Five on Friday

It's the first Friday of 2014 so I'm kicking it off with "Five on Friday."

1. I've been sick since the New Year. At first, I thought it was just being tired from staying up too late but now it has turned into full blown illness. My nose will not stop running!

2. I'm really enjoying my new Erin Condren Life Planner. I seriously love it. Although I love it so much, I don't really want to write in it. If you're looking for a new planner, this one is fabulous and totally worth the money.

3. I have a ton of stuff to do this weekend. And I have zero motivation to do it. It's all tedious paperwork type stuff and isn't very much fun.

4. I'm going to a friend's baby shower this weekend. I dread going into Babies R Us to buy the gift. That place makes my ovaries feel like they are going to explode.

5. I'm doing my last long run before the half marathon on Jan 19th this coming Sunday. I hope the weather cooperates because I really need to get in a good 12 miles. After that, it will just be shorter runs until the big day. I'm feeling really ready for it this year so I'm hoping to break the 3 hour mark on race day (which I know is really slow but running 13 miles is a long way)

Have a wonderful weekend and see you all next week :)

It certainly was a Happy New Year...

2 posts in one week?!?!?! What has this world come to?!?!?! Just kidding... But seriously, I'm trying to get back into this blogging thing. I may even backdate some posts so I can have it for my own memory. But moving on...

I hope everyone out there in blog world had a Happy New Year! I know I certainly did! This year, my roommate volunteered to host a Great Gatsby party at our house. It seemed like a good idea at the time but the closer it got to the actual event, the more anxiety I had about it. I wasn't even planning the event but the guest list kept on growing and growing and about 75% of the people who had RSVP'd yes were not people I knew. Having about 40 random strangers in your house would give most people anxiety I think.

But it turned out to be fine. Everyone behaved themselves for the most part, nothing of value was broken, and I managed to safe proof most of the house so that nothing was lost or taken. I went to sleep around 1am and the party was still going strong. I think it finally ended around 3am (much too late for this old gal). The only thing rough was the clean up the next day. When you put 50 people in one house all toasting to a new year, you get a little bit of bubbly on the floor. And then when said people walk all over the floor, it makes a huge, sticky mess. It took me a long time to clean the floors yesterday. Not fun after celebrating all night.

Here are a few pictures I manged to take or steal from other people:

My friend Jen and I. I love this girl. She has such good advice.

My roommate and I

These are all my law school friends. As you can see, 

everyone except Jen and I dressed for the occasion. 

My thought was "the party is at my house, I can wear what I want to."

This pic is blurry but it represents the chaos of our picture taking. I look like I'm bossing everyone around.

(and I probably was)

My friend Erin and her boyfriend Brian

More law school friends

The winners of the costume contest.

I have no idea who the 2 people on the left are.

But the two on the right are friends. 

And this is a picture of the GIANT pile of trash sitting in my garage.

There's about 15-20 bags in the pile. I guess it was a good party.

And my garage also smells like bourbon. Some random guy dropped an entire bottle of bourbon in the garage and of course the bottle broke. I guess it was better it happened in the garage then in the house. 

The ringing in of 2014 was wonderful! I can't wait to see what the rest of the year has in store for me!

The end of 13

Hey there blog! It's been a while since we've connected and believe me when I say, I do think about you at least a few times a week. But life has been busy. And I have had ZERO motivation to blog about it. Every time I do something fun, I think "Oh, that will make a great blog post!" And then, I never blog about it. I do enjoy reading everyone's blogs though. I think I just needed a break from it all. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and like I wasn't keeping up with everyone else out there in blog world. And like I didn't have anything good to say. It's not a fun place to be. But enough of the pity party... I'm moving on to 2014.

And since it's the last day of the month, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to recap my year. It has been an interesting one for sure. Since I'm at work and don't have access to my pictures, those are going to have to wait. But I wanted to get this post in before tonight's celebrations begin.

January- I was living with the parents and rang in the New Year at a friends house. I also accomplished a huge goal of mine and ran the Houston Aramco Half Marathon. All 13.1 miles of it were exhausting but fun.

February- Still living with the parents. Working, going on many bad dates, and just enjoying life. I went to Dallas one weekend for a sorority event. And to the Rodeo a few times.

March- Still living with the parents. My first year ever without a Spring Break. It was kind of sad seeing everyone post about their awesome vacations while I was at work. But I am thankful I was employed so I guess that's all that matters. I also got Clark at the beginning on March. He was a huge blessing in disguise.

April and May- Still living with the parents. I honestly don't remember what happened in these months. I think they just flew by. I believe I blogged everyday in May though. HUGE accomplishment I'd say considering I haven't blogged since October.

June- Still living with the parents. It got really hot in Houston. I started dating a guy but that didn't last long. I went to San Antonio for Margarita Fest 2013 (not an actual event- we just made that up).

July- Still living with the parents. I went to Chicago for a friend's wedding. It was 70 degrees in the middle of July. Not fair at all.

August and September- I spent a lot of time with Delta Zeta getting ready for recruitment. Moved out of the parental's house and into a townhome with my old roommate.

October- Went to a Law School Halloween party. Realized I'm too old to be going to parties like that. Also went to New Orleans to run another half marathon. It was miserable. 80 degrees and I pretty much thought I was going to die the whole way.

November- My 33rd birthday. It was uneventful this year. I wasn't into celebrating at all. I've kind of been in a funk since then.

December- The month came and went. Christmas was fun and I got lots of good gifts and enjoyed a few days off.

And now that the year is over, I'm not sure I'm ready for the next year. I know it's coming and I have no choice though. This past year was not really hard for any particular reason but it was just hard if that makes any sense. I'm not doing what I want to be doing with work. But I have no idea what I want to be doing. I'm exhausted from dating and trying to find the "one." Is he really out there? I'm beginning to think he might not be. I have great friends and a wonderful family but I'm just not quite where I want to be.

So for 2014, I'm going to work really hard on getting to where I want to be. I have a list of things I want to accomplish but I'm going to keep it to myself and just check it off as it happens.

I hope everyone out there has a wonderful New Years and safely celebrates! See you all in 2014!