A Good Tired

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You know that feeling when the end of the week arrives and you're absolutely worn out, but you think back on everything you did during the last 6 days and you are so happy and proud that the fact you're worn out doesn't even matter anymore and you just feel good? That was me on Friday evening. I got home from work feeling tired, but very accomplished at the same time.

It reminded me how lucky I am to have so many exciting things happening in my life that cause me to feel "good tired". Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love time to myself, lazy days lounging in bed while reading, watching tv, or getting a few extra hours of sleep, but those days definitely need to be balanced out with busy, hard, productive days. And believe me, last week was full of those days. In addition to starting a job, I helped out my church's youth group with their mission trip (which I'll talk about in another post), so my days were spent at work and my mornings and nights on the mission trip. I had roughly an hour to myself every afternoon when I got home from work that I used to shower and pack work clothes for the next day, which was difficult for me because I'm such an introvert that I need more "me" time than most people. Despite that, I had a fantastic week and wouldn't have changed it for anything.

I'm excited to share the experience of the mission trip in an upcoming post!
Keep an eye out for it :)

Let's make today great, my fellow internet neighbors!

A Letter to Daddy

[I know I'm two days late with this post, but since I spent Sunday with my dad and not on the computer and Monday at work, I think you all will understand!]

[Dad and I at the zoo, Summer 2012]

Dear Dad,

Happy Father's Day! Thank you for being the best guy I know and such an inspiration in my life. The list of things and lessons you have taught me during my short 21 years of life longer than you probably know. Because of you I know how to make French toast, can watch endless hours of the History, Discovery, and Science channels, have fond memories of days spent at the park fishing, and can water and weed a tomato garden like a pro. The best advice you've ever given me is that the answer is always no unless you ask and I know that my faith wouldn't be half as strong if I didn't have yours to look up to. 

I appreciate the time you take to answer all of my silly questions about the world around us and the generous laughs you give to my jokes that probably aren't that funny. I love the time we spend together in the evenings watching Jeopardy and I love even more the time we spend watching "my" TV shows and movies. 

Thank you for constantly making me feel special and loved.

I hope to spend many more Father's Days with you!

Love,

Bug

[Dad with me and my older sister, Father's Day 1995]

PS. I promise you'll get your gift as soon as I find time to go buy it. Yay procrastination!

Instagram Insanity

Hey hi hello!

I have a confession to make: I love Instagram. I don't just love it; I adore it, am obsessed with it, 

and I find myself constantly going through my timeline looking at everyone's pictures. 

If you don't believe me, I think the 637 (and counting...) pictures I've posted speak for themselves. 

Because I have so many Instagrammed (who else loves making pronouns into verbs??) pictures, I thought I would start a series sharing recent uploads as well as my past favorites!

 1. My best friend Angela and I at the zoo when she came to visit me. [old favorite, Summer 2012]

2. Taking a trip to Wisconsin for a family gathering. [old favorite, Summer 2012]

3. Woke up to see my sweet cat Pippi curled up at my feet. [old favorite, Summer 2012]

4. Some gorgeous clouds I spotted on my walk home from work. [old favorite, Summer 2012]

5. My well-worn TOMS. I've recently had to retire them :( [old favorite, Summer 2012]

6. My cat Vera tried to convince me to take her with me on an 11 day trip. [recent upload, May 2013]

7. My best friend Ryan and I being silly watching movies on said 11 day trip. [recent upload, May 2013]

8. My best friend Olivia let me stay with her for 11 days. We had a lot of fun! [recent upload, June 2013]

9. Woke up with some crazy bedhead the other day. [recent upload, June 2013]

10. Dinner at Five Guys. I eat there way more than I'd like to admit. [recent upload, June 2013]

How blessed am I to have so many best friends, fun memories, and beautiful places to share? I hope you enjoyed these 10 Instagram pictures. If you'd like to see more, you can here! Feel free to follow me as well, just be warned I post a lot of food and cats :)

Do you like or use Instagram? What are your favorite pictures to post?

Let's make this Sunday great, neighbors!

Busy Life

Hey hi hello internet neighbors!

It has been quite a long time since my last post, but I am in the possession of a great excuse: life. In the last three weeks, a lot has gone on: my older sister graduated from college, we helped her move back home, I went on an 11 day trip to my old college town to stay with a friend, and I'm learning some music to sing at my church's you mission trip. Phew. That was a mouth full! Next week is proving to be even busier since I'm starting a job during the day while singing previously mentioned mission trip music in the mornings and evenings in addition to staying the night to keep an eye on the sleeping mission trip youth while the sleepy mission trip adults get some sleep. Woah, is there a world record for the most times "mission trip" has been used in a sentence? I think I could give it a run for it's money. 

Anyway, I'm hoping to write a few posts describing some of the above mentioned adventures as well as a few more introduction posts in the next few days. That way I can try to be a bit more timely and regular with the days that I put new posts up on this blog. Yay organization! Perhaps if I have some little posts backlogged for busy days it will be more helpful with my goal :)

That's it for this quick update! I hope you're having a lovely day. It's Friday after all. Congratulations!

You made it to the end of the week. 

Be proud of yourself.