Happy Day

Today is lovely for a variety of reasons. I just met K for lunch in Midtown right across from my office, where we had delicious breakfast food and then sat outside on benches and chatted for the rest of my lunch hour. The weather in Atlanta is perfect today--warm, not hot, and a little overcast. Gorgeous. Perfect day for a picnic...maybe we'll eat our dinner by the pool this evening?

We had lots of fun last night too. We met my friend Kate at her cute house in the Highlands and went out for Thai food. We sat there for much longer than I realized, talking about everything from politics (don't get me started) to law school (where K will be come August) and, of course, all of our boy troubles (plenty to go around at this table, let me assure you). We had the best time, and it made me more sad that Kate will be leaving me soon to move to Jackson. Boo hiss. Maybe i'll get to visit her for Mardi Gras though!

The past 3 nights of staying up late have started to catch up with me--I'm an old lady, I know. I'm hoping tonight I'll get to bed earlyish, even though I feel bad since I have a guest! Oh well, only one more day of getting up early this week because I'm finishing up my week working from home on Friday. I still need to come up with some fun things to do with my friends this weekend. Maybe a Braves game? Maybe shopping or the World of Coke? We'll see! And if any of my Atlanta friends are reading, suggestions are welcome!

Greetings from sunny FLA

Happy Monday, dear friends. I am excited to be blogging from lovely Boynton Beach/Boca Raton, Florida. Every inch of land is covered in palm trees and beachy looking buildings...its beautiful, and freaking hot. I'm talking the kind of hot where I felt like I was melting the moment I set foot outside. At 10 AM. Ick. But I still love it and am thrilled for a change of scenery for the week. And I have a visit from Mom and Granny to look forward to on Friday when I get back to ATL. Beyond happy.

So as you most likely know/can gather from my last few blog posts, its been a rough few days since last Thursday. Some life changes, albeit good and necessary ones, but changes none-the-less and rarely is change easy. A and I have decided to take breather for the summer to take time out for ourselves. This is a really good thing for both of us, but obviously not too fun to think about. He is one of my best friends here, and I'll certainly miss seeing him on a regular basis, but my head and my heart are sure that our decision is the right one, and that makes me happy. We decided to feel things out again in a month or two, and see if we'd like to be together again, so we shall see what happens:)

Thanks again to all my wonderful, amazing friends who I called on this weekend--by phone or in person. You are all so special and helpful, and I am grateful to have you. You have made my life easier just by knowing you are there and you'll put up with me acting crazy every once in a while! I am so happy to know that I have made such good friends here, too. Its hard going through something, knowing none of your best friends are anywhere remotely close by. But, when I needed my friends here, they allll came out to help me. So wonderful.

I'm sure there will be more periods of craziness than moments of clarity in the near future--there's lots and lots going on, work, travel, etc--so I appreciate all the support in advance:) And I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

Greetings from Cajun Country

Hello from Louisiana! I'm having a lovely Central Time afternoon. I was ravenous by lunch time (being an hour behind), so I just scarfed down a large Mexican meal with my cokworkers, and am ready for a nap. Travel work days are always hard, because my brain doesn't get into thinking mode very easily after spending the entire morning in the car or on a plane. Especially since I was just on a plane coming back from Raleigh yesterday. Ick.

My weekend at home was excellent. I love being with my parents and my kitty and my best friends. Something about driving around Raleigh and sharing meals with the people who know me best makes me unbelievably happy and at ease. I wish I could recreate that feeling here, but I'm not sure the comfort of home is something that can be recreated period. We all know how much I needed to get out of town for a few days, and I made the most out of my short time there. If only I could've stayed another week...sigh.

And of course, now I'm out of town yet again. I flew in yesterday afternoon, shopped a little with Claire (so excited to see her again--and *gasp* she might be roommate potential since she just bought a house and has extra rooms!!). You have no idea how thrilled I was at the thought of having someone to live with again. Eeek! And if the roommate thing doesn't work out, at least now that I've seen Claire again, I'll hopefully have somewhere to hang out when I'm bored and need a friend:) Also (hilariously), Claire and I came to discover that Andrew and Claire's dad are in the same all men's cooking club. Small world indeed.

