A Long week

The week after Spring Break is the worst. It just feels so long and exhausting.

On Monday, work was long. Then my family went to Moe's. After coming home I got to cook a quiche my mom volunteered to make while she and my sister went to be extras in the movie filming in town. I also made one of our favorites- chicken, broccoli and cheese casserole- so that we could eat it for lunch this week. Then I forgot to bring it to school on Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday, school felt less long because I had come up with a pretty good to-do list on Monday. However, after school I was exhausted. So I took a quick nap. When I got up I rushed out to meet Christine for Pilates. When we had walked to the gym, we were the only ones who had shown up for class and our instructor only lead class for about 20 minutes. So that was a bummer. But oh well.

The nursery tonight was just what I needed though. It was so nice to be with those little ones I love so much and my friends Christine and Amy. It's funny how rejuvenating that job can feel to me. Even when the boys are acting like it's Lord Of The Flies - some of those kids can get really rough!

Hopefully, I can write a more interesting post tomorrow! I just got my copy of the Hunger Games and am already almost 100 pages in. Don't judge! It's very compelling stuff.

Excitement dead ahead!

I just got the tickets for my bestie and I to attend the fan preview night of Titanic 3D, and can barely contain myself. Not only that but Mad Men returns tonight and I am just an all around happy girl.

The nursery this morning was completely exhausting after my babysitting job last night. I love all those kiddos so much. I love spending time playing with them but when I am tired they are really really exhausting. I think it is good practice in patience for when I hopefully have some little sweeties of my own.

I am excited for Ricky's friends' (who have become my friends too) wedding. He went home this weekend to get fitted for his tux, since he is a groomsman. He will be in lavender- which is sure to be cute. Spring brings good things.

Hungry, Why wait?

Yesterday was a nice day with the family. As soon as I got back from Orlando, I went to get an appointment for a haircut. My mane is driving me insane!

When I got home, my mom and Moriah were still sleeping (Dakota was off to legoland with our good pal, Ben). They got up and ready and we went to see the Hunger Games. It was really good. I am mostly past the whole oppressive dystopian literature thing, but one must admit those stories are compelling on some basic freedom instinctual level. I was an enjoyable film, and I do love Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Lawrence. Donald Sutherland is great at the understated evil thing in the role of the President. Oh and Lenny Kravitz was sweet and groovy. My mom will now surely make me read the books, which is fine.

Then we had lunch at Chick-Fil-A which always makes me happy.

Dakota and Ben returned from Legoland and we had a nice dinner, an appreciation of the bounty our Florida weather allows. Fresh corn, ripe tomatoes, watermelon, fresh green beans, biscuits and thinly sliced steak. It was delicious. Then I made some brownies from scratch (not my favorite recipe) to go with our fresh strawberries. It was tasty. My mama, Ben and I watched the Blind Side together (I love that movie).

It was a nice and relaxed day.

Today we are cleaning the house. Moriah and I are going to get our haircut; I think I am going to go back to my signature pixie. Then I am babysitting for a family I have yet to sit for, which always makes me nervous but I am sure it will go just fine.

Best,
Lexie

Piecrastinating

My first ever attempt at an Apple lattice pie, and I think only my second pie ever. Looks like I found a new way to procrastinate today. The leaves are really pretty though, right? This is a before it went in the oven photo. It's baking now, but I will be sure to put up an after photo.

I am making my lunch right now, a chicken caesar salad. But after that I am going to finish my book before Ricky gets home. By putting it on here I am now making myself accountable!

Finished Product

I want to be able to look back

I am going to try to start blogging about life. I think it will be great to be able to look back at things, and my attempts to journal didn't work so well. However, knowing that someone might be reading what you are writing may be incentive to write. :)

Here are some things going on with me right now:

Yesterday I gave up my iPhone. It wasn't an easy choice, but I think it was the right one. I wasted a lot of time on it, and while it did have some convenient tools; I think it mostly turned off my mind and helped me to tune out others. I now have a Pantech Link for which I got an adorable hot-pink and tangerine case:

I am currently on spring break, and am staying with my wonderful boyfriend, Ricky, at his apartment in Orlando. While he is working I am trying to get work done on my long-incomplete senior research. Then we he gets home from work we can have nice relaxing time together, I can feel more assured he is eating real meals, and I don't have to miss him quite so much (for a few days at least).  However, being the most distract-able girl in history here are a few things I have don't today instead of my paper:

Cleaned and reorganized his closet
Washed sheets and comforter and made the bed
Cleaned the kitchen
Dusted the entire apartment
Made a budget spreadsheet to keep track of my expenditures each month
Finally switched my student loans to a graduated repayments plan so I can end the forbearance
Researched requirements to becoming a Montessori School teacher
Caught up on reading Aja and Nicki's blogs
And probably some other stuff I forgot

So yeah, I am going to have to buckle down on that paper a little more tomorrow.