Hi again ♥

I know it's been far too long since I've made a post. Sadly, it's all too easy to get stuck in the routine of everyday life and forget to make time for other things that you used to really enjoy—like blogging! But I truly want to get back into blogging regularly again, and one of my resolutions for 2019 is to return to my roots and revive this blog. That's for a future post, though. Until then, why not follow me through a fun-filled Saturday? Enjoy!

Hello, Internet!

It's been a little while since I've posted on here, hasn't it? Life's been a bit mundane lately—a lot of the same ol' grind of leaving the house early in the morning, exhausting and stressful work days, being stuck in traffic, and coming home late. With that, along with a few other life things that have been a burden in the back of my mind, I've been feeling a bit defeated by it all and wanting to get away somewhere for a little while.

Thankfully my mom has been feeling the same way, and between the two of us, we decided to take this spontaneous trip to a lovely small town we happened upon on one of our trips to Canada—the lovely and quaint seaside town of Sidney! While we were only here from Friday through Sunday, we honestly had such a good time here, so I thought I'd share our little trip with you!

Hello, Internet!

This past weekend was Memorial Day weekend, and thankfully for me I got to have three days to relax. Going into this weekend, I wasn't sure what my plans were. I wasn't like everyone else, who all seemed to be going away somewhere or doing something really exciting. Still, this weekend took me completely by surprise and it ended up being the best one I'd had in a long time. So let me take you along and show you what all I did!

 

There's this cute little box that I always pass by on my walks to town.  It's in the shape of a house and has a window cut out in the front, and books tucked away inside.  It's called the Little Free Library.  I'd heard of others like this one scattered around, where people can drop off books and others can pick them up as they please.  It's like a miniature library (thus the name).  It's a really great idea, and it's so nice for those to have a heart big enough to donate their own books, knowing it will make someone else's day as they pass by.  I also like the mystery of it.  You never know who will drop off books or who will pick them up, but regardless, there are always new books appearing in this Little Library every time I walk by.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret: these past few days - weeks even - have been pretty hard.  Every day, the same routine of getting on the computer and scrolling through pages and pages of job listings, most of which I'm unqualified for, due to being fresh out of college and having essentially no experience.  It can get really discouraging really fast.  And Facebook's no better either, which was my big mistake when I logged onto it last night.  People having lives, people getting jobs and boyfriends and moving to cities.  Meanwhile, I'm stuck back home in my small town, trying to get my life to budge towards something promising.  Managing to find myself at an all-time-low after that, I knew that I had to pick myself up somehow the next day.  Because that's what's always most important following post-grad life: amidst the job searching and the helplessness, it's important to step away from that for a while so as to be reminded of and appreciate the small things in life we so often overlook, even in our daily lives.