TGIF = mushy mushy blah blah.

Fridays are just so divine.  Looking around the classroom of my 10:30 am Spanish class, you can just see the eagerness from every student to be done-zo for the week.  This morning, I woke up to an e-mail announcing that my morning classes were cancelled due to the snow. Down south, classes would have been cancelled due to an inch of snow...Pittsburghers however, have to endure 10 plus inches of snow, and 12 degree weather for my unversity to cancel.  Yet, the fact I was able to lounge around, eating a huuuuge breakfast, just made my morning go so much better.

It is now officially the weekend in the life of Kalyn.  However, I know that it will go by way too quickly. Lately, I have been brainstorming ideas for blogs.  As you know, my blogs do have a lot to do with personal style in a way that applies to my own life.  So as I was browsing through old pictures, I came up with one that is very mushy and puke-romantic filled, but will involve moments that I will never forget. 

Last night, I was snuggled up with my puppy, watching Grey's Anatomy, and there was a statement made that really hit home for me.  Please forgive me because I am about to murder it, but it went something like this: "sometimes we don't see the purpose or significant of details, people, places, in our lives until years later...but they are what shape us as individuals, and thank God they happened". 

One of my earlier posts, I explained the way I met my heartthrob of a boyfriend, Pat.  What I can't get over, is how we worked.  I mean, I met him on a cruise ship during spring break for heaven's sake! Not to mention the fact that I denied him the offer to dance with me...annnd avoided him the next day as I made my final exit off the ship.  Somehow, I was found and convinced to drive nine hours up to a ball at Navy.  Then, somehow after three months of not seeing each other in person, we reconnected, and fell in love.  Oh, and also, the whole barrier of the fact that when I moved closer to home for school, he decided to spend a semester away at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  {which meant three weeks apart for a semester}
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Announcement: MY BOYFRIEND IS NOW A THREE HOUR DRIVE AWAY! I saw him last weekend, and I am seeing him this weekend.  It's like Christmas all over again!  ________________________________________________________________________________
But...the time we spent apart helped our relationship to grow in so many different ways...and it was really amazing to be able to visit him in Colorado.  So as one of my posts today, I would like to share some pictures from our adventures out west. 

My first visit to see Pat, at The Garden of the Gods

He thinks he's funny

I never wanted this moment to end

This is why I love him :)

If engineering doesn't work out for him, he could always be a photographer...ya think?

You all are probably disgusted by now

At the Broadmoor Hotel, by the lake...breath taking...(my photography skills this time)

His way of forcing me to eat a marshmallow...my second visit

The guys exchanging at Air Force from Navy(and their pretty ladies)...they called themselves Nu Beta Chi (NBX)

also known as "Navy Bro Exchange" ...they booked a cabin in the mountains for us,

and included the Lacrosse pinnies...typical...there is a past blog about their style.

View from the mountains, outside our cabin

The Cabin

On our way to Helen Hunt's Falls...last day in Colorado :(

My ballet flats were not the best hiking boots, but they are cute!

The Falls

Our last day together, sitting by the falls...a perfect moment.

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I am thankful for Fridays, good breakfast foods, ballet flats, and the people and moments that make life so meaningful...hope you all have a supaaadupaaa weekend :)