Finals.

It's that fabulous time of the year again. Time for a week of sleepless nights, gallons of coffee, and cramming. It's finals week.

This year I'm fortunate enough to only have 3 more assignments during finals week-- 2 exams, 1 paper, and I'm out of here. I've packed up most of my room, I've got my ride home all figured out, and I just want summer to start.

Even though I'm excited to get this week over with, it's a bittersweet time. In 4 days time I'm going to leave the friends I see every single day for the summertime. Though I'm sure we'll talk all of the time, I'm going to miss them. And seeing my room emptying out, with boxes piling up, makes me nostalgic. It's been a fun year, full of wonderful memories, and I'm going to miss it.

So as you're stuffing your mind with seemingly pointless information, I hope you get some time to hang out with your friends. These are those years that everyone says will past by so quickly, so make 'em count.

Happy finals to you.

Food, Flowers, & Fun

Happy, happy Monday to you all! This is the first Monday I haven't had to wake up at 6 am in quite some time, and I can't complain. Friday was my last day of work, & though I'm sad I won't get to see all the kiddos anymore, I'm quite happy to have some time to relax. In just a few days I head back to school, so it's nice to have a few days off before then. I spent a lot of this weekend catching up on sleep, eating good food, and fighting off some sort of cold/allergy thing that's going on in my nose. So fun.

To celebrate work being over/summer/I was just thirsty, Amanda and I got slushies. Contrary to what it says, it only cost 52 cents. I opted for a cherry/coke combo.

I can't resist taking pictures of flowers. It's just in my nature. ;)

My mom actually had a Saturday off from work! So we spent some of the day shopping, and eating at Tubby's. I love, love their crab stew.

A lovely pond/fountain filled with fishies that I saw while we were out shopping.

First fresh corn of the summer season. My mom and I were seriously questioning ourselves because we haven't been eating it all summer long.

Last night my dad took me to Leoci's for dinner before I head back to school. I had spaghetti & meatballs and it was delicious.

My outfit for dinner! Of course, I managed to spill sauce on the single white strip of fabric on my new shirt. Geeze.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Weekend End

I was very sad to see this weekend end. It was a weekend of crafting for the most part, 2 trips to Michael's included. Although I didn't do much, it was really nice to just spend time relaxing and creating new things. I will be sharing what I've done (and today's photo is a clue for that), but for now I'll just try to survive through this Monday. I give Monday's a lot of crap, but they can be alright. You just have to look for the positive things! For example... I have a new phone case coming today! Hooray for getting packages! And hey, only 4 more days until it's the weekend. We've got this. :)

Let me know one positive thing about your Monday!

Photo found on Pinterest & edited by myself

Photo Friday

Now that I have this wonderful iPhone device in my life (I promise I'll stop talking about it soon... maaaybe), I have been taking pictures and playing with Instagram like it is my duty in life. So, I thought it was fitting that today's Photo Friday showcased my new Instagram pictures.

It had been maybe 5 days since I'd seen Amanda, so naturally we had to document the moment we were together once again.

On Sunday I spent a few hours at the beach and although it was a bit overcast, I had a lovely time. Thanks to the tourist who were obnoxiously feeding the seagulls, I snapped this photo. (I also just realized the bird landing in the righthand corner.)

Hershey is the cutest. My little blogging buddy.

I stole this from Amanda. She snuck this one while I was taking pictures for yesterday's post. I now document everything, even sunscreen.

Golden moment of the week: my mom freaking out about missing her train + a napkin bib + driving with no hands + complaining about her Jersey Mike's sub. "This isn't extra oil and vinegar, idiot." Oh, how I love her.

Well, that about sums up my week. Just add in countless hours on my laptop and voila! I do hope you all have a lovely weekend. Don't forget to hug your daddio's this Sunday!

Also, I've just now realized that Google Friend Connect will be vanishing in a short while, so be sure to follow me on Bloglovin' if you'd like to be notified when I post!

Other places to follow:

Pinterest

YouTube
Twitter
Instagram

Happy Monday

Now that I have a summer job and work Monday through Friday, I am back into the routine of hating Mondays. Sigh. So, to try to rid us all of the Monday blues I thought I'd share this sweet quote. I'm hoping this week will be a productive one, but I've got to remember to take the time to do things that make me happy. To appreciate those little happy moments that can so easily slip away. To make the most of today.

Happy Monday.

Image via Pinterest