Lately.

Here's what I have been up to lately.

Monday and Tuesday I helped my aunt Helen paint her kitchen, change out the hardware on the cabinets and hang some pictures. This was all great, except for when I was standing on the counter painting above the kitchen window and holding the paint tray and talking about how I was accident-prone and I looked down and paint was spilling all over the step-stool and floor and counter. Yeah. That happened.

Luckily, I have an awesome aunt who not only did not get upset, but laughed. So we just laughed about it and I frantically started cleaning and apologizing and giving the step-stool a shower. And my cousin walked by the bathroom and saw me drying off the stool after I had rinsed and scrubbed it like a crazy person. And we just busted out laughing. It was just an exciting little episode.

But we got a lot done while I was there with them and we went to a great Mexican restaurant as well as a not-as-great Chinese buffet where the waiters were so eager to take away used plates that they were basically staring at you the entire meal, and we got to hear the song Unbreak My Heart not once, but twice. And I tried to tell my aunt, uncle, and cousin about the television shows I had watched the night before, but all that did was reinforce my belief that I am a horrible story teller. If I'm not writing it out, it is complete rubbish. Yes, rubbish. Which leads me to what I did last week, which was watch a lot of movies with British speaking people, such as all the Harry Potter movies and an adaptation of Northanger Abbey which was wonderful.

My dad's birthday was yesterday, so last night we had a nice seafood dinner at home complete with crab cakes, fish, scallops, and shrimp. Also, that Hershey pie that they sell at the grocery store which is divine. But enough about food.

I've been buying things for going back to school, as well as gathering things to take and hopefully sell tomorrow to give me more money to buy new things. I'm such a hoarder when it comes to clothes, and I typically hang on to clothes that I really actually hate, and I tell myself that surely I might wear it someday. And then I don't. So, now is the time to get rid of those clothes tomorrow and I am very excited. Also today I found a beautiful Vera Bradley bag on sale for less than half price so you better believe I snatched that thing up, and I am selling an old one tomorrow to balance out.

My dog is as cute as ever, and as excited as I am about getting back to college, I am not looking forward to leaving him. Even if he is at times way too loud and even though he steals little things and hides under chairs in the dining room to destroy them, I still completely adore him. Everything he does is cute. I am in love. You can tell because I have 200 pictures of him on my phone. But I am really trying to soak up every minute with him before I leave.

Life is pretty relaxed right now, for a few more weeks. I finish up my two online classes next week, and then I have 2 weeks before school starts during which I will be visiting family, packing like crazy, going to a Kelly Clarkson concert, and holding Asher as much as possible. But I am SO excited to get back to college & see my long lost bff's. It's gonna be great.

Enough for now! Seinfeld is on. Gotta prioritize.