Good People + Good Food = Good Weekend

This past weekend there was a very special event... that brought Tansey and I to her home town of Tallahassee, Florida. We were celebrating the fast approaching arrival of precious JULIAN CHARLES SIRMANS! It was a baby shower extravaganza!!! 

The party that was thrown by several of Kim's (mommy to be) friends was so cute. They all did a great job (especially Tansey with her games and favors). While at this party it didn't take long to realize that these two parents to be (Kim and Stace) are some of the most loved people I have ever met. One of the major signs pointing to this was that the shower I attended was their third shower... and they still had one more to go!

It was kind of crazy sitting there in this shower amongst several pregnant women (who were all right around my age). It dawned on me that how fast life is changing, and how these moments won't be too (maybe in a several years or so) far behind for me and my friends. Even though it may be quite awhile I am looking forward to it. For the time being though I am perfectly pleased to be celebrating the arrival of Kim and Stace's little bundle of joy rather than my own.

So... after this wonderful shower, which I unfortunately have no pictures from, we got lucky and got to steal the mommy and daddy to be away for just a bit! We went to Ted's!!!

  

Here are those oh so sweet (they are such incredible people that you almost can't believe it.... but it's completely true they are amazing) soon to be parents. (Kim and Stace... Julian is truly a lucky little boy to have yall) 

My lovely roommate and her wonderful mama (Denise) :)

I love, love, love, LOVE Coke in a bottle!

Not only was the company great, but the food was too I got a Blue Creek Bison Burger (in case you are wondering that is a burger made of buffalo ... yes BUFFALO meat, topped with Blue cheese crumbles and bacon!

Not only did we get to celebrate upcoming birthday of little Julian, but we also got to celebrate Denise's belated birthday! We celebrated with the best snicker doodle cookie and ice cream EVER!

Then... the next day as if I hadn't had enough good food... we went to the Pitaria... and it was soooooooooo good! I love Gyros... and this one was delicious and so were the little french fries that went with it!

We were racing the sun to the bridge... and we made it... this is the sun going down just as we were crossing the bridge to good ole Mobile.

I Love This Love Letter

Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us - I can live only wholly with you or not at all - Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits - Yes, unhappily it must be so - You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never - Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men - At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection? My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day - therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once - Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together - Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell. Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. 

ever thine . ever mine . ever ours

~Beethoven

You may recognize this letter from Sex and the City the movie... I love this letter... my favorite part is "I can live only wholly with you or not at all."

Can you imagine if we still wrote like this. Today the way we write is pretty pathetic by comparison. However, it does take alot longer to get your point across... Beethoven turned "I love you" into about 250 words. I think that sometimes we should take our time telling the people we love that we love them, or sometimes you can just borrow the words from Love Letters By Great Men to get your point across!

Fun Finds At Wal-Mart...

Tansey (my roommate) and I left our apartment, usually early for us on a Sunday, on a mission. This mission took us to a Wal-Mart in Mobile that we had never been to before... a really nice one (we were actually greeted at the door by a smiling employee). We went all over that place collecting this and that, and I found some fun finds....

Since HaLLoWeeN is just around the corner I found some fun stickers. (The preschoolers where I work get to come around to three offices that they choose everyday and get stickers). I already had two very excited visitors to receive my spooky ghost stickers... that GLOW IN THE DARK! You can't ask for a cooler sticker!

My other notable purchase... was a card that made me laugh so hard I bought it (mind you it's a birthday card... that I could save for someone... but it makes me laugh so much I think I might just need to keep it). 

Does that not just make your day? Haha Do you think it's weird that I think elephant booties are so cute... this card was made for me! Oh and the cashier (whom was also very nice) saw the card when she was ringing it up and was curious like I was and I told her read it... it'll make you laugh. She did and said... I don't think it will work for the next birthday I have coming up in December... my mom's 89th haha! That was some of the best $2.23 I have spent in a while, and I hope you enjoyed it too!

SUIT UP!!!

Big things are just around the corner... life is getting more and more exciting by the moment. There is evidence of this everywhere! For example Brenton had his first big interview on Monday. So... like any stellar interviewee he... SUITED UP... in Hugo Boss no less.

I figured I would let everyone enjoy the view...

and just in case you didn't get enough!

Brenton... it was so cool to watch you go through this experience... it's like you put on the suit and grew up a little bit. Watching you go after your goals makes me so proud of you, and makes me realize even more how amazing you are. I know you can do anything, and that great things are in your future! LOVE YOU BUD! 

By the way the suit looks VERY good on you!

Hello Fall.... WHERE ARE YOU?!

This morning has been one small crisis after another. First I woke up feeling soooooo sick to my stomach, which is my least favorite way to get ready in the morning. Then today is one of our quarterly luncheons at work... this one is tailgate themed (which means we get to wear jeans and our favorite team's t-shirt). While this should be exciting it wasn't because I could not find any of my Georgia shirts this morning, so I settle for another choice. The choice I settle for is a white tank top and a red cardigan.... this was a BAD CHOICE! It was a bad choice because I don't know what fall is thinking but it is not here YET... OH AND WE HAVE NO AC AT WORK TODAY! So if you do the math... sick to my stomach + jeans and cardigan + no AC = NOT GOOD! 

If it wasn't for this wonderful little fan here I would have been in some real trouble!

So to sum things up... Fall you are officially taking way too long... 85 degrees at 8:00 a.m. is too HOT!