When I say sick, I mean under the weather. Friday night I started to cough a little bit, Saturday I woke up completely stuffed, and this morning (Sunday) I woke up completely stuffed with a pounding head. Lovely! While I am laying around watching the Great British Baking Show (they've added more to Netflix!!), I am also looking through Amazon, Intothegloss, etc, investigating what skincare I want to try out next.
As I mentioned in my last post, my Gokujun should be arriving in the next few days, so I am patiently waiting to slather that on my face. You better believe once it arrives I'll be washing my face immediately!
Here are a few other things I want to try (and perhaps I will with the Sephora VIB sale coming up!):
1. Drunk Elephant TLC Framboos Glycolic Night Serum - I need more acids in my life.
2. Ren Evercalm Ultra Comforting Rescue Mask - With super sensitive skin, I think this would be lovely. Especially with the weather getting colder and drier.
3. I would like to try a new moisturizer because my Embryolisse will be running out shortly. Perhaps something from Paula's Choice....hmm...
I'm excited to get some new pieces into my routine soon. Stay tuned!
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Getting back on track - Skincare 10/18/18
Since my last post I've been slowly, but surely, getting back into my skincare groove. Here's what I've been applying:
1st cleanse: I've been doing one of two things. Either using the Eve Lom Cleanser or the Heimish All Clean balm. I am more partial to the Eve Lom cleanser, but it costs an arm and a leg.
2nd cleanse: Cera-ve Hydrating Cleanser. Very good.
Acid: Glossier Solution. I think it works well? When I stopped using it, my face did look worse, so I am going to say it does work...well?
Moisturize: Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentre. I think this is my all-time favorite moisturizer.
Occasional mask: Fresh Umbrian Clay mask. I like this!
I've got an Amazon order with Hadalabo's Gokujun hyaluronic solution coming soon, and I am so excited. All I want to do is pat this on my face and absorb all of the moisture. I feel like that can only be a good thing, right?
1st cleanse: I've been doing one of two things. Either using the Eve Lom Cleanser or the Heimish All Clean balm. I am more partial to the Eve Lom cleanser, but it costs an arm and a leg.
2nd cleanse: Cera-ve Hydrating Cleanser. Very good.
Acid: Glossier Solution. I think it works well? When I stopped using it, my face did look worse, so I am going to say it does work...well?
Moisturize: Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentre. I think this is my all-time favorite moisturizer.
Occasional mask: Fresh Umbrian Clay mask. I like this!
I've got an Amazon order with Hadalabo's Gokujun hyaluronic solution coming soon, and I am so excited. All I want to do is pat this on my face and absorb all of the moisture. I feel like that can only be a good thing, right?
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
September Skin...care?
This past September was not your standard month for me. The first few days of the month were spent at home doing my normal routine, and then I left for about a week and a half to go hike around Yosemite. While I was out, I only splashed the purest alpine water on my face (the most luxurious thing you could ever put on any part of your body), and then used a good dose of SPF during the day as I hiked. My skin seemed good for the most part, however I did get my period followed by a huge zit on my chin. Wonderful. Anyway, besides the monster that sprouted on my face, I think the sun and minimal application of anything (besides that glorious water!!!) was really good for my skin.
When I returned, I got really lazy with my skincare and makeup routines. I'd take a day or two off from using any products, and then do a normal daytime makeup look, and a paired down version of my skincare routine, and then skip makeup again. My face then got a little angry and I started to notice texture on my forehead, lots of blackheads on my nose, and quite a few whiteheads all around. Perhaps it was because I was reintroducing makeup again, perhaps it was because I wasn't drinking a lot of water (my Swell bottle was stolen when we were coming back from Yosemite - a lot of stuff was stolen) and not eating well, perhaps it was because I wasn't exercising enough! I'm going to go ahead and guess that it is a combination of all of those things.
I am going to step it up this October, and take care of myself a bit better. Eat better, drink lots of water, move my body a bit more - self care stuff. I read somewhere (WHERE did I read this??) the other day that said, "self care is self love," and that is so right. If I don't take care of myself, I am not happy with how my body reacts. Let's see if I can stick to this.
I am also going to start writing more. Stay tuned for more!
When I returned, I got really lazy with my skincare and makeup routines. I'd take a day or two off from using any products, and then do a normal daytime makeup look, and a paired down version of my skincare routine, and then skip makeup again. My face then got a little angry and I started to notice texture on my forehead, lots of blackheads on my nose, and quite a few whiteheads all around. Perhaps it was because I was reintroducing makeup again, perhaps it was because I wasn't drinking a lot of water (my Swell bottle was stolen when we were coming back from Yosemite - a lot of stuff was stolen) and not eating well, perhaps it was because I wasn't exercising enough! I'm going to go ahead and guess that it is a combination of all of those things.
I am going to step it up this October, and take care of myself a bit better. Eat better, drink lots of water, move my body a bit more - self care stuff. I read somewhere (WHERE did I read this??) the other day that said, "self care is self love," and that is so right. If I don't take care of myself, I am not happy with how my body reacts. Let's see if I can stick to this.
I am also going to start writing more. Stay tuned for more!
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Pepper-Crusted Tofu with Broccoli Stir-Fry
I made this dish last night from a recipe my dad recommended to me from the cookbook that I am totally blanking on right now (I will revise this later). It is SO GOOD. The recipe creator (whose name I don't know at all -- I will revise this later as well) writes in his little forward that this is a take from another cook's recipe that he's molded into his own and now is "addicted" (his word). I suppose I've done that again in a very minor way and am sort of addicted (my word now) as well.
The only way I've really changed up this recipe is I only use half a head of broccoli, an entire package of tofu, one shallot, and no ginger. I hate ginger in fact. To me, ginger smells like soap. It's fresh, but not something that I'd like to eat. This is weird because I love ginger ale. Is it, though? Now that I think about it, it's probably not weird at all. Lastly, I made a bit of rice to go with it. The recipe doesn't say anything about pairing with rice, but I felt like I needed a little something else.
This amount of food ended up being enough for a dinner and leftovers for lunch the next day.
Ok, here are the ingredients:
- firm tofu
- black pepper
- cornstarch
- vegetable oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 shallot
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1/2 broccoli head
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons water
First, open up the tofu and drain out all of the water. Next, wrap the tofu in paper towels for 30 minutes. Tofu kind of sucks because if you don't use all of it, you need to store it in water and replace the water every day it sits. I haven't actually done this before, I just ready about it, however it sounds like it sucks.
While the tofu is having the moisture sucked out of it, cook the rice. I cook 1/3 cup of rice with 2/3 cup of water. It's a pretty good measurement for one person.
After that has started, chop up the garlic, shallot, pepper, broccoli and place in bowl to the side.
