Friday Letters

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I don't believe that Friday Letter's is actually still a thing... but I always liked doing it, so for my first Friday back I am sticking with this old favorite.

dear readers- thanks for stopping by this week. i've really enjoyed this first week of being a contributing member of the blog world again. i can't wait to discover more fantastic bloggers. i've missed this. dear A- i love and miss you. i know you don't get this blogging thing, but thank you encourage me to do it anyway. dear dallas- i kinda think i am beginning to feel settled in you. i wasn't sure i was going to like it here, but i just might be starting to enjoy it. dear work- oh my goodness you have been crazy lately... let's slow down a little, okay? dear world market/crate & barrel/west elm- if you have some awesome black friday sales you might make me fail at my november goals (more about those on Monday)... dear weekend- i am happy you're here but please go quickly. once you are done there is only one more of you between me and the next time i see that boy of mine.

Happy Friday y'all!

*Original Friday Letters idea belongs to Miss Ashley of The Sweet Season.

Cowboys Experience

Y'all, my guy is a massive Cowboys fan. Despite growing up in Missouri, he has always loved the Cowboys- which works out really well for me since I live in Dallas now. Just over a week ago, A came to Dallas and we attended our first Cowboys game in AT&T Stadium. Unfortunately, the Cowboys lost... but we had a fantastic Cowboys filled weekend.

On Saturday we made the drive out to Arlington to take a VIP Guided Tour of AT&T Stadium. I had actually done this once before so I knew that it is WELL-WORTH the $30 ticket for the VIP Guided Tour. The tour takes you all over AT&T stadium for an hour and a half, then finishes up on the field. You get to see things like Jerry Jones personal suite, the super fancy club level, both the cheerleader's and the team's locker rooms, and you get a ton of cool Cowboys history and stadium facts along the way. 

Whether you are a Cowboy's fan or not, this tour is absolutely worth the time and money. Because we went on a Saturday before a game day, it was "rally day" which meant there were a bunch of additional things happening at the stadium. There were former players signing autographs, cheerleaders taking pictures, and of course there were games for kids, It was a great experience, and I know it only increased A's idolization of Mr. Jerry Jones.

Sunday we were up early to make our way back to the stadium for the noon game against the Arizona Cardinals. We left early enough that we didn't have to battle much traffic and found parking near Ranger's stadium quite easily. We snapped a few pics on our way in and headed up to our seats just in time to catch all the pre-game excitement.

Romo was out with a back injury and the guys just couldn't get it together, so they did lose. But the experience of seeing at game at that stadium just can't be matched. We had a wonderful time and we can't wait to do it again!

I'm Back!

Hi Friends!

After a two-ish year hiatus, I've decided that I want to return to the blogging world. So... here I am! Where have I been for the last two years? Great question...

Well, when I last blogged here I had just moved from my hometown in California to Columbus, OH to begin graduate school. Since then, I've completed my Masters in Human Resource Management and moved once again. I am now living and working full time in Dallas, TX.

Check out that very excited woman who is accidentally photobombing our adorable picture...

I've also added a new very important person to my life in the last couple years. Unlike me, he is less comfortable with the whole online presence thing- so we will just call him A. A and I met in grad school, spent over a year dancing around each other, and finally took the plunge in to a full-on, for-real, relationship back in February. Unfortunately, we had both long-since accepted full time positions upon finishing our degrees. That meant we were jumping in to this relationship knowing that in June it would become long distance.

That fact aside we knew very early on that this is something special and we intend to make the distance (Texas to West Virginia, y'all) work for us. We have been doing just that for the past few months, and let me be the first to tell you long distance love is not easy. But it will not be this way forever which makes the struggles we go through now more than worth it.

In starting this blog back up I am hoping to fill the void that leaving school seems to have left in my life. I enjoy writing and sharing experiences with my friends and family- and since none of those people are here in Dallas with me (don't get me wrong, I have some AWESOME new friends here) I thought this would be a fun way to let them see what I'm up to here in Texas. Additionally, blogging is a great way of encouraging myself to get out and try new things- so I have exciting content to share with y'all! I'm not sure I'll start blogging every weekday like I used to- but I am very much looking forward to getting back in to this world.

So if you're a former reader and you're back, HI! If you're brand new, WELCOME I can't wait to meet you =)

Goodbye For Now =(

As much as I've loved this blog over the past year, I've decided that it is time for me to say goodbye to blogland for awhile.

Unfortunately I just don't have the time to dedicate to updating on any sort of consistent basis right now. Plus, I've got recruiting coming up for my very important summer internship and I need to make sure my presence online epitomizes the professional I hope to become. 

That said, I'll be taking this blog private this week. 

However, I am still a contributor to the Fisher Grad Life Blog! Find me here!

Thank you to all the wonderful bloggers I've interacted with over the past year(ish)! I will still be reading and commenting whenever I find a few free moments.

Goodbye for now blogland!

XOXO

Ashley