Annieb to "Miss"

I’MMMMMMMM BBBBAAAACCCCCCCKKKK!

First, I would like to apologize for my long hiatus on the blogosphere, I know, all of you were very worried. We have almost made it a year without reconnecting and for that my friends, I am very sorry. Here is a time-line of what has happened since you last heard from me, touching on only the important events of course…

June 2011

I finished out my Eurotrip2k11 travels, here is the cliff notes version of the trip:

·         Paris: where a special surprise that a good friend from TCU coming along too, the Parisian ghetto and searching for wi-fi made it an adventure.

·       Switzerland: where thanks to Prince Oliver, Nadal, a king-size bed of mountain hiking strangers at a fly infested hostel and a large pot of melted cheese fondue made for a wonderful experience.

·          South of France: where without Wayne’s (World), Aussie Gods, broken luggage and beautiful beaches it wouldn’t have been the same.

·         Barcelona: where the Barcelona Babe in Liz found true love, in a 5 story night clubs, a man named Wolfgang and memories of wandering a beautiful city with nude beaches will never be forgotten.

·       London: where Uncle Sam is actually a Brit and we remembered to thank our lucky stars that we had parents that loved us!

All that said, I continued on back to America loveless. But, don’t worry friends, I didn’t come home completely empty handed, there were plenty of lbs (thank you delicious bread, beer and cheese) to keep me comforted on my long travels home.  

July 2011

Back to America! I ventured across country starting in Ft. Worth, TX, ending in the Outer Banks, NC. I was set out to finish my summer with love, tears fell in the Music City when an old flame fizzled, but then I was greeted by the masculine, buzz cuts of Richmond, VA who made me feel beautiful again.

*Something to note about traveling and visiting friends in their home towns, it doesn’t matter if you put on a few lbs in Europe and don't resemble Zooey Deschanel in the slightest, in a new city, you are always prettier because you are the NEW girl.

August 2011-May 2012

My life stopped as I knew it.

No more kebabs at 5am on the streets of Nice, France. No more hung-over My Best Friend’s Wedding viewings. No more taking the #senioroption.  No more gallivanting around with boys like Cappie in the show Greek.

I officially became a full-fledged ADULT.

With this came, arm-wrestling 6^th graders at lunch, tears over students getting kicked out of school due to drug use, a 9:30pm bedtime followed by a 4:45am alarm, 7^th grade volleyball games, smeared poop across bathroom walls, co-worker love followed by awkward high-five’s in the teacher’s lounge, smiling faces waiting for me in the gym at 7am, Harvard and MiT acceptance letters and four-square tournaments. Most of all, being an adult means a pure love and fulltime commitment that I never thought I would have without having my own kiddos.

Obviously, there is many a story with each of those things,  but I thought I could give you just the highlights. This all being said, my social life and hilarious stories have changed a bit. I still have some crazy Friday nights and insight into being single in a crazy world, but most of my attention is held by a real life combo of “Twilight” (minus the vampires), “The Hunger Games”(minus the reaping) and Dawson's Creek(minus the white people).

I promise I will start sharing my stories again, but for now, I will be swimming in teen angst on the reg.