February Recap

Apparently my passion for blogging was short lived. Just kidding, mom. Things got a little (ok, a lot) crazy/stressful which left me zero motivation to record them for posterity's sake. Because, yeah, it wasn't the great month ever. My sublet in Bethesda ended January 31st so I played couch surfer the remainder of my one month stay in Northern Virginia. Living out of a suitcase started to take it's toll, along with staying at various friends' houses and mooching rides off of people. The record was 4 different places in one week. Don't get me wrong, I am incredibly grateful that I had shelter (free shelter, no less) though there's no place quite like your own space. Despite the challenges, I decided that I do want to stay in DC permanently so I began searching for housing. That proved to be a whole new ordeal - I will get back to that in a bit.

I was scheduled to fly back to AZ on Feb 12th. I've never been so excited to get on a plane before. Unfortunately, I ended up missing my flight because of traffic on the freeway courtesy of a bad car accident. There were no other flights out that day, so I was stuck an extra night. Big disappointment, especially because I had plans to hang out with the amigas once I got to PHX. However, the night turned out a lot better than expected because my friend Katie introduced me to a delicious Indian restaurant and we had fun reminiscing about our time in U3 years ago.

PHX greeted me with exceptionally warm weather (80 degrees when I landed) and I was rejoicing after a month of snow and cold temperatures. It was great to be amongst family and friends and not have to provide a bio sketch about myself every other minute. Some of the highlights included:

*Reuniting with Last Chance, aka my favorite store of all time (2X) - found some amazing treasures, per the usual.

*Yogurtland, LGO, Pita Jungle, Rumbi, In N Out, Joe's Farm Grill, Pomegranate - none of which are located on the East coast. Sad.

*Galentines day celebracion, complete with MoBach throwdowns and 'A' mountain night hike

*Susan's Run - loved seeing old friends and honoring Susan's memory

*Jill's no-bakes, aka the best chocolate morsels ever. I think it's all the love they are made with

*Never Say Never with SK. Bieb's has got it going on and tween girls are hilarious.

*I finally got an iPhone. Worth it, worth it, worth it. Best decision I've made in a long time.

While I was in PHX, things started coming together for the house I was hoping to move to in Arlington. This was a miracle in itself because getting the house was contingent on a zillion other things working out. Anyway, I booked my one-way ticket to DC thinking I would be all set to move in Feb. 25th, the day the lease went into effect. Wrong. I am still living out of a suitcase (love the patience lessons, yes I do) and bunking in with strangers, though we should be able to move into our new house tomorrow. Unless something absurd happens. Given the events of the past month and a half, I'm not ruling it out...

Caralie + me. It makes me sad to think about how much older/taller she'll be the next time I see her.