Girl's Night on the Fly

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Hey girl heyyyy! Long time, sporadically see. What happened to me last week? Oh yeah, that's right, moving happened. I think I really underestimated the difficulties of moving, even when it's just a move across the building.

So what do you do when you are in a swamp of boxes, chaos and a fridge so empty tumbleweeds blow through when you open the door? You call up your equally as busy bestie for a quick dinner! 

Helene and I have very similar, very crazy, July schedules. Not only were we both away for the fourth, but she will be gone for Tomorrowland the same time I will be gone for our photo shoot at work. We knew we didn't have much time to catchup, but cocktails and some good ole comfort food were a Wednesday night, must-happen! 

Enter BJ's Restaurant! They have this fantastic mobile app, available for both iPhone and Android, that makes dining out both fast and easy. I'll try anything that leaves me more time for cocktails and convo!

Here is how it works: you order your meal before hand, via the Dine in Order Ahead option on the mobile app, then when you scan your phone at the hostess stand, your order is immediately sent to the kitchen! 

After being seated, Sarah our server (what a great name she has...), then took our drink orders! It seriously was the smoothest process ever. Oh, and we got nachos....

I'm deeming this as ok, because according to my fit bit, I had already broken my all-time step record that day. Moving boxes, for the win!

We then were able to pay our check through the app, with the Mobile Pay option. That's it, all done. No cards to exchange with the server, no checks to sign. It was all done on our iPhones! So next time you're majorly short on time, but still craving girls night, I highly recommend finding a  BJ's Restaurant near you! 

And to go ahead and answer your question, no, the dogs did not finish unpacking the apartment while I was at dinner. Rude tickets.  I asked them to unpack and put their toys away while I'm at work today... slim chance that'll happen. Sure is a good thing they're cute. 

Beachin'

Happy Monday everyone! Oh wait, is it just me that is just starting their work week? Ohhh that's right, this is what my actual Monday looked like... 

  That was mean, I'm sorry. 
Well I'm back at work after a very extended, and very glorious,  holiday weekend spent in Virginia Beach with my mama. Thursday I battled the hurricane ridden skies (sarcasm, Arthur only talked a big game) and flew, ahem first class ahem from DFW to Richmond, Va! Hashtag big shot. Hashtag not really. Hashtag only because I used frequent flyer miles. Maybe it is because I generally fly in the morning, but the views from this flight were absolutely breathtaking. And being the fish-out-of-water-hillbilly that I am, I proceeded to take 1,000 pictures of said views. 

  My mom picked me up in Richmond and we decided to drive straight to Norfolk in an effort to beat Hurricane Arthur. We pulled right into the driveway as our phones started buzzing with tornado warnings. Good timing, huh?
Arthur came and went in the middle of the night. By noon on Friday, we were left with the most perfect weather to celebrate our country, just as our forefathers would have intended us to, with beer, wine and a neighborhood strawberry daiquiri contest.

  The next day, we went fishing. And by fishing I mean we stood around like idiots with fishing rods in our hands and bait on our hooks. The fish must have been on vacation for the long holiday weekend. But these weird frog things we kept catching couldn't afford a family vacation, so they just had a staycation and took all the free food off our hooks.  

  After my 3rd frog/fish hybrid monster, I decided I'd try my luck at catching bloody marys. As I suspected, I had no problem reeling one of those in! 

  After a long day of catching fish standing around on a boat, we caught the firework show that night on the beach. 

  My favorite part about visiting the beach is getting out and riding the bikes! We rode about 12 miles each day, not bad huh? 

  Oh yeah, and there was a beach at the beach too. 

  Then this genius decided to follow up a vacation by immediately moving to a new apartment.  Smarty pants, I know.