Summer Recap

Well at the beginning of the summer I shared my summer bucket list and today I’m sharing everything I got accomplished! Let’s see how we did…-              Complete Internship-YESI had a great summer internship experience, you can read all about it here-              Go some place new-YESI went to Taylor Swift’s concert so that counts as something new, right!?-              Take a trip-YESMy family and a took a getaway to one of our favorite places, it was so nice to get away and unwind.-              Sleep in-YESI was able to snag a few days to sleep in and take it easy during the weekend and a few week days when I was off of work.-              See high school friends-YESIt was so good to see many friends from high school, we picked up where we left off-love them!-              See one (or more) college friends-YESI’m really proud that I pulled this off, I saw FOUR friends from high school. All my friends live at least 2 hours or more away so I was so happy I was able to see them-              Read SIX book (one more than last summer)-YESI really outdid myself with reading this summer. I’ll be posting a book review soon so you can see how many I read.-              Watch SUITS-NOI got through most of it this summer but still have a few more episodes to go. I really enjoyed this series. You can check it out on USA or Amazon Prime. -              Watch Evil Genius-YESI binged watched this while I was traveling and it was so good. I would recommend it for sure, plus who doesn’t like to watch a documentary about something that happened 5 minutes from their house…true story-              Watch Comedians in Cars getting Coffee-YESI watched one episode (episodes are only 20 minutes) every morning while getting ready for work. It was something super light and easy to watch.-              See Mamma Mia 2-YESI loved this movie, I have been listening to the soundtrack nonstop. It was definitely a favorite movie for me.-              See Oceans 8-YESLoved this movie, it was so well done and the cast couldn’t have been better, girl power all the way.-              See family and spend time with them-YESI was so happy I was able to see both sides of my family, from grandparents, cousin’s and aunts and uncles. Family over everything!-              Try something new-YESDoing my internship counts right?!-              Go to the beach-YESI went a few times to cover stories for my internship, but I also went to watch the sunset.-              Take more walks-YESI did better at the beginning of summer, but I can’t wait to be back in the gym once school starts back-              Eat at a food truck-YESOne of my best friends and I grabbed lunch one day downtown. It was delicious and a fun way to catch up.-              Watch the sunset and sunrise-YESMy family and I went to the beach to watch the sunset and I had  a few early mornings where I watched the sun rise.-              See a concert-YESI saw both the Piano Guys and Taylor Swift. Both incredible shows. I absolutely loved them.-              Spend more time outside-YESWhether it was swimming, tanning, reading or working, I spent a lot of time outside.-              Go swimming more often-YESI wanted to go in more but I got in the pool more than last summer so that counts.-              Do more free things (Zoo, parks, festivals)-YESI did but I could have done better, hey I had a busy summer, I did make it to the zoo, beach, and relaxed so that counts-              Trip to Pittsburgh-YESI went a few times for some sightseeing, zoo, a concert. I did very well in this department-              Breakfast at iHop-YESIt was more of a brunch but I got my fill of iHOP.-              Don’t rush as much and be in the moment-YES/.NOI wished I slowed down more but sadly I was often on the go. Always more things to work on-              Smile more-YESThis was the summer of me! I had such a good summer and smiled a lot.-              Be spontaneous-YESI was spontaneous but there is always room for improvement.I truly had a wonderful summer. I lived a lot, learned a lot and really took care of myself and had some fun. Summer 2018 you were so good to me! Fall Semester, let’s get to work!