Mixed feelings

Today is officially the one year anniversary of my graduation from Wake. A whole new crop of freshly minted diplomas are being handed out today, and I can no longer say "Oh, I just graduated last May." Getting older...le sigh. While of course I'm a little nostalgic and sad--I can't believe its been a solid year since I've spent any large amount of time with my best friends in the world--I'm mostly just happy to say I have survived my first year of adulthood. And I've turned out pretty damn great if you ask me! As much as I've complained about feeling lonely/anxious/whatever about being on my own lately, I have so many wonderful things and people in my life. This first year "on my own" could have gone a whole lot worse than it did. And for that, I am grateful!

Weekend recap: Friday I was a complete bum. Since my class and my test were finally behind me, I felt like a kid getting out of school for the summer. I slept late, layed out by the pool and didn't do much else. Friday night I went to dinner with a big group of people to Lola--yummy Italian food and a Bellini bar. Mmm! After dinner we went to Opera in Midtown. That's right, I officially had my first Atlanta night out in the club. Haha. It was really, really fun. AND, I feel very special because I was watching a Samantha Brown special on Atlanta this weekend on the Travel Channel, and she went to Opera too! She even called it the hippest nightspot in ATL. Since when am I that hip? Who knew! There was lots of fun dancing and delicious beverages:) Saturday and Sunday I was as lazy as humanly possible. It rained the rest of the weekend, so no pool time. But I watched some awesomely bad movies I rented from the library and did some odds and ends shopping yesterday before my massage appointment. (Quick note: it is unbelievably hard to stay awake in a massage when its pouring rain outside...practically impossible).

Now its back to Monday at the office. I should be fairly busy this week, which is good, but I know I'm still going to be restless because I can't stop thinking about my beach trip this weekend! It got here so quickly! I'm going to attempt to pack a little every night so I don't forget anything. Otherwise, here's a few things to be happy about today:

1. A very green banana for breakfast.
2. Not being tired at work--for the first time in a few weeks it seems like!
3. Getting cards from my sweet coworkers.
4. Looking forward to my crockpot meal tonight for dinner!
5. Perhaps attempting to make something about of the ground bison meat I bought yesterday?
6. A normal work week!
7. Beach beach beach.
8. Frolf tomorrow night with my new discs.
9. A couple good phone chats this weekend.
10. Sunny weather is here again!

I made it!

Excellent day/weekend ahead:

Today I am going to the gym, having lunch with LYDIA(!) downtown, and then I plan on sitting by the pool and doing more of my reading for work. Somehow sitting outside by the pool making boring banking info much more tolerable! Plus, its supposed to be 86 degrees here today. Delicious. I also have tentative dinner plans with some friends I haven't seen in about a month. Should be awesome! Plus, I get to look forward to lots of frolf tomorrow, a picnic complete with the new KFC grilled chicken bucket, and most likely dinner at Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles restaurant (definitely potential for a very gangsta evening...). I'm excited!

Best part of all: I didn't fold and go into the office!! I have not been into the office in over a week, and most of that time has been spent by myself. I feel proud of myself that I can spend such a ridiculous amount of time alone! Granted, I really don't want to do it again anytime soon, but I'm happy I did. And I'm thrilled its finally weekend time and I get some more human contact:)

Happy Friday and Happy Weekend everyone! Xoxo.