Long overdue updates.

I used to be so good at updating this thing... maybe I will blame my friends and their lack of updating of their blogs... Elizabeth... Katie (until recently)...

What has been going on for the past 22 days. Lets see. I celebrated St Pattys Day a weekend early at LuckyFest at Park Tavern in Atlanta. Kate and I went and ended up meeting with some other friends and having an amazing night. I had zero green beer but I was ok with that.

The next weekend I was off to the Keys. Amanda's dad wins all these trips through his job and he got to bring a guest. His friend/coworker Tim also got to bring a guest. Amanda and I were the guests. We spent a wonderful 3 days at Hawks Cay Resort in Duck Key (about 63 miles from Key West). Holy amazingly beautiful. We had such a great time lounging by the lagoon all day, enjoying great dinners at night, socializing with other people we knew on the trip and making new friends. We ended up going out for actual St Patty's Day with what we lovingly call our "Cabana Boy." He happened to be assigned to our section the first day and we all became friends. We had an amazing time seeing a new city and enjoying what the Keys had to offer for St Pattys. That night ended up being an all-nighter because we had to catch our shuttle to the airport at 4:45 am.... Lets just say we were not looking pretty.







This weekend I got to meet some of Kate's friends from college and man do I understand why she loved college so much. They were all so fun and funny and a great time to be around. We all had an amazing time celebrating a birthday, enjoying some pool time, getting in some good dinners, and having a night out on the town. I'm lucky to have found a friend like Kate in this city, she keeps me sane on so many levels.

This next week I plan to relax because my April is full of work trip after work trip after work trip and then a half marathon... A half marathon I haven't trained for... This could be ugly. Operation get my butt out there and run begins today. Wish me luck.

Updates

I just realized I never blogged about anything past announcing my New York trip. We (Katie, Kate and Amanda) had such an amazing amazing time. There was one minor setback on Friday night, but once that blew over (I got a little emotional, that's all I will say about that) this trip was exactly what I needed. I was able to wind down, enjoy the company of great friends, spend time in a city I love, eat lots of great food, enjoy a dinner theater and get told happy birthday by a dragon on the wall, experienced my first NYC brunch (complete with mimosas, YUM), got to skip a line at a bar, did lots of walking, enjoyed more food, went to plenty of Irish pubs and made friends with the IRISH bartenders (real Irishmen tending bar at an Irish pub, shocking!), ate more delicious food, met some British boys, took advice from strangers in Times Square, laughed, laughed, laughed, shopped, saw a proposal live in Central Park(which ended up being an Auburn couple!!!!) (my future fiance has his work cut out for him, where ever he is), saw the bull (I do not understand the excitement), got birthday icecream with a 2 and 5 candle, saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island from a distance, had late night pizza... kind of, walked the financial district, witnessed an arrest and then an escape, rode the subway (EXPERTS!!!), met up with some new friends (friends of Kate and Amanda), rode in taxi after taxi, narrowly escaped missing a flight (again)! That just hits the high points :)! I am a lucky girl to have the friends I have that are willing to travel to celebrate being 25 with me! We have already begun discussions for our next trip!

Since then, I have been to Auburn twice (once to pick up Mags and spend some time with friends and family) and once to celebrate the marriage of my 4th sister (Amanda's older sister Brittany!). This wedding was so perfect and the bride was absolutely gorgeous. I just love this couple and hope their life is full of love, happiness and sweet little Fickle babies! The couple is now enjoying a honeymoon in Jamaica... so jealous.

This coming weekend will be spent in Atlanta, thankfully! I'm excited to go out and enjoy my city for the first time in a long time. Then I'm off to Dallas for a day for work. Then the Florida Keys to spend best friend time with Amanda and celebrate my, kind of, Irish heritage... Take a look at where we are staying. Holy excitment!! "Hawks Cay!!!!!"

Big couple of weeks ahead of me. Things are looking up for this one and I love it!