Once the tofu has had its 30 minute blanket wrap time, take it out of the paper towels and chop into 1-2" pieces. Put the chopped pieces in a big mixing bowl, sprinkle the pieces with a lot of black pepper. Lots and lots. Next, coat every piece with the corn starch. Now, in a large pan, pour in the vegetable oil so that about half of the tofu pieces would be submerged (I don't have an exact measurement for this!!). Place the tofu in the pan and cook pieces so that they are evenly crispy-looking and light brown on both sides. After they look done, place them on a cooling rack placed above a plate to catch any oil that might fall from the tofu.
Now, pour out some of the oil, but save a little to cook the veggies! Pour the bowl the vegetables are in into the pan and cook for a bit, maybe 5 minutes. Next, pour in the soy sauce, sugar, and water and cook for another 5 minutes.
Once that is all done, your rice should be done and it is time to plate! Put the rice on first, then vegetables in the sauce, and then the tofu. That's it!
Very good, and good for two meals for one person!
The only way I've really changed up this recipe is I only use half a head of broccoli, an entire package of tofu, one shallot, and no ginger. I hate ginger in fact. To me, ginger smells like soap. It's fresh, but not something that I'd like to eat. This is weird because I love ginger ale. Is it, though? Now that I think about it, it's probably not weird at all. Lastly, I made a bit of rice to go with it. The recipe doesn't say anything about pairing with rice, but I felt like I needed a little something else.
This amount of food ended up being enough for a dinner and leftovers for lunch the next day.
Ok, here are the ingredients:
- firm tofu
- black pepper
- cornstarch
- vegetable oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 shallot
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1/2 broccoli head
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons water
First, open up the tofu and drain out all of the water. Next, wrap the tofu in paper towels for 30 minutes. Tofu kind of sucks because if you don't use all of it, you need to store it in water and replace the water every day it sits. I haven't actually done this before, I just ready about it, however it sounds like it sucks.
While the tofu is having the moisture sucked out of it, cook the rice. I cook 1/3 cup of rice with 2/3 cup of water. It's a pretty good measurement for one person.
After that has started, chop up the garlic, shallot, pepper, broccoli and place in bowl to the side.
Once the tofu has had its 30 minute blanket wrap time, take it out of the paper towels and chop into 1-2" pieces. Put the chopped pieces in a big mixing bowl, sprinkle the pieces with a lot of black pepper. Lots and lots. Next, coat every piece with the corn starch. Now, in a large pan, pour in the vegetable oil so that about half of the tofu pieces would be submerged (I don't have an exact measurement for this!!). Place the tofu in the pan and cook pieces so that they are evenly crispy-looking and light brown on both sides. After they look done, place them on a cooling rack placed above a plate to catch any oil that might fall from the tofu.
Now, pour out some of the oil, but save a little to cook the veggies! Pour the bowl the vegetables are in into the pan and cook for a bit, maybe 5 minutes. Next, pour in the soy sauce, sugar, and water and cook for another 5 minutes.
Once that is all done, your rice should be done and it is time to plate! Put the rice on first, then vegetables in the sauce, and then the tofu. That's it!
Very good, and good for two meals for one person!
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Getting back to it
I put my writing on the back burner for the past couple of weeks and I am just now really realizing why. I think I kind of lost my "voice" after not writing for a very long time. This is all really ironic to me because at my work I've been told recently I have the voice (I don't want to go into detail, but if you worked with me, you'd know what I was talking about). I used to write on here and the words would just flow out. I feel like that was my voice and I had no trouble writing down, and more importantly making sense of, the ramblings in my head. I was reading one of my last posts before writing this and I enjoyed reading it. I think I enjoyed it because it was so me. I'm not sure if I was happier then or I felt more like me then, but man, I could write.
Well, I am going to try to make this more of a habit because I need to feel happier and more like myself. I liked my idea I had the other day and I want to stick with it. It's gonna happen!
I also really liked that old post I wrote because I loved what I was writing about, which was something my mom said about taking things one day at a time. My life is constantly changing, but the one constant is that there is always something that I will need to take one day at a time. It could be getting over a heartbreak, or getting back into running, or getting my voice back, there is always something!
Probably what I liked most about reading that old post and then now writing this is that I felt so much anxiety for the problems I was having and now I had to read what I wrote back then to remember it. This is very comforting to me because in some length of time I will feel the same about the anxiety, sadness, and problems I am having today. Oh how I wish that day was tomorrow, but alas, it's going to take a little bit longer than that (I really really really really do not like how it has to take longer than that).
It's all going to be ok. I just need to remember that.
Tomorrow I am going to make and then post about my dinner that I am semi-obsessed with. It is a good one.
Until then,
Caroline
ps - I looked at another post I wrote and in both that one and the one I mentioned here, I say "in true ____ fashion...". I love these weird consistencies of mine. I do make myself laugh sometimes.
Well, I am going to try to make this more of a habit because I need to feel happier and more like myself. I liked my idea I had the other day and I want to stick with it. It's gonna happen!
I also really liked that old post I wrote because I loved what I was writing about, which was something my mom said about taking things one day at a time. My life is constantly changing, but the one constant is that there is always something that I will need to take one day at a time. It could be getting over a heartbreak, or getting back into running, or getting my voice back, there is always something!
Probably what I liked most about reading that old post and then now writing this is that I felt so much anxiety for the problems I was having and now I had to read what I wrote back then to remember it. This is very comforting to me because in some length of time I will feel the same about the anxiety, sadness, and problems I am having today. Oh how I wish that day was tomorrow, but alas, it's going to take a little bit longer than that (I really really really really do not like how it has to take longer than that).
It's all going to be ok. I just need to remember that.
Tomorrow I am going to make and then post about my dinner that I am semi-obsessed with. It is a good one.
Until then,
Caroline
ps - I looked at another post I wrote and in both that one and the one I mentioned here, I say "in true ____ fashion...". I love these weird consistencies of mine. I do make myself laugh sometimes.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Week #1 shopping list
I thought I would start things off with my first shopping list of the new blog. I try to look at some recipes I am interested in making and then base my list off of that. I then think about side dishes and any snacks I'd like through the week. Simple enough!
Ok, confession time: when I actually went to the grocery store I was in kind of a time crunch. I needed to get home as soon as possible because it was raining and I had a cat to bring back inside and I had someone coming over soon. I planned out my list pretty carefully, but because of my preoccupation I had a couple more things on my list than I actually got. Oops! Well, I'll leave an asterisk on the pieces I did not pick up. Cool? Cool.
- pasta
- cherry tomatoes
- mozzarella pearls
- basil
- pesto
- 2 avocados
- 2 apples
- 2 peaches (I got three!)
