can it really already be tuesday, july 6?? really?? i had a great weekend. probably the best weekend i've had in three months. (wow, has it been three months?) my great weekend started at 2:45 on friday afternoon when united way let us go early. i hate friday afternoons, so this was a very welcomed surprise. cati rolled in to town around 5, and she and i met elizabeth for dinner and a movie at 8. we had a really fun night laughing and being silly. oh, and drinking chick-fil-a milkshakes (thanks, united way, for the chick-fil-a gift card that bought our milkshakes). saturday cati had to work, so i slept late, took huck to the dog park, went to the grocery store, cleaned the house, and took a nap. it was divine. saturday night cati and i had dinner downtown, got ice cream, and ended up coming in pretty early. valerie had been at the baseball game, and when she left she came over and we watched a few episodes of true blood (we're on season two, now). sunday cati had to work, so i met liz at newspring. church, lunch, nap, CELEBRATE! ten of us went downtown for dinner and fireworks and "playing" sunday night. it was so much fun. i knew it was going to be a great night when liz's dad let her drive his 1970 cutlass convertible. the fireworks were incredible, and we even got to see anna and katherine. after our adventures downtown, we got in the cutlass, cranked up the music, sang our little hearts out, and drove aroun downtown for a good half a tank of gas. cati, sara, and i went back to my house and watched "orphan" until 3:30 in the morning. um, creepy. we slept late yesterday, picked liz up around 1 for lunch at groucho's in spartanburg, then headed to the pool. mid-trip to the pool, sara texted and said they were going shopping. since we were going to her pool, we needed a new plan. liz decided that we could totally sneak in to the pool in the neighborhood where she and her dad used to go play tennis. as we pulled up to the (gated) neighborhood, we luckily got behind a truck...who i tailgated to get into the neighborhood before the gate slammed shut. we got to the pool and tried to play it cool, all the while the "regulars" were staring at us like we were from outerspace. we later learned that they were staring at us, because we had walked in and totally disregarded the sign in sheet at the check-in table. whoops. once we realized that we probably shouldn't have snuck in, and that if we were going to sneak in we probably should have at least signed in, we decided it'd be a good idea to go ahead and get out of there. we packed up after a couple of hours and headed out. cati left for clemson around 5 yesterday afternoon, and i picked up the house, painted my nails, and showered. sallie came over at 7 for our monday night routine: joy of tokyo takeout, the bachelorette, and true beauty. i didn't do anything particularly exciting over the weekend, but it was a lot of fun. i was definitely sad to see 7 am come this morning when i had to wake up and get ready for work. i'm already counting down to this weekend. i'm going home to have a birthday celebration for me, my aunt connie, and my nanny with the family. it's also jammin in july, and liz, valerie, shelby, anna, and katherine are coming to camden to go.
so that's the recap of my weekend. pretty fabulous. in other news: i'm learning a lesson in patience. for someone who starts screaming soft profanities when i'm stopped at a red light for more than 5 seconds, patience is a very difficult virtue to practice. i think it's more of a lesson in trusting jesus. but aren't all lessons we learn basically centered around the fact that we need to trust jesus more? i think so. anyway. i'm waiting on some news that will either make me extremely happy or extremely disappointed. it could go either way, and right now i'm just waiting.
this weekend i finally felt like myself again. it's been three long months of wrestling with the same thing, moping, wallowing, and being unhappy (not all the time - but you know what i mean). finally, FINALLY, i caught a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel - and it wasn't too far away! granted, i still have my moments, but i'm finally able to put my feelings in a little box and shove them in the back of my head so that i can actually function. thank goodness - no, thank jesus - for that. it's still hard, obviously, because everything i see reminds me of the things i'm trying to forget, but hallelujah! i feel like ashley again.
i've got a pretty exciting event calendar coming up: this weekend in camden/jammin in july; next thursday is jerrod niemann at blindhorse; next weekend is john mayer in charlotte and charlee and robbie's cocktail party in lexington; the following weekend and entire following week is edisto; the last weekend in july is chris and katie's wedding; the first weekend in august is charlee and robbie's wedding. lots of really fun things coming up that i'm really excited about.
i rediscovered snow patrol this morning. LOVE them. i don't know why i stopped listening to them. probably because my jcm obsession got a tad bit out of control. whatever the reason, i listened to them all morning long and was in awe of some of their lyrics. keep reading to find out what song i choose for lyrics of the day!
i think i've rambled long enough. if you've read this entire thing: my apologies for having nothing witty, thought-provoking, or even entertaining for you to read today.
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