The Un/Re Bachelorette Weekend

I was supposed to get married the weekend of May 15th this year, but as mentioned – the wedding was called off. So, to avoid the town and the giant reminder, I decided to invite all of my girlfriends to Vegas to celebrate my new life direction. :D Woooo!

We were able to all stay in my mom’s house, located about 20 minutes from the strip. The ladies came from all over – Carina came from Seattle, HaLee from Portland, Angela from Boise, and Michelle & Mary came from Idaho Falls. I was so glad for all of my favorite ladies to join me for a weekend of Vegas fun.

We really didn’t drink much – the one time we were anywhere close to drunk was the day we spent by the pool.

We went to the Flamingo’s pool. It was the only pool we found where you can get in for free (if you’re a girl). We bought giant slushee drinks, which took us a few hours to consume, but were mighty tasty!!

Our other festivities included shopping, walking the strip and going out. When we were at the pool we were approached by 3 or 4 club reps who wanted us to come to their clubs. It’s their job to fill up the clubs and we were prime candidates considering we were a big group of pretty girls. We decided to take up one guy’s offer. We ended up at Lavo, at the Palazzo hotel, the first night. We were treated to $250 worth of free drinks and our own private seating section.

HaLee, Angela, Me, Carina, Michelle & Mary @ Lavo

The second night we went to TAO at the Caesar’s Palace, for Captain Morgan’s 375th(ish) birthday thrown by Maxim Magazine. It was a gorgeous club, equipped with it’s own rooftop pool, cabanas and dance floor. While the clubs were really beautiful and interesting to see, honestly, it was all kind of ridiculous. The going out process, I mean. If you weren’t VIP, which we luckily were for the weekend, you had to wait in ridiculous lines to go into overly crowded clubs where you tried to dance, but actually just got drinks spilled on you and you were stepped on. All in all though, it was still a good time. haha

We were able to eat a bunch of really yummy food too and not blow all of our money. The trick is to eat off the strip. Then you don’t spend as much money! Michelle’s friend who’s a local taught us that handy trick.

We had three Vegas virgins; Mary, Carina and HaLee. I say we gave them a pretty good first impression. I tried my best to be a good tour guide!

Hopefully we can all make it a habit and do some repeat trips in the near future. Miss you, ladies!

Quarter Life Crisis

Well, it’s been a while since I posted. So much has changed. Life is an interesting thing. haha

Last time I posted, I was healing from a fresh break up with a guy I’d been in a relationship with for 6 years. We’ve since reunited, much to the surprise of several people in our lives.

It’s been an interesting few months. After the infamous break-up I decided it was time for me to find happiness in my life, FOR me. It’s easy to think about… but turned out extra hard to actually do. Because when I sat down and thought about what would make me happy, I came up blank.

I knew one thing, I wasn’t and hadn’t been satisfied with the work I was doing. And since I invest myself so much in what I do, I wasn’t happy with myself as a person. When I moved home over a year and a half ago, I resolved to get any job I could. I got a graphic design job, even though I haven’t been passionate about design for years, at a newborn company and was really excited to learn and grow with everyone there. Only problem was, I didn’t seem to be growing. I felt stuck, unmotivated and guilty for being so. So, after much deliberation – I resigned. And boy did it blow everyone’s minds. No, I didn’t have some high-paying job waiting for me on the other side. I decided it was just time for me to figure out what I need to make me happy.

Luckily, my very generous and very best friends offered to take me in. Newly single, and about to be unemployed, I was living in a house paying bills by myself. They live in a beautiful home with their 2 beautiful children whom I get to spend all my time with now. <3

Me (in the middle) and my good good friends Brian and Michelle

Let’s just say – it’s been an amazing couple of months.

Things with Jeff are better than ever, we’re in an entirely different relationship than we ever were before and I’m really glad we were able to work through things. We still have the not-so-fun pleasure of proving ourselves to the people in our lives who thought our break up was for the best. But since I, admittedly, was the leader of that club 2 months ago, I understand that minds can change about it. And mostly – it doesn’t matter what people think. It matters how I feel. And I feel great.

Me, Jeff and Penny

Someday, I’ll go back to some sort of web job, but in the meantime, I’m trying to figure out what exactly I’d like to do in that realm. Bur for now, it’s time to reboot, refocus and move on. Life’s too short to get hung up on drama and what-ifs.