Inner Child

My cousins in St. Louis have a huge family (4 kids ranging from 4 to 16). This brought out the inner artistic in me due to the fact that 3 of the kids were girls and they loved to make friendship bracelets and animals from these beads. Of course, I was right on track and made as many as I could in the 6 days that I stayed with them. The girls loved playing with them more than making them since it was a very tedious job. But the final product was priceless! My favorite two are the dog that looks like my Captain and the fish replica of rainbow fish!

Oh what kids inspire us to do!

I'm home!

Oh it's good to be back home! I'm exhausted from traveling and it's nice to have my own bed to sleep with at night (not that I have yet). St. Louis was wonderful. We visit the Arch, of course, and browsed around the city for a day. We also managed to go to an amazing water park (Raging Rapids) with all the cousins. I swear it was like a family reunion!

I was lucky enough to come just in time for the littlest one's birthday! She's a big 4 year old now. Don't you just love that age? There wasn't a day that went by that she didn't say something adorable.

Now I'm transitioning back to normal life and getting ready for classes to start on Monday. Unfortunately, my car broke down 5 minutes away from home :( Farewell, betsy! You were so good to me! I only wished you had failed with more dignity. The poor car put up a great fight and I have so many memories with it! Sadly, I don't have any pictures of it right now. I'll make sure to post some up as soon as I can find some. She was my consistent and faithful companion through many trips.

This leaves a huge dilemma with my internship, because it's an hour away. I think I have it figured out for now, but who knew transportation would be this hard to come by. Oh well. I hope everyone is having a great end of the summer!

St. Louis

I am St. Louis bound on Thursday, but I'm driving back up north today. It's about a 3 1/2 hours to get back home and I haven't started packing yet. Fail. I usually make an extremely detailed list of things to pack. I haven't done that yet either. So today will be consumed with packing and sleep. I can't wait to get on a plane again! It's been too long. Hope everyone has a great week/weekend!

Back to School

School starts in 2 weeks! I'm excited/nervous to start back in the same routine. It's going to be a hectic semester with my internship, sorority events, job, and finding time to see B, but it's so much better than being bored with nothing to do. I strive to keep myself completely busy and immersed in everything and anything. Here are a few things on my back to school wish list. Time to work and save up some money!! (after tuition, of course)

Side by Side Tote - Vera Bradley $65

Agenda - Vera Bradley 2010 Agenda in Imperial Toile $13

Watch - Timex Easy Reader Brown Leather Watch $32

Bowtied-Beauty Boots - Anthropologie $248

I just remembered...

I never posted pictures of my broken-beyond-belief blackberry (bbbb, ha!). I ended up getting the cheapest phone Sprint is currently offering that still sent emails and such. I still haven't gotten over how much he destroyed it and I haven't had the courage to throw the phone away. It sits unnoticed above the fridge collecting dust. Maybe one day I'll stop being a hoarder and throw it away.

Oh, and I'm still finding pieces of the phone around the apartment.

RIP Blackberry. You were good while you lasted.