Major Update-- Part 2

After vacation, I settled back into the groove of work. It took about two weeks.

Don't you just love that? You look forward to a trip or even just a large span of time off, only to have to deal with the "post vacation low" that occurs immediately upon returning to the real world. My mom always said that she "needed a vacation following vacation". I never really understood what she meant by that at the age of 8. However, now I know it could only have meant one of two things: She was beyond stressed her entire vacation dealing with me, who wanted to go, go, go, immediately upon waking at 7AM sharp. Or, she had so much fun being away, that she deeply desired more time to relax and kick back. Either way, I now totally identify with this saying.

At the end of summer Dan and hosted a little crab feast with all of our close friends. We had a great time eating 6 dozen Maryland blue crabs and hanging out. Highlights of our night include: a cartwheel contest, one friend eating more then a dozen crabs (gross), my amazing blueberry crumble that was a major hit, bonfire chats, our AC unit deciding to leak, and the "growlers" that the men liked to sip on.
Side note-->I loved this day. I felt especially blessed by our friends, old and new, that are all having an amazing impact on our lives. We have grown incredibly close to the guys and gals in our small group and it has been really cool to see these friendships grow deeply and richly in such a short amount of time. I am so excited to see the journey that these relationships take--since, I'm confident that some of these friends will be lifelong. Very cool.

September was filled with many other fun events: the weather cooling down (best evening walks ever), my sister-in-law buying her first home (an adorable brick house), my sister being invited to her school homecoming dance by the German exchange student (Frederick), our 3rd anniversary(!!), and a random surprise gift by my thoughtful husband (a shoe rack).

So the gift, a shoe rack. Sounds like a joke, but it is NOT. It actually was the most needed thing I have received as a gift in a long time and boy does our closet (and Dan) thank me for setting it up right away. We can now enter our walk-in without stepping over top a massive pile of flats, boots, slippers, heels (ouch), and wedges. What can we conclude from this gift??.... my husband is the best.

And so is this furry friend. 

xoxo