Friday, April 19, 2013

so many things!
















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1 & 2: my family took a very spontaneous trip to the coast. we rented this little blue cottage & enjoyed one cozy night. my sister came & visited after coming back from peru! so it was really nice to see her : ) she borrowed my copy of mindy kaling's book, is everyone hanging out without me? to read. she reads so much faster than me!

3 & 4: i rode in the bike-a-thon! i get to cross off another thing on my listmelissa rode with me & miguel came to be my cheerleader : ) i biked a total of 20 miles! i wanted to do more, but on my 10th mile, i got into a crash. i banged up my crotch area pretty bad, scraped my knee (it was ugly & bloody) & the handlebar baned into my chest. i was in pain, but i managed to get back up & bike 10 more miles! i think i was crazy haha. it took a week for my crotch & chest to heal up & lose the black & blue color. my knee is still healing! a big thank you to amy & carissa for sponsoring me!! you are awesome!!

5, 6, 7, & 8: my friend holly started up a crafting club & asked me to be a part of it! i was flattered : ) we had an outing last weekend & went on an art walk, visiting local galleries & hearing poetry from local poets. it was such a lovely day!

9: holly's cat luna. she is so sweet!

10: i finally got an iphone 5! i've never had an iphone & have been wanting one for so long. miguel works for at&t & traveled via train to his store & bought one from him. i was so excited haha.

11 & 12: later that same day, miguel took me out for a fancy date! we got to sit at the chef's table & watch the food be prepared. it was so so fun! the waitresses were so very nice. one even went to the garden outside of the restaurant to pick me some lovely flowers. it was such a great night.

13, 14, & 15: us..just being us.

so, that is a mini catch-up for the past two weeks or so! i've been so very busy & stressed with thesis work. the deadline is fast approaching & i'm feeling the time crunch! i'm at about 75 pages so far & i've never thought i would be able to write that much. but i did. & that's crazy.

8 comments:

  1. love all the old timers at the poem reading? or is that the craft club?
    the crash... sounds awful.
    but i love that miguel was a your cheerleader vs going on the bike ride :)

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    1. : ) yup, it's the poetry reading. i loved miguel as my cheerleader too!

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  2. Congrats on the marathon! I can't imagine biking that far (I am incredibly out of shape...). haha.

    You and Miguel are the cutest. <3

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    1. thank you amy! i am way out of shape too! it was hard on my body, but i just had to do it.

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  3. YAY! Go! Lina! Wish I could ride a bike like you :)
    Congrats on your iphone 5!! :)
    Good luck with your thesis! You can do it!!

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    1. :D thanks jane! oh & i just love my iphone 5! do you have one too?

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  4. It sounds like you've been having such a great couple of trips and such! The little blue cottage is so cute, as are the two of you, and the food sounds delicious. And even despite your crash which sounds like it was pretty painful, it sounds like the bike-a-thon was mostly a success so congrats indeed. :) And yay! Welcome to the iPhone family, haha.

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    1. thank you natalie : ) i guess i have been on a couple of trips. haha sometimes i don't even realize things like that. & it really was a success all in all.

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