Dinner Dates

I enjoy time with Nick. It makes me happy. And I'm so grateful that Outback is right by my house because WOW steak is a beautiful thing, y'all. I'm blessed.

Day 17: DIY

My favorite gifts are the ones people make from the heart.

The Best Reunions

Are with the people who keep you grounded. After work today, I went to dinner with my dear friend Eric. It's been WAY too long. He chopped his hair off ages ago and I still was so surprised to see his hair short. He looks good! And he seems to be doing rather well for himself. It was so great to catch up and see how we've changed and how we haven't and talk about really important stuff, because Eric is always willing to listen and it means the world to me. We also had sushi which was FAAAAAAB (it had Mango on it holy nonsense I was in heaven) and I ran into Margie and our friend Kristina having dinner! It was kinda crazy but very pleasant, and I look forward to later reunions!

Day 1: Smiles

The signature smiley face of John Wontrop. 

One of the many things that graces my walls now :)

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A nice family dinner. And by that I mean I made some grilled chicken yesterday and I've brought back rice that my mommy made, so it tasted like home. And I shared some with Mandy & Jen, and it was just really nice. I enjoyed a good (decent) meal with some good people.

Splurge

Money is not a thing I can just get rid of whenever I feel like. BUT the girls & I have a tradition and I allowed myself to splurge on myself this one day. I spent a good bit on charity this weekend. I will spend the next month buying things for my Mom, my Dad, Jess, Cristina, and lots of others people. Today was for me. I bought myself dinner. Jess, Sara, Liz, and I went to Sakura, that Hibachi place. The food was DELICIOUS. And it was so nice to catch up with the other two girls again. I am quite content with how I chose to spend this money.  I work to spoil myself every now and again. Bless :)

Dinner Date

I DIDN'T BLOG YESTERDAY! HOW? WHY?! I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO WRITE AND I JUST DIDN'T WRITE IT. Man. I goofed. Well, let me write yesterday's entry now I guess.

John came to Silver Spring! Just to say hello. We had dinner at Panera and just hung out at my place for a bit. It was a lovely evening. Seriously, I think that's exactly what I needed. A good friend who gets where I am in life to just talk to and motivate me. None of that icky date stuff. You pay for your meal, I pay for mine, and we make a mess 'cause who are we trying to impress? No one. And that's the best haha. ALSO we ran into Jonathan! I found it kind of hilarious that, of all the people at McDaniel, John met him first. I couldn't stop laughing afterwards cause Jonathan thought I was on a date and John was now sizing up the guy he'd heard me complain about for over a year. WHOOPS. Ah well. It all went well and I am quite content. Especially since John forgot his hat and now it's mine until the end of break. Mwuahaha.

Wined & Dined

I went to a dinner tonight at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. I, along with some other students, went to this dinner as a thank you to all the benefactors who have helped with several of the scholarships the school has awarded us. Everything. Was. Beautiful. The hotel itself was GORGEOUS. That staircase. Ugh. And the salad was so well done. Baby spinach, blue cheese, a sweet vinaigrette, and some fruit, all with light ranch dressing. All the flavors just blended so surprisingly well! And we didn't even add the dressing ourselves, the waiters poured it for us! WHAT? The dinner was a delicious chicken, an interesting take on potato slices, and the most tender salmon I've ever eaten in my whole life. MMM. Dessert was 3 small samples. The first was like blueberry pie. The second was a small chocolate mousse. The third was vanilla pudding? It had these little spheres that looked like Dippin' Dots, but they weren't cold. They tasted of Cookies & Cream. UGH. Dead. And, after some pretty great speeches by both teachers, donors, and students, there was an acapella performance by a group from Mount St. Mary's called "Pitch, Please". The hymns were beautiful, Jasmine and I were fangirling the whole time. People were dressed so elegantly and really treated you so kindly. It was just beautiful all around.

Cut the Lamb Cake!

Reason 245: We had dinner at Karla's! We being my mom, Karla, Eric, Eric's parents, Eric's sister Lisa, Lisa's husband AJ, AJ's parents, and myself. YAY BIG DINNER. With AWESOME food and an adorable cake that looked like a lamb. I love days that I get to see Karla. And she and Eric looked all cute and matchy! She had on a baby pink dress with white polka dots. You could see her baby bump really well. Oh goodness I am too excited for this child. THEY ALSO HAVE A NAME PICKED OUT! Of course, they're not gonna tell us, the sneaky ones. And by sneaky I mean incredibly smart. Well done. You can't say nuffin!

Happy Mars Day (30 Seconds to Mars)

and Happy 5 years of being in Canada.

Missing you for 5 years really SUCKS. But I'm glad you've found a place to call home. <3

The Thing About Good Food

Reason 135: Breakfast for Dinner!! It's a little treat McDaniel has for exam week. It's fantastic. And of course everybody was in a stellar mood. It was nice getting to spend the evening with some wonderful people :) And most of it was with Jen & John which is always fun. It's nice to be with people that you can just vent to as well as be vented to in a casual way, and still have a grand old time. They shall be missed during break <3

Question for you

Strong & Sudden

Reason 84: HAIRCUT. FINALLY. AFTER A YEAR OF WAITING. Hallelujah, my hair feels SO light and it looks so cute :3 I love it. And I'm donating 9 1/2 inches! Now, off to Cheesecake Factory for the best dessert in the world with the best family in the world :D

One of THOSE days ^_^

(Played on our way down here. The sky & trees were BEAUTIFUL)