Remember that time I said April was really good to me?

That was because May hadn't happened yet.

1. Cold brewing some iced coffee.

2. Got to meet my friend Andy's new pup.

3. Did I mention that I got engaged?

4. Stopped by Charlottesville for pistachio milk lattes at Shark Mountain.

5. Gorgeous afternoons in Roanoke.

6. Rocky lounges.

7-8. My brother graduated from college. We had a party about it.

9. Patrick and Chad got married!

10. Caught up with college friends for margaritas in Northern Virginia.

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How was your May? Happy (belated) June!

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When I first started my job last year, I impulsively bought a little potted succulent to place on my desk at work. I was standing in Kroger, and I don't remember what I had actually popped in to buy, but I remember that on the way to my car, I got caught in one of those torrential rain storms that seem to come out of nowhere from April until July in Virginia.

The succulent looked like a dinosaur. I'm not one to see a plant and think I have to have that, but I picked it up because it reminded me of a stegosaurus and made me smile, and because I was feeling really hopeful. It was summer, and Rob was home, and I was feeling less like a student and more like an adult (and enjoying the transition).

After about six months and too much watering and not enough natural sunlight, the soggy little succulent died. I took it from my office and stuck it in that magical windowsill, vowing never to water it again. The plant continued to die, but not before sprouting a hard, purple-ish little bud in between two grey leaves. I picked it off, abandoned the old plant, and placed the baby one onto new soil.

Lots of things have changed this year. I don't know if the new plant will thrive or struggle or walk the line between the two, but it's beginning to put down roots, and it's good.

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