BUSY

This is going to be a picture-less post.  I hit the ground running on January 11th and haven't stopped since. My time management continues to improve so hopefully I'll get to brush the dust off the D90 soon.  I miss my camera, I really do.

In case anyone was wondering what I've been up to for the past month, here's a brief recap.

Josh and I officially separated on December 30th.  I moved into a townhouse in Mt Pleasant and have 2 roommates, Courtney and Kim.  I started school at the College of Charleston and have actually been enjoying school for the first time, EVER.  I have been drinking WAY too much coffee, and spending WAY too much money on coffee though, which has got to stop.  It's hard not to do when there's a stinkin' Starbucks on every corner of campus.  I still work at the preschool from 8:30-12:30 Monday - Friday.  The kids are driving us all nuts but I love my time with them and my awesome coworkers.  I also work at the coffee shop on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which I also enjoy way more than I should.  I like the small-talk, listening to music, dancing around a being silly behind the counter and pulling espresso shots the old-fashioned-way.  On Sunday's I also keep score for adult co-ed volleyball at the Isle of Palms Recreation Department.  It's a little on the boring side but I don't have to use my brain and I get paid to study when teams don't show up to play.

So no, there isn't a single day when I don't have somewhere to be.  It's tiring, but I know that in 3 months school will be out for summer, and in 4 months preschool will be out and I'll be back to doing summer camp at IOP Rec and I'll have plenty of free time to do whatever I want.  I need to be busy right now.  It's good stress.

Last week I bought a plane ticket to New Orleans.  I'm going to visit a friend there for a weekend in March when the college closes for spring break.  I've never been to New Orleans and am looking forward to a weekend of sightseeing, eating my face off and listening to New Orleans Jazz-Funk with good friends.  (and of course, taking lots of pictures!)

My parents sent me a "care package" a few weeks ago with almonds and dried blueberries and cranberries.  Yum.  Mom loves Charleston Magazine so I decided to send her one, along with a package of cheesy-garlic grits from Simmon's Seafood and some espresso chocolate chip cookies I made.  These were the best cookies EVER by the way.  I will definitely be making them again.  Dad called me this afternoon to tell me that he just ate the best cookie he'd ever eaten in his life.  (Thanks pops :)  I'm glad you loved them.)  He is also very excited about his grits.  

I got my hair cut...and colored on Friday.  I said a while ago that I wasn't going to color my hair anymore because it was too expensive and too much of a pain in the ass to maintain.  I lied.  It looks soooo much better when it's highlighted.  I don't know what I was thinking.  (I will post a picture soon Denise...I promise.)  It looks super hawt.  (yes, hawt, not hot, hawt)

I also ordered a pair of skinny corduroys (my first pair!) and a wacky cardigan from my favorite bank-account-emptier, Free People.  I love my skinny pants.  I'm going to call them my sexy pants, because they are super-sexy.  I also ordered a pair of skinny jeans from Anthropologie...my second favorite store to blow my paychecks.  (For those of you who want to criticize my money-spending...don't...I haven't bought clothing in 6 months.  I was due!  AND everything I bought was on sale...so there.)

New life, new routine, new hair, new clothes...I think I'm getting the hang of this!  I need to work on my time management a little more, but I think I'm doing pretty well so far.  I also need to work on getting more sleep...It's midnight so I'm going to do that now.  Goodnight.