thankful friday

mix of peace, joy, and the good kind of stress

1. pay day
2. placed anne b in bijou market this morning
3. anne b inquiries from andruby.com (KSL), boutique in arkansas, texas, and an online deals boutique in FRANCE!
4. hopeful job leads for when i get back in august
5. current job
6. my sore throat went away
7. leave for uganda in 1 month exactly
8. and even though i am missing my va beach/hampton roads arts peeps harrrrrd right now (missing the 25th anniversary), i am so grateful for how The Governor's School for the Arts helped me break out of my shell, find and develop my talents, and taught me how to give my whole heart to whatever i pursue in life. thank you to the many faculty  members who gave honest feedback and pushed me into new experiences because they believed in me AND to the amazing talent of the students i was surrounded by every single day! it's incredible seeing how everyone has found to use their talents 9 years later. there's nothing that compares to my experience at GSA.

ARIANNA. GSA Graduation 2004                      DOMINIC. Interned in LA 2011

ROBERT, LIZ, ARIANNA. Summer 2005 right before my family moved to Utah

Pippin with VMT after senior year 2004

CJ (Dancing Buddy). Visited NYC 2011          SAM. Met up and explored St George 2012

JUSTIN. Passing though LA for the night, 2012. Thank you Instagram. 

ADRIENNE. Interned in NY 2012 and saw her perform on the Today Show for Bring it On

hurricane sandy

and this is only the beginning...

(source)

A worker retrieves a grappling hook on the dock next to Bubba's Restaurant in Virginia Beach, Va.

Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, Mass.

The most empty you'll ever see Times Square.  

Storm surf generated by Hurricane Sandy pounds Rehoboth Beach near Wilmington Avenue

Terry Robinson wades through high water after retrieving some of his belongings from his flooded trailer at RV Park on Oct. 29 in Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Leaning into the strong wind and rain off the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel in Virginia Beach

Shoppers emptied the bread shelves of Waldbaums Grocery store in Long Beach, N.Y.

Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, Mass.

Sandbags protect the New York Stock Exchange. The exchange was closed Oct. 29.

...I think they just a couple more...