So overall, I'm feeling a little better but still missing home. Its nice to still be out of town this week and away from my lonely apartment. And so much to look forward to when I get back into town next weekend: Claire's house, Sarah's cookoutpalooza and Andrew will finally be back in town! I've missed him a lot and can't wait to see him again..I hate to be sappy, but its true!

I hope everyone had a glorious weekend and a not so bad Monday so far!

Back to reality

Sigh. Back in the office already...I can't believe my beautiful holiday weekend that I had so been looking forward to is already over! I had a really wonderful time and wish I was still in the beach condo right now!

We got down to the beach late Friday night after lots of horrible traffic out of Atlanta. Driving trough Savannah and over the bridge to the island was heaven. I felt immediately happy and relaxed and great. Saturday was rainy all day long--pouring most of the time. I wish it had been sunny and nice, but I honestly kind of enjoy the rain at the beach. Its relaxing, and Andrew and I got to spend lots of time together just playing cards and eating seafood and driving around the island going to tacky beach shops. There were also lots of delicious frozen beverages to be had as well:) Sunday was luckily less rainy, but still very overcast. We walked on the beach and laid out by the pool for a long time, and of course, I got sunburned. Apparently we were getting a lot more sun than we realized--we were both pretty red by the end of the day. I think I got dehydrated too...I didn't feel so hot by the end of the night and we ended up just sitting on the couch, eating pizza and watching movies until bedtime. Monday morning we woke up to absolutely perfect weather--the day we were leaving, of course. We packed up, took one last walk on the beach and drove to Savannah. We had a really great lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Savannah river, which was beautiful. The drive back to Atlanta was nice and quiet, but I was so sad to see the weekend end so quickly. I loved getting to spend so much time with Andrew, and I hope he had a good weekend with me too. I think it was a good test for us--I didn't get tired of him at all, which is saying a lot for me. Being with him 24/7 was actually really nice and I liked getting to know him a little better and being away from everyone with him. I hope he felt the same way:)

Once he dropped me off last night, I got my usual little wave of depression that I get when I'm by myself again after having been with people for a long period of time. I still hate that I feel this way! I wish I could just be happy after having such a great weekend, but instead I just felt a little bit empty. I'm starting to wonder if I really don't like living alone as much as I thought I did? I do cherish my alone time sometimes, but after having someone to constantly be around and talk to all weekend, I just feel lonely when I'm by myself again. I have plenty of friends and family I can call, but sometimes its just not the same. I love that I can call Kristin anytime I need to, and she is always there for me and genuinely understands what I'm feeling. Maybe I've just got a little more homesickness going on...I don't know. Thankfully, this is only a 3 day work week for me, and I get to go home this weekend! I can't wait to see my parents, my cat and my friends.

Thanks for reading all about my craziness. Its kind of helpful to put this stuff out there sometimes:) Overall, I'm a happy girl this week. First grown up boy-girl vacay is checked off the list! And I get to be in North Carolina, the best place in the whole world, in 3 days. In the mean time, there's plenty at work to keep me busy. Although, I'll definitely be making time to post my feelings on last night's intense episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8, since I'm an official blog stalker for them now! Hope you all had a wonderful 3 days!

Holiday Weekend, Baby

Happy Friday! Today is finally the day--my beach trip with Andrew that I've been looking forward to for weeks! Can't wait for sun, sand, ocean, pool time, seafood and some quality time together:) I hope all my lovely readers have a wonderful weekend too. Any big plans? I'd love to hear about them! And if you're a regular reader out there and never leave a comment--I'd love to hear from you too! Drop me a line anytime:) xoxo

Don't these make you happier just by looking at them?

four days until beach time!

Ahh, Tuesday. It's a nice and sunny day in Atlanta, but it was only 53 degrees when I left the house this morning! I had to wear a jacket for the first time in weeks and weeks! It was slightly refreshing, and I'll definitely take what I can get now before the extreme heat of summer sets in.

I have a lovely midweek frolf date planned for tonight, then something yummy for dinner. I've got to remember to pack a snack for the park, though. I guess I still haven't adjusted to some aspects of big city livin'. I like to eat dinner at a reasonable hour! Haha. Anyway, I'm excited to try out my new discs I bought this weekend. It's so weird that I actually am willingly playing a sport, and I really like it! Although throwing frisbees and walking around in the woods isn't exactly high intensity, but at least it gets me outside and moving around!

