3 more weeks until Jared and Eryn get hitched! Me, my sister, my grandma, and Eryn's friend all threw a bridal shower for Eryn this past weekend. It was pretty girly-- chicken salad, cucumber sandwiches, frozen fruit salad, and biscotti. Everything was very delicious! Eryn's favorite gift were her tiny "pinch bowls" (see above.) We were all trying to figure out what you do with them, but she was simply overjoyed to have them because of how cute they are. Ha ha. It will be a fun wedding.

After talking about youtube I was reminded of my favorite youtube video. Sigur Ros is by far one of the most talented bands, and I thoroughly enjoy them. They come from Iceland and are pretty big internationally. A friend of mine showed me one of their music videos a while back, and I confess that sometimes I watch it on replay just for a little bit of inspiration. I hope to be like this when I'm old and gray. I love how they're splashing in mud puddles!

So I was just talking to my Thai roommate on Skype, and she said that she had been browsing through some of the youtube videos about Bangkok (her home city) and found me in one of them! When I was in Lithuania, Nan and I participated in something called the "Free Hugs" Campaign. Basically, you walk through the streets holding up signs-- in English and Lithuanian-- that say "free hugs". There's a funny twist to my story because whenever I went up to hug some of the elderly Lithuanians, they literally picked me up and pat me on the butt. No joke. It really caught me off guard, until another Lithuanian explained to me that that's what they do to children. Apparently, my fuzzy hat and thick scarf disguised me from revealing my true age...

So anyways, Nan gave me this link to a video someone made about the campaign. You'll find me on 1.07

Oh, and สวัสดีปีใหม่ค่ะ!!! Meaning, Happy Thai New Year!!!!

The 3 highlights of my day:

#1: I met a girl last month at a coffee shop, and we randomly started a conversation. She grew up in Germany and has family from all over. Something really just pulled me towards her, and so we ended up exchanging e-mails and we've been talking ever since. Well, I invited her to church with me this Sunday and she came. I love, love, love meeting random people and learning about their lives.

#2: ten Swedes were in town to learn more about North Point, and so my dad went out to lunch with them. Blake and I joined and had such a great time meeting them. I held up my wrist that has my tattoo "Frihet" (freedom in Swedish), and they all chanted at once-- "FREEDOM!" hehe. Gustaf also invited Blake and I to stay at his house if (or when) we visit Sweden. Maybe July??

#3: Blake and I went out to Bahama Breeze with Jared and Eryn to officially celebrate me and Eryn's 21st (1 month apart) with a couple mojitos :) Three more weeks til they're married!


I'm skipping classes tomorrow to go to a concert (shhhhh....), but it will all be worth it :)

I couldn't ask for better friends. I really couldn't. I love the fact that I can pick up the phone and talk to them as if we had talked yesterday. We are states/countries apart, and yet our friendships are still so strong. Enough of this sentiment, eh? Nope! I like sentiment :) And I love my friends.

Gosh, I miss them...

Thought I'd share a few pictures to summarize some of the highlights from the past couple months:















My friends-- Amy & Kalin-- came for a weekend to visit. We went to a tea house, where they gave us hats and boas :)















I came across a stash of 6-year-old's dress up clothes, so I had fun with it.















My friend-- Rachel-- came down to visit me from NC for my birthday.


Easter back in Atlanta with the family. (Blake was purposely hiding behind my hair, in case you were wondering. And yes, Joe went brunette also)

I've been trying to learn the violin the past couple of months! I've always had an interest for the violin and I even tried when I was younger, but I guess it was too difficult for me then. So a few months ago Blake and I went to a music store and we found one to rent. They gave me the smallest they have, and I've been teaching myself off the internet. So far, the only song I've mastered is "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" ;-)