dresser. Did I tell you the couch situation? Well, when I moved in, my fantastic Pottery Barn sleeper sofa couch absolutely would not fit through my smaller-than-regulation front or back doors. So it's been sitting in storage and I've been sans a couch since July 20th. That's right, two months. THANK YOU Joyce for taking me today! Anyway, back to IKEA...so I go all the way to College Park, Maryland to pick up my new furniture, and halfway home (after being unsuccessful at Nordstrom and J.Crew) realized that part of my dresser box is damaged. So, we had to take it back to exchange, and an hour later made it home with a new one. Another long day indeed.

Anyway, long story short, my somewhat new apartment that I hate is a bit more livable now thanks to my new couch. I thought I'd throw in some new pics of the apartment, but this is all you're seeing of the hiz-ouse at the moment, because the other half is where I piled all of my magazines and laundry when I was taking these. One day, I'll let you all in to see just how small this hole of an apartment is that I pay way too much for. Until then, enjoy!



The new couch...so pleased I could find something this nice and comfortable at IKEA. Behind it was supposed to be my wall o'maps and pictures of places I've been and places I hope to go. However, since I plan to get out of here asap, I just piled them all up on top of one another. Still looks pretty okay though.



My faux-Tulip table (also an IKEA purchase) paired with my fabulous bamboo dining room chairs. I hope to get the seats recovered at some point, and also need to put up curtains sometime soon. It's a work in progress people.



Please ignore the celophane in the corner...just wrapping from the couch I haven't yet thrown out. I do also love my bookcase turn bar and my built-in shelves. I know I've talked about it before, but doesn't the wrapping paper I put behind the built-in bookshelves make it look so much better? I'm very proud of that creative moment.

Day 463

It's funny; I've been out of the loop for so long now that I am suprised to find out I've been missed. I'm sure I've mentioned my lack of going out...that's a bit of an understatement, but yes, I don't like to leave my bed sometimes. Especially during a school night. But tonight, I ventured out for the first time in, well, I can't tell you how long, to go to our Razorback watch party.

In DC, Hog watch parties are a big deal. Our clique town caters to these events, and us Arkansans love any excuse to get together and yell at the television. Tonight was no exception--what a terrible game. That aside, I saw all sorts of people I haven't seen in a long time. And every one of them asked about my recent whereabouts. Where have I been? What have I been doing? I felt I was on constant rewind all night long because my conversations were all the same.

But that's a good thing. I didn't realize how bad it had gotten until tonight. My friends and acquaintances there were all genuinely curious and concerned. And although it was never my intention to make people worry, it was almost nice to hear that they were. Nice to know that my presence was missed. Nice to know that people are still looking after me.

So tonight, I offer my apology to all out there that are bitting their fingernails because of me. Really though, like I've said before, there's a part of me that just needs my alone time. But when I'm ready to get out again, like tonight, it's nice to know that you're there to welcome me back with open arms. It's really hard to miss people...and it's something I live with daily. Not only dad, but there are many people I miss not having here in my life. But it's good to know that if I need someone, there are people here to look after me. Thanks to you all.