Is Thursday too late to publish a post about the previous weekend? Let's go with nooo because blogger effed up when I was doing this Sunday night and then it would not let me write a post or get back to edit this one until today! So, without further adieu . . .    I had the best weekend!   i have been so overwhelmed the past few weeks with working + summer classes and just so much going on, so I was looking forward to heading down to orlando, but also it's annoying to have to drive 4 hours, but, whatever.    we left here around 330 on friday and got down there at 8 (including a stop for food!). we stayed at the buena vista palace and it was close enough to walk to downtown disney -- where I haven't been for YEARS.    it's fun because when you walk in you can buy a ($7!!!) beer and walk around with it.    We went to Splitsville to bowl and I made Felipe buy this water bottle because I really wanted it but, let's face it, I ain't 22 anymore and I just cannot deal with fruity frozen liquor drinks . . . lucky for me, my BF can! :)

 I forgot socks (we didn't plan on bowling!) so I had to buy some there. Lucky for me -- only $6 for a pair of socks! At least I was representin' U-S-A!

 He loves me even though he hates the headband :)

 At the Irish pub in downtown Disney. Just ask expensive as Dublin, but smaller glasses -_-

 The view from our hotel room on Saturday. Thanks Orlando for the beautiful weather!

 We went to Medieval Times for my bestie + her fiancé's bday. One word of advice: bring your own plastic cutlery if, like me, you are totally horrified about eating with your hands!

 I was *very* excited about this green goblet . . . which I paid $10 for and then left in the hotel bar later that night . . . and I DID realize before we got on the road, but the bar didn't open till later on a Sunday -_-.

 

Besties for 17 years and counting! 

  Oh, and doin the tall girl slouch with my boo Mr. Potato Head. 
A really great weekend, so nice to disconnect from all things school! Of course, I forgot my contact solution and I HATE SLEEPING IN MY CONTACTS so I didn't get any sleep Fri --> Sat night and then on Sat morning I woke up at 7am and went down to the in-hotel Disney store, and surprisingly, they had it. Thank yuhhh Jesus!
This weekend I'm going down to St. Pete Beach for my sister's friend's 30th bday celebration! Should be another fun one, then time to buckle down and study for finals! #whenwillitend

Life Lately

I miss blogging on the reg... but the problem is that I have no room left in my brain to have anything intelligent or interesting to blog about. 

 

It's Monday though, so that's a pretty easy blog post, right? My weekend?

 

Well. . . the weekend life of a law student during finals week. 

 

I have my constitutional law final today from 1-5. Then Contracts on Thursday, then Legislation & Regulation (kill me!) on Monday, then Criminal Law on next Thursday.

The good news is that all of my finals are 1-5, the bad news is that I have four finals. One thing at a time, one thing at a time.

But, one thing that has been SO AWESOME this past week is that Felipe is now living in Florida with me!! WHOOOOOO!!

I obviously knew it would be awesome when Felipe moved down but I didn't realize even just little things that are great. For example, one of my favorite things to cook is buffalo chicken in the crockpot, but the problem is that it makes SO MUCH and I have leftovers for a week. Felipe's here - leftovers for one day. Perfect!

He also has just been such an amazing help to me this past week as far as helping cook, clean, etc. I feel bad because he's definitely doing more housework than me but hopefully I'll make up for it after finals! (We'll see, I'm notoriously bad at chores!)

His job is letting him work remotely from Florida, so that is really great. We went on a walk the other night around the neighborhood, went to dinner on Friday, watched This is 40 on Saturday and went to lunch with A&R yesterday. And that has been my wild weekend. You know I'm busy when I only take TWO PICTURES during the entire week!

 Studying @ Panera ... I accidentally got back on the sauce! (I quit soda on Jan 19 -- but this past week I drank it TWICE!!)

creeps. 

So anyways, that's about all that's going on in my life.

I'm taking summer classes and doing an externship and unfortunately that starts the MONDAY right after exams finish. #norestfortheweary.

 

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

After almost EIGHT months of living 1000 miles apart,  Felipe is moving from NYC to Tallahassee today!!  

  I AM SO EXCITED I CAN'T STAND IT!
The only good thing about doing long distance is how excited you are to see your significant other (it's been 2 months since I saw Felipe in person!) The only thing I can compare it to is Christmas morning as a 5 year old or the last day of school before summer as a teacher! haha!
 

But I don't wanna!!

So today is my last full day in NYC.

I've been here officially three weeks.

I go back to Florida tomorrow.

While overjoyed doesn't begin to describe the emotion I feel upon entering the land of 80 degree temps in January, I am so so so sad to be leaving my boo again.

Now that I've been back in NYC for three weeks, it seems much more natural for me to be here than it has felt August - December to be back in Florida. I lived in NYC for six years, and in Florida for 21 before that, but NYC still feels like 'home' to me.

I said something to Felipe which probably didn't come out right but I don't have a way with words unless I can think about them for a long time and edit them at least twenty-seven times, but the gist is that I'm getting upset because now I have to adjust to being apart from him again. & I just spent the last 21 days adjusting to be being around him all the time again...and now I don't wanna leave.

My mom gave us an ornament for Christmas and said, "Cause I think you guys will get married one day...If you can make it through long distance..." And then my stepdad shushhed her and my mom was like, "What? I'm just saying...you have to really trust..." and then my stepdad was like, "Don't say that!" But it's true... there is a lot of trust, but also there is no doubt. People always talk about long-distance relationships require a lot of trust but I also think they require people to have no doubt that this is the person they want to be with.

For what it's worth, I never think of Felipe & I as in a 'long-distance relationship'. I think of us as in a relationship. And we happen to live states apart at the moment.

Anyways, the point (is there a point?) ... I don't want to leave now and it makes it harder because now I know what it'll be like in Florida, I know how hard it will be, I know how lonely I'll feel (which is weird because I do have friends ... and my family lives a four-hour drive away). I also think I've developed anxiety as a result (I've always been a crazy hypochondriac, but it has been amped to the max since being by myself).

Also I just want to make a point here that I consider myself an INCREDIBLY independent woman, I am becoming more of an introvert as I get older and all the things they say about 'Cancers' being home-bodies is true for me ... but almost four years ago I kicked out of a bar and this kid threw a $20 bill in the cab to pay for it and I haven't been able to be without him since (except for that 2 week period immediately afterward when he didn't call ... )

so yeah, i've been crying about it since monday (which puts a damper on the last few days I'm here) ... and I'm still waiting on one grade back from first semester (property!) but otherwise I got 2 A's and a B and I'd say - not too shabby for my first semester in law school AND I actually really like law school unlike what everybody said about it and unlike most of the people in my class. SOO that makes it a little bit easier to go back because I feel excited about doing well in law!!

xoxo,
kimbo