Treat Me Like a Pirate

It's getting a little cliche for me to pretend to be shocked by how long it's been since my last post.  Let's skip that one this time, shall we?

How long do I have to keep ignoring your candy crush invites before you get the message.  Ballpark?

So anyway, summer rocks.

At first I was filled with a HOLYSHITUNSTRUCTUREDTIMEIDKWHATTODO virus, but then I realized... there are some pretty great goddamned ways to fill your time.  (Apart from teaching summer school--which is what young teachers do because we don't get paid in the summers and still want to  do things like eat, drink & buy that new Anthropologie duvet we've been eyeing...)

I do feel a little like I'm floating in the ether.  I've been strangely and unpredictably busy with no real routine to follow.  Every once in a while I am absorbed in a panic that consumes me-"AM I FORGETTING SOMETHING HUGE AND IMPORTANT?!  And it usually comes to my attention that-Yes.  Yes I am.

But right now I'm channeling all my energy into my pirate birthday party.  3 years ago today I was putting the finishing touches on the following backdrop for my epic Harry Potter birthday party:

& today I'm putting the finishing touches on this:

& So, while time has passed (as time has a tendency to do), it's nice to know that I haven't grown up a little even at all. 

Here's a thought I've been having lately:  People spend entirely too much time and energy focusing on romantic relationships.  The truth of the matter is that you are surrounded by people constantly.  Focus on all of them, because putting all your eggs in one basket just makes for a really heavy basket.