Not much else going on today. There's lots to do at work before I get to go to the beach on Friday! I hope everyone is having a great week so far!

Teehee

Watch this!

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As for the weekend: it was awesome. Sara got here on Thursday night and we finally went to a restaurant within walking distance of my apartment I've been wanting to go to for a long while. It was yummy. Friday morning I came into work for a few, then we spent most of the afternoon having coffee and chatting with one of our former teachers/friends from high school. It was pretty great to see two familiar Raleigh faces in the ATL, and we had a good time catching up. We were dying of starvation by the time we left, so obviously we went to the Varsity for dinner. Nothing is better than Varsity onion rings. Nothing. We also popped over to Atlantic Station to check out H&M (shockingly my first time since moving here) and a couple other stores. Saturday was spent at the World of Coke, where I tried every. single. Coke. product. I'm not going to lie, that was probably the most carbonation that has ever been in my body. Especially considering I don't really drink soda period. Then we went to Lennox for more shopping, and finished off the evening by going to Gladys's Chicken and Waffles!! We couldn't go to the gangsta-fab one downtown because it was packed, so I don't think we really experienced the full atmosphere. BUT, the waffle was awesome and it was actually really good with fried chicken wings on top. Who knew? I finally feel a little more ATL now that i've been! Sunday, Sara and I ventured up to the outlet mall to spend even more money (I bought myself a treat at Coach for passing my exam), and then I sent her in her merry way back to Raleigh. After she left, I went over to A's for our usual Sunday night hangout. Lots of fun.

I am so happy Sara was here for a few days. It was beyond good to see her and talk to her all weekend about everything imaginable. There is nothing like a visit from an old friend to lift the spirits and put life back into pespective a little bit. I'm excited that she got to meet Andrew as well, because its always nice to be able to introduce the people who know me best to the new, exciting people in my life here. Needless to say, I'm a happy girl and can't wait for more visitors. If you are out there reading this, you know that my door is open!

As for this week, I'm in a class at work. Luckily, its in my building so I didn't have to travel for it. The topic and activities aren't my thing, so I'm not really enjoying myself that much (yet, hopefully). But, its nice to be out of the cubicle and meeting new people. And the class is only through Thursday at lunch time, so it doesn't interfere with my flex Friday--crucial. Let's just hope I make it to then:)

SCD arrives tonight!

My quality of life has already improved so much since I got my test out of the way yesterday...I think it was adding more anxiety than I realized. But now I feel fabulous and carefree again! Lots and lots of good things to report on:

1. Sara is coming to Atlanta today!! I am so excited for my first official visitor. I'm taking a half day off work tomorrow so we can be lazy by the pool, shop and eat to our hearts' content. It will be so wonderful to have someone to hang out with all weekend too...none of my usual boring routine of trying to entertain myself. One downside: I probably should've cleaned my apartment before her arrival since its been very neglected this week, but alas, didn't happen. Oops.

Maybe we can recreate this amazing photo from my 21st birthday party this weekend? Hmm..

2. Fabulous meal at Roy's last night. A and I are making it our personal goal to dine at as many island themed restaurants as possible (weird, I know). Last night we had delicious Ahi tuna, Mahi Mahi with some kind of lobster butter sauce that I would like to swim in, and the official most amazing molten chocolate souffle of all time. I also had some type of pineapple martini that was so good I can't even really put it into words. Oh Roy's, I heart you.

3. This weekend I will finally be visiting Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles restuarant. I think I've mentioned this place before (because its one of the reasons I love ATL so much, and I haven't even been yet). A and I tried to go a couple of weeks ago, but the line was out the door and it was late. Sigh. This weekend we will for sure be making an appearance...hopefully at the downtown location, but we're willing to drive to the burbs for the other location if its too packed. I have to introduce SCD to the very best the city has to offer, obviously.

4. I will hopefully be getting in some solid pool time this weekend. I am in desperate need of a tan and I want to get a little color before the beach weekend (only two weeks away!). There's nothing worse than burning like a lobster on the first day at the beach.

5. Ok, so maybe this isn't really a good thing to report on, but I have become mildly obsessed with reading about the Jon and Kate Plus 8 cheating scandal! Its all over US Weekly--there's even video!--and I find the story very sensational. Still not sure if I believe it (I never believe anything until its on people.com, the only legitamite celeb site), but that hasn't stopped me from reading all the stories. One of the more shocking tidbits I picked up from one of the articles: Jon and Kate make an estimated $50K to $75K per episode of their show! Holy crap, thats a lot of money for not really doing anything except their daily routine with the kids. Wow.

