Randomness of May - July

I have no idea what photos are in here - just randomness of what I have found on my phone over the last couple of months.. 

I work hard - haha - feet on the desk, shoes off, "listening" to a webinar. 

 

I'm a highly organized person and my office doesn't normally look like this: 

 

 But it was all because of this - I welcomed 42 interns in May and June - 42! That is 10 more than last year and while I love this program it is a tremendous lift for the entire summer.

 

And through this catch up phase the 12 week intern program will be over by the time this blog posts. On July 25 we celebrated National Intern Day so we took our HR Intern out for bubble tea! 

A card the interns gave me at our last intern event :) 

New dress, new earrings (thanks cousin) and high bun - I'm ready for this intern event! 

  I am very much addicted to bubble tea - it is amazing and Gong Cha is my favorite.

This wouldn't be complete without my favorite, quotes.

#truthbutsadtruth

 

#EveryoneNeedsToLearnThis

 In May we went to Jazz in the Garden - this is an annual event that we do - it's like our unofficial kickoff of the summer. After Jazz in the Garden - Stephanie, Anton and I got o Hyattsville, Maryland for Bonchon - I love Bonchon - soooo good!

First Row Left to Right: Kiara and Brittany 

Top Row Left to Right: Me, Neville, Martha and Stephanie

Anytime I am on the mall, I need to take photos of the Washington Monument and US Capitol - I won't always be able to see these things everyday, so I need to take advantage of it now.

In June, Gina and I went and say Secret Life of Pets 2 - it was adorable! And it was fun to hang out with Gina - she is such a good friend and I am so thankful for her in my life.

One weekend in June we decided to go to the a festival at the Wharf, Taste of the Philippians. But we were not prepared and did not get tickets and there were so many people that we sadly didn't get to go - but that's okay because we went to a burger place and had wonderful conversation. Then we meet up with Anton and Stephanie's friends and went to the summer solstice at the Smithsonian's where they stay open late. What a great idea and there were no lines! So we wen to the American History Museum and the the National Museum of African American History and Culture (as we didn't finish the museum when we went earlier this year). There was a talk going on and then a dance party - that is so cool!

A couple photos of my adorable niece, Raelynn Nicole - she is adorable!

Beautiful huge butterfly chillin in the flowerbed at work. 

It's summer here and hot and that means air conditioning and pools and blog catching up phase - which is now done! August is going to be fun with trips to North and South Carolina (bucket list items checked off for me - thank you Karen) and then to San Diego for work and then a short trip to Boise and in September a trip to Columbus, Ohio. 

I ask for prays for the rest of 2019 as I am going to make some hard choices coming up.

April Random

What happened in April? I honestly don't remember... yay for photos! 

Yep... that's Idaho :) 

Easter was in April. Easter is a joyous celebration in our Christian faith. But I do have a lot of heartache in April. My grandma had surgery on Good Friday and died a week later, 6 years ago. My dad died on Easter 26 years ago. However, without my faith in Christ I would not have been able to make it through these difficult times in my life. 

My baby is so adorable, she is getting so old but I just pray she has a few more years left. 

#True

Ah my nieces and nephew are so adorable! 

March Random

March was a slow month for me, which was good because April brings so much! My cousin and her family are visiting for a week, Tuf is coming to visit, Cherry Blossoms, Easter!

For randomness of March - here we go. 

Our Executive made fun of my adorable little St. Patrick's Day decoration. But I do have to admit it was pretty good. 

Stephanie, Gina and I went to a free presentation by the American for the Arts at the Kennedy Center where the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor who is an Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States introduced Rita Moreno. I didn't know who Rita Moreno was but now I have been watching her Netflix show, One Day at a Time and it is so good! Rita is a fantastic storyteller and I could listen to her all day long, every day.

This is for you GG. We always got these awesome lime green milkshakes from McDonald's around St. Patrick's day.

 

I made a new crock pot meal thanks to Stephanie's suggestion - a coconut curry and lentil thing.  It is so good, even if it doesn't photograph well :) 

  

#thisisexactlyhowIfeel

  

I finally did it and went and got allergy testing! But fun fact, I have a skin condition called Dermatographia where my skin is super sensitive (who knew???) and I reacted to salt water - yeah, nobody should react to that. So they had to do a blood test and a week later I got the test results back and I don't have an allergy to shrimp, coconut or pineapple. Though, the allergist did say I should avoid eating raw pineapple and coconut....but I can eat shrimp again! Best news! 

 

In March I got Bumblebee from Bowie. I knew that Bumblebee's check engine light had been on since November and I was pretty sure it was the oxygen sensor since I was told it was going out in 2017 and it was the oxygen sensor and it only cost $1100 :( But I need Bumblebee to take Princess to the vet and to pick up my cousins, so it had to finally be done. When I went to get my car in Bowie this steal rod was perfectly under my car and I flipped out. But thankfully Stephanie was with me and I made it safely to the dealership in Rockville. I asked the mechanic if this steal part was part of my car and it wasn't :) haha! Then I told Gina about it and she said that Mike had used it to keep the car cover on...I felt like a blond bringing this random piece of metal to the dealership but at least it wasn't part of my car!

This was a busy month for Princess. I love Princess, but I hate how she tracked kitty litter everywhere! So kitty got a new box with pellets. She didn't like it, but she learned to use it and thankfully no more litter! I really like the pellet system. It is more expensive, but I love not having to deal with kitty litter!

Princess also had to go the vet because she needed dental work done and we finally got her blood sugars under control so she could be put to sleep for the procedure. Princess ended up having 5 teeth pulled, including a canine :( The drugs they gave her, really messed with her and we had a super stressful night after the surgery but they did wear off and she is recovering slowly. Poor baby only has 12 teeth now. Cats should have 30.

Kitty is addicted to YouTube...

and her water fountain...