Hi readers, remember me? I swear I still love you.

This past weekend was a first for me- I went to one of those three day music festivals. Much more hipster than hippie, but loads of fun. Delaware is a beautiful state and I really look forward to going back there. We went to the beach the first morning and the part we were at anyway felt much like topsail. It made me all the more excited to be going there in August. It will be nice getting away for a whole week.

But the music festival was really neat. I got to see a lot of bands I probably wouldn't have spent the money to otherwise (yeah yeah yeahs, Alabama Shakes, Matt&Kim, atlas genius, etc) and genuinely enjoyed, several bands that I did want to see and got to see full sets of (avett brothers, Tom petty, red hot chili peppers), and got to meet and get autographs from one of my favorite bands at the moment, Delta Rae. It was really neat and something I would love to do again. The drive isn't that bad either, only about six hours. On the way there we stopped in Baltimore and ate at the Annabel lee, a Poe-themed restaurant. I had the best shrimp Alfredo ravioli.

Also I love the Chesapeake bay bridge.

I feel like everything is just a whirlwind. I've got something goin on literally every weekend through the end of August. That's both a good and bad thing, as I feel like I'm not accomplishing much on the house. I did set up autopay for my mortgage, so that felt very responsible and thrifty (I get a very very slight discount for doing this).

All in all, life is good.































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I feel like life can finally calm down a little bit, if for a few weeks anyway, now that may has ended. Getting things squared away and closed on the rental house and the Relay for Life being the main two events. I paid professional cleaners to take care of the house bc I just didn't have the time for it. And I'm glad it was nice for my friends to move in to. It wasn't my favorite place to live or the best situation by far, but it got me to where I am now, so I can't complain.

The relay went fairly well. There wasn't the turnout that we had in years past. But at least you know that everyone there is there bc they want to be. I won a raffle for a basket of lotto tickets, and out of 22 of them I won a grand total of four dollars. Haha. Overall it was a good night and the county hit their fundraising goal.

I've really put any more home improvements on hold for awhile. I just haven't had the time to commit to another big project. Yea I could have this weekend, but after everything that's been going on, I decided to be lazy instead and just enjoy the sunshine. The most I've done was mow the yard this afternoon. I know as summer goes along it will lose its novelty, but I really enjoy doing it. I've suddenly got some pride in something bc it's mine. I don't want it to look like a jungle. Just like I've set a routine of cleaning the house top to bottom on Thursdays. I love the smell of Murphy's oil soap, and since its all hardwood floor (except the kitchen and bathrooms of course) I use lots of it.

The puppies are starting to get Along better. Calypso still doesn't like if Nelson gets too close to her stash of bones and toys. As for him, I think he's just happy to be alive.

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I'm thankful for where I am. It's not where I thought I'd be in life, not by a long shot. But it feels more right than anything ever has.

























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