Thirsty Thursday and Happy Hour Fun!

I cannot believe we've finally made it to Thursday!  This felt like one of the longest weeks in a veryy long time.  However, although it's only 8:00 in the morning, the weekend is almost here (everyone knows Friday doesn't really count).  So tonight we're going to do it up as always: in style and having a blast.

Once I get done at the gym.. let's take a detour right there.  I usually run 5 or 6 miles at the gym (not bragging, it's only dec), but since I've gotten one shin splint (yes, just one), I can't run for a few days.  Does anyone know what it's like wanting to run but you can't because your leg feels like it could just snap at the ankle?  I'm sure someone does.  Soo, I go into the gym now and walk (which I feel it's better to walk 4 miles than to go home and do nothing) in front of all of the beautiful guys.  And, of course, the week I can't run is the week every hot guy brings every one of his hot friends to workout.   Awesome.  But, I would still like to thank Fort Belvoir for supplying the eye candy that is necessary to inspire me to walk, instead of run.

After that I will go home and speed to get ready and then head out to Arlington (I really just need to get a place out there), and meet some of the crew at Union Jacks.

Doesn't this just look so quaint and fun..

Should be a good time.  And, it's always very "adventurous" getting home at 2:30a and waking up at 6:30a to work an 8.5 hour day not doing too much of anything.

I guess we're supposed to do this when we're young, before we run out of steam.  I foresee a trip to Starbucks early tomorrow morning...

Who's that chick?

For the people who know me, they know that I am by no means a touchy-feely, overly-romantic kind of girl.  So, when I tend to have really corny, romantic ideas, I tend to surprise myself.  Let's take the last 24 hours, for instance:

Yesterday I decided that I wanted to go somewhere this weekend... but not just anywhere... somewhere quiet, relaxing, where there's nothing to do but be there.  And I decided on Winchester.

Why Winchester you may ask..

Because Winchester (well, it's actually Stephens City) has a lovely drive-in movie theatre.  The movies that are playing: Cars 2 and Captain America.  Who can say no to talking cars and men in uniform?  Not me.
Of course, for some odd reason, my mind popped into thinking about how romantic it could be.. laying on the hood of a car, eating popcorn, and laughing with a cute boy sitting next to you (sometimes when I get like this I can't even recognize myself).

And it doesn't end there... the movie is followed by a little overnight stay at a hotel and then Saturday brings a trip to a nearby farm (Hollin Farms) where you can pick your own fruits and vegetables, have a nice picnic lunch, and, of course, be overly romantic.  (The more I talk about this, the more lame I feel).

Then, to top it off, I'm sitting at work today when I get an email from justflowers.com saying that I could save $7.50 on my next flower order.  So I think to myself, "Self, how cute would it be if someone had surprise flowers delivered to your house, or even to your work".  (I may have just out-girled myself). 

Really, who would mind waking up or coming in to something like this?

So, the last 24 hours have been full of thoughts of romanticism...

...Crushed by my boss yelling at someone on the phone... thank goodness for real-life!

9 Days and Counting

9 days until I touch down on my beautiful island (almost like home) of Oahu.
Unfortunately, I no longer know any sailors stationed there and so will not have anyone to attend "Dukes on Sunday" with, but I'm sure I can make some friends :)

In order to celebrate my "last weekend" (the third last weekend), before I start grad school, I spent the whole weekend running around.

Thursday night out until 2:30; Friday night out until 4:30; and Saturday night out until 4:00.  Somewhere along there I picked up a cold.. that is not okay.

The glorious crew at Whitlow's Rooftop

Friday night we decided to be different, with completely different lives and personalities.  Kelly was a model, I was a lawyer, and Richelle was a cardiologist.  When we do things, we go big.  Celebrating Kelly's booking and my 27th birthday (neither of which were legit), we ended up getting more drinks from the bartender than we paid for.  Now I see why guys pretend to be something they're not.  They do it to pick up chicks, we just did it for free drinks.  Either way, it seems to work!

(from left to right) Model, lawyer, cardiologist

Of course, I'm some work, so I drove up to Fort Meade to see what my new classroom (19 days) is going to look like.. quite interesting AND intimidating.  Let's keep our fingers crossed that everything goes well!

soon-to-be classroom (I'll get there an hour early on day 1 to test it out and see which seat I like the best.. not like I'm OCD or anything...)

So here I am, Happy Monday everyone, with no voice and no motivation to be anywhere but out and about... I am currently sitting in the dark, getting hotter and hotter as the lack of power means no AC and more heat.  What a wonderful day to start the week!

Personalized Stamps

There's nothing like being half-asleep at work and looking down and seeing the Spider Kellys stamp on your hand to remind you what a good time last night was.

I would actually like my own personalized stamp... B squared (the number) is what I want it to say... hints for Christmas gifts people!

Fun story:  I'm at Union Jacks yesterday when a girl walks up to me and says, "OMG, what a cute dress!", "Thanks!", "Where is it from?", "Forever 21", "Oh I wish I could fit into their clothes... I'd need two dresses put together to fit me.  Anyways, what's your name?  My guy friend and my other friend were trying to guess what it was.  We were thinking Allison or Stacey.", "It's Brittany.", "Brittany, that's a pretty standard white girl name... well, have a good night!".

