The Boy, a finale

When I found out The Boy was applying to grad school in Austin, well, let's just say I didn't take it well. As I explained before, I have been trying to get away from him for almost four years now. Wow. Four years. 
A week after I found out, I was in Copenhagen and finally able to cry into my best friend Neen's arms about how unfair life can be. We drank wine, we talked about how I could ever have loved a boy like him. She reminded me how far I have come, how much I learned from that relationship, how I won't make the same mistakes I made before.
And then we stopped talking about it. We drank more wine, some vodka, some rum, some gin, and we had fun. 


Today she emailed me,

"The Boy's facebook says he didnt get in to utexas. i did a little dance for you when i saw that, then i felt petty for a second, then that went away and i did another little dance."




That's my best friend. And, my God, did that lift a huge weight off of my chest.

Today "The Boy" is featured at Check the Box Entertainment!
Do you follow Check the Box? I have been for awhile now, and their posts are so relate-able! Head on over to their blog to see my post, and explore the rest of the site!

**Guest Post** Tara from A Serendipitious Life

 Tara from A Serendipitous Life is Guest Blogging for me today! Tara's blog was one of the first I discovered, and I absolutely love it! She is an amazing amount of fun, extremely sweet, and always ready to give sound advice, encouragement, and love! 
I am so excited she has decided to share this little piece of her life with us...

When Annie offered up her blog for guest posters, I jumped at the chance but had no idea what I could write about! However, she mentioned a few things she would love to hear about and one was people's nieces and/or nephews, so I jumped at the chance to write about my own...because I actually haven't written about them in my blog yet!

I still remember when I got the call from my sister, telling me that I was going to be an aunt. I was 23 and she was only 18, so you can imagine that my first niece wasn't exactly planned. About eight months later, though, my entire family was up at the crack of dawn and gathered in a hospital room, anxiously awaiting my sister and our brand new niece/granddaughter to return from her cesarean section. And she was perfect, literally perfect, like a tiny porcelain doll.

You see, I've never been much of a "kid person". To be completely honest I still don't think I want children of my own, and no, having a niece and a nephew hasn't changed my mind either way. Most of the time I just feel awkward around children - but not around my niece Savannah and even less so around my nephew Spencer, who came along almost exactly three years after his older sister and is quite possibly the happiest, sweetest little boy in the world. Watching my niece and nephew "grow up" has completely proven that boys are far, far easier than girls. They may be active...they may get into things...but I swear, they cry less, sleep more, and eat better!

The thing about nieces and nephews is that you get all the joy of children and basically none of the work...which is of course perfect for those like me, who just aren't sure about the whole kids thing. I get to be the "cool aunt" who introduces them to things like great books, weird foods, and playing the guitar.

Nowadays, Savannah is four and a half and Spencer is one and a half, and at the beginning of this year I found out that my other sister was expecting! Just last week I got the "what I'm having" call...another niece for yours truly! And I'm a little older now, a little wiser, so maybe--just maybe--I'll actually offer to babysit this one sometimes ;)

*Guest Post* Cait from Fit, Fierce and Fabulous!

Hello everyone! At this moment I am probably wearing a tutu and flitting around Copenhagen with my niece. 

But I wanted you to still be able to come over and have a little read, so Cait was so wonderful and agreed to blog sit for me! I hope you enjoy! Missing you all... 

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Hey fellow bloggers! My name is Cait from Fit, Fierce and Fabulous! My sweet Annie asked me to do a guest post about my favorite trip that I’ve taken on and I couldn’t wait to start chatting, typing it out!

I have been blessed to take a 2 week trip to Italy 3 years ago with some of my best friends in college. I went for a course that our college was hosting, and I couldn’t be more grateful to have experienced the wonder of what Italy had to offer.

The first day we arrived, we landed in Palmero, exhausted, dehydrated, but ready to pinch ourselves at the thought of what this gorgeous day would come!

One of my favorite things that we did while in the Sicily area, was eat as much gelato as possible, and no joke, I ate this every single day!

 The best part about all the gelato is that you can mix the craziest flavors together and somehow they still taste AMAZING

Another favorite place we visited was a town called Taormina. I literally felt like I was on a movie set walking around the cobble stone steps, visiting the shops and attempting to talk to the local Italians (my Italian is so bad haha)

Never the less, we stayed at this hotel, where a friend and I snuck on the roof and snapped this picture of me. It doesn’t even describe how incredible the view is from the roof, but this snapshot will do.  I vowed to go back one day and I really hope I can keep that promise!

So there you go! That is one of the best trips I have ever been on! As a travel bug, I am actually going back to Europe starting the middle of May to the middle of June! If you want to know where I’m traveling, please visit my blog and share some tips and tricks! I would love to know more about where you have been, even if it’s not out of the country!