august's end

I can't believe August is already over. Not to mention most of 2011! Where did it go?
I'll tell you where it went....work. Lot's of work.
But I'm happy to say that the work has payed off. My goal in having a third job this summer was so I could use the extra money to pay off my credit card. It needed to be done. So each week the majority of my paycheck when directly onto the card while the rest went into my savings account. Week by week the amount dropped. It seemed like it would never really diminish though. BUT, after receiving my last two paychecks from the regular season  at the hotel, I will have payed off my credit card, ENTIRELY. Can we say holy sense of relief?! I can't remember the last time this card didn't have a balance on it. And to top it all off, this means that all my post season paychecks from the hotel can go directly into my savings account! There's a light at the end of the I'm-24-and-live-with-my-parents tunnel! Glorious day!
Another bright point to August ending is fall and with fall comes...FOOTBALL. Where can I even begin on my love of the game?? Since I was a little girl there were only 2 things that Sunday was for; church and football (in that order of course). I would rush home to watch whichever game was on and if I was lucky enough it was a Dolphins game. Yes, you read correctly, the Miami Dolphins are my team. You can thank my father and Dan Marino for that. Now in my 20's my love of football has only grown and I find myself participating in fantasy teams and all the fun that comes with them. I can smell the fall and hear the sounds of whistles blowing and pads colliding. It's a beautiful thing.
So, as sad as I am to see August go, I'm doubly excited to welcome September. Maybe there will be some rest or even, don't say it too loudly, a vacation. oooooooooh. I can only hope.

a change...

As the vma's were wrapping up (holy pregnant Beyonce! no wonder she was wearing pants), and I was getting ready to doze off, I couldn't help but feel this overwhelming sense of change. Like something was all of a sudden different. I have NO idea what it is. The hotel I work at is open seasonally so yesterday we switched it over from open season to post-season. I really won't be working a lot less in post-season so I don't think that could have been the source of my feelings. Beyond that not much else is actually changing in my life, other than the weather. The last couple days it's been very fall-like here. My sweatshirts have been slowly cycling themselves through my wardrobe again. (yay)
The best part about this strange changey feeling? It wasn't anxiety ridden. No, instead it was almost calming. Like no matter what it turns out to be, I'm ready for it.
So come on change! Show me what you've got!

I'm ready and I'm waiting.

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through a lens

lately i find myself taking an abundance of pictures at work. it's almost therapeutic.

here are just some of them. 

bizzeee

I would like to say that my lack of writing is a direct result of me living a fun and exciting life. It is not.
I've been working. Hard.
I keep telling myself that it will pay off in the long run though.
That eventually I'll get a day off or even take a vacation.
Vacation. The word seems so foreign. The relaxation it implies; so alien.
But for now I keep on keeping on and try to have some fun whenever I can.
Maybe in a few weeks I will have more exciting and inspiring things to say.

Maybe.

I wanna feel the heat with somebody

This song is pure 80s and pure Whitney and pure awesome! And anyone who doesn't agree doesn't know nothing about nothing! 

How could you NOT want to dance to this song?! Or at least sing REALLY loudly in your car! love it.

Dear Life,

I'd really like a rewrite of my script right about now.

Something with a leading man perhaps? 

Oh and a change of scenery would be great. 

Maybe a theatre backdrop?  That'd be swell.

See what you can do and get back to me ASAP. 

Thanks!

Sarah

visits from friends

I love it when my  best friends come home to visit.
It gives me a reason to get out of work a little earlier, stay up a little later, and laugh a little harder.
It makes having to live at home that much more bearable.
I get lighter when they're here. Breathe easier.
But then the day comes and they are gone as soon as they arrived.
The fun ends.
And I'm counting down the days till they return.

So to my lovely friends, I miss you, I love you, and I can't wait till we are reunited.

{i don't know who I didn't get any pictures from this weekend. all the better for my memories i suppose}

a nomad

My second bedroom

I've become nomadic. Traveling from job to job, sleeping wherever I happen to rest my head.
I don't know if working 70hrs a week was such a great choice.
I'm tired. I miss being at home. I wish I could spend more time with my friends.
But I also want to move away someday. I don't want to have to stress about not having enough money to go out into the world and live the life I was meant to.

So I remain a nomad. I will live out of my car for a few more weeks and hope it will pay off in the future.