6. Its Thursday, which is always a good thing.

7. I didn't go clothes shopping yesterday like I wanted to...hooray for me! I still do want to buy myself a little gift for passing my test, etc, but I'm going to try to think of something memorable that I can get/do. In theory I need to be saving up for all the lovely foreclosed/discounted condos I want to buy one day. If I ever complain about being bored, remind me to start doing some real estate research. No sense in renting when I can buy.

Rain+dark sky=extra caffiene needed.

Back in ATL after a fabulous Raleigh weekend. I purposely didn't make many plans while I was home this weekend, and that was an excellent call on my part. It was nice to be at home, run errands and shop with Mom, and just generally hang around town and relax. I always forget just how relaxing it is to be in my hometown. Home is peaceful and quiet and green everywhere. You can actually hear birds and insects and not the usual city noise I'm used to now. Atlanta is many things, but "relaxing" isn't really one of them. At least I haven't really discovered my relaxing places here just yet. I have very ambitious plans for exploring Piedmont Park and going to free concert Wednesdays in Centennial Park all summer, but as of right now the most relaxing place I can go around here is the mall (I know, I'm strange..the mall has always relaxed me). But, I really need a place to go where I don't spend tons of cash:)

Needless to say, I had a lovely time in good old NC and didn't do anything terribly special. The book sale was great (I fed my art history habit and got a ton of great/huge art history books...too bad I couldn't bring them back to ATL on the plane. oops) and I had an awesome dinner with Erin on Saturday night at North Hills. I did some quality window shopping by myself before I met her and soaked in a little of the place where I used to spend soo much of my time. It was really nice. The creme brulee cheesecake I had at dinner made me very happy too!

As great as the weekend was, I was ready to come back south yesterday afternoon. I take this as a good sign, considering how torn I've been feeling lately..missing home and feel lonely and whatnot. But I'm hoping that was just a little phase of the last few weeks. Something about May (the best month of the year, in my opinion) has given me a new lease on life.

Last night once I got back home from the airport, I went to A's house where he made me delicious fajitas, even though it was raining too much to grill outside, and we watched bad Sunday night tv as usual. I've been dragging this morning, despite my best efforts to caffienate with the extra bold brew. Tonight I'm looking forward to doing some laundry, unpacking from the weekend and going to bed early. I'm finally taking my work exam on Wednesday morning, so its like final exam cram time for me for the next two days. I feel like a college student again! If only..
I hope y'all had excellent weekends too and are having a happy Monday:)

One of those days

I can already tell its going to be one of those days where I post about 15 times, because the internet is full of treasures and tidbits!

First: super shocking (or maybe not so much) story and photos from US Weekly. Jon (from Jon and Kate Plus 8, of course) leaving da club at 2 am with some mystery chick while Kate is away on a book tour. Uh oh! I must admit that I do watch the show (one of my guiltiest pleasures, along with Secret Life of the American Teenager and Tough Love on VH1), and although I can't blame Jon for wanting to get out of the house away from the kids and (very nagging) wife, what the heck is he thinking? Can't wait to see how this one pans out.

Second: The Hurricanes won their first series of the NHL playoffs last night in a crazy last minute win! Although I admit that I was out and didn't actually watch the game (shame on me), I'm so excited! Good for them, and I hope they can go all the way to the Stanley Cup this year! Side note: between my March Madness obsession this year, my recent foray into frisbee golf and this, when did I get so sporty??

Third: I was robbed of my NC BBQ in Atlanta experience last night. We drove to the restaurant only to find it closed (permanently?), but the sign said "visit our other location at XYZ address", which we obviously did. It was the catering headquarters which is only open for lunch on Fridays. WTF? I was so looking forward to a mountain of meat for dinner...sigh. We ended up getting some delicious Mexican food, so I was alright:) I'm pretty sure that I'm going to require a trip to the good old Barbeque Lodge in Raleigh this weekend though!

Fourth: Andrew is much more tech-savvy than I am, and last night he bought be a cord for my computer to hook into my tv. So now I can watch online tv shows and youtube videos on my big screen! Its so wonderful..who knew?

