east coast to the west coast

breathe. relax. settle back in. i have to remind myself of these tips daily.

two weeks ago i was in Washington DC visiting nate and meghan. I forgot if i updated anything about that, but in a nutshell it was a fantastic trip. i got to meet all three (yes, three!) of meghan's cats, sleep on a tempurpedic-padded queen size bed and eat lots of vegan food. and of course spend time with one of my best girlfriends who i wish lived closer so that i could gossip with ALL THE TIME. and start a vegetable garden with! unfortunately i didn't get to go dancing because it was raining the night of bliss and i didn't want to walk in the rain and dance with soggy socks. however, i did get to ride a tandem (a 2-person bike) with Nate and all i could keep saying was "this is so cute. i can't believe how cute this is."

last weekend i visited Joseph in Tacoma and Jenny + Evan showed up, too. it was so much fun and i got to see so many things in the city. Tacoma, Seattle and a day trip to Portland. We ate really good food, saw really beautiful parks and also got invited to a high school kegger. literally we saw a gang of 15-20 high schoolers carrying a keg, a tap and lots of red plastic cups to this abandoned manufacturing plant-turned park to party and we got an invite during their stroll. we declined. and joked about calling the police. ha. but it was really great seeing joseph and getting insight to how he's been living his life the past two years! i only wish the midwest landscaping was as beautiful as the west.

now i am sipping on coffee waiting to go to work for a whopping three hours. i am wearing a freshly ironed skirt and it still feels warm. my mom is sick and watned subway so i got myself a foot long veggie sub and somehow ate all of it plus chips and i am glad i waited on going to Shakers for a hot fudge sunday because i am really full right now.

oh, last night Jenny and I snuck into the movies, too. we are so bad!

more later
i hope you all enjoy your day