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Saying Goodbye To Cville And Hello To NYC

May 26, 2014 By Robyn 21 Comments

Good morning!
I hope ya’ll are soaking up this gorgeous sunshine today! I’ll be thinking about all the troops and soldiers and keeping them in my prayers today. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers too! 🙂

Blogging might be a little intermittent or out of the norm this week so I hope you guys will bear with me. Once I get settled into school and my new apartment I’m hoping to get into a routine so thank you ,thank you for being patient!!

I got back from the beach yesterday afternoon and took myself on a little date. First, Whole Foods for a late lunch and then to City Spa for a mani/pedi that I scheduled with the birthday coupon they sent me back in March. It was so relaxing and I soaked every bit of those two hours since I know it will be my last bit of relaxation for quite some time.

And then I walked over to Citizen Burger to meet Brenda and Richard for dinner! They went on the Nicaragua trip with me back in September and they have become such an important part of my life- kind of like my pseudo parents here in cville. I spent Thanksgiving with their family this year and Brenda is actually a nurse herself so she has lots of advice! When I was at their house last weekend for a cookout Richard insisted they take me dinner, and since he insisted…

These two have the biggest hearts and I am going to miss them so much! I had sweet potato fries and their spinach salad that tasted amazing. This might be a bold statement but I feel confident in saying that this is the best salad in cville. I crave this salad. It’s huge [photo doesn’t do it justice] and full of spinach, beets, blueberries, apples, goat cheese, candied walnuts and balsamic vinaigrette.

 

This morning I went to my first ever Pure Barre class at the studio which was awesome. I’m already sore. I’ve taken a lot of Barre classes at ACAC but never at an actual studio. And I ran into a Nutshell client that moved back to cville for the summer. I’ve never seen her in person so it was a sweet surprise. Hi Molly!

Ok ya’ll, I’m on a time crunch and will be running around with my head cut off today. I have 23234 things to do before I pick up the rental car tonight at 6pm and attempt to fit my entire life into a Honda CR-V.

Happy Monday!!


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