- yogurt
- baguette
- tofu
- sweet potato
- broccoli
- red pepper
- hummus *
- baby carrots *
- butter *
- shallot
- arborio rice *
- pinot grigio *
- 2 vine-ripe tomatoes
- spinach *
- salad greens
Things I did pick up that were not on the list:
- cookie dough
- kitchen cleaner
- maybe one other thing
The total of this shopping trip was: $49.90
The pieces I did not pick up I forgot about, but also, I could not pick up because I cannot purchase alcohol in grocery stores in Maryland (where my job is located). I need to plan that part out a little bit better, eh? I think the rice and the wine was for a risotto dish I wanted to try. I might try that out next week instead.
A little something about me and maybe a helpful tip! I always try to have a sweet potato at home. If I am not really prepared for a meal or I am very tired I'll just microwave that with salt, pepper, and olive oil. It's very filling and tasty! Easy meal.
This is all I have for now. Later on we can look at actual meals.
Ok, confession time: when I actually went to the grocery store I was in kind of a time crunch. I needed to get home as soon as possible because it was raining and I had a cat to bring back inside and I had someone coming over soon. I planned out my list pretty carefully, but because of my preoccupation I had a couple more things on my list than I actually got. Oops! Well, I'll leave an asterisk on the pieces I did not pick up. Cool? Cool.
- pasta
- cherry tomatoes
- mozzarella pearls
- basil
- pesto
- 2 avocados
- 2 apples
- 2 peaches (I got three!)
- yogurt
- baguette
- tofu
- sweet potato
- broccoli
- red pepper
- hummus *
- baby carrots *
- butter *
- shallot
- arborio rice *
- pinot grigio *
- 2 vine-ripe tomatoes
- spinach *
- salad greens
Things I did pick up that were not on the list:
- cookie dough
- kitchen cleaner
- maybe one other thing
The total of this shopping trip was: $49.90
The pieces I did not pick up I forgot about, but also, I could not pick up because I cannot purchase alcohol in grocery stores in Maryland (where my job is located). I need to plan that part out a little bit better, eh? I think the rice and the wine was for a risotto dish I wanted to try. I might try that out next week instead.
A little something about me and maybe a helpful tip! I always try to have a sweet potato at home. If I am not really prepared for a meal or I am very tired I'll just microwave that with salt, pepper, and olive oil. It's very filling and tasty! Easy meal.
This is all I have for now. Later on we can look at actual meals.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Toasty Little Surprises
Hello!
I decided I am going to write as much as I can here, because I've missed it, and because I think writing things out is good for me. When I used to write at school, I used this blog as an outlet to channel my anxiety and fear about graduating and being out in the big scary world. I am still terrified everyday (I am working on that, I promise), so perhaps this will still be therapeutic. Here goes!
It's been a while! Lots has changed while I've been gone. Here are a few notable events:
- I've been at my full-time job now for more than a year and a half.
- I traveled around the US and abroad to two countries (soon-to-be two more countries!!!).
- I ran in a few races (slowly).
- I stopped eating meat.
- I moved out!!
I should write that I've been doing a lot of things on my own now, but that isn't as much fun to include with those bullet points. When I say that I've been doing things on my own, I mean that there have been some good things that have happened and some bad things that have happened and now I pay for everything. That is growing up, right? I am going to say so.
While I've been doing some growing up, my interests have pretty much stayed the same. I still love skincare/makeup, I still love music, and I still love baseball. Something that has definitely changed about my interests is that I am now very, very interested in cooking and making meals. I've been trying out new recipes for just myself that gave me a great idea...
I am going to use this blog as I did in the past, but I am going to try to direct this towards exploring and archiving the art of making vegetarian meals for one. That is the kind of blog I would like to read, so why don't I just write it?
Doing just that, buying, cooking, storing food for one person is hard I've just recently found out. You need to keep in mind portions and using up ingredients before they go bad. It might not be as expensive as buying groceries for a family, but I think there is definitely some strategy that goes into properly cooking decent meals for one person.
I hope by doing this, I start to become a smarter food shopper, preparer, and executer! Perhaps I can collect a bunch of super great tips and tricks to share with you lovely readers! I will share shopping lists, recipes, food diaries, and other goodies. Oh, this will be so much fun!
A new blog name may be in order, eh? I like my TLS acronym, so I think I'll play off on that. The Lonely Spoon? The Last Supper? Toasty Little Surprises? I'm grasping at straws here, people. Leave your favorite in the comments!
Alright, so, here we go. I'm going to do this now. I'm not sure how many times per week I'll write, but I'll try to be as regular as I can. I need to go to the grocery store tomorrow, so maybe I'll share my first grocery list tomorrow. Eek!
Until then!
I decided I am going to write as much as I can here, because I've missed it, and because I think writing things out is good for me. When I used to write at school, I used this blog as an outlet to channel my anxiety and fear about graduating and being out in the big scary world. I am still terrified everyday (I am working on that, I promise), so perhaps this will still be therapeutic. Here goes!
It's been a while! Lots has changed while I've been gone. Here are a few notable events:
- I've been at my full-time job now for more than a year and a half.
- I traveled around the US and abroad to two countries (soon-to-be two more countries!!!).
- I ran in a few races (slowly).
- I stopped eating meat.
- I moved out!!
I should write that I've been doing a lot of things on my own now, but that isn't as much fun to include with those bullet points. When I say that I've been doing things on my own, I mean that there have been some good things that have happened and some bad things that have happened and now I pay for everything. That is growing up, right? I am going to say so.
While I've been doing some growing up, my interests have pretty much stayed the same. I still love skincare/makeup, I still love music, and I still love baseball. Something that has definitely changed about my interests is that I am now very, very interested in cooking and making meals. I've been trying out new recipes for just myself that gave me a great idea...
I am going to use this blog as I did in the past, but I am going to try to direct this towards exploring and archiving the art of making vegetarian meals for one. That is the kind of blog I would like to read, so why don't I just write it?
Doing just that, buying, cooking, storing food for one person is hard I've just recently found out. You need to keep in mind portions and using up ingredients before they go bad. It might not be as expensive as buying groceries for a family, but I think there is definitely some strategy that goes into properly cooking decent meals for one person.
I hope by doing this, I start to become a smarter food shopper, preparer, and executer! Perhaps I can collect a bunch of super great tips and tricks to share with you lovely readers! I will share shopping lists, recipes, food diaries, and other goodies. Oh, this will be so much fun!
A new blog name may be in order, eh? I like my TLS acronym, so I think I'll play off on that. The Lonely Spoon? The Last Supper? Toasty Little Surprises? I'm grasping at straws here, people. Leave your favorite in the comments!
Alright, so, here we go. I'm going to do this now. I'm not sure how many times per week I'll write, but I'll try to be as regular as I can. I need to go to the grocery store tomorrow, so maybe I'll share my first grocery list tomorrow. Eek!
