I Love DC!

Wow. Haven't been here for awhile. I missed my blogiversary, birthday, Mother's Day, Earth Day, and probably a lot of patron saint days. I guess it's a good thing I'm not Catholic. However, today is Flag Day! Let's celebrate!

Why I love (am grateful for) living here:

I'm smack in the middle of the East Coast, and there are so many things within a day's drive.

Perfect mix of suburban, rural, and urban - all within 30 minutes.

Weather. Real weather. When it rains, it actually rains!

Southern food and culture

Other great things:

Duck Beach

Cute, new swimsuit

An AWESOME roommate

Newly redecorated house

My birthday didn't totally suck this year

Learning new lessons, and being able to afford the expensive ones

Getting accepted to grad school

Fazookie (trust me, it's good)

Cute hair (and a great hairstylist)

My dancer winning a CAPPIE

LUSH

Paying things off

Being in charge of me

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIUS

Singing

Dancing

Boogie boarding

My sister

My parents

Netflix

Clean laundry


I think that'll do for now. I'll try to blog more in the future. Also, I'd love to know who actually reads this thing, so post a comment and say hi!

Life is good. :)

Therablogging

Today is one of those days that I really need to make this list:

Living alone

Cute clothes

New fun job

Homestretch of a show

Cute pair

Pink hair! (yes, I have pink streaks in my hair)

Being healthy

Fantastic lasagna

Still having motivation in at least some direction

Tetris

Monday Monday, so good to me

Holding hands

Beautiful music

New friends

Free furniture

New bedroom

Outfitting my house

Living alone, though it will probably won't be for long

Dancing, and teaching dance

Offers to perform on short notice, and rocking it

Old friends

Smiling, and being noted for it

Life is good :)

It's already a good day!

I haven't even had lunch yet, and today rocks!

My GRE score is good enough for the MLIS program I want

All the teachers like me today

I'm not falling asleep at my desk

Overhead this weekend: "[Amanda]'s sassy. That's why I like her."

I get to work for the Wicked National Tour in Baltimore for a few weeks

I happen to look really cute (though the only person I've seen so far is the office mail guy)

I'm just in a really good mood. This is great news!

Happy New Year!!

I really should post more often. Is it too late to make New Year's Resolutions? But here we go:

Christmas at home with my wonderful family!

Late night chats with worthwhile people

My health

People who believe in me

Flirting

Good hugs

Playing Pirates Life while watching Pirates 2

NYC at Christmas

Ender and Kim's hospitality

Warm, fuzzy socks

Standing my ground

Smiling

Being cheered up

Love

Thanksgiving

I can't let this holiday go completely by without making note of it. Happy Thanksgiving all!

Spending Thanksgiving Day with a wonderful friend

Cooking good food

Il Divo on PBS

Leopard print slippers

Clean room

New haircut

Sold out run of a very fun show

Great cast members

New friends

Cougars winning the Holy War!

Checking out a whole stack of library books

Being a nerd

Wonderful family

My health

Thoughtful "daughters"

Being appreciated

Being liked

Being emotionally strong (most of the time)

Pretty hands

And now, it's time for CHRISTMAS!!

Happy Halloween!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!

Candy

Sweets

Costumes

Trick-or-treaters

Confidence

Owning a beautiful painting

Boxed cereal

3 day weekend

Day off!

Sarah Jane

Good pictures

Standing up for my feelings

Having those feelings respected

Clean room

My dress coming completely clean

Feeling very much in charge of my life

Safety nets

Just another manic Monday

Diagnosing and fixing my own car

Having enough to cover the repairs I can't fix

New embroidery projects

Gracious roommates

Looking dang fine today

Over a month's worth of groceries for less than $50

Trying a new and scary product, and loving it

Saving the environment

My family

Good times with good friends even at great distances

Checking in

Calming down

Not being sick anymore!

Girl talk

Being appreciated and needed

Slip and slides

Not always needing my roommates to be my social liasons

Being an adult!

I can do this

Fun motivational speakers

Locking my office for the day

Ibuprofen

Awesome commute

Avoiding people that annoy me

Being trusted to do my job

Knowing I can do my job

This post will not include food

Bleach

My hair

Webcams

Red shoes

Pink shoes

Yes, dang it, I like shoes

Falling asleep happy

My dog is just so darn cute

Making someone else laugh

Knowing there are at least a few people that I think I'm something special

Good Sabbath

Sunday morning brunch

Finally hearing from someone

Wearing pjs

Compliments

Girly giggles

Everybody's home

Finding Heidi a very possible reception center!

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!

Successful dinner parties

Sleeping in for as long as I want

Unpacking even more

Joe versus the Volcano

Talking to my mom

Friends being happy

Am I out on a date tonight? Obviously not. But I had a good time with friends! AND, I'm not out with a bore or a jerk. I can definitely handle that.

Weekend!

So I'm home alone on a Friday night. Not ideal, but oh well!

I love the 80's!

Half-days of work

Dreams that aren't real (last night was odd)

Dressing up a little

Clean hair

"Good morning"

Having the same breakfast as my mom, 2000 miles away

Smiling

Relaxed

Candlelit bubble baths

Well behaved children at rehearsals

Going home early, again

Being in charge

Cookies and cream ice cream topped with caramel

Leftover pizza

Rainbow rotini with alfredo

Not caring that everyone knows a good portion of what I ate today :)

Apologizing

Looking forward to tomorrow!

And then there are good days

Ordering pizza with my roommate

Roommates I get along with

Surviving lunches with people I didn't want to go to lunch with

Starting to get my finances in good order

Lower insurance premiums

Additional coverage and it still being lower

Not running around crazy like, but still being comfortably busy

And the pizza's here!

T-U-E-S-D-A-Y

Playing Mrs. Potiphar

F.N.T.

Chocolate

Being a little gutsy

Sleeping animals

Me sleeping

Wearing new shoes

Good first rehearsals

Planning trips

No really, I'm back this time.

So, a little story. I didn't plan for this to be a story blog, but I feel one is necessary at this point. Back in May, I lost the job I hated. Good because I didn't have to work there anymore, but bad because I was suddenly unemployed. Luckily, I'd applied for some part time work while I was employed full time, and two of those jobs came through, as well as finally starting a directing project I'd been offered in March. If you have done the math, that means I was now working three part time jobs. Needless to say, I was a little busy. Still, I managed to have time to look for a new full time job.

I only applied for one job out of state. It was the perfect job for me, just what I wanted, it was just in a completely different part of the country. I didn't even remotely expect to get it. However, I wouldn't be talking about it now if I hadn't. So, I packed up and moved across the country to the great state of Virginia! The last month or so I've been settling in, getting used to a new job and a new place.

Therefore, I haven't blogged in ages. But I'm back. Hopefully for a while!

And without further adieu:

The perfect job!

Modern technology that makes the span of the country a little more narrow

Supportive friends and family

A car that could handle the cross country drive full to the brim

Cheap new furniture

Finally getting out of my contract back home

Johnny Depp

My best friend finally getting engaged!!!

Being asked to be a maid of honor

Breaking into the community theatre very quickly (rehearsals start Tuesday)

New friends

More new friends

Midnight phone calls

Laughing

Pandas!!

Getting more and more unpacked everyday

Settling in

Good roommates

Autonomy

Trust

No regrets

Singing

Swimming

Ultimate Frisbee

And you for reading this blog!

AWOL

To anyone who reads this: I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with this. Life has been just a mite crazy around here and it's hard to keep this up. But, I'm back!

Learning new skills

Staying afloat

New jobs

Children

Children's theatre

Laughing really hard