I love being confused about days.

I don't have much to post about. I planned on doing a craft this week (since one of my goals for May was to make/do at least TWO crafts - and I've only done one so far and, well, May ends tonight at midnight). But then having Monday off work really made my  brain so confused.
I have had NO IDEA what day it is this week all week. Where have I been? Where am I going? What are the things that I should be up to right now? 
   
Yeah, so, plan was to do a craft and post about it and be productive. But...it just didn't happen and I will try to do my craft this weekend or next week. Or maybe not. Next week I'll hopefully have a post about how AWESOME Boston was.
   
I'm going to Boston next week with Paul and his family to go to an O's vs Red Sox game. I have always wanted to go Boston. Not always. Just for the past few years. I have this weird obsession. It is so facsinating to me. I love the New England area. They seem so fancy up there/up north? I think this might stem from my best friend from my childhood, Michelle K (OHH, SHOUT OUT TO MICHELLE. DO YOU READ THIS?), going up there for vacation(s) when I was a kid and I just thought in my brain that it was some magical, awesome place. So, ever since then, I've wanted to go and just a few years ago I decided that specifically Boston is where I must go. I almosssst went last summer for a wedding but instead, went to New York City to see Glee in concert with Shannon. Glee was awesome and that day was awesome but of course I still needed to go to Boston at some point before I die. 
   
Aaaand so this week...my mid-to-late week post is about how confused my brain is since I had Monday off. This week has flown by and I'm okay with that. All weeks should be four-day weeks. All of them. So much easier to live this way - minus my brain not understanding life.
   
And that's that.

I love (three-day) weekends.

This very long weekend I:

• celebrated finding a lost dog and eventually getting it back to it's owner(s) by going to Beck's with Catie + Shannon and eating awesome food and too sweet peach lemonade.
• played with a sweet puppy at the puppy store. He got pee on my knee...but he was still super cute! I wish I could go to that store every day and play with a different puppy every one of those days. They're all so sweet.
• made the best fruit salsa ever and ate it all (or almost of all of it) for breakfast, lunch and basically dinner on Saturday. It was so good. I could only eat fruit salsa every day and be happy.
• saw long lost friends and watched Paul + Woodbine Hotline play their best show ever. It was so much fun!
• said goodbye to a neighbor's house. They're moving and it's sad! I'm glad I got to say goodbye to the house and them! Hopefully I'll get to see them before they leave for good. They're great people.
• slept in late and ate ice cream for dinner - best best best. 

I love Woodbine Hotline.

Hey, guess what! Woodbine Hotline is having their comeback show this weekend (SATURDAY) and it's really exciting! It's going to be a lot of FUN and there will be a lot of people and it will be just the best. 

Here's why:

1. Their new song is out. And it's good and catchy and good and catchy and good. Here's the song and you can buy it on iTunes! Dooo it. I did. Seeeeee? Now it's your turn! It's only 99 cents. That's cheaper 50 cents cheaper than that Gotye song is on iTunes. Just saying. 

2. They are funny...see? 

  

That's I've got. They're funny and their new song is out. They're also good and pretty cute and  I think that's probably enough reasons to go.

   

See you guys at 6:30pm on May 26th at Jams! :) 

I love weekends.

This weekend I:

• got a 3 hour head start on my weekend. What a treat. Got home, ate a weird grilled cheese with tomatoes on it (everyone, please remind me next time that grilled cheese with tomatoes is never as good as it sounds) and went to Georgetown with Shannon!
• wandered around Georgetown and most importantly of all, got some cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake. Happiest ever. They're so good and it was so cool in there and there were so many cupcakes (racks and racks and little pans of them - so maaaany) and Georgetown was so fun. I want to spend a whole weekend there. Must go baaaack. So many cool people and so many cupcakes in my mouth.
• played outside for hours with Paul. Being outside is awesome. I wish I could work outside sometimes. That's not possible...at all. But what if it was? That'd be great.
• got Swedish Fish ice at Rita's. This is worth noting because I spent all day eating mini bags of Swedish Fish that I stole from my sister, Catie. And even after eating all of those, I still wanted more but there weren't any left. So thank goodness Rita's sells Swedish Fish ice. Meant to be. It was so good...to me. Paul thought it tasted like how nail polish smells. I disagree. (So much rhyming.)
• saw a fire on a farm. Paul and I stopped to check out and of course, freaked out about it. We had a feeling it wasn't a real fire. Sure enough, it was a training for firefighters. Phew! 