Until then!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
A few accomplishments
I wish I could have written this post on Sunday night instead of today but Sunday was a crazy day. I wish I could have written this Sunday because I wanted to say that my week had been "grool". You know, a combination of great and cool. It was October 3rd last week, which meant that it was sort of like the unofficial Mean Girls day and I was going to stretch it out for a week. If you don't live under a rock you'll know what I mean. Anyway, it has been no secret that I have had a couple up-and-down weeks in the past. In true Caroline fashion I had been freaking out about my future, my finances, my career choices, everything, but I have also been getting great advice from friends and family and feeling really grateful to have people in my life filled with so much wisdom*. This past week and into this week have felt good for me so far and I have actually accomplished a few things that have made me feel a lot more up than down**.
First off, which I think I have said before and that I didn't accomplish last week but still has made me feel extremely up is the internship I have had for a little over a month. I cannot convey how much I love that internship. Everyone I work with is so nice and welcoming and has never made me feel uncomfortable or made me not want to come in to work. The location is the best. All of the work I've been doing has been enjoyable, even the "boring" stuff. I am so fortunate to have gotten to intern there and have learned so much. I cannot say enough good things about it.
Secondly, I got my first out-of-school paying job. This is big because for a long time I thought the only job I could get was an un-paying one or none at all. Granted, this job will not pay a lot, but it is something. I had orientation the other day and the people I met and who will be working with part-time all seem really friendly and funny and makes me excited to start my job there. It's also in an amazing museum with amazing art. Who (I mean mostly just art history lovers when I say "who") could ask for more?
Thirdly, and finally, I ran my second ever half marathon on Sunday with my dad. I think this was my biggest accomplishment to date. My first half marathon, which wasn't exactly a legitimate one and you can go back and read about a few months ago, was something I was extremely proud of after training for so long in the cold and then in the heat with my running buddy. BUT this time was even better. I wasn't consistently training like I was last time and I even had to stop to walk a bit last time. This time I took off 20 minutes from my time and never stopped to walk after not training as much as I wish I did. A major reason why I did that is because my dad kept with me and motivated me to keep going. Also, he is old so if he just zoomed ahead of me that would just be so mortifying, right? Ha, I'm totally just kidding about that but he was much better trained than I was and he is a lot faster than I am. Crossing the finish line was the best feeling in the world (although for the next few days I had a really hard time moving my legs) and it definitely felt like my biggest accomplishment. I sort of have that, "I can do anything" mentality now. Sort of.
These ups have made me happy to be where I am in life. The hopelessness has gone away for a bit and I can breath easier. And, in true Bilbo Baggins fashion, I think I am quite ready for another adventure.
Until next time,
Caroline
*Don't worry, I am still going to have periods of extreme downs and ups. They always find a way into my life to make my feelings awfully bipolar. This is not the end.
**If all had gone to plan I wouldn't have been writing this post after last night's heartbreaking finale for the Nats. My heart actually felt broken. Last night I didn't want to talk to anyone about it and I still don't want to but as a friend told me today, "baseball never lets you down." That is a little out of context but what he meant is that it will return next year and be there for me again and again and while we seemingly failed last night we have more chances to come back and eventually be the team that everyone expects us to be. It made me feel better.
First off, which I think I have said before and that I didn't accomplish last week but still has made me feel extremely up is the internship I have had for a little over a month. I cannot convey how much I love that internship. Everyone I work with is so nice and welcoming and has never made me feel uncomfortable or made me not want to come in to work. The location is the best. All of the work I've been doing has been enjoyable, even the "boring" stuff. I am so fortunate to have gotten to intern there and have learned so much. I cannot say enough good things about it.
Secondly, I got my first out-of-school paying job. This is big because for a long time I thought the only job I could get was an un-paying one or none at all. Granted, this job will not pay a lot, but it is something. I had orientation the other day and the people I met and who will be working with part-time all seem really friendly and funny and makes me excited to start my job there. It's also in an amazing museum with amazing art. Who (I mean mostly just art history lovers when I say "who") could ask for more?
Thirdly, and finally, I ran my second ever half marathon on Sunday with my dad. I think this was my biggest accomplishment to date. My first half marathon, which wasn't exactly a legitimate one and you can go back and read about a few months ago, was something I was extremely proud of after training for so long in the cold and then in the heat with my running buddy. BUT this time was even better. I wasn't consistently training like I was last time and I even had to stop to walk a bit last time. This time I took off 20 minutes from my time and never stopped to walk after not training as much as I wish I did. A major reason why I did that is because my dad kept with me and motivated me to keep going. Also, he is old so if he just zoomed ahead of me that would just be so mortifying, right? Ha, I'm totally just kidding about that but he was much better trained than I was and he is a lot faster than I am. Crossing the finish line was the best feeling in the world (although for the next few days I had a really hard time moving my legs) and it definitely felt like my biggest accomplishment. I sort of have that, "I can do anything" mentality now. Sort of.
These ups have made me happy to be where I am in life. The hopelessness has gone away for a bit and I can breath easier. And, in true Bilbo Baggins fashion, I think I am quite ready for another adventure.
Until next time,
Caroline
*Don't worry, I am still going to have periods of extreme downs and ups. They always find a way into my life to make my feelings awfully bipolar. This is not the end.
**If all had gone to plan I wouldn't have been writing this post after last night's heartbreaking finale for the Nats. My heart actually felt broken. Last night I didn't want to talk to anyone about it and I still don't want to but as a friend told me today, "baseball never lets you down." That is a little out of context but what he meant is that it will return next year and be there for me again and again and while we seemingly failed last night we have more chances to come back and eventually be the team that everyone expects us to be. It made me feel better.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
one step at a time
I have fantastic news. I was offered a job today! It's part-time so it works well with my schedule now and it is in a lovely museum where I will be surrounded by some of the most famous modern art in the world!! It's almost the exact same job I had while at school, but still, wow. It makes me happy to think I'll be doing something (part-time) in an amazing place where I'll get paid. Time will tell if I end up loving it like I think I will. I will report back on the subject.
While that is great news I also have some sort of not really fantastic news. Late last night, before I knew I had the job, I was thinking about how much it will cost me to get to the museum and then I was thinking about how much of my paycheck that will be and then how I don't know if I want to do something like this for the rest of my life and then how I need to save for graduate school and then what exactly I wanted to study in graduate school and then about all of the prerequisites I don't have to get into some programs and how am I going to save for graduate school and then how am I going to save for a car at the same time. That run-on sentence is exactly how my mind was working but maybe 10x worse. I pretty much had a mini panic attack at 1 in the morning. I am going to start this job which is awesome, I have been writing this whole time about how getting a job will make me feel better, but it has pretty much just made me even more scared for the future. I said the future was bright a few posts ago but now it was starting to look a little bleak. I am on a roller coaster with my feelings, no doubt.