Fifth: Thank the Lord for Starbucks extra bold blend in the cafeteria downstairs. Not enough sleep last night=caffiene is my best friend today. Hopefully I can stay awake and get lots of work done today. I just hate days when that first thing I think of in the morning is "what time can I get back in my bed tonight?". Its just one of those days.

Sixth: My mood continues to be excellent, despite the extreme sleepiness. I think I was just a little crazy over the weekend, but that's nothing new for me. Overall, I'm lucky to be a happy, independent and generally not overly emotional person. Sometimes a little crazy spills out...it happens.

Seventh: Again, A. might be one of the best people ever. He has a free companion ticket from all of his Skymiles that he has to use before July, which means I might have a free ride to NYC to visit K one last time before she leaves the city. How perfect is that?

A few good things

A couple randoms to brighten up this Tuesday morning:

1. First off, my mood has improved dramatically. Not sure why, but I'm not asking questions! I went to ther library last night and picked up a few books, got my exam for work rescheduled to next Wednesday and did some laundry. I LOVE that its finally light outside until after 8 o'clock. I need to start walking around my little apartment neighborhood part of my evening routine.

2. Hurricanes are playing in a game 7 tonight in the NHL playoffs! I have to admit I've been a bad fan this year, but its not all my fault. I don't get nearly as many of the games on tv here as in Raleigh...sad. But I do still have lots of love in my heart for the Canes, and I am so happy they are having a great year after two disappointing years of no playoff time. Yay!

3. I'm seriously trying to take a (clothes) shopping sabbatical. I don't need any new clothes. I have too many. We'll see how long I last!

4. Tonight it date night and I am thrilled because I received some "welcome to the neighborhood" coupons last week in the mail, and one of them was for this restaurant called Dusty's. They claim to be the only authentic Eastern NC style BBQ in Atlanta, and I'm going to be the judge of that myself tonight! The best part: if its awesome and authentic, I can have a taste of home anytime I want. If its a rip-off and not North Carolinian at all, I still get a taste of home when I go home this weekend!

5. For me, nothing is more gorgeous/more North Carolina/more spring time than a Dogwood tree.

More than a little blah.

I had a couple of really great talks with some good friends last night, but both had an overall depressing tone. We talked about loneliness a lot, and how tough it is to make and keep friends as a working adult. It is definitely not easy, and for me, has been the most daunting part of becoming a "real person". There is no automatic camaraderie like in high school or college. Sometimes I wish so much that I had a roommate in Atlanta.

As much as I enjoy having my own personal space and living alone, lately I've been craving more personal interaction. The strange part about that: I think I've been feeling more lonely because I have been having more personal interaction lately. So much more than when I first moved down to Georgia. I am so lucky to have made a few friends and to have Andrew. He and I spend most weekends together, which is wonderful. I love being around him and just having someone to talk to and eat with and just sit around doing nothing with for long periods of time on my Saturdays and Sundays. But then something strange happens. As soon as we have lunch on Sunday and go our separate ways, I immediately feel overwhelming lonliness. I am a person who craves alone time, so you would think I'd be ready for some separation after so much togetherness. But not so. When I walk back into my quiet apartment, I feel sad. I don't like this about myself, but I'm not sure how to change it. Last night even after a perfect weekend, a massage appointment and a couple long phone conversations, I felt completely alone. I guess this is just another step in the process of really learning myself in my new (more solitary) life in Atlanta. I knew it shouldn't have been as easy as it was for the first few months I was here. I was happy and content with my new independence, and thought it was really wonderful that I could adjust so well to being on my own. I suppose I'm just going through a little bit of a growing pain. The goal for this week is to be happy for all the wonderful things and people in my life. I have so many friends who love me, I have new friends here, I am dating someone fantastic and there is always someone to talk to if I feel the need to pick up the phone and escape for a while. I am a lucky, lucky girl.

The thing I am MOST looking forward to this week: going to Raleigh on Thursday night!! I think part of my problem right now is overwhelming homesickness. I have not been in North Carolina since the end of February. A little over 2 months...I have never been away that long. I didn't even realize I missed it so much, but I do. While I know I'll miss my weekend routine with Andrew, I am beyond thrilled to go home.

