playing catch up (with photographs, even)

Today is a rest day. Designated rest days MUST happen approximately every 18.3 days in my Seattle world. As in, I need to spend on day on the Island not in Seattle and preferably outside on the deck reading for an entire day, eating home-cooked meals, and taking a really long time to drink my morning three cups of coffee. After two weekends of day to night activities back to back all day long and 21 experiencing, it was due. In fact, I could blog about what I've decided about the bar life but I'll leave that for when I've been to more than just one. I don't think I'd be doing nightlife a service judging all bars by one country bar in Tacoma that was only fun because I was 21, you dig me? I've seen those real Montanian cowboys and I barely like them, so the fake ones, well, don't get me started.

I guess I'm the sort of person that has friends that fly to visit me so for the last two weeks I had friends here sharing the adorable Jack and Jill style bathroom in the house I live in with me. That meant voyaging via bus to the most exciting parts of the city because, and I can promise you this, if you visit me, I will try to give you the best bang for your Ticketcity-plane-ticket buck. There was the Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Center day, there was the Fremont Troll and Gas Works day, there was the Queen Anne Kerry Park AND Bhy Kracke Park day, there was the UDistrict and UVillage day, there was the Tacoma bar night, there was the Capitol Hill thrifting day, and finally the Bainbridge Island days. 

This is why I have to deny all plans thrown at me on the occasional Saturday. I can't keep up with myself. And I can't really afford it- especially when I play personal shopper for my sister and buy her trooper olive green slouchy jackets that are too perfect for words. 

And here's where I admit that I took zero pictures with my camera for any of this. Are we still friends?

I got to spend time with my friend who flew here from Montana and got to see for myself what a new-to-the-city-Montanian looks like and probably what I looked like when I first got here. For example, when she saw a cute dog, she voiced how adorable it was and how it reminded her of her own very loudly hoping the owner would stop so she could pet it. He didn't bother glancing at us let alone stopping and I had to tell her that is not how the city works. Then there was the time we saw protestors stopping pedestrians to sign their petitions and I told her to keep her head down and ignore them- guess who got stuck listening to their speech for thirty minutes? And then I got to hang out with none other than the funniest person I've ever known. Sydney has a heart of gold and I like to think she fell a little bit in love with Island life, too. I know she liked Island driving (if you visit me, I might make you be my chauffeur when I have an expired license, too.) 

The highlight of these past two weeks was laughing, effortlessly and completely. There's nothing like giving yourself to a full hearty laugh, you know? No walls, no worries- that sort of thing? The kind of thing you're hesitant to do when you're among friends you just met at work who you're afraid won't invite you to sit with them at lunch if you're too weird too soon. 

Anyways, I need to find a job. Or SOME jobs. I'm mostly to the not so homeless thing now but I need some bucks and I'm worried about what I'm going to do if I'm not as busy as I am now during the school year. 

I could start fires with what I feel for you

As much as I wish December looked like this right now... these pictures were taken back in November. Missoula had the prettiest fall I've ever experienced. The orange and yellows looked good on the Missoula historical neighborhoods! It seemed to last forever! I loved waking up and looking out my window every morning for almost three weeks to an orange and yellow world. It stuns me sometimes when I realize what a gorgeous part of the country I get to go to school in. (I'm trying to think of all the things I love about my school so I can rant about them when I speak at my old High School this week about Montana. Note: scenery.)


Niklaas and I actually took these pictures before we went to see Jack's Mannequin! I've been obsessed with this skirt for ages but I never knew what to wear it with. I just happened to feel brave on the day of the JM concert and rummaged around in my roommate's closet until I found this gorgeous top and threw it on. I actually wore this outfit most of the day with wedges but there was no way I was going to walk to dinner and the concert in wedges. Nope. I am and probably never will be a regular wedge/heel wearer. But I wish I were! The concert ended up being amazing and it was a pretty great date night.


I have spent all day in bed and I mean literally, all day. I woke up in the middle of the night last night with such a bad backache that I had to take four ibprofen and lay in bed for what felt like forever until they kicked in. The reason became clear the next morning when the cramps came. Eww. Isn't being a girl just glamorous? I practically had to drag myself into the shower and when I got dressed, I was raking through my laundry bag from school (still haven't done it) and found... Niklaas' Weakerthans shirt! So I've been wearing it all day. There's something about wearing your friendboy's tees that just makes you feel better even when you're in bed with a headache, backache, and mindache. I've missed that kid. I don't know how we went weeks and months all of last year not seeing each other.

I'm writing this on Sunday (night) and by now it's Wednesday, but I really hope by Wednesday I've accomplished some productive things. I need to clean my room thoroughly and bag a lot of my old clothes to go to Goodwill. I also need to clear my desk so I have a productive place to work. Ugh. I can't believe how fast this break is going compared to last year! Then again, I'm getting very antsy to go back to school and finish off sophomore year. Bali is only 4 months away! Eeep!

Outfit: 

Skirt- ShopRuche

Top- Roommate's closet!

Tights- Jcrew

Boots- Wanted

Bow- Roommate again!