The New Abode!

Not much time for a post today, but here is the first picture of the new room all finished!

It Is Not Goodbye, Its See You Later...

As summer comes to a close, it has come time for everyone to return to their respective colleges all over the country, and I really don't like having to see everyone that "one last time" at the end of summer because it is just so depressing.

On a higher note, AR has already moved into our room and I can't wait to join her in our fabulous new digs!!!

I am currently in the middle of packing for college and I have just made it slightly more difficult for myself by buying a second pair of Jack Rogers. I was so in love with my first pair that I just had to splurge on a second!

I can't wait to see everyone when I move back!! Last day home tomorrow...

To all my fellow college students, happy packing!

School is Almost Here!

Ok, I will be the first to admit, I actually like the start of a new school year! It means new planners and notebooks (I'm a bit of an organization freak...) and now that I am in college I get to move into a new dorm room and decorate it all over again! Currently I am in the middle of packing for school and the absurd pile of pink and green is quickly growing into a mountain of college amazingness. I have a new pink shag rug for beside my bed, a lime green desk chair, pillows everywhere, and lots of boxes and bins to keep everything organized! I can't wait to post a picture of the new abode that I will be sharing with AR for the next year!!

The End of Summer?!?

I apologize for my recent blogging hiatus, I've just been insanely busy!!

A few things that I have done recently are:

Going to the Brooks and Dunn concert! (Yes, I am a country fan...) I went with MEC, CC, and RC to the Brooks and Dunn "Last Rodeo" Concert at the Comcast Center last Friday night. The legendary country duo is calling it quits after this tour so we wanted to make sure we were able to see them before the end. They have had so many hit songs, I couldn't believe how many of them I knew by heart! Sara Evans opened the show and she was amazing as well!

My "second job" came to an end this past Thursday, I can't believe six weeks went by so fast!! The little golfers (ages 4 to 14) were such great kids to work with! They worked so hard on their golf games all summer, hopefully I will be invited back to teach again next year!

I went to New Hampshire this past weekend to visit CR, we spent most of the day at the beach, which was really nice because I haven't been to the beach much this summer at all!

In a week and a half I will be moving back to Stonehill and into my new room with AR! Can't wait to decorate our new abode!!

Summer Nights

Every summer my friends and I love to have fires and play bocce on the court they built in their backyard. Last night was one of these nights! We had the puppies out with us and Joon wanted to play too! It was all we could do to keep her from stealing the balls in the middle of a game!

MEC and Benny

MEC and I playing bocce with Joon eager to join in!

Family Visits

This past week the California, Oregon, New Jersey and Pennsylvania contingents of my family came up to the Cape for a visit, and it was a nice little reunion! We all love spending time at "the pond" where two of my aunts live. 

Sneakers (The Yellow Lab) didn't want to look at the camera...

Then we decided to do photos by generation:

I'm the baby of my generation!

The next generation (who are actually closer to my age.)

And then there is Bear. He is in charge of everything.

Adventures in NYC

Last weekend I went to NY to visit the roomie, AR and her family! On Saturday we had quite a marathon day running all over NYC from Soho to Little Italy and then all the way through Times Square to The Upper East Side and Central Park. We started our day in Times Square at the New Amsterdam Theater where we scored student rush tickets to the 8 PM show of Mary Poppins! We went and haggled in Chinatown, and made some successful purchases, then we traversed a few blocks and ate lunch in Little Italy at an adorable restaurant where we sat outside and watched everything that was going on on the street! After Little Italy we went back to Times Square and Grand Central Station to explore a bit more. I had to see the place where the opening scene of my favorite guilty pleasure, Gossip Girl, was shot! After Grand Central we took the subway to the Upper East Side (once again hello Gossip Girl...). We went to the Met but decided that we didn't have enough time to explore the huge museum properly so that is number one on the to do list for our next trip...

Then we went into Central Park to see the little sailboats and the Loeb Boathouse!

Central Park was so beautiful and absolutely packed with people! Who knew a city surrounded this beautiful piece of nature?!

Mary Poppins that night was incredible. The theater was gorgeous and the sets were utterly amazing!

Love the roomie and her family who hosted me for the weekend!!!