TGIF! I am so glad it is the weekend—and very excited that I have no plans tonight so I can take it easy and work on recapping the rest our southern road trip for you all.
I’ve had a lot going on the past couple of months, and know it’s going to be a busy fall—so I am trying to pull back and just relax when I can. I feel like I have been overbooking myself during the work week, so I am really making the effort to limiting my plans after work to no more than two times a week so that I have time to work out, eat at home, and just be a little lazy sometimes. This weekend, I am most excited to see the Downton Abbey movie with my mom! I loved the TV show and was sad to see it go—and I am glad the early reviews of the movie are positive.
Next weekend, I’m heading to Charlottesville to hang out with my best friends from college and I can’t wait. Nothing beats fall in Jefferson’s Virginia—and I desperately need some Bodo’s in my life. The picture above was taken last fall when I visited Charlottesville around the same time—the second verse of the Good Old Song really says it all, “What though the tide of years may roll, and drift us far apart, for alma mater still there’ll be a place in every heart. In college days we sing her praise, and so, when far away, in memory we still shall be at the dear old U-Va.”
I hope you have an amazing weekend! x
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I’m very excited to see Downton! I recently rewatched the show to refresh my memory. You’ll have to share what you thought!
You’re going to LOVE it! The scene towards the end with Lady Mary and the Countess of Grantham was my favorite.