Juicing

I purchased a Breville Juicer the other week in an attempt to eat more vegetables (and fruit) and less processed foods. Today I made up my first recipe and it was pretty tasty...

Ingredients
1 tomato
1 crown broccoli
1/2 green pepper
4 carrots
1 stalk celery
1 scallion
1 clove garlic
3 tbs. Braggs Aminos

It all just goes into the juicer and out pops magical juice at the bottom! Yum

Getting Over It

Ok, so ever since the group LHS 10 year reunion popped up on Facebook I have been having nightmares about the reunion. I finally had enough, I'm ready to get over it, realize that it doesn't matter. So I bought two tickets to the Wood for August 11. Yes, I'm dragging R to the reunion, because that's why you get married... to have someone who is there to support you to love you, and to deal with your neurotic tendencies :) I'm going, I'm getting over the strange feelings of inadequacy, and then it's over. I'm moving on. And in honor of this, me at 16, in all my awkward, horrid glory...

Coming Together

Plans for our trip are coming together quickly! Flights are booked. I found a couple rail tours that will take us up north, and around the south, and leave us time to bum around Dublin. I also found an apartment on AirBNB that is right downtown for a really reasonable price!!! R has never traveled outside the country (Puerto Rico is close but not quite), and he was initially feeling a little nervous but since I've come up with a trip that involves no driving/car rental, with a decent amount of structure but free time as well, he's getting really excited. I'm slowly going to turn him into an expert world traveler :)

Now I need to get over this distraction and get back to school work!

Feeling Green

And orange, and white... I just booked our flights to Ireland for the beginning of September. Super excited!!!
We have no solid plans yet, but I'm hoping for some relaxing wandering, whisky tasting, sheep gazing, castle exploring, and leprechaun catching :P

Happy July!

The Summer is flying by a little too quickly but July is off to a good start. Friday was my official first day as an Associate Manager, although I've really taken over two countries completely already. Bwa ha ha, that last sentence sounds a bit evil. I'm 99% sure I'll be back in Rwanda next month. I could have gone at the end of the July but I would have missed 2 classes so I'm sending another staff member. I have a secret fantasy about going to Ireland on a layover but it depends on if we can use my miles to get R a free flight.

Spent the first few hours of my long weekend deep cleaning the house. Yes, I know, it's a little past Spring, oops! The living room and dining room and the stove are super clean! Now all I need to do is the rest of the kitchen, the bathroom and (shudder) the bedroom aka where all my papers, books, and travel stuff live. I hope to finish today but we'll see if my motivation sticks around.