*I asked Nick for a good title… That’s what I get for asking for his input on the blog! haha*
Holy Guac! I don’t know what happened to the past few days… well, that’s a lie. I had every intent of posting at the end of July 4th to share what I did that day… that didn’t happen. So I thought I’d post about it first thing July 5th… that didn’t happen. Then I was gone all day July 6th… so that didn’t happen again. And now here I am! I thought I should probably catch you up to speed finally before I forget all the wonderful memories I’ve made!
I love blogging, but I’m learning that I love living even more and sometimes blogging takes a back seat, which is fine. I’m living in the moment, loving every second of it, and soaking up the joys of this summer. That literally defines the last few days of my life.
I’m going to approach this in time-line order, well because that just makes sense I guess…
{July 4th} – Happy Independence Day, my friends!
I had a very low-key 4th of July. I just found out the night before that Nick was actually going to be in town a day sooner, so I’d have someone to celebrate with! I imagined my July 4th being pretty lame with me drinking a few of my favorite beers, sitting on the couch watching some tv, cleaning my apartment, and attempting to make jalapeño poppers without a grill (Even if I had one, let’s be honest… I wouldn’t have a clue how to use it safely!), but dang it, I wanted some jalapeño poppers! So swoops in Nick to save the day! I got some good cleaning done before he arrived and I did all the shopping beforehand so when he arrived we could tackle the grilling. We decided on some Hawaiian chicken, jalapeño poppers (of course!), and some oven-roasted veggies. I had baked cupcakes earlier that day and decided to festively decorate with strawberries and blueberries. They were amazing, heck, it was all amazing!
Early that day though I enjoyed the day cleaning and doing various self-rewarding things
Enjoyed my morning quiet time with peanut butter pretzels, Beth Moore, God’s word, and coffee w/ soy milk & cinnamon.
Catching up vegan living
{July 5th}
This was the perfect relaxing day! The entire day was filled with rain and thunderstorms which was the perfect excuse to spend the time packing up Nick’s apartment. We opened up the door every now and then to watch the rain. We enjoyed the evening watching Identity Thief and ordering a delicious pizza!
{July 6th}
The MSU VISTA’s decided to go canoeing with the Ole Miss VISTA’s so we all met in Clarksdale, MS and canoed down the Mississippi River with Quapaw Canoe Company! It turned out to be so much fun and you never know what life may bring. We ended up canoeing with a guy and his son who were in town from Fort Worth, TX and we all really enjoyed spending the day together! He gave me his e-mail address so I can e-mail him my resume and if he hears of anything, he’ll pass it along! You never know who you’re going to meet or the kind of influence you’re going to make on people. He genuinely loved what we did as VISTA’s and showed compassion for our futures and knew that we were job hunting now. It was such a rewarding day! I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves now!
Stopped on the bank of the river for a mid-morning snack!
Lunch!
Hung out on this beautiful beach for the day!
This is our “Charlie’s Angel” pose. We laughed a lot over this because Lacy said that she shows off her muscles that way because she thinks it makes them look better haha, so we all did it!
Hope y’all had a wonderful Holiday weekend, I apologize for taking up such a long blog post on this update, but I enjoyed the time away from the computer, spending quality time with friends!
I’ve never heard of that book – is it any good? The canoe trip sounds like a blast. I just went kayaking for my first time and it was so much fun.
I love your weekend! Esp. your big canoe day, how fun!!!
Looks like a great weekend!! Girl, I’m right there with you on the jalapeno poppers. I love them and wish I had a grill (or a boyfriend!;) to make them!
Sounds like the perfect way to spend the holiday weekend celebrating!
So much good-looking food. Maybe something will come of your resume being sent to that guy. 🙂
Haha at that “title”.
Looks like a really fun time!