A few good things (to perk me up, Lord knows I need it):
1. RALEIGH!
2. A. is such a sweetheart. I am lucky to have someone who can spend copious amounts of time with me and not want to throw me off a bridge.
3. Obscenely hot weather. Pretty soon I'll be complaining about it, but as for now I welcome it with open arms. Goodbye cold!
4. New swim suit. I shouldn't be spending money on clothes, but I bought it at Old Navy so I don't feel so badly about it:)
5. Starting my healthier Summer eating habits today! Lots of fruits and turkey sandwichs. Yum.
6. My wonderful friends who I can call anytime and have a totally depressing conversation with, and then we can laugh hysterically about our sad lives.
7. Getting real mail. Nothing makes me happier than having an actual card or letter in my mailbox, so I'm going to make an effort to send more out.
8. Wearing open toe shoes. My toes are free for the first time at work!

The South Should Not Be This Cold.

Quick update from out of town:

I'm in Clanton, Alabama this week on business. Its a small town--smaller than the last place I was in Alabama, and that's saying a lot. Yesterday afternoon I noticed that one of the biggest restaurants here is a Chinese buffet. In a barn. I don't think I need to even continue. Things are going well, and I'm here with a bigger group of my co-workers, so we've been having a good time. Last night we went out for Mexican food (to one of the very, very few restaurants in town) and I had a delicious pina colada. Hopefully we'll be able to forage for enough food to keep us going the rest of the week without having to eat at the same place every meal. Also, it was 12 degrees colder in Alabama this morning than in BOSTON. Snow flurries last night in ATL! Global warming is not real. Period.

I had an excellent weekend. Went out for dinner to Mellow Mushroom with some new girl friends on Friday night and ate way too much delicious pizza and cinnamon sugar pretzels. Saturday and Sunday I mostly hung out with Andrew. It was the first weekend in a long time that we were both in town and actually free. Saturday was glorious--shorts weather, I had Krystal for the first time, played skee-ball, won a stuffed animal out of one of those claw machines, went to the Aquarium and had dinner downtown at this crazy/tacky island place and split a giant fishbowl drink with extra long straws. Excellent day overall! Sunday I was mostly lazy...packed for my trip and cleaned a little. A and I went out for sushi and saw Fast & Furious. Seeing that movie took me straight back to early high school when the the first one came out. Back when I was hopelessly in love with Paul Walker...sigh.

I'm hoping this week will go by quickly--and it probably will, since I'm out of the office. It's already Tuesday! Can't wait for warmer weather, Savannah and the Beach for Easter weekend!!, hanging out with my parents and eating as many Reese's peanut butter eggs as possible. YUM. Hope you all had a great weekend too, and have a happy Easter week! I'll update about my thrilling life when I can this week:)

Happy Hump Day

Currently: eating fried corn nuggets (I feel like I'm at the state fair) and listening to awesome 90s music in my cube while I work. Its a little dreary outside again...all gray out my window, but I'm definitely grateful that all the pollen is being washed away by the rain. Pollen is my mortal enemy in the spring.

I took the morning off work today, and I'm really glad I did. I got to the police station and picked up my report so I can finally file my insurance claim! I also went to the dentist--only the second dentist I've ever been to in my life, and it was great! The people were so nice and told me I have very pretty teeth:) I wish I could have slept in a little later...I set the alarm for 8:45 but woke up at 6:30. Grrr. That's earlier than I get up on a normal day. And last night was a late night, as date nights during the week usually are:) Andrew and I went to get my new tv (upgrade from my old one!), set it up, went to dinner and trivia and then came back to my place and watched as much bad reality tv as possible to test out the new set. I had a really great time. But again, I don't like interruptions to my sleep schedule, so I was dragging this morning. Tonight I need to go to the post office, pay my rent, and take back some library books. Something tells me I'll be so exhausted that I won't actually do any of those things, and I'll save them all for my Friday off (except the rent, of course). I probably won't be able to pry myself away from my glorious new tv!

Middle of the week...I suppose its time to start thinking of weekend plans again. Hopefully Andrew and I will spend some QT together since we haven't both been in ATL for a weekend in a while. I also might do some more outlet mall shopping with my new friend Leslie, or hang out at my other friend Sarah's house. I'm so lucky to have met so many great people lately!

Awesome link of the day: Kristin's latest blog entry. The Latin nerd within is rejoicing:)