I’m home right now, and writing this full of love and sleepiness and pizza and far too much sugar, so that should tell you it’s been a very nice week. In all honesty, from the almost-end of midterms to some late-week relaxation to delicious snacks (Boom Chicka Bites! Half-Baked!) to finally figuring out housing next year, it has been an overall excellent week. But today I think my five favorites are the amazing high school friends that were waiting at home to surprise me when I arrived yesterday.
Sunny, Sanjana, Amalia, Rediate, and Pareesa were all hiding in my living room when I got home. I was honestly too distracted by my crazy-excited dog to notice, but it was so, so nice to see them and catch up over pizza and brownies and Reese’s and peanut M&Ms. And so I guess maybe that’s cheating to make them my favorites, but… oh well. They just finished their first year of college and they’re kind of great. 🙂
{Senior prom}
{Graduation}
{More prom}
{Last day of high school}
{Sunny meme-ified by Amalia}
Thanks for surprising me, guys – thanks for the last few years of memories and thanks for always being there.
How was your week?
What are some of your favorites from the week?
Sounds like you have a pretty awesome group of friends! That was so sweet of them to surprise you! Totally *not* cheating to make them your Friday favorites. 🙂 My peeps are always among my favorite things!
This week hasn’t been a stupendous one for me, but I’m always encouraged by reading your favorites and challenging myself to look and be grateful for the good things in my week. This week’s favorites for me…
1) The latest foster puppies. My sister fosters dogs for our local Humane Society, and the current batch of puppies are 5-week-old Chihuahua mixes, and SOOO adorable!! They make the cutest squeaks and grumbles that sound almost like birds. Being about the size of rats, they are perfect snuggling size and, for now, super easy to take care of! 🙂
2) Long days, short nights. This is a bit of a love/hate thing for me, because it means that my morning sleep is less, since my body is very light-sensitive and I can’t sleep in. But it’s a favorite right now…I can’t get enough of all the warm days, and the sunny mornings make me feel awake and alive, and my heart is happy! 😉
3) Homemade granola. My sister and I have been craving granola, so last week, we decided to just do it, and made a batch. So glad we did!!! It is so yummy, and I’ve been enjoying some almost every day. Now I’m thinking of a million different variations I want to try (I love how easy granola is to change and mess with)!!
4) Wardrobe staples. This last week, my sisters and I went to a thrift store (a favorite place of ours to shop for clothes…is that weird?), and picked up several new things. Though this particular thrift store didn’t have as good a selection (in my opinion) as the one where we go most frequently, many of the pieces I did get were solid wardrobe staples that I’ve been looking for for a long time (though I did get some fun stuff too 🙂 ). Definitely worth it!!
5) Fun braces colors! My braces are all at the back of my mouth, so hardly anyone ever sees them. The ladies at my orthodontist’s are always trying to convince me to get clear or silver bands…I guess because I’m older, they figure I’m going to want the braces to be as unnoticeable as possible. But I say, bring on the fun!! 🙂 I don’t care if other people notice them; I see them multiple times a day and I love seeing colors that make me happy!!
1.) Snuggling puppies is a surefire way to make me smile 😀 Enjoy!
2.) I fully understand not being able to sleep in. It’s not great in that it usually results in a sleep deficit, but mornings are sooo nice. Love the sunny mornings!
3.) I love things you can tweak a little and get a million flavors. It’s so fun to be creative!
4.) Staples are so hard to find, but it’s so satisfying when you finally do get ones you like! Yay!
5.) I am allllll for doing little things that make you happy. Colored braces sound like the perfect little pick-me-up 😀
Have a lovely weekend!
Yay to being home! I hope you enjoy this summer time and get a lot of relaxing done. 🙂
Haha I’m only home until Sunday (four more weeks of school and exams for me!), but I’ll enjoy the next few days first 🙂
It was a decent week that turned into a fantastic week with your arrival. My favorite day has to be today…shopping, lunch, and a family dinner. Perfection. Love you!
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I TOTALLY understand wanting to make your friends your Friday favorites! To me it’s not cheating at all, but maybe that’s just me. 😀 😛
My favorites:
1. Drinking from a plastic bottle with a screw-on lid. I drink from my reusable water bottle all the time, but whenever I drink from a plastic water bottle, I feel so put together, who knows why. Bonus points if it’s a drink, and not just plain water; then I feel super cool!
2. Muesli. I’ve always loved muesli/raw oats,and it’s come back recently with a vengeance!
3. Avocados/Guacamole. I used to think avocados were gross (without having tried them!), but now I love them. We don’t stock them regularly, so it’s kind of a special treat to have them on hand. This week I’ve had both avocados and guacamole available on a whim, and I’m loving it!
4. Eating out of a Mason jar. It’s kinda fun; again, I don’t know why! =P
5. Firefox. It is literally the best thing that has happened to me since I got my phone, I think. After wrestling with Internet Explorer for so long – and blaming the computer to boot – my dad installed Firefox for me. All my problems…gone! I’m sure it has its own set, but I haven’t found them yet, so I’m in heaven. My least favorite thing is that I lost one of the keystrokes I used all the time. But besides that? I think I could go on forever! They make it super easy to personalize it, and easy to switch things up when you are in a different mood. It’s faster, and all together more awesome than I.E. (Sorry for kind of geeky ramble there… =S)
Wow. I didn’t intend for almost all of my favorites to be related to food. Oh well! =D =P
1.) Totally understand. I usually use a reusable water bottle, but I like the wasteful ones better sometimes. Ooooops.
2.) I’ve never had muesli! But sometimes when I’m making oatmeal cookies, I snack on raw oats, which everyone seems to find super weird…? So maybe I’d like muesli 😀
3.) I <3 guacamole. That is all 🙂
4.) I've never done it, but I've seen all the Mason jar salads and overnight oats and parfaits and kiiinda wish I had one to play around with. Maybe this summer!
5.) Haha no problem. I really don't like IE, but I do use Chrome. Apparently it's not great for Macs? But I love it, so I use it...
Aww so sweet that your friends were there waiting for you when you got home! I love that you’ve been able to stay close to some of your high school friends 🙂
It was a pretty great surprise 🙂