Seasons

As summer closes out (can you tell I'm ready for fall?), I'm mentally gearing up for fall. To me, summer is a time to relish our moments outside. To spend time with friends at the pool, which we've done a lot of this summer. To get a really good bike ride in. Summer is about sweating when you get a good workout in. Summer in Texas is about  sno-cones and having sweat dripping down your back, when you go outside. It's about being active and enjoying the outside.  Oh yeah, and an annual girl's trip (which I still need to share with you).

To me, fall is such a nice complement to summer. It's about being cozy and maybe spending a bit more time inside. It's about remembering to take those quiet moments when you need them and staying a bit longer in bed because it's a bit chilly outside. It's a warm cup of coffee, a good book and a pumpkin buttercream candle. And if we're being honest with ourselves, it's also about those pumpkin spice lattes. 

 

To me, it's also come to be about football (what? Did I just say that?) I never thought I'd say that really. Football was never a huge deal to me growing up in California. But Texans do football- and they do it big. And it's become one of my favorite fall traditions.

Typically, fall has been about slowing down, but this fall will be a bit different. I'm ramping up on a pretty big project at work, combined with a busy events season on my work schedule as well- it's shaping up to be fairly hectic. Not to mention that little marathon I'm training for, as well as the Dallas Metro PCS half marathon in December. So while I do hope to enjoy those football games, a good book and some pumpkin spice lattes- I'm going to have to reconfigure that restfulness portion of it. But you know what? I'm totally okay with that. I think my good friend, Oscar says it best:

Some of my fave summer pics:

Happy Weekending!

Life Lately...

Annnnd after a brief blogging hiatus, I'm back! For good- so no worries. July has been kind of a whirlwind month so far, and I'm just now feeling my life begin to take root again. And I'm finally about to blog about the aforementioned "thing I couldn't mention," so get excited.

First, here is a recap of all things summer:

1. Steve-o brought my car on 4th of July weekend. And I absolutely L-O-V-E it!
2. Ryan and Rebecca's birthday weekend just happened to be 4th of July weekend also- so we celebrated- with cookie cake of course- because that is what you do when you turn any age. And being one year older doesn't make anyone less fun- so cheers to being 24!!!
3. I saw fireworks-after all- it's tradition.
4. I have officially been on the job for a little over a month- and I am blessed. I L-O-V-E my job and the people that come with it. I couldn't have asked for a better first "big-girl job."
5. Kelli and Hef came to visit me last weekend- and we laughed a lot, ate too much and hit up my fave wine bar, Uncorked. Come visit me again- my door is always open.
6. I found a GREAT new apartment- Love it- and more about that later.
7. My friend, Eva got married (finally) to her longtime fiance, Mateus. Congrats to you both and I look forward to a great party in BRAZIL next year!!!
8. And today, I completed a sewing project... on a sewing machine. I've clearly made great strides people. Haha. More about this later.

And now I find myself knee deep in moving boxes, packing tape and a 6 a.m. bootcamp (more about this later also)!

Read my latest post to see and hear about Jenny (one of my college roomies for two years) and Rusty's engagement!!!! It deserves it's own post and I'm so excited to share the story with you all!!