Today my mom and I had a conversation about what I was thinking about last night and of course she had comforting words because she is my mom and she always does. She said that I need to take things once at a time and that I'm young and I have a lot of time to do things. I need to remember that I am young and if somethings don't work out I have my whole life ahead of me to figure things out. This doesn't just go for jobs, it goes for everything. I think working at art camp with 5-11 year olds has made me feel way older than I actually am. Thanks, children, I am not that much older than you! She also said that she and my dad (and of course everyone else in my family) were there for me and it made me really thankful to have such a great home.
From now on I will try to take a step back, breathe, and take things one at a time. You should try that too.
Until next time,
Caroline
While that is great news I also have some sort of not really fantastic news. Late last night, before I knew I had the job, I was thinking about how much it will cost me to get to the museum and then I was thinking about how much of my paycheck that will be and then how I don't know if I want to do something like this for the rest of my life and then how I need to save for graduate school and then what exactly I wanted to study in graduate school and then about all of the prerequisites I don't have to get into some programs and how am I going to save for graduate school and then how am I going to save for a car at the same time. That run-on sentence is exactly how my mind was working but maybe 10x worse. I pretty much had a mini panic attack at 1 in the morning. I am going to start this job which is awesome, I have been writing this whole time about how getting a job will make me feel better, but it has pretty much just made me even more scared for the future. I said the future was bright a few posts ago but now it was starting to look a little bleak. I am on a roller coaster with my feelings, no doubt.
Today my mom and I had a conversation about what I was thinking about last night and of course she had comforting words because she is my mom and she always does. She said that I need to take things once at a time and that I'm young and I have a lot of time to do things. I need to remember that I am young and if somethings don't work out I have my whole life ahead of me to figure things out. This doesn't just go for jobs, it goes for everything. I think working at art camp with 5-11 year olds has made me feel way older than I actually am. Thanks, children, I am not that much older than you! She also said that she and my dad (and of course everyone else in my family) were there for me and it made me really thankful to have such a great home.
From now on I will try to take a step back, breathe, and take things one at a time. You should try that too.
Until next time,
Caroline
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
September beauty favorites
So it's been a very long time since I've written anything about makeup. Too long! I thought since it is the beginning of the month and I love seeing what products everyone loved for the month then I will post mine too. Some you have seen before if you are a long-time reader. Some are some exciting firsts. Let's see what I've got!
1. Wet n Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow palette trios in "Walking on Eggshells" and "Silent Treatment" - This month has been all about wearing eyeshadow for me, especially after the past few months where I only wore mascara on my eyes and then nothing at all. I have been loving it. I wear the eyelid color in "Walking on Eggshells" very often. That and some mascara and you are set! It is very nice. I also wore the eyelid color in "Silent Treatment" when I went out with some of my friends and I loved the look. It was subtly smokey, which is perfect because sometimes I am not a very confident makeup wearer. You have to be a pretty confident makeup wearer to pull off a smokey eye. One day I'll be that person. The formula of these eyeshadows are great, very nice pigmentation with limited fall-out (if you are careful, this pretty much goes for every eyeshadow I find)! They are also about $3 so you can't beat the price.
2. & 3. Formula 10.0.6 Pores Be Pure Skin-Clarifying Mud Mask with Strawberry + Yarrow AND Freeman Feeling Beautiful Facial Polishing Mask with Charcoal and Black Sugar - Wow, what long titles those two have! I love the combination of these two face masks. I do this about once a week where I'll use the Strawberry mask then afterwards use the Charcoal mask. It might seem a little backwards but I find the Charcoal mask to be a little more moisturizing than the other one. Well, after wearing these two masks together I feel amazing. My skin is soft and looks clean while feeling so unbelievably clean. Afterwards, I will go in with my facial spray and my night moisturizer as I do everynight. I might be crazy but I think it has helped out my skin a little bit. You can get both at Ulta. I highly recommend!
4. NYC Sunny Bronzer - I have definitely put this in a favorites post before. This is such old news but I love this bronzer. I actually use it more as an eyeshadow than a bronzer and it is the perfect color (remember, this has been the month of loving eyeshadow??). I put it all over the lid with a little more in the crease and it gives my eyes nice definition AND if you also pat on some of the brow bone color from the "Walking on Eggshells" palette with your finger on the middle of the lid it looks beautiful. Stick on some mascara after that and you've got another winning look.
5. Sponges - I only started doing this recently but I am very impressed. My mom gave me a few sponges to apply my foundation with since I had told her I only use a brush to do it. She pretty much only uses a sponge so I thought I would try it out. It is a lovely finish! Looks very natural and I love that. I have only two gripes; 1. I feel like I have to use more product to evenly apply it all over my face and 2. I'm not sure how cleaning will go. I'll give cleaning a go soon and report back. Besides those two gripes I am very much enjoying the sponge.
6. Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in "As You Want, Victoria" - I think saved the best for last. This is amazing. I saw it in Target a few weeks ago and could not stop thinking about it. I finally bought it and immediately wore it to the grocery store with my friend just to try it out and I was first amazed by the pigmentation and also amazed by the color. It is a pretty bright pink fuchsia color. In fact, it is the color of bright pink fuchsia roses! I have a picture as evidence. I told you it is amazing! I want to try out more colors from this line. One day when I have a paying job I will!
Wow, I didn't think I would write so much but last month was a fun one for beauty products. Again, mostly because for the duration of art camp I was wearing little-to-no makeup. It is awfully refreshing to not wear makeup but it is just too much fun to look at and apply and try out new things to never wear it! I will forever love it.
Until next time,
Caroline
Thursday, September 25, 2014
the future is bright
It seems I am at a stage in my life where opportunities are flying my way and I am so excited for the future and then things take a 180 and I feel utterly hopeless about everything and nothing seems to be going anywhere and vice versa. It's strange. I don't know if I am either very happy or very depressed. I have been running a lot (and I mean a lot, I have a half marathon in less than two weeks!) so maybe my endorphins have been doing an alright job at combating the depression but who really knows. Anyway, it is a very strange stage in my life.
I say that stuff about feeling depressed but now that I think about it my endorphins recently have been doing a great job because the good definitely outweighs the bad. I get excited more than I get mopey.
This must not just be a me thing - people my age have to be feeling the same way. At the end of college my friends and I were so ready to graduate but still very sad to be leaving. There were lots of tears. Lots. But there was also talk about moving on to bigger and maybe seemingly better things. I think all transitional stages are like this and that's just where I've found myself again!
All of this being said, I have an interview on Tuesday that sounds pretty great (it would be an actual paying job !!!!!) and I was just sent a job listing from a friend (who is the best!) that I am for sure applying for that sounds absolutely amazing. Will either of these work out? I don't know. Maybe not! But they sure make the future seem pretty bright.
Until tomorrow,
Caroline
I say that stuff about feeling depressed but now that I think about it my endorphins recently have been doing a great job because the good definitely outweighs the bad. I get excited more than I get mopey.
