#monkey-toes

[catherine-grace]

Explored Boston with my college roommate yesterday and attended an alumni event since I will be moving there for the summer. I move out there this weekend and will be interning with the EPA. I can't wait!

[catherine-grace]

Massachusetts Adventure

Over the weekend, Shannon and I went out to Massachusetts to visit Hayley. We had a great time. We got a bit lost (twice) on the way there, but we made it pretty much in the time we thought it would take to get there. We met up at the Berkshire Mall and met Hayley's friend Kate whose names is also Katherine Grace :P

At the mall, Shannon and I shopped for business attire. We found good clothing in JC Penny, DEB, and Target. We also bought a pair of jeans each and some cute shirts that aren't business clothing. We ate in the food court and I forgot to use my gift card for Subway.

After shopping, we went to Hayley's house. We were greeted my her three adorable dogs. Kate had to leave and the rest of us ordered Chinese food. We ate dinner and played Mario Kart and then went out for ice cream. After getting ice cream we played Disney Scene It. Shannon won, of course. Then we played some all plays for fun and a clip from The Princess Dairies came on so we decided to watch that. After watching The Princess Dairies, we watched the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest because it was on TV. 

After Pirates was over, we were all quite tired and planning on going to sleep, but Magic Beyond Words, a new movie that is a documentary about J.K. Rowling's life and what influenced her to write Harry Potter. We recorded it and finished watching it in the morning. We also watched Say Yes to the Dress  and  Chopped and just hung out. Shannon and I drove home Sunday afternoon and got slightly lost because the roads weren't label well but we made out way home in good time.

se it was on TV.

[dreamshopehappiness]

Confusion, panic, boy drama, and work?

Well, I had two dreams. The first was pretty short and I was just talking to my best friend in it. This dream makes sense because I spent the whole day with him yesterday and we talked a lot.

DREAM

The first part of my dream I remember is being in a large gym with a huge group of people. I felt familiar with most of the people, but didn't actually know them. All of a sudden, someone decided we needed to split into two groups and have a debate. I started freaking out inside because everyone seemed to know what to do and were ready to have a debate, but I didn't know the rules. I was standing next to my friend Sarah and then the other team for the debate came out with posters with letter on them and for some reason this meant I needed to run out of the gym into the hall way and to the other side of the gym. I got there at the last possible minute and found out I was "safe" for some reason. This meant I could go back to my team.

Sitting back at my side I realized we had about twenty people on our team. I ended up moving up in the chairs and sat next to some guys. The blonde one smiled at me and eventually was holding my hand. Then a friend who didn't quite look like Sarah anymore but was supposed to be her, came and sat on his other side. He started flirting with her outright. I was pissed. Not because he had held my hand first, but because he was leading her on. When he got up to take his turn in the debate, I leaned over and told Sarah because I wanted to know what a slime bag he was being, but she ended up getting upset with me because supposedly they had been flirty for a while nad she was hoping to date him.

Then, I was outside on the side of a big hill, which made me feel like I was in the garden I work at even though the garden is built into a very gradually sloping hill,  and I was trying to look for Sarah to make things right. I didn't want her to be upset with me and I wanted to make sure she was OK. Next, I was at the bottom of the hill cutting up a cake for myself. I ended up handing out pieces of cake to help people out. I gave a piece to a girl from high school and one of the other orientation leaders. Then I woke up.

INTERPRETATION

Most of my dream is linked to things that actually happened yesterday. Yesterday I spent the day with my best friend and I also saw Sarah for dinner (read more here if you'd like). At dinner, Sarah and Shannon were talking about a debate that some of Sarah and her classmates had. Sarah also told me she is working with a really attractive guy and that he is my age. I think that is where the boy drama came into my dream. As for the big hill feeling like the garden, I think that is because I visited the garden with Robert yesterday. I also saw the girl from high school yesterday at the gas station. I do not think there was any other special meaning behind my dream other than dreaming about things related to the events of my amazingly simple yet enjoyable day yesterday :)

[catherine-grace]

Finding Pleasure in Simple Things :)

  I had a really great day today even though we didn't do anything big or crazy or extraordinary. I just enjoyed the time I spent with me friends. ♥

It was pouring this morning when I woke up which was a bit disappointing because Robert made a list of things for us to do around hi city, but they were all outdoors things. About an hour after I woke up, the rian had stopped and I took forever to do things around the house and get ready so it was just starting to sprinkle by the time I was ready to leave. Robert lives about 40 minutes away, but after about 15 minutes of driving, the rain had stopped. I stopped about 10 minutes from his house to go to the bathroom and when I was coming out of the store, it was pouring again. We didn't let the rain stop us, though.

After I picked Robert up, we drove to the park we were hoping to hang out and play tennis at, but the after about 15 minutes, the rain was coming down even harder. We decided to hang out in a store. We picked a new craft store called Hobby Lobby. "Hobby Lobby isn't just a craft store, it's a lifestyle!" That is what we came to decide. Hobby Lobby is amazing. I love that store now. They had a children's toy section, but almost all of them were science related. They had physics and chemistry sets, they had solar powered robots to build, they had astronaut ice cream and volcanoes, and they had sustainable "toys" like a recycling kit. I was in love! :P

We spent over an hour and a half in Hobby Lobby. Then, we drove to Jumpin' Jack's to meet up with Brian, who just came back from an internship in Michigan, and Shannon. On the way we pasted Sarah's house, so I decided to call her to see if she wanted to join us. She did :) We all got something to eat. Brian and Robert were instant friends as I knew they would be. That is why I really wanted them to meet. Most of us also got ice cream. We were at Jumpin' Jack's for 2 and a half/3 hours. Most of the time we were just sitting in a circle talking, laughing, and just spending time together. It was great.

By the time I brought Sarah home, it was pouring again and the roads were flooding. The drive to her house was definitely an adventure. Then, I decided to drive through the park with Robert. After driving through the park, I showed Robert the garden I will be working in this summer. At this point it was only misting so we walked through the garden together and I told him stories from past years. The garden is one of my homes away from home. After spending about 30 minutes in the garden, we went back to the park and played basketball for awhile. Robert beat me by one.

Next, we drove back toward Robert's home, but we didn't feel like ending the fun yet, so we went to the pet store! We both love animals so it was a great place to go. I really wanted the cute kitten named Monkey. I dreamed out loud to Robert that we could go to grad schools near each other and rent an apartment together so we could take care of a kitten together :P We still weren't ready for the night to end so we drove to yet another park near Robert's house and just sat in the parking lot and talked for another hour or so.

My day was just a day of spending time with my best friend and some of my closest friends. We did simple things like, sit and talk, eat, and look around in different stores, but the day was very enjoyable. I spent the whole day with people I care about and enjoy being with. I love spending time with my friends, especially my bestie ♥