Mon(Fun)day

Mondays and Tuesdays I get to hang out with one of the coolest 2 1/2 year olds i've ever met. She's such a mess. a FUN mess. The above photo is our favorite hang out at her house. We enjoy at this location collecting imaginary blueberries, bug-hunting, and hosting dinners and even tea parties on occasion. As you will see, Monday's for Syvon and I are quite eventful.

Making necessary phone calls to ensure the pretend hospital's awareness of our forthcoming visit to deliver imaginary peanut butter muffins to the sick people. hopefully no patients with peanut allergies...

What would a day with Miss Brittany be without learning something new? We worked on shape recognition and shape formation using jumbo popsicle sticks.

Until next time...

what now?

now that i've finished viewing the entire four disc set of season four: the office, i'm at a loss of what to do with myself to wind down at night. pathetic? yes. although, i am finishing up a phenomenal book, Soul Cravings by Erwin McMannus. A superbly written book! And not one of those 'self help' books, or 'motivational' reads that leaves you feeling inadequate...on the contrary, Mcmannus alerts his readers on how to be self-aware and able to understand the thoughts/cravings that exist in our conscious minds. so...all of that to say, i suppose it would be a more advantageous use of my time to read than to re-watch episodes of the office. so that's what i'll be doing tonight. reading my own bedtime story.

the weather today was absolutely lovely! i don't believe the temperature rose about seventy five degrees. and the humidity was seemingly nonexistent. i wore a summer scarf to celebrate the seasonal transition, and the little girl i nanny for on mondays and tuesdays decided to mimic my style. she dug into her winter belongings and wore her christmas dress (fur collar) from last year with a scarf/glove set and snow boots. hoping this weather is here to stay!!! september 23 is the offical day of autumnal equinox (i think?), so hopefully this weather is a precursor to many more days of sunny with a high of 75!

i went shopping yesterday (surprise, surprise) while waiting on meredith get off of work. a newly developing shopping center including a tj maxx, ross, and target (my 2nd home) close to mere's house was calling my name, so i answered. at target i bought just what was on my list, which is an amazing feat for myself. however, at ross i managed to justify buying two pairs of jeans and a pair of boots. yes, they were priced to sell, but i really didn't need them. it's almost impossible for me to see high-end name brand clothing at a ridiculously low price and leave it on the rack for someone else. so sickening, and account draining. sooo, i decided when i got home to try on the jeans again. and reconsider the boots. and ended up taking back all but one pair of jeans (come on, they were union jeans msrp $185, got them for less than $30). turns out, my survival isn't dependent on an ever-expanding wardrobe. what a relief.

having a 'reel' good time at the movies..

amberly and i ventured to the mall of georgia regal cinemas this evening for opening night of 'the women', starring annette bening, debra messing, meg ryan, jada pinkett, eva mendes, etc..etc... very much of a girlie movie. as a matter of fact, amberly counted the gentlemen in the theatre (which, by the way, was full of women), and there were a mere four brave souls who were most likely miserable the entire time. the movie was fabulous. it is so rare (for me at least), to leave the movie theatre thinking to myself, 'wow, that film was totally worth the overpriced ticket'. tonight, i felt like i got my money's worth. this movie made me teary eyed, had me doubled over laughing, and reminded me a lot of the movie 'steel magnolias'. well...minus the whole southern theme, and maybe also a little more added drama. but it was very enjoyable. i'll be purchasing it on dvd when it becomes available. already purchased a few of the songs from the soundtrack from itunes (lucy schwartz is an artist whose music is featured on the soundtrack, she's a newcomer and a talented girl! check her music out! you'll like her if youre a regina spektor fan)

i awoke this am with full intentions of visiting argosy university to check out the campus and meet with a member of the faculty to discuss my potential enrollment as a grad student. however, i received the office season 4 in the mail just yesterday, and am finding it difficult to leave the discs unattended by the dvd player, so i spent the day getting caught up on the show, since i missed the entire season. just feel the need to be fully prepared for the big day (sept 25, season 5 kickoff!!!). luckily, i didn't have an appointment scheduled at argosy, so i technically wasn't being irresponsible by choosing to lavish in laziness for the early part of the day. just making the choice to RELAX, which is a trade i'm learning quite well here in duluth. :-)

finally, a new post...

okay, thus far i've been quite the slacker with updating my blog. i'm hoping to become a more avid blogger this fall and winter to keep everyone back home in chatty updated on my life, since i am horrible with making phone calls. i've been in atlanta now for 3 weeks...the time has definitely flown by. i have thoroughly enjoyed being able to catch up with my georgian family (the deavours), and hanging out with two precious little girls (miss annily and miss emmalyn). ive been able to catch the hills (monday night obsession) with meredith a few times, and have loved our time together. even though the hills episodes are 75% commercials, 25% showtime (i'm obviously embellishing, but there are definitely more commericials than need be). i've missed seeing carrie (my sister) on tuesday nights for 'secret life of an american teenager' on abc family, which was a show we enjoyed watching together before i moved to duluth. however, it was a special treat tonight for me to be able to watch it with her here at my mom's house. oh yeah, i neglected to mention, i came home to chattanooga today to get the rest of my belongings. i spent the afternoon with stefanie, dominating the clearance racks of dillard's at hamilton place. afterwards, i headed to my mom's for dinner with the family (including my grandma!), which was so lovely! i am staying at my mom's house tonight, which is quite nice. it's always comforting to be in the house i spent so much time in as a child. although, it feels like it should be christmas eve, since that is typically the only time i stay the night at my mom's. i'm foreseeing myself waking up mid-slumber tonight, looking at my surroundings, and wondering where the christmas tree is. tomorrow i am going to visit my other set of grandparents, then to visit little miss emme (an almost 2 year old i babysat while i was in college) and then off to greenlife to have lunch with my dear friends amy, whitney, stefanie, and tara. soo looking forward to it! my last stop will be atop signal mountain to see jewel and ella. we are cooking dinner together and then i'll be heading south to duluth tomorrow evening.

i am quite aware that blogging shouldn't involve a play-by-play of daily activities, which can seem mundane (and i'm sure mine does), but hey, i'm just getting back into the groove of this, so patience on my blog site is a requirement.