This must not just be a me thing - people my age have to be feeling the same way. At the end of college my friends and I were so ready to graduate but still very sad to be leaving. There were lots of tears. Lots. But there was also talk about moving on to bigger and maybe seemingly better things. I think all transitional stages are like this and that's just where I've found myself again!
All of this being said, I have an interview on Tuesday that sounds pretty great (it would be an actual paying job !!!!!) and I was just sent a job listing from a friend (who is the best!) that I am for sure applying for that sounds absolutely amazing. Will either of these work out? I don't know. Maybe not! But they sure make the future seem pretty bright.
Until tomorrow,
Caroline
Friday, September 19, 2014
Being honest with myself
It's hard to be honest with yourself sometimes. It's like if someone punches you (I don't mean really punching you, c'mon! Not cool to joke about with all this NFL stuff going on) and you say, "hey, that hurts!" and then the person who does it says, "no it doesn't! I'll do it to myself!" Then they might try to recreate the hit but it's definitely not the same. Yeah, you can never actually do it to yourself because you're not going to hurt yourself. Well, yes, that long drawn out story was actually a great comparison to being honest with yourself. Sometimes, we can't be honest with ourselves because we don't want to admit what's true.
I posted a while ago that there are things that I don't like to admit to myself and then after admitting them on here I felt better. Well, here is another thing that I don't like to admit, I sometimes don't like to be honest with myself because I don't want to get hurt. I don't feel as much better as I did last time.
We all gotta own up eventually and be honest with ourselves.
I'm gonna try and sleep now.
Until next time,
Caroline
We all gotta own up eventually and be honest with ourselves.
I'm gonna try and sleep now.
Until next time,
Caroline
Thursday, September 18, 2014
You can be the juiciest peach, but...
I recently have come to grips that some people will just not like other people. Or some people will find some things that people do cute or charming while others do not. It's just like what they say: "You can be the sweetest, juiciest peach in the world, but there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches." A few weeks ago I went to a Nationals game with two of my friends from high school and a bunch of their friends from college. I ended up sitting at the end so when two of my friend's friends came late they both sat next to me. I tried to strike up a conversation with the guy who had been so lucky to be seated next to me, but he was just not having it. He was an Orioles fan so I tried to bring up things about the team, I know a few things, but he would give me short answers and then talk to his friend on the other side of him about who knows what not including me. I mean, maybe he was nervous and shy but maybe he was an outgoing guy who just didn't want to have anything to do with me. He could be one of the ones who doesn't like peaches I suppose.
It's not completely weird that someone wasn't jumping at the chance to become great friends with me. I can think of a couple of times when someone has decided that they didn't like me after not really knowing me. One girl, who was in a high school spanish class of mine, once said to some other girl that said to me, "I just don't like her because she's too nice." That was the first time I'd heard that someone didn't like another person because they were, "too nice" and that was definitely completely weird to me. How can someone not like someone for being too nice?? I guess if they were too nice in a creepy way but I didn't think I was creepy. It was just very bizarre.
I don't think I am very delusional, actually, I think I am usually pretty perceptive about how people are feeling. I can take a hint...usually. But, there are times when I think someone is a peach person and it turns out they ended up taking to a new fruit, perhaps nectarines, without me taking the hint! That, I did not understand so well and now have to get used to. I guess we all have tastebuds that mature or we can lose taste in things. If we didn't lose taste in things we'd all still be wearing cavemen clothing! Or worse, I'd still be listening to Yellowcard on repeat! It can be a good thing in the long run. Change can be scary but there are bigger and better things out there for us, like good music, for example.
Just something to think about and be grateful for.
Until next time,
Caroline
It's not completely weird that someone wasn't jumping at the chance to become great friends with me. I can think of a couple of times when someone has decided that they didn't like me after not really knowing me. One girl, who was in a high school spanish class of mine, once said to some other girl that said to me, "I just don't like her because she's too nice." That was the first time I'd heard that someone didn't like another person because they were, "too nice" and that was definitely completely weird to me. How can someone not like someone for being too nice?? I guess if they were too nice in a creepy way but I didn't think I was creepy. It was just very bizarre.
I don't think I am very delusional, actually, I think I am usually pretty perceptive about how people are feeling. I can take a hint...usually. But, there are times when I think someone is a peach person and it turns out they ended up taking to a new fruit, perhaps nectarines, without me taking the hint! That, I did not understand so well and now have to get used to. I guess we all have tastebuds that mature or we can lose taste in things. If we didn't lose taste in things we'd all still be wearing cavemen clothing! Or worse, I'd still be listening to Yellowcard on repeat! It can be a good thing in the long run. Change can be scary but there are bigger and better things out there for us, like good music, for example.
Just something to think about and be grateful for.
Until next time,
Caroline
Sunday, September 14, 2014
SatC + Running
I meant to post this Friday. I got a little distracted Friday. Here it is today!
I've found that the most enjoyable part of my week has been running on the treadmill while watching Sex and the City. I've seen Sex and the City a few times. I knew who the characters were and their main significant others but I didn't know how much I'd like it and even relate to the show. That's really weird to say because I am not living on my own in New York with Manolos and I am not doing anything in the show that the women are doing but for some reason I just really relate. I think it's because it's a show about women and I am a woman. A young woman but a woman nonetheless. It's funny when I watch because there are lots of moments where I cringe a bit or I have to look away or I have to kind of squeal and then I remember I am in a gym with mostly elderly people around so I need to take it down a notch. I am a dramatic show watcher. My friends can attest to that.
Here's what else I've been loving this week. Likes:
1. Cooking with friends
2. My starred playlist on Spotify
3. Ice water with lemons and cucumbers
Dislikes:
1. Being home by myself
2. Being jealous
3. Feeling hopeless
And for all of you who are wondering, I am definitely a Carrie.
Until next time,
Caroline
I've found that the most enjoyable part of my week has been running on the treadmill while watching Sex and the City. I've seen Sex and the City a few times. I knew who the characters were and their main significant others but I didn't know how much I'd like it and even relate to the show. That's really weird to say because I am not living on my own in New York with Manolos and I am not doing anything in the show that the women are doing but for some reason I just really relate. I think it's because it's a show about women and I am a woman. A young woman but a woman nonetheless. It's funny when I watch because there are lots of moments where I cringe a bit or I have to look away or I have to kind of squeal and then I remember I am in a gym with mostly elderly people around so I need to take it down a notch. I am a dramatic show watcher. My friends can attest to that.
Here's what else I've been loving this week. Likes:
1. Cooking with friends
2. My starred playlist on Spotify
3. Ice water with lemons and cucumbers
Dislikes:
1. Being home by myself
2. Being jealous
3. Feeling hopeless
And for all of you who are wondering, I am definitely a Carrie.
Until next time,
Caroline
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Knuckleball!
