I have officially moved into a new place! Woo! I can sleep again! I'm living out of boxes and my bed is a mattress on the floor with one blanket and an uncovered pillow but hey, it's college and I'm totally allowed to live like this. All my cooking supplies seem to be in different boxes (I found a pan in my bathroom stuff box...right along with my shampoo. when you try to move fast all reason and organization is out the window; if it fit, it went. ) so eating out is more or less the only way to go. I think I'm going to hold an Un-Packing Pizza Party and pay my friends with pizza and beer to help me unload everything. I already coerced my friend with a truck into helping me in exchange for a 12 pack of a select beverage, so, I mean, college kids are pretty predictable.
I would like to take a quick moment to brag....even with taking time to find a new place, have a week long sleep over at my friend's place, and literally pack and move everything I own in less than 5 days, I STILL managed a solid 21 hours at work (not including the weekend) AND rocked a 30 page excel business case analysis (got an A!!!) AND had a midterm on Business Policies (I did ask for some extra time but only 1 day for both, considering the circumstances I think it was fair) AND officiated high school volleyball (moving is expensive, every bit counts) AND had flag football clinics and captain's meetings to run AND had 4 club sport events on campus over the weekend.
I am fuqing super woman.
Wouldn't have been possible without daily phone calls home and support from those in Cali and Illinois. And a boss and coworker who let me have my time and space to figure it all out. I cherish you all. You the real MVP.
So moving forward, I'm going to tell you about my super fun weekend in Memphis, Tennessee.
Yee-Haw!
One of my UC Davis friends recently moved to Memphis to go to school at the University of Memphis. And know she's about 3 hours away and it's so awesome having her close by! Not only are we in the same time zone, but she's a quick drive/train ride away and it was a splendid time.
You know you found something good when you haven't seen somebody in literally months and months almost a full year and when you're together it's like nothing has changed. After the initial "AHH YOU'RE HERE! I'M SO HAPPY!!!" greeting, it was like we were back in Davis hanging at the local Fro-Yo place talking about work and our inner tube water polo team and taking the double decker buses and how you still bike when it rains but we were 2000 miles away from all of that.
I am so thankful for my friends. Even after all this time, it feels like I'm home when we talk on the phone or do get to see each other. I don't say enough how much I love you guys, but I do. XOXO
But so we went out to dinner in an refurnished movie theater from the 20's to a fancy restaurant circa 2000's and it was delicious. And fancy. My two favorites. We then went down Beale Street, the infamous strip with all the lights and live music, bars, little dives and diners and it was pretty freaking cool. Talk about culture shock..I've only been to the south one other time and it still gets me how everything from the food, the accent, the friendly "Hey y'alls" and just everything southern gets to me.
We spent the next day checking out this MASSIVE street fair/festival in the middle of Memphis. Vendors lined the streets for what felt like miles and miles, so many people and music absolutely everywhere. From School of Rock style (the kids were 9 at most I kid you not) to country, you could listen to it all. It was a beautiful day but so packed, I think the entire city was at the festival. We ended up taking lunch in a small mexican restaurant on a street corner, not out of hunger but just to get outside of the crazy crowd.
But it was super fun and I ended up trying to slyly get Kate a gift but the vendor wasn't understanding me when I told her to give the bag to Kate and just say "Happy birthday", so my surprise wasn't much of a surprise. Oh well. She got her gift and I had fun hanging out with her dietician school friends and enjoying the sights of Memphis, Tennessee. I actually loved all the cowboy boots and the country playing. It felt like everyone lived and breathed it, so it wasn't forced or the 'cali country' the surfer/cowboy I listen to the pop-country while watching the sunset on the pacific I'm used to. This was the Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood type of country my parents introduced me to back in the day and I loved it. Talk about back to my country roots. Yikes. But I can't wait to check out an actual country concert in the south. Can you even imagine?? I can hardly.
Bday dinner with mah girl :)
Only found in select states in the south and east coast...and it's so good. Cali has never ever seen this but it's a new fave.
As graduate students, we actually had work to attend to that weekend so we spent her birthday sipping wine, making dinner and working on theses. Nerd Alert.
Sweatshirts and wine. My kind of Saturday night.
But we giggled a lot, took a late night drive for the hell of it, and had a blast. One of my favorite nights ever, that's for sure.
I was sad to leave since we had such a short time together but it was fantastically fun and I want to go venture into Memphis more so I think a spring visit is definitely in order. (hint hint Kate :) )
Beale Street!
Oh hey Tennessee
Couldn't get a better pic but this was such a fun day I couldn't help but share!
But that was almost a month ago!! And so much has happened between then and now, I'm so far behind on these blog updates!! Maybe I'll bust out another instead of studying for my midterm. ;)
To be continued!
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