I love Georgetown Cupcake + being lucky.

I think I've wanted to go to Georgetown Cupcake for years now. Maybe two years. Maybe one year. It seems like it was forever that I've wanted to go. I tried to make plans for my birthday and those kind of fell through so when it came up in conversation between Shannon and I - I knew we had to try to make a plan to go because what if I die tomorrow and never got to go to Georgetown Cupcake? Is that morbid? Not really. I don't mean it that way, I just mean YOLO so I need to eat all of the good cupcakes I can. Hahaha. 
  
It took us over two hours and driving down random streets with pretty houses that I wanted to live in and hang out in and throw BBQs at to get there. Traffic was a hot mess...big, huge, giant hot mess of people. Somehow, Shannon and I always end up lucky. 
By that I mean, we were looking for one of the three garages (we like to plan ahead, obviously) that I had picked out and printed out directions/addresses to. As we're searching for one of them, we realize we can't find it! Typical me when I'm in a city and looking for parking, I start getting worried and confused and frantic. So, we pull down this side road and realize there's meter parking and one little meter left for someone to park at! We pull up and try to pay (Ugh, trust me. I tried. I had to talk to this computer woman through the phone and  she was one frustrating lady. I'd like to punch that computer woman in the face. She's so hard at hearing.) but decide that we'd be fine if we just walk away and not pay. Like I said, so lucky. We couldn't find the garage (which turned out to be a SMALL parking lot...what?) so we pull down a random street and find awesome parking that's free! So lucky. Lucky life.
AS IF THAT weren't lucky enough...we start walking toward the main street and realize that Georgetown Cupcake is literally right across the street...with NO ONE lined up outside! We probably got the closest parking we could get AND didn't have to deal with large crowds of crazy people wanting cupcakes in their mouths.
   
We placed orders ahead of time the night before so we were able to walk right up and pick up the cupcakes we already paid for. So great. Everyone seemed to be pleasant enough inside and their shirts were awesome. I thought for one second that I would want to work there and then I realized I wouldn't be able to handle the previously mentioned crazy people who wanted cupcakes in their mouths. 
   
Here's some pictures of the cupcakes I got. They are...amazing. I wasn't sure how I felt about paying almost $3.00 for a cupcake...and then I ate one and I understood. 

I'm going to back. I have to. Gerogetown itself was amazing and so were the cupcakes so that's two reasons to go back. 

I love to hate things and then love them.

I've come to the conclusion that I usually hate (or dislike - that's a nicer way of saying it) something...before I like it a lot. Here are some things that I didn't like before I loved them.
   
1. "Jasey Rae" by All Time Low
If you know me, you know that this is my favorite song...ever. I don't know why, really. (I'm shrugging.) It just is. It's literally my favorite song...ever. Ever? Ever. It's probably so silly and not as deep as everyone else's favorite song but...yeah. Anyways, before I fell in love with this song, I definitely made fun of it. The part where it's like, "I've never told a lie, and that makes me a liar..."? I made fun of that and thought it was embarrassing for a while. I still kind of am embarrassed by that part, it's not my favorite thing ever...but I don't mind it and the rest of the song is my favorite thing in the world. 
   
2. Forever 21
In freshman year of high school, I would say that I thought Forever 21 is stupid....and I did think it was stupid. I thought it had gross clothes (what did I know? I can't remember what I was wearing in 9th grade but I'm almost 99.9% it was probably actually pretty disgusting and weird). I didn't hate it, but I definitely did not shop there. Then...a friend of mine had to return her clothes to Forever 21 one day after class in 10th grade and from then on, I became a fan of Forever 21. I guess I never gave it a chance...either way... I didn't like it...and now I love it. 
   
3. The Hunger Games
This isn't really something that I disliked...but I'm actually noticing a trend here. It seems like I make fun of things before I love them. Shannon was obsessed with Hunger Games and before the movie came out, I would always make fun of the name Peeta and thought it was hilarious. I would correct her and say his name was "PeTER" because I think I'm really funny and also because really? Peeta isn't a real name. It's a British person saying Peter.
I love Peeta now. I am very attracted to Peeta now. I don't make fun of his name because now I'm in love with him. And the Hunger Games. I want to go see it again and that never happens to me with movies. 
   
