It was starting to look like I really wouldn't get a summer break, so I made one for myself. I booked a flight to California and I was off. I've only been on a plane a very few times in my life, so I wasn't so sure what to expect. First flight to Houston, I get the row to myself and sleep so I'm starting to think I could get used to to this. Then I was proved wrong when I sat with two not so small people with lots of luggage in an aisle seat with the cart rolling by every few minutes. On the way back I met two very nice girls my age that I sat with on the first flight to Chicago and I was thinking "Ok, maybe the last one was just a lone bad experience..." Not so fast, then I was stuck next to a young woman with an 8 month old that screamed for a good 45 minutes finally fell asleep. Thank goodness, right? Nope... when the baby woke up mom was bouncing her to keep her from crying. As we land, baby throws up toward me (not conveniently toward the guy on the other side of mom). All in all, flying may not be in my very near future.
While in Cali I got to spend fabulous quality time with my long lost loves Maria and Dante :)
We went to lots of great places to eat and I made it a point to branch out because I've been so picky for so long. We also went to the Fashion District in Downtown L.A. which is a lot like Canal Street in NYC as far as I'm concerned except much less "sketchy" and much happier. I got a precious new wide-brimmed hat and a cute cross-body Valentino bag.
We went to Rodeo Drive and saw all the fancy jewelry and fashion stores, but we didn't look "expensive enough" so the people in the stores ignored us. I find that incredibly rude, these people have no idea how much money I have in my fake Valentino bag, how dare you judge me. Here we are roaming around being ignored but still having a fabulous time regardless.
Then, I found my own personal Heaven. Being the Southern Gal that I am, it makes me extremely happy to come across the best of the best of my favorite thing in the world... Pearls. Mikimoto is the cream of the crop!
So then we went to an Angels baseball game! We had a blast! To be honest I'm not entirely sure if they won, but Maria and I did a lot of catching up and cheering and beer drinking and laughing. Getting out of the parking lot, was an entirely different story, but its a funny one. No one paid any attention to lines, right of ways, other people's cars, etc. One thing I did learn while in Cali, traffic is horrific. We went so many wonderful places, Laguna Beach, Santa Monica Pier, Newport Beach - Fashion Island, and so many more... It was a blast! We did a lot of much needed catching up and girltalking. Love you, Maria!!
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Once I got back I had a nice relaxing 4th of July with my family and the Hollands at Sans Souci, WLK... where I've spent the last 22 July 4ths. Its like my Christmas, I LOVE IT! Fireworks are the best night of the year to me, if that makes me lame then so be it. Middle of last week Shaina came to visit! She had never been to Wilmington so we saw some sights, went to the beach, and went Downtown for dinner and drinks. It was much needed girl time! Us down by the river.
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Finally, as if I hadn't had enough girl time, we went to Emerald Isle on my birthday for a girl's weekend. It was an interesting weekend to say the very least. Caroline, Hawley, Allie and I met Alex, Stephanie and Heather to go out and have a blast, and the night ended very differently for all of us... some left, some lost, and some crashing on the bicycles we thought it would be a good idea to ride out. I had a great birthday and we relaxed Saturday on the beach and had a great dinner. I've had a great couple of weeks that I made into a summer for myself, but now its seriously time to hit the books, 10 times harder. Work hard, play hard... after graduating from a year of working hard, I've played hard the past couple of weeks, now is definitely back to working hard studying for this CPA exam, looking for a job, and moving. Its been a long time since I've updated, so this one is long, but theres not a whole lot going on in July and August so they won't all be this long, swear!
Things to look forward to:
WLK a couple of weekends this month
Moving back home to Matthews to see friends and family (and save money)
Getting this studying done!
