After a whirlwind weekend in Richmond, sitting at my desk all day was nearly painful.

It really was a good trip. I'm so glad we got to spend time with Laura and Mark in their new hometown, got to explore the city, got to do a crazy fun race, and that I got to have time on the car ride to spend with lish, since I haven't gotten to spend much time with her in awhile.

The race had 8,000 participants. I'm so so proud of Laura for doing this with us, it's not really her thing. Here are some photos:






































I also got to introduce the family to the wonders of the Segway, in Richmond and Braxton.










They all enjoyed it so much, especially dad, that I left it in Braxton for them to play with while I'm going on vacation. Haha.

What else. Richmond is a really pretty old town.



















Above is the White house of the confederacy. Home of jefferson Davis during the civil war. Which is now surrounded on three sides by a mega hospital. It makes me ill.






















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This defines my weekend.



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Today I'm thankful that I have a job (and bc of said job was able to take a day off!).

No but really. Sometimes I think it's crazy how I've gotten where I am. Sure I bitch about morgantown all the time, but I've been incredibly lucky/blessed/whathaveyou to get where I am. I told mom the other day that I'm grateful they pushed me to do well in school all while letting me make mistakes and fall on my ass and learn from it. I don't think this is my forever home or job, not by a long shot, but it's very good for now.

It kills me that my genius brother is wasting his degree and working retail. I've tried to bribe him
Into moving back here with free rent until he gets on his feet again, but he's content where he is. I don't feel content unless I've applied for jobs near the beach. Sadly there doesn't seem to be many opportunities in tech writing
Near the ocean. Maybe I'm meant to always be a mountain girl.

This morning I slept in and went to the outlets with lish and Jason, which is alway fun but dangerous for my paycheck. Then foster called when I got home and wanted me to go to the mall with him to pick him out some dress clothes bc they reprimanded him at law school for rolling in like a hobo in sweatpants. It's nice having him back in town after all these years and i am so proud of him for going to law school though I'd never admit it to him. And now he's got some new clothes and looks mighty fine if I say so myself.

It's going to be a busy week. Less than three weeks til vacation and basically three til my birthday. This has been a pretty life changing year for me. I hope to continue the positive trend.

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I meant to write this earlier but forgot. My friend Jess, for those that don't know her, is currently doing her fellowship in Chicago. Her husband is currently working in New Jersey somewhere. They hadn't seen each other in nearly two months. Jess is a lot like me in the sense that at the end of the day you just feel better when you've got someone to come home too. So needless to say she has been sad.

Last week Jacob called me asking for a favor. He was going to drive overnight and come surprise her before Steff's wedding, and could I get Jess to the cafe early. Yes. Yes I could. It was so hard to keep a secret and come up with some excuse to be there early that I wanted to throw up.

I stayed long enough to snap a few photos for them. If you ever want to know what real love looks like, it's this. It makes my heart happy and even this ol grinch shed a tear or two.





























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Steff and Stefan's wedding yesterday was wonderful. I have no other words than that.














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I wont lie. I'm jealous. Of my core group of Braxton friends in the only girl now not married. None of the guys are, so I guess that makes me one of the boys again. I want the wedding and the family and the happiness. I hope I can meet someone to share that dream with.




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