An Open Love Letter

This whole thing got way too deep and we should
Stop making a big deal out of the little things
Cause I got big deals and I got little things
Got everything I'm asking for but you
//
I'm a just
I'm a let my hands do the talking when I see you baby girl
I miss feeling on you, I miss everything that's real about you
And that's everything about you that's just how I feel about you
Been about you and I'm still about you

xx Drake - Mine

Are We Gonna Get Kidnapped? Or Nah?

My whole Saturday was pretty amaze!

 

I kicked it off with a few chapters of Divergent, Jam with Taffan, Sven, Sabrina, and FINALLLLLYYYYY Amanda! Followed that up with pump when Kate and Rox joined!

 

After an exhausting hour of throwing heavy shit around I had lunch (or a rice krispy as big as my head) with Amanda, Sven, Sabrina, and Corey at Central Market. It was my first time to talk to Amanda since she got back from Hong Kong so I was pretty excite about it. It was a sweet two hours of good stories and watching baby Joy move.

 

I then ran a few errands while chatting with my mom, then back home for more Divergent, an accidental nap, and of course more Divergent.

 

And finally the much anticipated (or anticipated for 24 hours since that's when we made plans) girls night!

 

I picked up Taff and we headed to Cyclone's for dinner with Roxanne, Ashley, and a few of her friends. The conversation was amusing, as always, and lots of laughs were shared. We then hit up Hughes Hanger to get the dance party started and so I could twist my ankle. I'm a trooper so that didn't stop the party! A little after Kat and her friend showed up we relocated to what was supposed to be Nox.

 

Alright, so we hop in my car and Taff maps Nox. We park in a shady parking lot (that's not paved and is all lose rocks and gravel) and walk to this building that looks like a place that people go to die. We get in the door and see there are maybe 20 people there, and the doorman tried to charge us a $10 cover. Ummm... no thanks. Taff and I want to leave and get a parking refund, but Kat gets the fee waved so we go in. The whole scene was weird. Turns out it's called Fox Hollow. We stayed about 30 min before throwing in the towel and heading to Kung Fu.

 

Turns out Kung Fu is the main place everyone still goes on Washington. We even ran into ex-intern Matt!

 

All in all it was another great night with the girls. Lots of good and sketchy memories were made!

"What Do You Want To Bet? Your Soul?"

I didn't have plans Friday night, so when Kate mentioned that she was going to Midtown with some of the boys after work I hopped on it.

Kate hung out for a bit, along with her dog child Collin, but then went home and that left the boys +me.

I had no desire to call it a night so the 5 of us went back to Fletch's for some pool, cards, and magic tricks.

I did alright in my one game against Fletch, but I'm pretty sure he scratched on purpose so I could win. But I'll take it!

Then we played a round on bull shit, and attempted betting on hands of black jack. Every hand you lost = a swig of whisky from James' flask. Good thing I actually like Whisky, although I don't prefer it straight. But it was guy time, so I followed the rules.

Around midnight we decided to hit up Washington to dance. Daniel has appropriately nicknamed me Jungle Dance. haha.

We rolled up to 8 (a favorite spot a few years ago) and there were two people there. This isn't even an exaggeration. Two people other than the bartenders. I just cracked up and snap chatted it to B.

So we moved next door to Bricks. It wasn't even half full and the crowd was weird so we stayed for a drink and some awkward dancing.

Our last attempt to salvage the dance party was Roosevelt. Aaaannnnnndddd it was also half empty and no one was dancing. The bar is basically just a dance floor with a few tables around it. What? the eff. We didn't let that stop us, and instead took advantage of the spacious dance floor! The 5 of us danced like fools for the next 2 hours and it was awesome! Well, 4 of us...Stephen isn't a dancer.

James did try to get everyone in the bar to dance the last 15min (he seriously went up to everyone and tried to get them hyped) but wasn't successful. But he did mange to get into an arm wrestling match and win. So there's that.

I finally managed to drop the boys off, including a quick stop at McDonalds, and made it home by 3:30. I was exhausted but had the best time! I will always be down for boys night so long as they will have me!

The New Crew

I used to talk almost weekly about my love of QLF and and JesJess front row domination (and life domination, but I'm trying to be modest).

Jess, being married, followed the natural progression of life and birthed the most beautiful mini Steven and left a hole in my gym life. I was then a work out party of one for almost a year...BUT THEN it finally turned around when Kate and Rox decided to join my workout club.

It's so much fun knowing that at least one of them will be there every day when I walk in.

And I have full confidence that soon Rox & I will be able to bust out choreographed dance when we go out. (After going to a few classes, Taff is able to bust a few moves with me, and I love it!)

Vegas

Photo from Koj

You know you are either about to have the best or worst weekend of your life when you have to overcome so much to even get there!

Not many pictures were taken because sometimes you don't need evidence. I'm going to hit you with the bullet points because it's my fave way to recap. obvs.

• Flights canceled the afternoon before take off.
• Team worked travel: Booked a bus to Dallas, flights Dallas to Vegas.
• 1am - Board the bus.
• 6a - American Airlines informed me the travel card was rejected despite them not mentioning that the two times I talked to them before getting 45 people on a bus to Dallas.
• One of the new rookies put $15k worth of flights on his credit card. MVP? I think so.
• Lots of turbulence.
• VEGAS!
• Lunch then naps.
• Best roommates: Rox & Kate
• Longest.meeting.ever. 3-8ish
• pizza. get ready. club = Light.
• Vodka. Dancing. Redbull.
• Crazy. Blurry. Aggressive.
• Calgary.
• San Fran apologies.
• poking Tran Man. 
• Feathering Olly's face. 
• Rox reading texts in hilarious accents.
• Spooning.
• 6 stalker calls at 7:30a
• 3 hours of sleep.
• Spa time with Holls - compliments of Rick.
• Waffles. rumors. kojack.
• More pizza. switch to the Cosmo.
• Eating flowers at the Chandelier room.
• Girl time getting ready in the room. (one of the best memories from the weekend)
• Pre party with the boys = Speeches about how much we love our team and each other.
• Table at The Bank.
• More vodka. (I'm starting to think Vegas might only have vodka.)
• dance until you die. (or your feet die).
• Lost phone. (thanks for the help Max!)
• 3 more hours of sleep.
• Girl talk morning review...clothing optional.
• Breakfast - Brittany & Bennid crack me up.
• Reunited with my phone!
• Airport naps.
• delayed flight.
• Houston.

Photo from AnnMarie