Author's Note: While the activities of this blog post originally occurred in 2015, it has taken me quite a while to get my life together enough to publish the post (to be fair, the post was mostly written, I just didn't upload the pictures). However, in honor of Andy's birthday (January 21st), the birthday blog …
Continue reading That Time We Tried To Celebrate Andy’s Birthday
I can be a super emotional person. Most of the time, I try to look at things in life logically. But sometimes, no matter how logical it may seem, I cannot remove my emotions for the situation. “What do you mean you want me to hire him to be our plumber? Heck no! I don’t …
Continue reading Torino: All the #Feelings (July 21-23, 2017)
I think it’s natural in life to want to share our past with people we are close with. Our past shaped us to whom we are today. The thing is, it’s really easy to make new experiences with someone, it’s nearly impossible to re-create old experiences with someone new. BOOM. That seemed super profound didn't …
Continue reading Florence: Recreating History (July 19-21, 2017)
Technically I think I am considered an adult. Mid-twenties with a well-paid job, co-owner of a house and legally married. Yep, definitely sounds like adulting to me. Except I'm not really an adult. No seriously...just tonight I ate so much cookie dough after work that I made myself sick and I wasn't hungry for dinner. …
Continue reading Lago d’Iseo: Learning How to Adult (July 17-18, 2017)
Venice is one of those cities that everyone should visit sometime in their life. You can see pictures of Venice and watch movies shot in Venice, but neither of those can prepare you for the moment when you walk out of the train station in Venice and you have your first look at the city. …
When my cousin Maria Carolina announced her engagement to her long-time boyfriend, Antoine, not a single person was surprised. They had been dating for nine years and are a better couple than half of the married couples I know. When they later announced that their wedding would be in Italy, I still wasn't surprised. Maria …
There are some people in this world that are always mature and stable. You know them – the calm, collected, rational type of people. I am not one of those people. At my best, I’m like 80% mature and 60% stable. I need you to understand this because I was not at the best when …
Continue reading Half Marathon #7 – Raleigh, North Carolina (April 2, 2017)
As a Vegas virgin, I never understood the “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” phrase. I mean, obviously I understood what it meant theoretically, but I didn’t understand why it was such a widespread phrase. Then I went to Vegas and now I totally get it. Vegas is this weird alternative universe where you don’t …
Continue reading Half Marathon #6: Las Vegas, Nevada (11/13/2016)
I strongly believe that alarms should not be set on weekends. What is the point of a weekend if you can’t sleep in as much as your body desires? Unfortunately, Andy is one of those annoying people who thinks that getting over eight hours of sleep in a night is wasting your day. Therefore, an …
Continue reading Coming to Grips with my Addiction (Week #1)
Are you going to judge me if I tell you that I find myself attractive? As in I actually like to look in mirrors and see my reflection. I like my face and my smile and my height and, most days, my hair. I don’t mean this in an ‘I’m-super-vain’ kind of way. It’s not that …
Taking Little Steps 