Hi Family!!
Yes, my butt was kicked too by whoever posted about us being a little lax in the posts lately so I thought I'd better send a quick update :) Life has been BUSY!! but - I know that's nothing new to any of you. I feel like summer has gone by soo fast but I am LOVING the fall weather here. Not so much humidity!! Its been great for walking home from work. As some of you know, my roommate and I (Candace) moved to a new home at the end of June. We absolutley love it and have sooo much more space than we did before. I think the thing we liked the best was not having share a bathroom anymore ;) ;) In July there were a couple of hi-lites. My roommate and I host what has turned out to be an annual 4th of July Party. We had just moved in and had about 35 people rsvp which turned out to actually be about 60 people!! We had planned for some extras but not quite that many!! It was still a lot of fun though and I think everyone had a good time (at least we didn't hear otherwise ;) The 2nd hi-lite was a trip to NY for the first. I went with a couple of my closets friends down here in DC and had such a great time!! We took the train up from Union Station to Penn Station and then saw some of the sights in NY. We made it to Times Square (sensory overload!!), went to a Broadway show (we saw "Rent"to which I feel I need to make a disclaimer - I had no idea what it was about until AFTER we had purchased the tickets - I wouldn't recommend it BUT - the singing was just amazing), then headed up to Central Park. I think Central Park was my absolute favorite. It is just really pretty. Afterwards, we went to the restaurant "Serendipity" (from the movie "Serendipity" with John Cusak and Marissa Tomei) which was just adorable. We were told there was about an hour 1/2 wait when we put our name in so we decided to sit on the bench out front for a few minutes before we did some more exploring. After sitting out there for literally about 3 minutes the manager came out and said, "Is it just the 3 of you? I think I can get you in right now" - so that was great!! We didn't have to wait long at all and had a really fun waiter so over all it was a great experience. After dinner we made our way back to Penn Station and then got on an 11pm train back to DC. It was such a great trip that we are going back in December for Christmas time :) In August I made it home for about 11 days when Tash, Carlos and Andres were back for some vacation which was awesome - I had such a relaxing time and it was great to hang out and see everyone. Labor Day weekend included a trip to Assageague Island National Seashore for some camping with the wild horses (seriously!!) It is an island right on the Atlantic Ocean and just beautiful. The horses basically roam wherever they want. They left us alone except for at night when I heard this muching sound and realized they were eating the grass right next to my tent. I then decided to move a little closer to the center of the tent!! Other than than, it was a lot of fun and we had some great beach weather. I am pretty much not planning on being home a lot in October!! I will be in Atlanta, GA for a conference and then Pennsylvania with some friends for the fall colors and then in MI for a period of time, not sure how long at this point but likely for a week at the least. So, all in all, I think I'll be in DC for 1 weekend! Anyway, life continues to be busy and full for me but I am happy and content!!! As always, stay in touch and let me know if you ever want to visit :)
Luv Leah
Me, my roommate Candace and my friend Lauren
Candace and I at Serendipity
Some pics of my new place (yes, I know, the walls are bit bare, we're workin on that!)
Yes, my butt was kicked too by whoever posted about us being a little lax in the posts lately so I thought I'd better send a quick update :) Life has been BUSY!! but - I know that's nothing new to any of you. I feel like summer has gone by soo fast but I am LOVING the fall weather here. Not so much humidity!! Its been great for walking home from work. As some of you know, my roommate and I (Candace) moved to a new home at the end of June. We absolutley love it and have sooo much more space than we did before. I think the thing we liked the best was not having share a bathroom anymore ;) ;) In July there were a couple of hi-lites. My roommate and I host what has turned out to be an annual 4th of July Party. We had just moved in and had about 35 people rsvp which turned out to actually be about 60 people!! We had planned for some extras but not quite that many!! It was still a lot of fun though and I think everyone had a good time (at least we didn't hear otherwise ;) The 2nd hi-lite was a trip to NY for the first. I went with a couple of my closets friends down here in DC and had such a great time!! We took the train up from Union Station to Penn Station and then saw some of the sights in NY. We made it to Times Square (sensory overload!!), went to a Broadway show (we saw "Rent"to which I feel I need to make a disclaimer - I had no idea what it was about until AFTER we had purchased the tickets - I wouldn't recommend it BUT - the singing was just amazing), then headed up to Central Park. I think Central Park was my absolute favorite. It is just really pretty. Afterwards, we went to the restaurant "Serendipity" (from the movie "Serendipity" with John Cusak and Marissa Tomei) which was just adorable. We were told there was about an hour 1/2 wait when we put our name in so we decided to sit on the bench out front for a few minutes before we did some more exploring. After sitting out there for literally about 3 minutes the manager came out and said, "Is it just the 3 of you? I think I can get you in right now" - so that was great!! We didn't have to wait long at all and had a really fun waiter so over all it was a great experience. After dinner we made our way back to Penn Station and then got on an 11pm train back to DC. It was such a great trip that we are going back in December for Christmas time :) In August I made it home for about 11 days when Tash, Carlos and Andres were back for some vacation which was awesome - I had such a relaxing time and it was great to hang out and see everyone. Labor Day weekend included a trip to Assageague Island National Seashore for some camping with the wild horses (seriously!!) It is an island right on the Atlantic Ocean and just beautiful. The horses basically roam wherever they want. They left us alone except for at night when I heard this muching sound and realized they were eating the grass right next to my tent. I then decided to move a little closer to the center of the tent!! Other than than, it was a lot of fun and we had some great beach weather. I am pretty much not planning on being home a lot in October!! I will be in Atlanta, GA for a conference and then Pennsylvania with some friends for the fall colors and then in MI for a period of time, not sure how long at this point but likely for a week at the least. So, all in all, I think I'll be in DC for 1 weekend! Anyway, life continues to be busy and full for me but I am happy and content!!! As always, stay in touch and let me know if you ever want to visit :)
Luv Leah
Me, my roommate Candace and my friend Lauren
Candace and I at Serendipity
Andres and I at the beach with Tash and Carlos
Andres being a goofball :)
Some pics of my new place (yes, I know, the walls are bit bare, we're workin on that!)