Interactions like those are why I love people and why I have so much missed going out!

It's times like these when I wish I was a boy... or knew more about cars..

Good morning everybody!  Well, afternoon now.  Half of my morning was taken up by other events, so I still don't feel like it's 12:30 yet... except for the rumbling in my stomach, only getting louder as I continue to go without food.

Today's events:  get to work at 7:25a, should be a good, easy, slow day.  Everything is planned (because who am I if not a planner) and then ring, ring, my office phone is ringing... and guess who it is... my sister.  Turns out she's broken down 4 minutes from my work in the middle of the road, on the verge of tears, having some guys help push her car out of the road.

Of course, being the FABULOUS sister that I am, I drive right to her (when I should be at work doing work).  We call Camille (my mom) about 4 times to figure out what we should do.  See, normally in this situation we would call Jim (my retired dad) and tell him to take care of it.  Only problem, Jim decided this morning that he was going to take the train to New Jersey to visit Helen (my grandma).  So, no one really knows where he was at the time of this predicament, but it certainly was nowhere beneficial to us.

Big Ed came with his tow truck and bad attitude, adding to the stress and unhappiness of the day.  We then followed him and Ash's broken car to the car place.  (Ash is my sister, for those who can't keep up with the details of a story.)  Then it was off to Subway to get her lunch and deliver her home.

Man, I wish I could have stayed home... but there was no way I could take off from 10a-4p claiming it was all car trouble..  Although, in retrospect, a trip to the pool would have been nice.

So, here I sit, feeling a little better now that everyone is where they are supposed to be.  I'm currently sitting in the dark working (we're conserving energy after yesterday's power outage.  Look at us going green!)  I can't lie though, it's nice working in the dark.  Oh, and to add to the excitement of the day, I told my co-worker that, "Some of my best work is done in the dark!".  Sometimes I think the filter from my brain to my mouth is old...  Well, at least now they know something else about me!

The good news about this situation, I have on a really cute dress that got to see more people than just my co-workers today.  And, I have a sub for lunch.  Which means, if I ever get the courage to eat in front of people, I'll have a nice Italian BMT instead of cereal and cherries for lunch.

Flashback!

So I tried "Google-ing" myself (because I'm bored and like to know where I stand in the public eye), and I found one of my good friend's high school blog.  Complete with her thoughts about high school and photos of friends... Check this one out: my ex boyfriend Matt and I when we were 16!

Sometimes it's refreshing to take a trip down memory lane..

The Real Thing

Okay, so this blog used to be for one of my classes... but, since I have recently graduated and no longer need it for class, I'm going to try my hand at writing this for/about myself.  Here goes...

So, I start grad school in 3 weeks... WOW, it seemed so far away until my professor posted the syllabus for class and I have research questions, a hypothesis, and 3 chapters of reading to do before the first class!  I guess this is the fast-paced, structured life I was looking for... I really do enjoy it... Might enjoy it more once I find out how to get to class (at Ft. Meade, an hour and a half away) and make some friends..  Thank goodness for being outgoing...

In order to celebrate "my last weekend" as I started calling it (the last weekend before I have NO life for the next year and a half), I decided to try some new things... So, Saturday I joined my best ladies and a guy close enough to be my brother, for drinks in Clarendon and clubbing in DC... let's just say that I had enough fun to extend "my last weekend" to next weekend... assuming my textbook doesn't come in before Friday (when I have to get home and turn into a book worm).

So Arlington, Ballston, Clarendon, all beautiful places..  I hope to one day have a place in Arlington... it's just so elegant and classy.  We started at Hunan where we had some amazing sushi and beer.  Disclaimer: sushi and beer isn't the most delicious combination.. however, the shooters at the end of the meal went perfectly ;)

Once we finished at Hunan, we made the trek to the Metro (in 6 inch heels I was feeling much taller but a little more wobbly.. serves me right for getting shoes a size too big!).  A few Metro stops and a couple of Metro photos later (to celebrate the occassion of me actually using public transportation) we got off at Farragut West and walked down to Eden.  Definitely a better club experience than my first!

I spent the night picking out pretty guys and killing it on the dance floor with my meatball, and other half, Rachel.  But, 5ish hours later, my feet had had enough and it was back to the homestead for a good night's (actually early morning's) sleep.

The next afternoon it was out for brunch at Linda's Cafe in Arlington.  No photos will accompany this section since there was no was makeup, hair, or bras put on for the occassion. 

Then it was back home to watch "Unknown" with Josh while Rachel skated her little butt off.  The way to explain "Unknown"... cluster-f.
And to close out the exciting, fun-filled weekend, we saw "Horrible Bosses"... hilarious movie, and I have officially announced my crush on Jason Bateman.  Get it with your blue eyes Jason!

That's all for now... now I'm sitting at work for the next 8.5 hours... Joy.