So I’ve been a little bit remiss in posting—mostly because I spent much of last week trying to catch up after being on vacation for a long weekend. I spent a lovely three days in New Orleans with two very dear friends, one new and one old. I guess, to clarify, both are very old friends, but one moved away ten years ago and we hadn’t reunited until last weekend. We had a fantastic time taking in the architecture, the culture, the food and the drinks….and we had plenty of time to catch up on both new and old developments in our lives. I was in deperate need of a little girlfriend TLC and NOLA was the perfect antidote. I can’t wait for our next reunion get-away!
Last week sped by with very little “to-do,” but I do have several updates:
1. You’ll notice that I’ve changed the name of my blog. As much as I identify with the trifecta, this blog has unintentionally been a great way for me to quantify my disappointments and find a little bit of silver lining in a lot of situations that I had written off as dreary. A little extra time for reflection through blogging is helping me to find my optimism, so I wanted to reflect that in the blog title.
2. My baby brother turned 21 this week!!!! I can’t even believe it! I got to celebrate with him in Pittsburgh this weekend, and we had a great time. Beers, shots, bombs and late night Primantis made for a perfect birthday celebration.
3. I got to spend a pretty relaxing weekend with M in Pittsburgh. It never seems like enough time, but we got to eat, shop, relax and even see my parents. Luckily, I’m going to see him next weekend too—so it wasn’t TOO hard to say goodbye.
4. On Friday, I was dreading the four hour drive to Pittsburgh. It was just the last thing I wanted to do at the end of a long week. However, at the last minute, I got the idea to download an audiobook on iTunes. It completely transformed my car ride. The four hours there and back passed much more pleasantly, and I was glad to have the company of a novel, especially through turnpike traffic.
I think that’s it for right now. I’ll look forward to more frequent updates this week!
To keeping up the optimism,
Lia
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