tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31386369521048638272026-01-23T18:05:59.853-05:00Life according to a southern girl thrown into the big city life.Sarah Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03459689749540765994noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138636952104863827.post-81301437853723579672011-10-12T20:03:00.002-04:002011-10-12T20:05:21.864-04:00

Another year has come and gone! The belated birthday card I received last night reminded me that I am now officially in my mid-20s. Sometimes I just want to go back to college where my biggest concerns involve passing a test and which outfit will be "the one" for the 1889 dance, but then other times, I'm doing everything I can to distinguish myself as "older" than all the "kids straight out of

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Earlier today I returned home from a delightful serious of trips, and I am again reminded of the wonderful things God has for me. Sometimes I feel as if life is on fast forward, and the moments of normal speed are shrouded in "hurry up, get going," but this weekend I just pushed pause and let the little wheels racing in my mind rest -- what a delight that was! Thursday and Friday I spent time on

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April 11th is here and almost gone, and life isn't going to slow down enough for me to update this blog. I guess I'll just have to figure out a way to fit it in my busy life. Anyone want to buy me an iPad? Just kidding! No, really, I'll take one if you're feeling generous. Too much has flown by in the past days and weeks since I've posted, so I decided to stick with the highlights, as if you

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The past several months, we've been designing support materials for the 2011 event season. Never in all that time did I think it would be hear this fast. We kept referring to everything as "next year" and had to go through extra steps to make our database work for 2011, but when I returned to work today, I didn't have any of those old frustrations; I did, however, have a panic moment of "Um, it's

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Actually, you don't. And I'm to blame. After two months of hiatus, I don't really know which you'd rather hear about: what I've been up to the past two months, or what this week looks like for me. I guess there is mystery and intrigue in leaving you in the dark (hence the title), but I do have some fun things that happened I'd like to report. So, I've decided to give you a brief rundown of the

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It's Annual Meeting prep time again, and that means a site visit to Pittsburgh, PA to check out all our venues and explore options with catering, facilities, and the other event staffers. The journey just ended about two hours ago, but it was supposed to start yesterday morning at the crack of dawn. Jeremy (my boss) and I have a knack for scheduling super early flights out of DC. So I was

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It's been a long time coming. Both a new blog post and a trip home to the greatest state in the US of A. Since it's been so long I crammed a lot into a short time span, but loved every minute of it. I got to see some new family, old family, and dear, dear friends. But before I take you on my journey to SC. I must say a big "Thank you!" to everyone who helped make my birthday such a fabulous one!

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Well, I only had one sip, but it was still enough to make me gag. Bleh! I really needed it to go with my cake that I made. Boo! I felt like baking today, since it was a little chilly and I had no big plans, I thought baking would be perfect and a great opportunity to use my relatively new bundt cake pan. It's not exactly a birthday cake, but I guess some people might assume that's what I was

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Seventh grade SC History class is a class I will never forget, although the subject matter may be a bit blurry and the teacher's name may or may not have been Mr. Corley. One of the things I remember clearly is this show we'd watch on Fridays that aired on PBS and had to have been made in the 70s. The premise of the show was this guy traveling the state in an RV, and the theme song was "On the

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Ello, loves! I hope you all enjoyed the glorious weekend weather and company I did! Friday, Saturday, Sunday... delightful. My Friday morning was so unproductive as I awaited the arrival of my newest (now I know) NEPHEW, Isaac, and I was so happy to finally hear he and Brooke were safe, happy, healthy and beautiful. We hope to have photos sans tubes very soon, but he is precious none-the-less,

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The past couple of weekends DC has begun drifting into Fall, and I must say that if this is what Fall in DC is like, give me more! The temperatures are mild, the sun is shining but not blazing, and the cool breeze makes a sweater just necessary in the evening and morning hours. Don't you worry, I'm soaking it up and not staying cooped up inside. Labor Day weekend feels like just yesterday (as

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I've never been one for setting goals, at least ones that are short term with a long term impact. I just do things, and after the course of doing them repeatedly... they eventually stick. But for the month of September I'm trying something new: setting goals for 1 month. I've done it once before. Way back when I was at home on summer break from college, you know... back in the "good ole days."

