Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Spring has (finally) sprung!

Today is officially the first day of Spring. (Cue sunshine and chirping birds.) I for one hope this means we'll finally start getting some warmer weather down here in Miami. I don't think I'm asking for much. What am I doing to celebrate the fact that Spring has finally sprung? I'm going to see the musical "Wicked" tonight with Ricky and some friends from work! I'm so, so excited. :-) 

Wednesday's St. Patty's Day celebration was only okay. We went to a bar that had an outside street party going on. Ironically, the weather was colder than the beer, which doesn't happen often in Miami during March. But at least the beer was Guinness, so that made me happy. When I couldn't take the cold anymore, Ricky and I went to my new favorite burger joint, Five Guys. Best. Cheeseburgers. Ever. And their fries are pretty good, too.

On Thursday I watched Ricky play some of the new "God of War" game, which is amazing. And yesterday we went to a happy hour thing with my faculty at this pseudo Tex-Mex restaurant/bar. The food was okay but the strawberry margaritas were good.

And now I'm off to clean my room, which looks like a tornado hit it, and maybe grade a pile of essays. Or not. The weather's simply too pretty today to stay cooped up indoors. Hm, maybe I'll grade them outside...?

Have a fabulous weekend! I hope your first day of Spring is wonderful, wherever you are. :-)

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Bring on the short sleeves and the sunshine!

The weather has been unseasonably cool in Miami lately. Now I know 50 degrees Fahrenheit for some of you may sound like a day at the beach (literally), but for tropical babies like me who have never even seen snow, this is cold. And I'm sick of it, Miami. Spring arrives in less than a week and it still feels like Winter down here! I'm sick of sweaters -- bring on the short sleeves and the sunshine.

I came home today to find three books waiting for me in the mail --  I love getting stuff in the mail! I ordered The Virgin Suicides, Alice Have I Been, and Big Breasts, Wide Hips. All three books are for three separate book clubs I belong to: Student Book Club, Faculty Book Club, and an online book club I recently joined, the Slow Readers Book Club (is that an awesome name or what?).  I foresee a lot of reading in my future...

Well, I'm off to shower and wash my hair. My friends always tell me I have pretty, shiny hair, but the truth is I wish it was just a little bit dryer, because all that shine = grease, and grease = me having to wash it every other day. No fun! Do you guys have any tips for making my hair stay fresher longer in between shampoos?

Hope you're having a happy Tuesday! :-)

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