summer 2011 recap

Things I did this summer, very roughly in chronological order:

• Reunited with Muna and Leah and Melanie after way too long of an absence; got Georgetown Cupcakes
• Rockbridge: reunited with Jenn, taught Melody sass (more to follow in the fall), said goodbye to Benton forever (but got his bed risers - fair trade?)
• Saw Katie (not Komo), Steph, Mrudula
• Acquired and lost a pet bat
• Got SO MUCH FROYO
• Reread all of the Harry Potter books, only cried once
• Caught up on Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, The Office, 30 Rock, Breaking Bad; started watching The Glee Project
• Assembled shelves, sorted books and other things to help my grandma move
• Watched Never Say Never for the second time
• Went to bible study with the Bylers (get some quality Medina/Haset hangs)
• Visited high school; felt old
• Saw Hangover 2, X-Men First Class, Adjustment Bureau, TiMER, Super 8, Captain America, Friends with Benefits, Thor, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Visited Williamsburg twice; shopped at Target because it's not like I have two of these at home; got lots of noms; spread the infectious game of Hearts
• Watched Chelsea graduate; felt super old
• Saw Tyler, Jessica, Megan...and of course New Moon?
• Sent extraordinarily long and intimidating peer advising emails
• Isabel/Katie/Jamie/Danyah DC visits (my exercise for the summer)
• Made Megan watch The Two Towers; quoted the entire movie with Jamie
• Drove to Florida with Melanie and went to DISNEY WORLD! And HOGWARTS!!! (and got burned at the beach)
• Harry Potter premiere, bd bd bd
• Watched Never Say Never for the third time
• Visited Katie; went to beach; learned to ride a bike; tried Bojangles
• Read nine and two-half non-Harry Potter books
• Worked on super secret craft projects
• Saw Melodie!!!
• Heard about Leah's Copenhagen life, felt nonproductive
• Visited Muna at Teavana, and generally built up an addiction to breakfast tea over the course of three months
• Fit most of my belongings in the trunk of my car (okay, this does not include any of my clothes or the roughly 2/3 of my stuff that is still in Landrum attic, but no one's counting)
• Blogged so much I sometimes doubt I'll have anything left to say (this is a distinct improbability given the complexities of any given human brain and my particular ability to find boring things incredibly noteworthy...also I still have 21 drafts so if I suddenly lose inspiration I'll have at least three weeks to gain it back)
• Listened to my summer playlist at least seven times
• Discovered Navigation on my phone
• Consistently took vitamins
• Made lots of new and exciting baked goods

Things I wanted to do this summer but didn't accomplish:

• Go to Splash Down (this was so close to being an actuality)
• Finish watching Friends (but now I have something to watch over winter break)
• Watch The Big Bang Theory (saw one episode, didn't like it)
• Watch lots of Toddlers and Tiaras with Taylor
• Watch Bridesmaids and Source Code
• Read The Return of Depression Economics, Jane Eyre, Lord of the Rings and Nudge (but my list was fairly extensive so I'm okay with putting these off)

Okay, so I didn't have a job but I feel like I had a pretty successful three months nevertheless.