Monday, September 1, 2014

Day 93: How I Spent My Summer

Well, folks, today is Labor Day or, the official end of summer. I can't believe how fast my three months until real life rushed by. And now Real Life is hitting me square in the face: I start my full time job tomorrow. I'm ready and I'm excited. But I will, of course, miss the leisurely life I've led this summer, sleeping in as late as I like, watching all the Bravo and TLC shows I could stomach, taking long walks with Ginger in the middle of the day and spending as much time as possible in Westhampton.

To wrap up the summer, I thought I would take stock of what I did this summer. Here is what I did, in order by how many days this summer I spent doing each activity:

  • Spent time with Shawn
  • Spent time with Ginger
  • Drank wine
  • Cooked a lot of meals
  • Spent time at the Westhampton share house
  • Played Cards Against Humanity
  • Lunch and brunch and dinner and drinks with friends, catching up
  • Went to the beach
  • Went to wineries (in California and Long Island)
  • Went to John Scott's Surf Shack (our favorite restaurant in Westhampton)
  • Ate ice cream
  • Visited California
  • Celebrated our first anniversary
  • Traveled to Florida to visit with the in-laws
  • Learned how to golf
  • Traveled to Newport
  • Took long walks with Lauren around the city
  • Visited Jennifer in Rhode Island
  • Visited Erin in San Francisco
  • Visited Bri and my family in Pennsylvania
I am so grateful and happy that I had the opportunity to spend so much time with so many friends and family members and that I was able to travel literally around the country to see so many people and do so many fun and new things. Sonoma and Napa were incredible, and Shawn and I have definitely decided to return someday soon. Newport was quaint and lovely, exactly what we wanted for our official anniversary celebration, though many other unofficial celebrations followed after on the actual date of our anniversary and beyond.

So, the summer is over which means I'm signing off for now. Maybe I'll find some other way to re-purpose this blog in some way soon.

xo
Amanda