4. Lizzie McGuire
I remember when they first started promoting Lizzie McGuire. I would see commercials for Lizzie McGuire and say to my friends at the time, "This show is going to be lame. No one is going to want to watch a show that has part cartoon - part real person. That cartoon girl is weird." Yeah, apparently I was a huge Negative Nancy. I remembered feeling like an big idiot once I loved the show like a month later. I still love that show. Hilary Duff is still f'ing cool as sht.
   
5. Recent boy bands
I never thought I'd love a boy band as much as I loved N*SYNC once they left the building. I thought all boy bands after that point, would never be as good as they were. And now I love Big Time Rush and One Direction. Definitely made fun of them both before I loved them. I'm seeing BTR in concert in August. What is life?
   
6. Harry Styles
Speaking of 1D...I thought Harry Styles was the second worst boy in One Direction. I really made fun of him. Harry...is hairy. He has a lot of hair. But now I'm beginning to like his hair. And beginning to like hairy Harry. I can't explain it. How did I go from thinking he wasn't cute at all to him becoming my 3rd favorite boy? What is my brain?
  
7. Taylor Swift
I think everyone, or most everyone, gets that I don't like Taylor Swift. She is still someone I don't like. I don't know that I'll ever like her as a person. But for the past long while, I've disliked her music as well. But...I'm beginning to like her music. This is the most shocking of all. We'll see how things go. Maybe in a few weeks I'll start liking her as a person...but probably not. I'll keep you guys posted.

I love weekends.

This weekend I:

• drank way too much wine. Too much too much too much too much too much. Name that song.
• hung out with friends and played several rounds of Never Have I Ever. Hilarious.
• went to a show where kids who have lots of shin tattoos were hanging out. I felt like I was 15 again. Oh, what an adult I've become.
• went to McHenry Row with Paul and his family on Mother's Day - ate great food and hung out with a hilarious man. McHenry Row is awesome. I want to live in those apartments! 
• most importantly of all, lived like adults with Catie. By that, I mean, eating out every day and having frozen yogurt for dinner. We're awesome! 

I love cutting up t-shirts.

I've been trying to be more crafty lately. And by crafty, I mean looking on Pinterest for different crafts to do and then picking ones that seem semi-easy and not too time-consuming.

     

Last Saturday, I was sitting around after the Caps game trying to figure out something to do to keep myself busy before I left my house for the evening and I remembered that I had seen this tutorial on Pinterest that showed you how to make a racerback tank top (for working out) from a t-shirt. I figured since I'm trying to be more crafty AND I'm trying to drop some pounds and work out more AND Woodbine Hotline's new show is coming up in a  few weeks (May 26th - holla!), this was perfect.
    
I actually wound up using a combination of that tutorial and a video one by Cassie Po (both links below). 
    
I think it turned out pretty awesome. It looks great from far away but a little rough up close. I'll be honest. I was kind of rushing through it. Sometimes I'm so impatient, hahaha. 
I'm going to probably make some more in the future from other t-shirts that I don't really wear because it was incredibly easy and it's fun to cut up shirts and make them wearable when they weren't that wearable before.

Tutorial 1

Tutorial 2

I love these things (currently).

I love:

• remembering how truly lucky I am to have a full-time job currently. The past two and a half years of my life, I've spent countless hours worrying about how I'm going to pay off my student loans. It's caused me a ridiculous amount of stress. Today, I signed the papers to finally consolidate my loans and found out my first payment will be at the end of July. Signing those papers today made me realize that I don't have to be worried. I don't have to be worried because I have a way to make those payments! I know it sounds silly but I really do feel grateful to have a full-time job that will help me be able to make payments without any worrying. And to have a job with awesome people who are so nice and put up with me crying out of frustration today and looking like a baby (oh, life). Super, super lucky. I don't know if any of you guys read this, but thanks for being awesome! 
• Panera's new food. I haven't had any of it yet. And I'm really only talking about the Turkey, Avocado, BLT they're going to have starting tomorrow. Even after working there, I love Panera food more than most food. Definitely getting that new sandwich tomorrow after work. I earned it!
• wearing shorts. It's kind of ridiculous how I'm not a huge fan of my legs as of lately but I'd much rather wear shorts than wear jeans. I just can't do it. I am refusing to wear jeans moving forward until it becomes fall again. Or, that's a lie. I probably will. I just don't want to wear them anytime soon! Wearing shorts will force the weather to become awesome, right? Okay.
• Daily Grace's review of the Avengers (see above). She's hilarious. I feel like I need to see this movie but I probably won't unless somehow I can go with my sister, Catie, or maybe I'll just wait til it comes out on DVD. I've heard WAY too many good things to not see it at some point!
• that the Ravens got Jacoby Jones!

