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Just smile & nod

April 23, 2013

This past week was ridiculous…something was clearly in the air for madness and my kids and I were all feeling it. I really struggled with homesickness and just being all around exhausted and done with China last week. This week we have a 7 day week. Yep. 7 days because they are giving us M-Weds off next week so, of course, we are expected to work the weekend. I wish they could understand that I would rather not have the days off than work 7 days in a row. Just saying. 

Anyway I need to inject some positivity into my life before I crack so I thought I’d share some happies….

{1} 

Thanks to the wonderful inventors of Skype I got to watch my sister graduate on Sunday(or 4am Monday morning my time) over the internet. My mom called me on the ipad and even though it was grainy and I was in my pajamas half asleep I still got to see her cross the stage and yell and clap for her! I couldn’t have been more proud!! My sister is pretty awesome 🙂 

p.s.com a childhood friend of ours also graduated from her school so I got to cheer her on as well! (pictured above) 


{2}

3 of my coworkers have finally jumped on the fitness wagon and started joining me in exercise and I am sooo glad they did because I can’t even pretend it wasn’t getting hard to drag myself to the gym or home to workout. I’ve got one that goes to the gym with me and the other 2 ladies do videos with me at the school. Its pretty great 🙂 
Me being a sweaty mess at the gym 🙂 

{3} 

Blake Shelton is coming to Chicago!!! Haha yes I know some of you could care less but I love country music and I do not mind at all if I have to go to this concert alone, I am going!! 
I may also be home in time to see Jason Aldean 🙂 


{4}
Some happy photos from this past week. Celebrating a coworkers bday with a surprise cake & decorating her desk was a nice break for all of us. 


Then we all made the hour long trek to the nearest Indian restaurant. 

My sunday spent grocery shopping and goofing off in the sports goods store! 




and just because these make me smile….





See you on Wednesday! 

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Throwback Thursdays!!

April 11, 2013

This has quickly become one of my fave Thursday link-ups! 

I am almost positive this was in 2010, I joined a bunch of my girlfriends for a long weekend trip to Jamaica came home to Chicago for a few days and then left to Toronto for another long weekend. It was a great time but I do remember it taking me quite a while to recover! Crazy things were happening on both of those trips but they were definitely worth the money and recovery 🙂

Toronto….
Forgive the ring…It was 3 years ago!! 

Jamaica! 
And just because this song randomly popped into my head! 
love Offspring! 
Link up so I can check out your Throwback Thursday post 🙂 

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My Weekend!

April 2, 2013

Guess what!?! I will be heading to the airport tonight for a late night flight to the Philippines! Wooo hooo for me! But thats not what this post is about…though you should be jealous. Its about how I actually left my apartment for more than food and work this weekend! Yay!!!

Friday night I just worked and relaxed!
Saturday I relaxed most of the day, did one of my part time jobs and then met up with two of my girl coworkers and saw Oz.

If you haven’t seen it, you should! It’s really cute. It made me want to see Wicked all over again, which is funny since I’ve seen it 3 times already. 
Also…just a note here but they completely ruined Mila Kunis for me. Girl crush gone…..
then we headed to join our English department director out at a new wine bar in Shunde for drinks. It was a great time, we sat around with a bunch of older Chinese businessmen who didn’t speak any English and smoked cigars but sang along to Adele songs. 
English Department director 

our half of the table 

My coworkers! Saffer & GCgirl! 
Sunday I spent cleaning my apartment and watching Modern Family. I am now in love with that show and in the 2nd season so don’t tell me anything that happens! Then I joined up with some coworkers and other English teachers in town for a duck dinner. Soooooooooo delicious!!! 
Its not much but seeing that I have been very strict with myself watching everything I eat and avoiding alcohol for the last 6 weeks it was nice to enjoy both without stressing too much 🙂 
I ended my Sunday night skyping with my family and then Sniferella. 
I told my family about how I am considering resigning for another semester and I was shocked to find my sister crying. She just burst into tears!!! I didn’t have a clue what to do, just kept reassuring them that I wasn’t positive I was signing anything yet. Yikes!!! 
on another positive note…I had a good hair weekend…it just happened to work for me so I had to take a selfie!! 

How was your weekend???

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