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A little bit of normal

Last time I blogged, I left off at 'company karaoke'. So fun! They rented a place downtown and we had so much fun hanging out with so many different people. It's hard to imagine how quickly this company went from an idea, to a group of over 100. I'm not even sure how many people there are working there, but I know I don't recognize most of them. It's really, really cool. It took us quite a bit of time to recover from our night out, so we finally got the weekend at home that we wanted. It was lovely.

One of the best things about being on the East Coast is that there are SO many places you can go and it's just a couple hour drive. Philadelphia is really located in the perfect spot for what I want to do. We are about an hour and a half drive to New York, 2 hours to the shore (as I'm sure you know by now) an hour to Baltimore, and 2 hours to Washington D.C. Last weekend, our aunt from Chicago was in D.C. so we drove down there on Sunday to spend the day with her. We went to D.C. for a day! I love that! We had brunch and went to Udvar Hazy which is a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, but about 40 minutes from downtown. Thank goodness for Andy being there and being able to tell us how airplanes fly and why the ones we were looking at were cool. It's much more fun to go to a place like that when someone you are with knows stuff about it. My big goal: get to New York soon! Why have I been an hour and a half drive and not been there yet!?! (besides the traffic, the ridiculous cost of tolls and then the issue of not having a clue where to park) We can take the train and I'm thinking that will be our plan. We just have to make the plan!

On my immediate itinerary, I am killing time at home as I wait to go to the airport and head to Denver for the weekend! Sarah's having a baby (EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!) and my mom and I are going out there to help throw a shower. I have a layover in Minneapolis, but only for 30 minutes. I love looking over the cities as we fly in though, so I'm really looking forward to that! Even though my mom and I fly out at the same time, we are on different airlines so we won't meet up until Denver. That will make the reunion even more fun. I'm so excited! The shower will be at a corn maze and it's a couples shower. Sarah tells us this is her FAVORITE thing to do in the fall, so it's perfect! The weather is predicted to be gorgeous. And to put the icing on the cake, my cousins from MN are out there for the weekend as well and are coming to the shower! Seriously, I'm excited.

I included a couple more pictures. One of them is at Udvar Hazy. Another is at a outdoor adult beverage festival that we attended with some friends. The one of the building is our apartment building. We are the ones on the top corner.

Until next time!


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