Last night I was in the mood to watch a documentary so I scrolled through Netflix and found Knuckleball!, which told the story of two recent knuckleballers and their baseball careers. One, Tim Wakefield, was until a few years ago a long-time pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and the other, R.A. Dickey, is currently a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays but the documentary told his story of success with the New York Mets. It started off a little slow but by the end I was pretty moved. You hear about all these pitchers who are known for their power and fastballs but these two guys, developed a pitch that doesn't involve a lot of strength or velocity but brought them great success and notoriety. This being the knuckleball, of course. What made the documentary interesting was that both men didn't experience much success at first. Really, it was a lot like a roller coaster. They both ran into a lot of rejection and I mean a lot.
The documentary goes into why the knuckleball is a very unusual pitch and the uncertainty of its result. While it is a very deceiving pitch traveling at sometimes as slow as 60 MPH it can also be a wild pitch that is very hard to catch and can hurt as much as it can help. Many pitchers today do not have the knuckleball in their cache of pitches and don't ever learn it.
Tim Wakefield was on top of the world when he first became a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, which was after he completely failed at hitting and a coach noticed his knuckleball as he was goofing off with a teammate. He switched to pitching and won an astounding number of games that year becoming a knuckleball legend but the very next year he lost more than won was cut from the team. When he signed with the Red Sox not too long after his career took off but was demoted from starting pitcher to the guy who would come in if one of the other starting pitchers weren't performing as well as the could for a long time. During one game, he fills in for a starter who had been out for the flu and completely shocks everyone with an unbelievable outing. Once again, he became a starting pitcher and eventually won 200 games by the end of his career at the age of 44.
The documentary obviously fills in the gaps I left out about the ups and downs of his pitching career but I'll leave that for you to learn by watching it. Something that really stuck with me and applies so well to the careers of both Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey and probably to everything else anyone can do is to accept defeat but do not be defeated. If you love something, stick with it. Work on it. Persevere. If you are rejected one time or many times don't give up. If Tim Wakefield gave up when he was not performing as a position player he would have never even gotten the chance to be a pitcher and win any games let alone 200 games. I'm going to try my hardest to remember that whenever I experience defeat or rejection or failure. It's something we should all think about.
I'm going to leave it at that. It's about time for me to go to my internship.
Until next time,
Caroline
The documentary goes into why the knuckleball is a very unusual pitch and the uncertainty of its result. While it is a very deceiving pitch traveling at sometimes as slow as 60 MPH it can also be a wild pitch that is very hard to catch and can hurt as much as it can help. Many pitchers today do not have the knuckleball in their cache of pitches and don't ever learn it.
Tim Wakefield was on top of the world when he first became a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, which was after he completely failed at hitting and a coach noticed his knuckleball as he was goofing off with a teammate. He switched to pitching and won an astounding number of games that year becoming a knuckleball legend but the very next year he lost more than won was cut from the team. When he signed with the Red Sox not too long after his career took off but was demoted from starting pitcher to the guy who would come in if one of the other starting pitchers weren't performing as well as the could for a long time. During one game, he fills in for a starter who had been out for the flu and completely shocks everyone with an unbelievable outing. Once again, he became a starting pitcher and eventually won 200 games by the end of his career at the age of 44.
The documentary obviously fills in the gaps I left out about the ups and downs of his pitching career but I'll leave that for you to learn by watching it. Something that really stuck with me and applies so well to the careers of both Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey and probably to everything else anyone can do is to accept defeat but do not be defeated. If you love something, stick with it. Work on it. Persevere. If you are rejected one time or many times don't give up. If Tim Wakefield gave up when he was not performing as a position player he would have never even gotten the chance to be a pitcher and win any games let alone 200 games. I'm going to try my hardest to remember that whenever I experience defeat or rejection or failure. It's something we should all think about.
I'm going to leave it at that. It's about time for me to go to my internship.
Until next time,
Caroline
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Freefest 2014
So last year I went to Virgin Mobile Freefest at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Oh my gosh it was an amazing day. I saw a bunch of cool bands with a few of my friends. What could be better? Well, this year Freefest was cancelled due to reasons I still am not very sure of. My friends loved last year's Freefest so they put on their own today with my friend's band, Little League Champs, as the headliner. It was so much fun. I drank (lots of water I'm not joking, it was so hot), danced, and made friends with people I didn't know.
The real Freefest would have been awesome to go to again but I think this was probably better. Here is my favorite picture from the day:
The real Freefest would have been awesome to go to again but I think this was probably better. Here is my favorite picture from the day:
"You on candid camera now!"
If you've seen Scary Movie 1 you know that quote. Anyway, that is my friend who I told to turn around and jam out. I think it turned out great! It's on my instagram if you care to know!
Afterwards my friend (above pictured) and my other friend (not pictured) went to get dinner and then I came home before a thunderstorm broke out. It was a fun day and I'm glad there was some sort of Freefest put on this year!
Until next time,
Caroline
Friday, September 5, 2014
summer likes + dislikes
I haven't been posting regularly in a long time so I haven't been able to write down my likes and dislikes of the week regularly! I really missed thinking up those. It was fun to go back and see what I really liked and what I really disliked on those past Fridays...well now I can pick it right back up. I'm going to do things a little bit differently this time. Since I haven't done it in a long time I'm going to do my likes and dislikes of the summer. I'll write my 15 likes and 10 dislikes. I'm trying to keep things more on the positive side.
Likes:
1. 90.9 WETA - that is the classical radio station I listened to everyday and still do!
2. Keeping up with the news via the NPR news breaks every half hour on WETA
3. Nationals in 1st place + going to Nats' games
4. Coffee crap (coffee creamer, that's just what my parents call it because they think it's crap)
5. One Direction
6. Essiebutton vlogs - They went on a trip through Scandinavia that they vlogged and I watched every single episode. It was so good, I didn't want it to end.
7. Sally Hansen base coat + top coat - Wow, kept my nail polish on for so long.
8. my two h&m basic t-shirts that I wore to death
9. My cream colored Converse sneakers I bought before my internship started
10. The unbelievably cool summer weather
11. DC trips with my friends
12. My fellow interns who worked at camp with me and everyone who worked at the camp. Also, the people at my internship I started last week.
13. Guardians of the Galaxy - Chris Pratt...I don't need to say any more.
14. Going to the batting cages and the driving range with my dad
15. Seeing a lot of my family in beautiful California
Extra!!! 16. This Cuyana bag
Dislikes:
1. Period cramps - Yep, we're getting right to it.
2. Bratty kids
3. Black paint
4. Some of the side effects of coffee...you know the ones. Not cool.
5. The wifi at my house - Thankfully now we have a new modem or router, I forget which is which. The internet works great now.
6. Attending funerals
7. Being hungover at work - Yes, that did happen once. I will never again do that.
8. Making sucky life choices - Hopefully I can make less in the future.
9. Not having a regularly paid job
10. Just knowing that I won't be going back to school this fall. Oh, that's the worst of them all.
It was nice to think back on the things that happened while I wasn't blogging. Keep an eye out for next Friday when I go over my likes and dislikes of just the past week.
