Monday, July 26, 2010

Girls Just Wanna... Laugh, Bond Eat, not Sleep, Have the Absolute Times of their LIVES. Yep. All that AND a bag of chips.



Ah! I just had the best week in the worrrrrld! I went to Indianapolis to stay at Val's house for a week along with 4 other girls. Never in my life have I eaten so much, laughed so often, and loved life more than I have when I was with these girls. Each of us was from a different ranch of the People of Praise-- coincidentally! I'm from South Bend, Mary Hannah's from Shreveport, Shannon's from new Orleans, Heidi's from Buffalo, Gracie's from NOVA and Val's from Indy. WOAH. Sooo wonderful.
To begin the week, we kicked it off by buying $90 worth of groceries. Can you saaaay ice cream, party pops, cocoa puffs and... guacamole? I can :]
I can't even express how grateful and blessed I am to have these girls in my life. Each one of them makes me a better Mary and I love every second I'm with them. It's crazy to think that I either hadn't met or seen 3 of these girls in yeaaars, and after ten minutes of being with them, I already felt like we were best friends. There's POP magic for ya!
I'm really going to miss Shannon's singing, Heidi's Greek accent, they way Mary Hannah finds a way to use y'all about 8 times in one sentence, Gracie's love, and my Valllyyypants. It was just such a good week, I'm so grateful.
In other news, we had our house appraised today because apparently we are trying to re-finance our mortgage? In any case, I've been hardcore cleaning for the past 24 hours. Its ridiculous how clean our house is. My poor mother works so hard and she's begging all of us kids to keep it this way. My bedroom is immaculate, I'm so excited. It took me like 8 hours to clean it out completely. wow. I sound like a disgusting little slob. It wasn't that bad.
Anyway, I have to shower nowwwww.
I love my friends, I love my family, I love summer, I love LIFE.
4 weeks and counting until I move away.
HOLY COWS.

moo.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Flip Flop Tans and Some White Sand



Dumdaduuumm!!! I'm in BEAUTIFUL Pensacola Beach, Florida!! The water is green and blue and wonderful and the sand is sugar white as always. It makes my soul so happy. I love to be here, I've come almost every summer since I can remember. So many memories! The Blue Angels did an airshow RIGHT over our beach house today! There is honestly not a more sexy, soul-shaking, amazing noise than an F/A-18 flyover. LOVE IT.
Last weekend [4th of Julyyy] I went to my Valerie's house in charming Cicero, Indiana where she has a beautiful home right on Morse Lake. It was a completely hilarious, wonderful, relaxing, shenanigan-filled weekend full of laughs and heart to hearts and adventures. I am so blessed to have Valerie in my liiiife!! And everyone else who lives in the Indianapolis area. Weekends with the Indy crew always promise to be unforgettable :]







Oh, I also spent some time in Washington DC and Arlington [my future homee!! weird] for Orientation. I saw the lovely Porter girls and Mike and lots of other pals. It was such a fun time! We went into the district late one night and walked around the national mall at midnight. it was SO pretty!! Hooray for summertime, adventures, wonderful people, and the metro running late hours on weekends!