I love quotes.

"Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff.  Rule number two is, it's all small stuff."

- Robert Eliot

I love weekends.

This weekend I:

• voxed Jess + Kelsey for a few hours. A lot of it was just me saying "swaggie" (thanks Justin Bieber - this is my new favorite word) and them probably thinking I'm f'ing crazy. In fact, after me saying "swaggie" or "swag" a few times, they stopped responding to me. They definitely think I'm crazy, hahaha. 
• figured out what my May goals are going to be. They're probably the most difficult ones I've had this year. Mostly only going to Starbucks 2x a week (at the most - I'm really shooting for just 1x a week). I have been going 3x a week for the past couple weeks. That's almost $20/week spent on vanilla soy lattes. Gotta cut back! Losing 5 pounds will also be difficult buuuut whatever.
• got pumped on the Caps win. Mike Green is not only a hottie but he's also good - holla.
• hung out at the Wine Festival with Paul and friends. We got to watch Kyle play and walk around with James + Greg and eat at Beck's and eat (a lot) of kettle corn and hang out at Sydni and her mom's new store on Main Street (that has amazing candles, by the way. I want to buy them all!). It was a lot more fun than I expected it to be. 

I love my birthday week.

I declared this past week my birthday week. It started on Sunday at around 9:30pm and it will continue until tonight at midnight. 

I can't remember (story of my life) if I've ever really celebrated a birthday week before. I probably have. Either way, I did it this year.

Not much was different. Other than my birthday being on Wednesday. I pretend other things happened because it was my birthday. For example - Rita's on Thursday with Paul. I pretended that was part of my birthday week. It wasn't...but I pretend that it was. Work was also pretty good this week. I pretend that was because of my birthday week too (part of it was, thanks to the cupcakes my boss brought in - oh, snap). It's been a pretty good birthday week, hahaha.

My birthday itself was awesome this year. I got a little sad the day before and a little bit during the afternoon. I couldn't tell you why. I mean, I could but it's not what you expect. I get too excited for my birthday (obviously). I'm not one of those people that gets really down about getting older - I don't care that I turned 23 reeeeally. The problem is that I get super pumped and expect it to be this amazing, crazy, ridiculously magical day but then I get scared that it won't measure up to my expectations. So...then I try to not have any expectations. Then...I get sad for no reason. Makes sense? Right? No, it doesn't. I don't get it either. What's wrong with me? 

Good news, though! My birthday, like I kind of said already, was really fun. I spent it with the people I spend most of my time with and it was great. Want to see pictures? Oh, you do? Great because here's some for you to look at:

I'd have to say the best part of my birthday was having to spend $10.00 on a small glass of sangria. Since when does sangria cost $10.00, Cheesecake Factory? Why do you gotta be like that? Then, they kept offering me another glass! Why? So I could spend $30.00 on three glasses of sangria, hahaha. They sure are sneaky. 

I love(d) April.

In April, I:

• Raised a total of $280 for the Maryland SPCA and walked in the March for the Animals. It seriously warms my heart (cheesy, I know) that I was able to raise that much. I could have raised more, I think, but in the beginning of all of this, I didn't even think I could make it to $50 or $100 and I almost got to $300. I've said it a few times already, but thank you to everyone that donated. It means so much. 
• Tried falafel for the first time ever. I think I may be addicted. I can't get enough. Falafel in all things. Falafel sandwiches? Falafel salads? Falafel cookies?
• Started running 3x a week. It's really not that bad actually running but it's been hard trying to find the time to run. When I get home from work, I don't really feel like running. I kind of just feel like sitting and being lazy. I'll just need to get over it and stop being such a bum bum.
• Got caught speeding by a speed camera. NOOOOOOO. The worst ever. It freaks me OUT to see pictures of my car mailed to me. It's like the government is out to get me. Or maybe I was speeding and a camera caught me and now I owe money. Lame. Just so lame. I guess I earned it but...its lame.
• Got an iPhone! AHHH. I love it. I'm so obsessed with it. It's one of the best things that has ever happened to me.