Happy Friday!

The past 7 days have been equally wonderful and exhausting and I don't think my body has ever been more ready for a Friday. So in honor of the end of the week I thought I would share the high and lows that have made the last seven days so hectic.

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Spending five days with my awesome cousins, ages 13, 10 (eleven on Monday) and 9.

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Having some quality craft time with the two girls (10 and 9). We made purses that were a big hit with their friends.

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I was unprepared for just how intense it is to be a soccer mom, Saturday alone came with 3 different sporting events, not to mention opening day festivities for softball.

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Seeing the lovely ladies of NBT kick some serious ass in their end of the year a cappella concert, and being able to introduce the boy to the reason I am usually singing along with the instruments as well as the words.

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Buying a new and very long book, which I am super excited to start reading this weekend.

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Working in both offices for a few days which makes for a very stressed out and sleepy Bridget.

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The amount of Starbucks that I could justify into my budget in honor of the craziness.

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And the biggest plus of all was that I was able to make it all work. I know it may not sound very difficult but I have a tendency to be overwhelmed by how much there is to do. Instead of taking it one day at a time, I look at the big picture of what lays ahead and I start to freak out. Usually, because of this reason, I end up skipping the fun things in order to make sure I can handle the sensible things. But thanks so some awesome people in my life (IE Mom, Cait, Jeremy, Kristen, Joe) I was able to keep myself sane and still fit in some time for awesomeness.

So in conclusion, Friday I have never been so happy to see you. And weekend, I am super excited for the mini golf, triple date, outdoors time, and relaxation that I know you have in store for me.

Have a great weekend everyone! Lovelovelove :)

Go to your happy place.

For the last 2 weeks or so I have found myself slightly overwhelmed and anxious about pretty much everything and nothing (it's kind of like the anxious anticipation of waiting for Santa only in a not so fun way). It has a tendency to come and go every so often for me and it has been going on long enough that I have just accepted it as part of my charm :) The good news about having these extra neurotic periods of time is that I have a reason to stop and force myself to escape to one of my few happy places that exist on this earth.
The qualifications for somewhere to be considered my happy place is that it needs to hold some sort of happy memory, it must have a good view (sunset or sunrise is a bonus), preferably outdoors (a cool breeze, birds, etc), and I need to be able to just breath better there. There are a few places that meet all of these qualifications and certain locations tend to jump up and down on the list but there are two that always remain at the top spots and those are my great uncle's house in wildwood crest and the other is the roof of my house. Sadly I haven't been able to escape to the beach just yet but luckily my favorite portion of the roof is located just outside one of my windows. Since I was about ten years old I have been removing that screen and shimmying my way out onto that slanted piece of heaven. I'm not sure why it's so calming... maybe its the remnants of that rebellious and dangerous feeling from when I was a kid or the fantastic breeze that always seems to blow past that part of the house. Whatever it is the second I am seated on the warm shingles (or whatever they are) I can feel myself breathing easier. Over the last two weeks I have been lucky enough to get home from work just in time to see some beautiful sunsets out there and although the colors tonight were not as vivid as they have been in the past; it still calmed me like nothing else could.

What is your happy place?