2 Posts in 1 Day: Because I Can

I just got back from a night out at Dave & Busters with my friends and decided that I wanted to do a Throwback Thursday post since I've been MIA for the last few Thursdays.

Obviously, given that I'm leaving on the annual Girl's Cruise to Mexico tomorrow morning, I want to throwback to last year's cruise. (Which happened on this same exact weekend.)

We all had shirts made with the completely unoriginal "Wolf Pack" declaration on the front. And yes, we howled. A LOT!

In fact, we didn't even leave the port before people started to learn our names. When I headed toward my room after the safety instructions, someone said hello to me by name! It was crazy. 

People video taped us on deck and one group even asked to take their picture with us at dinner. I kind of got an idea of what it was like to be a celebrity on that trip.

Here we are a year later heading back to the same ship that hopefully has the same crew. I'm sure they would be happy to see us.

For dinner we attempted to do a theme night, but some girls were poor sports and didn't want to partake in our craziness. (AKA. Nina on the far right.) This year we're planning an 80's night and honestly? I don't think the ship is ready for my outfit's debut. I'm not sure that I'm even ready.

All in all, 14 women had the time of their lives drinking like fish, losing their voices, and making bad choices. Not really, but it rhymed so we'll go with it.
This year, 16 women are about to repeat the process.

Carnival Cruise line, I sure hope you're ready for us.

I'm Back, B@#$%S!

Well, sort of.

The last month or so really took its toll on me. It was the hardest semester I've had in college (I'm in all upper-division courses right now) and I had a huge family crisis come up.

About a month ago, my grandma tested positive for melanoma. I've seen my grandparents every week since I was a baby and the news hit me really hard. I tried to be a rock for both her and my mother, but I was having a hard time keeping it together myself. To make matters worse, I took my stress out on TJ and we were fighting on a daily basis. He and I both knew why I was acting like a crazy-woman, but I still couldn't help myself. Luckily, my prince charming is very patient and understanding.

Anyway, my grandma had her outpatient surgery during finals week and I couldn't concentrate on anything from the moment I found out. Therefore, I finally got my first "C" this semester so I'm trying to cope with that as well. It's obviously not failing, but 4 years of A's and B's feels like such a waste now.
At any rate, I got the good news earlier this week that my grandma is now cancer free! Sheesh. Who knew it was possible to hold your breath for so long? I literally feel like I can breath again.

Unfortunately, I spent so long neglecting my blog in favor of much more important matters that I felt as though I couldn't just pop up again out of nowhere. Especially since I'm leaving for a weekend girl's cruise tomorrow morning.
Then I thought: who cares? I'll blog when I can about what I want because, realistically, I made this blog for me.

Me, myself and I.

Not him, her or their sister. In fact, my friends don't even know this blog exists and I refuse to share it with my boyfriend. (Mostly because a blog is not an essay, and I don't want them to criticize my writing/ grammar)

So... I'm back, just not yet.

Cheers!