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I may be a bubbly, crazy, extrovert in the eyes of many of you, but deep down inside of me is a shy, little girl who sometimes likes to be alone. In my attempts to surround myself with friends, occupy my time with all the exciting amenities of the city, and be the independent woman I expect of myself, I sometimes go to much, talk to much, and try to hard. And it's times like those, where I

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I can't believe Thursday is almost here. The weeks just seem to fly by these days. This week has definitely been a good one, albeit active. My weekly trip to the 300 block of Pennsylvania Ave. occurred on Friday last week with Val and Brit for our post work week dinner break. Val has ambitions of setting me up with Chef Spike (who I'm pretty sure already has a gf). She's a regular little Yente.

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Another week has flown by in my life. Before we know it, Christmas is going to be here, and we'll be celebrating the dawn of 2012. Such a scary thought! I'll be 24 in just a few more short weeks. No longer allowed to compete in the Miss America system. hah! (Yes, that used to be a goal of mine.) The field ops division (young folks) have started playing Trivia in Arlington once a week, and let me

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I'm hoping that maybe, just maybe I can finish this blog post without throwing my laptop from the third floor window of my home. It has become painstakingly slow. And I've wiped virtually everything off of it. The time from window to window, link to link, or photo to photo is so broken that I keep a book by my side to read in between the breaks. By the end of August, I will have a new computer,

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My time has been occupied by so much lately that cooking dinner is often low on the priority list, and by the time I get home I'm generally not hungry anymore. However, that does not mean food is void from my life... just my refrigerator. Fortunately, with my move to the house in the city, I'm within a short walk to several places of culinary inspiration. Two of which are owned and operated by

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11. Way back in May (Oh, that feels like forever ago), Amber, Melissa, Kara and I decided we wanted to see a show at the Kennedy Center. How we narrowed in on Mary Poppins, I'm not sure, but it was a fantastic choice for all! They all thought it amazing that one of my life goals is to work at the Kennedy Center without ever stepping foot inside. I'm sure you all know my first choice would've been

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This month has been one of the busiest I've ever experienced, with exception going to the second semester of my senior year. At least then I was a college student who could sleep in when absolutely necessary. Many of you have asked, "What happened to the blog," "Did you give up on it," "Did you decide you'd been in the city too long to still be writing about your experiences?" No, friends, I've

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Lucy's in town!! Yay! I'm so excited to welcome one of my dearest friends from college to the city for the weekend! Lucy made the trek up from Mississippi on Thursday, and did some touristy DC things for Thursday and Friday while I was at work, but in the evening... it's play time! Thursday was the first time I'd seen her since January of 2009, and it was as if I'd been with her just yesterday

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Well my dear ones, a year ago tomorrow, I got on a plane headed to Spartanburg with the knowledge that the next 4th of July, I would spend being the local in DC not the tourist. Did I know because I had a job, or a place to live, or the promise of a future in the city? No, I knew because deep inside my heart I had known all weekend that THIS, DC, was the place that I was supposed to be at this

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I have a bed that's no longer sitting on the floor! Yay! Which leads to my Home Depot rant promised on Monday, but it'll be brief because I'm tired and have no pictures. (If you work with me you may as well not read this, because you've heard the story at least twice.) So, as everyone knows my box springs did not fit up the third flight of stairs in the new house, which left me without anything

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As the rain pours down outside and the cars whir by on the not too distant interstate, I'm reminded that time moves on around us even when we wish for just a moment it would stand still. I know this must be the case for my dear friend Allen Klump tonight as he celebrates the success of a year full of hard work in a victorious election for his candidate, Jeff Duncan. I helped him pick out his

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Yay! I have internet. Finally, I can sit in my bed (that's still on the floor) and type my thoughts to you guys. I'm in bliss, well if my bed were off the floor then I'd REALLY be in bliss! But that should be tomorrow thanks to Eric from work who took the wood home to re-cut it for me since Home Depot was incompetent (that's a blog post for later this week, because it's quite a funny rant). For

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Disclaimer: This computer won't let me see the pictures once they're uploaded, so I am trusting that the appropriate images are displayed. xFingers Crossedx Memorial Day Weekend was a fabulous one in the capitol of our great (although recently floundering) nation. It was beautiful, although sweltering hot, and full of activities. After a long morning of packing on Saturday, I traveled over to

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