Weekends & Fitting In.

I live for weekends, as I'm sure most people do but this weekend I've been looking forward to all week. I've finally made the decision to cut my hair and get bangs! My inspiration is Taylor Swift's new look, I think its sleek and shapes her face well. I'm just hoping it does the same for myself. I've been craving a change for my hair for months now! On top of my hopeful haircut I have scheduled a facial today (yay! mini spa day) Afterwards, I think tonight Chris and I are going to a new movie theater in Redmond that has recliners, blankets and food service in the theater! It sounds right up our alley :) Overall a nice little Saturday. Sundays have always been Chris and I's day because he works almost all day Saturday, but on Sunday we have been taking Bailey to the park, she loves it and its so much fun to watch her run around with other pups. Ahhh the weekend.....why do you only last two days?!

::Segway into my next thought::

Seattle is known for being a socially cold city. In fact they call it the 'Seattle Freeze' it comes from the fact that most people in the Pacific Northwest won't go out of their way to make you feel welcome or are very friendly for that matter. I'll be honest I've never experienced this, probably because I'm from New England, where if someone doesn't know you, they won't talk to you. In fact, we got in a debate at work about whether or not the East Coast or Seattle is worst for freezing people out (I was going against Seattle natives, but still believe I won) I remember when I used to come visit here, I used to always comment on how nice people our here. People might be extremely passive aggressive here (which drives me insane) but being anti-social isn't what I'd label them.
However, regardless of where you move though finding your nitch of friends I believe always presents a challenge. I wouldn't say I have tons of friends here but I have been lucky enough to have a few that I enjoy seeing when our schedules allow. But it is not the same, I miss my friends back home. This morning I woke up to a text from my best friend, Ashley. It was about some crazy drama about other friends back home, and I miss being there. I miss going out to lunch or dinner and catching up on life. I have been extremely lucky that Ashley has stuck by my side ever since I moved here. We both have been able to make time to call, text, email whenever we can so it still keep our friendships going. However, I know that this is not the norm, and I count my blessings for that. I also am lucky to have friends in multiple states from California, Arizona, Georgia, D.C, and Northern Virginia. These friends I have also been able to keep in contact with, maybe not weekly but enough to still consider them close friends. I hope that one day I will have the friends here that I would want to keep in contact with even if I'm no longer living in Seattle.