This weekend.

My husband went on his family's annual hunting/camping trip this weekend, and sadly I could not go because of my job. I didn't mind this too much, except I was so afraid I was going to be super lonely without Craig!

However, I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to have a fun weekend with lots of "girl time" So I invited one of my best friends, Kim, to come over for the weekend.

Friday: Kim arrived around 6 and we ate pasta and yummy leftover sauce I had in the fridge.

My friend/former roomate Heather and her friend Jordan came over for a little bit, for the purpose of me doing thier makeup for a costume party that night. Heather was wearing a lime green 60's bob wig with a purple shirt, so I gave her bright purple eyelids with a huge cat-eye, and green underneath the eyes. It was pretty gorgeous. :)
Her friend Jordan, was going to be a certain basketball player (I can't remember who) and needed a fake scruffy goatee look. Makeup beards are so easyand fun, so that was a paice of cake, and it did look surprisingly like the goatee the player has.

After Heather and Jordan left, Kim and I proceeded to get ready for the homecoming dance. We didn't know if there was a theme, but we fingured since it was free it would probably be a casual dance, so we more t-shirts tucked into pleated skirts and sneakers (with amazing makeup of course) The dance was so fun. There was a Ballroom dance room for those who preffered the formal date setting, and a hip-hop room for everyone else. We went straight to the hip-hop room and danced our faces off. We ran into a bunch of my friends and joined thier little cluster right by the stage, and danced our faces off even more. See, at dances, we don't talk much; we don't really touch each other. We Just dance independently with each other, being as fun and creative as we can, until it's painful, and then keep dancing until the pain doesn't matter anymore and we go into dancing nirvana. It's amazing. We don't dance to meet new people, we don't dance to find romance or physical affection, we just dance for the sake of dancing.
One friend of Kim's that we ran into was especially great at this. He is in a pro breakdancing troupe, and was pretty amazing-not just at break dancing, but dancing in general.

It was so refreshing just go and dance. I definitely needed that.

Saturday: I had to do a quick task for work early in the morning (to help get the staduim ready for the homecoming game) and Kim kindly drove me there. It was freezing. But things got done faster than usual, which made me really glad. When I got home, Kim and I decided to make some herbal tea (she had mint/lavender and I had peach) which was lovely. Kim made the best oatmeal I have ever had for breakfast; really it was amazing! She is a very talented cook! In fact, she is soon going to open an Indian food cart. Look up Curryosity on facebook. I have tried her indian food and it is amazing.
After breakfast we talked and played on youtube for a little while. Once of my favorite things to do with friends is just sit there and talk. We had fun laughing at all sorts of things, from stuff we did when we first became friends 6 years ago, to a hilarious blog, (A hyperbole and a half) to the spelling we used in elementary school (ex: The Mostders pot out and it searred me.)

After a while, we decided it was time to go shopping. We walked around the mall for a couple hours talking fashion (basically talking fashion is the BEST) and getting ideas for crafts. We didn't see anything we felt was quite worth spending money on, and so we ate at Carl's Jr. (Kim and I always go to Carl's Jr when we hang out-it's like an unofficial tradition!) and went to D.I (trift store) where we imediately found tons of amazing clothing and accessories! I bought 3 belts and a hoodie (which i plan on altering) and Kim found this amazing fur coat.

I love hanging out with Kim because she is so proactive and creative. She always helps me get lots of ideas going in my head! She is also very down-to-earth and I feel totally comfortable around her. We can talk about anything, and I can trust her to be a true friend. I am so grateful to have her.

When it was time for us to part ways, we both agreed that this was a much needed weekend. It was so incredibly refreshing to hang out with her and I feel totally motivated in so many areas of my life now! Thanks so much Kim, for the great weekend! You amaze me!

And now, I can't wait for my wonderful husband to come home. Let's hope he brings good news of a catch!

Fall fall fall

Work: This week is the one not-busy week for work. Luckily, it happens to be the busiest week of school for me so far this semester. I say luckily because I can skimp on work in the name of homework this week more than I could any other week. Really, I shouldn't be writing this blog right now, I should be studying for a rather hefty exam tomorrow....but I digress. I just want to say, I am enjoying the benefits of having a job that requires some physical labor, because my arms are nice and toned and I am dropping weight!
My manager is really nice and very easy to talk to. My coworkers and I get along quite well, and there's kind of this thing where we try to do tricks. You know those tricks that people do with their hands in elementary school? We love stuff like that.

Home:Due to the busy schedules Craig and I have, our apartment looks like a disaster. When it's clean, it looks great, I promise. But today, it is not clean. Also, we've both had major problems staying asleep lately, and for a while we couldn't figure out what it was. Today, Craig realized that it's probably due to the fact that we have a semi-studio apartment, meaning there are only walls, not doors, between rooms. All my life I've never enjoyed sleeping in a room with an open door. So, we are going to get a nice curtain to hang in the doorway between the front room and our room. Hopefully that will help us sleep better!

School: psshhhhh...it's stressful. What else is there to discuss? I am going to go to the career counseling center soon to decide what direction to go in my major and look at other major/minor options. I just don't feel very excited about what I am learning in my major.

Fun: We are helping out with selling crafts at the family booth at Sleepy Millcreek Hollow this year. Sleepy Millcreek Hollow (sleepymillcreekhollow.com) is a little Halloween festival (including a haunted trail) put on by the same people that coordinate the ever-popular Renaissance Fair held every May. I absolutely love being involved in this. I love sitting out in the fall woods sharing a love for costumes and handmade goodies with other people.

This is my gypsy costume from last week. Of course, everything in this "costume" is clothing I already own and wear.

This is our booth. Simple and natural.

Other than that, I think grocery shopping can be pretty fun. Between school and work, opportunities for socializing are scarce right now, so we just try to make our everyday activities as fun as possible.

Me: Other than all of that, I am just trying to keep up. I play with makeup whenever the opportunity arises, and make crafts when I can. I am in a wonderful institute class where Craig and I have grown so much spiritually. I am looking to join a couple of clubs on campus, and I try to resist impulse buying :) Mostly, I just try to keep it real.