thinking out loud

Everyone goes through different stages in their lifetime. Some great, some not so great. Sometimes it can be easy to put on a smile and trick others into believing that everything is great. After a while though you just don't want to pretend anymore. It can be hard to move to a new place and settle yourself. That is what I am dealing with right now.

Towards the end of school, my group of friends began to divide and deciding to of course stand behind my bff, I've been left with half the amount of close friends. I know that leaving behind certain people in your life is the right thing to do. Some people can be like poison to your system, but it is still one of the hardest things to cut-out a longtime friend. It's hard discovering who people truly are. For better or worse.

Living on my own has been great, but I miss having close girlfriends around. My bff lives on the south shore is ma., another good friend is living in south carolina for the summer, and the others are dispersed as well. It has been more difficult meeting new people than I thought it would be. In college, meeting new people was pie. Everyone was centralized around the same location and everyone had a commonality. Life in the real world is the exact opposite. I'm such a people person, and this has been a shock to my system.

I didn't know my roommates before I moved in with them, but they are all really nice. Even though we all get along, we're all different and not the type of people who would hang out a lot together outside of living together. I'm just looking for some really great girlfriends to go out and fun with. I've just gotten to the point in my life where I don't want to deal with drama and people's caddy attitudes anymore. I want to meet some genuine people who would be around for the long run.

Planning Time!

My second oldest sister C & her husband P are pregnant with their first child, a girl! This will be the first of the next generation in my family. She is due at the end of October. I am ecstatic! I also discovered that I can be called Auntie M! (Okay so my name isn't "Em" like in the Wizard of Oz, but Meghan shortened to "M" works just as well!) My sister/mother and I have begun throwing around some ideas for the shower. Since I plan events for my job anyways, I have taken the reigns on this. I want to make it a fun/personalized/preppy affair. I would love any ideas/suggestions ladies!

weekend recap

So upon arrival back on the east coast I came down with a nasty head cold which kind of ruined things for the weekend. The boyfriend (Kevin) met me at my apartment on Friday night. We relaxed, ordered in some food, and went to bed early. We sound like such an old couple, but it was exactly what I needed after the travel work week from hell lol. Saturday we ran some errands and was going to try and make it down to the beach. We stopped by my sister's/her hubby's and ended up never leaving. At least we made it w/in a couple miles of the beach!

Father's day was pretty relaxing. Hung out at my parent's all day and watched the Muppet show. Yes, the Muppet show. My oldest sister got my dad the first season of the MS on dvd and we all vegged & enjoyed a couple of episodes together. Who doesn't love some classic muppets? I mean really?

It made me realize that I will need to purchase it as well lol. Even Kevin was bummed that he missed it! Today I am back in the office and trying to work through having to blow my nose every two seconds. This week should hopefully be pretty quiet around here. I have a wedding coming up this weekend as well as next weekend. Don't you just love wedding season?!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Scary, Scary

It is hard to admit, but I am horrible with my finances! I try to keep track of my debits/credits but I just can't seem to stay on top of it. My new goal is to really tackle my financial problems and clear up all of my bills. It would be so much easier to have a rich hubby to take care of it all for me! But that is definitely not going to happen, so I guess it is time for me to step up to adulthood. I work full time M-F but my obsession with fashion is eating me out of house and home. I suppose I could pick up a part-time waitressing job for the summer down by the waterfront or perhaps a nannying position for nights/wknds? If anyone in the Portsmouth, NH area has an leads for me...let me know! I could use all the help I can get ladies!

Enjoy the day!

Pic of the Day

When I went to camp the summer between 7th & 8th grade for two weeks, my parents send me a card everyday. Growing up I was obsessed with elephants, and one of the cards that they sent me had this image on it. Everytime I see this picture it brings me back to my childhood. I feel like the little girl in the picture is me!

playing catch-up

I am going to take advantage of a few moments of downtime between meetings to post some pics of the past few weeks. I believe I left off telling you all about going to my bff's graduation...

It was supposed to rain that day but ended up being absolutely gorgeous (I got a little sunburnt)

My best guy friend since freshman year of high school!

Next came the bff's grad party followed by a beautiful weekend on Cape Cod. Her Uncle let us take over his house on Buzzard's Bay (technically right above the cape) and it was sooo much fun!!

It was the perfect summer weekend and it was so hard to leave. I had to catch the 4 am bus the next morning for my early flight so I didn't even go to sleep. Luckily I gained two hours traveling to MST but my body is still all out of wack. I'm sure by the end of the week it will be adjusted by the time I need to leave again lol. The hectic day of meetings is over so it should be pretty smooth sailing for the rest of the week (plenty of time for blogging!). Tonight our group might go down to Sundance for dinner (as in where the famous film festival is every January- if only we were a few months earlier!). It'll be fun to walk around and see all the places that you in pictures of the stars. By being here I am missing out on the insance heat wave at home (low 70's here, high 90's at home). I guess we picked the perfect week to be traveling!!

Enjoy the day girls!

Sorry I have been out of the loop for a while, work has been crazzzzzyyyyy. I am in Utah all week for conferences so hopefully next week things will slow down. I will try to post some pics from this past weekend which was sooo fun soon! (My bf's grad party down on the cape) Hopefully talk to you all soon!