After my crazy summer of 2012, and quite possibly the most entertaining and memorable to date, I'm excited for the upcoming fall. The fall where house projects start filling up your weekend mornings, and football starts filling up your afternoon and evenings. Friends start to settle into a routine, people don't feel the need to party every night, and the boats and pools will start to get winterized. All you can do is smile. Smile about what was, what is and what's to come.
In the instance of what's to come, I've had quite the secretarial night in booking trips. For starters, we just booked a room for four of us (stay tuned for that rooming saga...) on the Carnival Breeze, leaving port in Miami on April 7, 2013 and sailing to Grand Turk, Jamaica and the Bahamas for Oz & Darren's wedding. I'm SO excited to be included in their big day, and plans to celebrate and vacation with new friends. I'm sure it will be one for the books, no doubt.
Otherwise, I just booked a trip for two, yes two, to Manhattan, New York, to go knock off another bucket list trip. The classic Joe Cool in my life, my brother, was very excited to embark with me. We're heading into NYC the morning of Thursday, September 27 and staying until the night of Monday, October 1. We're heading in with no concrete plans, other than a (hopeful) plethora of "broadway and cocktails." I'm sure we'll get around to the most notable tourist locations (compliments of S. Waddell and her City Pass secrets) and live to share the classic instagram's of them.
The idea of vacationing with my little brother makes me smile. We're both finally to the age where a little bit of a disposable income, and a lot of big dreams, are fueling our motives. Plus, after Florida with my mother in February and Montreal with my sister in August, it's only fair I jet-set with my main man. I do believe my mother is a little worried, but that's pretty standard. We're both always in some kind of trouble, which I'll argue finds us first. :)
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| Shane and I at Artprize 2010 |
...So here's to the great upcoming fall, the unknowns in life, the loving what you have, and the taking life as it comes instead of always trying to plan it. My new mantra, my new outlook, and my hopeful new blueprint for the future.
Enjoy the pumpkins, cider and the ride, friends.
oh, and Go Blue.