Until next time,
Caroline
Likes:
1. 90.9 WETA - that is the classical radio station I listened to everyday and still do!
2. Keeping up with the news via the NPR news breaks every half hour on WETA
3. Nationals in 1st place + going to Nats' games
4. Coffee crap (coffee creamer, that's just what my parents call it because they think it's crap)
5. One Direction
6. Essiebutton vlogs - They went on a trip through Scandinavia that they vlogged and I watched every single episode. It was so good, I didn't want it to end.
7. Sally Hansen base coat + top coat - Wow, kept my nail polish on for so long.
8. my two h&m basic t-shirts that I wore to death
9. My cream colored Converse sneakers I bought before my internship started
10. The unbelievably cool summer weather
11. DC trips with my friends
12. My fellow interns who worked at camp with me and everyone who worked at the camp. Also, the people at my internship I started last week.
13. Guardians of the Galaxy - Chris Pratt...I don't need to say any more.
14. Going to the batting cages and the driving range with my dad
15. Seeing a lot of my family in beautiful California
Extra!!! 16. This Cuyana bag
Dislikes:
1. Period cramps - Yep, we're getting right to it.
2. Bratty kids
3. Black paint
4. Some of the side effects of coffee...you know the ones. Not cool.
5. The wifi at my house - Thankfully now we have a new modem or router, I forget which is which. The internet works great now.
6. Attending funerals
7. Being hungover at work - Yes, that did happen once. I will never again do that.
8. Making sucky life choices - Hopefully I can make less in the future.
9. Not having a regularly paid job
10. Just knowing that I won't be going back to school this fall. Oh, that's the worst of them all.
It was nice to think back on the things that happened while I wasn't blogging. Keep an eye out for next Friday when I go over my likes and dislikes of just the past week.
Until next time,
Caroline
Thursday, September 4, 2014
life updates + exciting new Spotify playlist
Here are a few life updates: I gave up coffee this week and I've been running! Another update: I made a September 3.0 Spotify playlist. I'm going to a few concerts in the upcoming weeks so I put in a few songs by each of the artists I'll be seeing. They're all going to be so much fun. My first concert is in about two weeks (maybe sooner?) and then the last one is on Halloween. I'm very excited.
Here's what the playlist looks like:
Here's what the playlist looks like:
So, a few things about the playlist: I'm not going to see Ralph Vaughan Williams in concert. He is an English composer who is not alive anymore. That song, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, is quite possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. During my commute to my internship and back I would only listen to classical music and it's kind of become a habit for me to now only listen to classical music in the car. If there's a game on I will also listen to that but if not, then you know what's going to be playing in my car. Anyhoo, I heard that song the other day when I wasn't feeling well and I think it sort of subsided my headache a little bit. It was magical. I loved it so much I added it to the playlist.
Also, there are a few repeats from past playlists. Oops.
Finally, I will be adding a lot more to this playlist. These are just a few noteworthy songs I will be hearing live (except for Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis of course).
I'm still trying to figure out how to put a link of some sort to my Spotify page. Can it even be done? Am I just going crazy for no reason over this? Please help.
Until next time,
Caroline
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
fall accessories wishlist
Remember when I posted about my fall fashion wishlist and I said I would possibly post something about what accessories I had my eyes on for fall? Well, this is it guys!
If I posted every single thing necklace, shoe, and bag that I have been loving then we'd be here for the rest of eternity so I decided on just a few different picks.
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If I posted every single thing necklace, shoe, and bag that I have been loving then we'd be here for the rest of eternity so I decided on just a few different picks.
Holy cow these boots are amazing (this is funny because they're leather!! Ha!). They're See by Chloe and very expensive but my goodness does it get any better than this? I am a huge believer that black and brown can be mixed and I think this boot is a perfect example. I honestly think I would wear these everyday. There's also a bootie version of this shoe and it is also beautiful.
I saw this bag on an email that I got from Kate Spade and I thought it was so cute. It might be the black and brown thing, or in this case, black and taupe thing that really drew me to this. I think that's it. I'm sensing a trend here, people. I have a larger tote bag and I have a small cross body bag so this sort of bag that fits somewhere between the two sizes would be great for those in-between days.
Ugh I'm so bummed this picture won't be able to show off the necklace that well but definitely go check it out on the website. It is super cool. While working this summer in an 'Old Town' I walked past many unique door knockers. Some were lions like this necklace, some where pineapples, and some were anchors. All were super cute. I am looking forward to picking out my door knocker for my historical townhouse one day...one day...
Here's something I might actually pick up. These oxfords are from Target and are pretty inexpensive. I tried to get a pair of oxfords last fall but I decided against it to buy groceries or something unimportant like that. I regretted that decision ever since. I just love the way they look. I think I am going to actually commit this fall. I'm excited.
Lastly, I wanted to add in this scarf from h&m because when it gets cold a scarf would be nice to have. This one has such nice colors and go well with both jackets I picked out in my previous post. I am imagining it now...
Those are my accessory picks for fall 2014. If I could afford everything then I'd be purchasing them all right now. Unfortunately, I am a lowly intern who doesn't make any money. I'm hoping that will change soon. Maybe this gave you a few ideas for upcoming birthday presents to me or maybe someone else in your life.
Until next time,
Caroline
Monday, September 1, 2014
Always. Drink. Water.
Today was my first day of my internship with the organization I internshipped for over the summer's gallery. It started off fine until I felt the beginnings of my period. Remember when I wrote that I get awful craps from my period?? Well, today they struck again but with a vengeance. I guess after being outside yesterday and just generally not drinking enough water I got very dehydrated and almost passed out in the bathroom this morning at my internship. I sat on the ground of the bathroom for about half an hour in pain, sweating up a storm. It was so weird and I never want to feel that again.
Unfortunately, I will still get horrible cramps. I don't think there is much I can do about that but what I can do something about is staying well hydrated. That is why, from now on I vow to drink at least three water bottles a day. Can I do it?? Oh, yes I can! This doesn't seem like a huge challenge but for some reason I'm not already doing this. Last summer I was so unbelievably good at drinking water. What happened??? I really need to get back into that habit.
I'm gonna drink some more of my water bottle right now! Go me.
Until tomorrow,
Caroline
Unfortunately, I will still get horrible cramps. I don't think there is much I can do about that but what I can do something about is staying well hydrated. That is why, from now on I vow to drink at least three water bottles a day. Can I do it?? Oh, yes I can! This doesn't seem like a huge challenge but for some reason I'm not already doing this. Last summer I was so unbelievably good at drinking water. What happened??? I really need to get back into that habit.
I'm gonna drink some more of my water bottle right now! Go me.
Until tomorrow,
Caroline
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