home again.

"I’ve never cared for sightseeing, landmarks bore me, but thrust me into the day-to-day happenings of friends, acquaintances, and friends of friends and places really come alive."

actually, i've been home since monday morning- my lazy ass just hasn't gotten around to blogging. new york was amazing.... naturally. shouldn't that just be a given? hubs and i spent loads of quality time together and also got in a few fun nights out with some great friends. i love my new york friends.

my plane got in thursday evening and i had reserved a car to pick me up from the airport to take me to D's dorm- yes, you heard that correctly... dorm. the car turned out to be a blessing. i waited for about 5minutes before it came, and then proceeded to sit in air conditioned comfort for the long trip in too manhattan. i say long... because i (lord knows why) booked a flight that landed right during the beast of rush hour.

i forgot to snap a picture of D's dorm... but saying 'dorm' is really giving it

too much credit. i think our pantry is bigger. it's literally the length of an XL twin bed and the width of the bed, a desk, and a closet/cupboard. let's just say thursday night was a little squishy... and i woke up with bruises on my knees... and not for good reason.

friday, D had to work, so i spent the day with some of my favorite people in new york. we marched along the high line park, had an amazing lunch in the meat packing district, and hung out at a random little park in the east village. hung in the park that is... until a bum fight broke out. we fled before knives were drawn, and retreated back to their apartment and enjoyed the AC until D got off work and was able to meet us. we went to dinner and grabbed a few drinks in soho with some more friends... and retreated back to our HOTEL ROOM to get 'a good nights sleep'. i have never been so happy to see a king sized bed in my life. one night, crammed into a twin, will do that to a girl.

(friends @ high line!)

saturday we woke up bright and early... i mean, at noon... and grabbed a quick brunch. are you allowed to still call it brunch at noon? we then spent a better part of the day wandering around chelsea and D took me to all his new neighborhood favorites. i fell completely in love with chelsea. i could DEFINITELY see us living there if we end up moving.

saturday night we met back up with the friends i spent friday with. all i can say about saturday night is... holy shit show. the four of us downed an embarrassing amount of wine, molested the merrill lynch bull, and ended our evening with a 2am bar food feast. you know, because our amazing italian dinner, where we sat outside and overlooked the statue of liberty just wasn't enough.

(poor bull)

sunday was my last day... and it started with a massive hangover. although, i did stumble across one hell of a glorious cure. sunday afternoon nap in central park. hubs and i snuggled up in a patch of shade under a tree and i'm pretty sure we actually fell asleep for a few hours. but really, how can you feel like hell when you're overlooking this?

(god i love central park)

after an early dinner and a tearful goodbye... yes, i am a girl and i do sometimes cry... i was off and back to wisconsin. the only downside to my trip was that it really left me missing D. it was like a little tease... here's husband... now he's gone. muahahaha! oh well... at least i have less than a month to go before i'm back!

packing is hard.

i'm attempting to pack for new york... and have been for the past several hours. so far i've packed 2 dresses, 2 pairs of heels, and some underwear.

oh! i just added a skirt.

yet.. somehow my entire summer wardrobe is flung around my room and condensed into various piles on the bed. which, my cats are nesting in. not sure where i'm sleeping tonight....

i suck at packing.

pseudo-single & catching up

i said i was ready to start being a good little blogger again and i'm intending to stick too it! so i suppose that means i should fill you all in with a little about what's been going on in my life, right? well... it's not really all that exciting.

i believe i'd mentioned in a previous post that the husband got an internship in new york this summer (yay!!) meaning that i've been solo since the end of may (boo!!). it's actually not as bad as i thought it was going to be. i obviously miss him, but it is rather enjoyable to have a bed too myself... watch what i want to watch, when i want to watch it... and, shocker: when i clean our apartment... IT STAYS THAT WAY! i've also been able to keep myself busy (i don't have a free weekend until early august!) and i've gone ahead and booked myself two trips to go and visit. the first this coming weekend and the second at the end of july. he comes home mid-august, so we're really not going to be going more than few weeks apart at a time.

and.. those trips to new york... my absolute favorite city on the planet? i. can't. wait. not only do i get to the hubs, but one of my very very best life long friends lives in the city, and i'm going to squeeze in a little girl time with her as well! two birds... one stone... love.

speaking of girl time... another one of my very very best life long friends (hehe) and i have a date this saturday night. we're getting dinner at swig, my FAVORITE restaurant in milwaukee and then heading out for a drink or two or five or twelve. we also decided that since it's finally summer and the weather is finally warm and delightful.... we need to wear dresses.

this afternoon, j.crew so kindly sent me an email saying that there were new items in stores and online. what good timing! how did they know i just so happened to be in the market for a new summer dress? that j.crew... i tell 'ya.

anyways- i instantly fell in love with this little number. i HAD to run to the store and try it on after work and i was not disappointed. the dress fit perfectly and is even cuter in person than it was online... in my opinion.

i love that it has a 'removable' sash at the waist, so it's not quite as boxy looking...
and i love that the ruffles down the front are a noticeable two-tone...

so now, i'm ready for girls night... i'm almost ready for new york (possibly a few more wardrobe staples may need to be purchased), and at this exact moment, i'm ready for a date with my couch, two cats, a bottle of wine, and 1980s john cusack ala 'say anything'.

um.... hi?

so yes.... i do realize that i've taken quite the... um... hiatus (?) from blogging. apparently. i have a tendency to do that. sorry- to anyone who may still be interested... which at this point... is probably no one.

regardless, i've decided to declare the hiatus to officially be over. (wohoo!)

i've also decided that this little blog needs a tad more "direction". i'm not entirely sure what all that will entail, but i'll do my best to actually make it interesting.... as opposed to the random and somewhat incoherent blurbs about nothing in particular, that apparently only pop up once every few months.