Pictures

I had to drive the truck home from the pick up place...that was quite an adventure

All colorful at the Tiki Bar
Andrew taking cover from the rain while we got the car after our canoeing trip

in case you were wondering...

i'm back home. my former neighbor from pittsburgh is wonderful...he's like a moving machine. we had everything packed in the truck in 2 1/2 hours (it was all in boxes and on my front porch by the time he got home from work) and unpacked (by that i mean a living room full of boxes) in an hour and a half. he also drove the 15' truck (i ordered a 10' truck, but they didn't have any) from pittsburgh to phoenixville. now the challenge is figuring out how to fit everything from my house into my room.
we did some fun stuff while andrew was here, but ever since he flew back to pittsburgh, my days are filled with job searching, working (i'm working at my old job at the johnson institute through august), and playing wii fit (apparently i have terrible balance). it's pretty boring. i may start bringing my laptop to the coffee house just for a change of scenery from time to time.
(michelle got me this really sweet llama hat made from alpaca wool (is it called wool?) from chile!)
not this coming weekend, but the next weekend is our camping trip (liz, lisa, me, and a bunch of other friends try to go camping every summer) so that should be fun :)
that's about it in my life. hope everyone is doing well <3

song of the day

Kodé by Kimi Djabaté
listen/download here

History and review can be found here

i hate packing

loading the truck friday night and heading home saturday. feel free to come over and pack/unpack depending on where you live :)

Marshall was here this past weekend to see Les Miserables with me. It was so good. I really enjoyed it. Musicals aren't really Marshall's thing, but he said it was ok, so at least he didn't hate it =)





Afterward, we hung out it this little park outside the theater for a while to avoid having to sit in the parking garage forever. We then had some friends over for a cookout. Monday, Marshall hung out with one of his college friends who just moved to Pittsburgh most of the afternoon, and they packed his car with stuff from his storage unit. He's coming up again next weekend to try to get the rest of it. Then Monday night we just hung out on the porch with candles and had ice cream. It was nice =)

Anyways, I'm quite busy with work and job hunting. I need to start packing!

4th of July and other randomness

Some pictures from the pool

I spent the 4th of July weekend in VA with Marshall and his friends and parents. His parents are really sweet, and his friends are nice. I had a great time! He had to work til after 9 on the 4th, so we didn't really get to see any fireworks except while driving. (He promised me real fireworks next year). We hung out with his friends around a bonfire, which was almost as fun as fireworks :) We hung out with his friends most of the rest of the time I was there too, and had lunch with his parents on Monday.

Liz is coming today til Friday to go salsa dancing tomorrow night.

I've been/will be busy the rest of the month.
I'm moving home the 25th, so I'll be spending a lot of time in the next couple weeks packing and cleaning. I'm also working some extra hours at work to get this leadership program up and running by the beginning of the semester. My friend Charlie is starting an organization to combat human trafficking and exploitation, so I've been doing some work with him on that. He and his fiancee Becky (some of Marshall and my best friends here) are getting married in March in Florida, and I've been doing some wedding dress shopping with her, which is a lot of fun =)