A Mini Hiatus

I am not sure how many people even noticed I was gone.  

Have you noticed its been almost a month and a half since I have written.  

Things have been crazy in my life lately and to top it all off I traveled home for the Thanksgiving Holiday and then had my computer completely crash.

I was devastated to see 5 years of my life crumble as the blue screen of death appeared on my computer.

 After a minor panic attack and yes, I will admit, a major meltdown I went to Best Buy, purchased a new hard drive and have begged my brother to ask his co-worker to attempt a recovery of all lost data. 

Its not a few days later and I still haven't accessed my files and my computer has crashed two more times...
I am keeping my fingers crossed that is all works out soon. 

In the meantime many great things have happened to me in the last month.  

Although i would love to write a novel about everything, here is a short synopsis of my life in the last 30 days.

Work has been crazy and after working many late nights during October  I can finally relax a little during our slower weeks.

The second week of November during the Penn State Crisis that has literally shaken the country, 10 guys and myself (yes I was the only female) traveled to Pennsylvania to attend the Penn State vs. Nebraska game.

It was a very emotional weekend for my family (die hard Penn Staters) after the scandal broke on the news.  However, it was very touching and moving to be at this game.  

I also now know what it is like to travel and shack up with all men.

Thank goodness Virgos are planners and "mothers".

Prior to traveling home for the holidays I decided to host my annual Thanksgiving dinner for friends in the area.  This year we beat our attendance with a total of 36 guests.  It was such a great evening of friends, food and board games! I was exhausted the next day and couldn't wait to sleep off all of my hard work. 

For those of you who don't know, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  I love driving back to PA to get the very last taste of Fall weather before the snow hits.  I love my mother's cooking, board games with the family, visiting friends from home and relaxing. 

I love pulling up to my parents house.  Immediately I get a wave of emotions and memories.

My parents bough a new scrabble board which was a hit over Thanksgiving

Rifle practice was definitely the most exciting thing we did, however it was also the most hick thing we did

This Thanksgiving, I got to meet Landon, one of my best friends from high school's new baby boy!! It was so exciting to see the new addition to our group! He is going to be a heartbreaker.

After returning back to the hustle and bustle of Washington, DC. I decided to spend my Sunday decorating for Christmas.  I love the holiday season!

Phew....well, that caught you up on the last 30 days of my life.  

Thankfully despite the computer crashing, I am hoping to get back into blogging each day.