High Violet.

Get really excited about The National's upcoming album.  If you want to cheat (like me), you can listen to the entire thing on NY Times.  I mean, it's amazing.

Preview.

Today is a gross day outside (rain for five minutes, then sun, then humidity).  It's Ellyn's birthday so we are going to dinner tonight to celebrate.  This past weekend was a lot of fun.  Kristin came into town from Nashville on Friday, and Friday night we all went to an engagement party for Anna Caroline and Austin.  It was thrown by an older couple at Redeemer, and their house was gorgeous...giant gazebo outside, wrap-around porch, lights strung up everywhere, and a garden area where the party was held.  Saturday morning we left for our final Nantahala trip!  We went rafting as usual, and it rained the entire way down.  My fingers turned white from the cold.  It was kind of ridiculous.  We still had fun though, and our rafting guide was a lot more crazy than our past ones.  (Remember that the Nantahala River is the tamest whitewater maybe ever, so when he told us to paddle full-speed toward a rock so that we would bounce off and spin around going down a rapid, we were all game.)  Haha.




(So it cuts off the whole picture, but just click on it because our faces are priceless.)

After rafting we dried off and warmed up, which felt so good.  It continued raining pretty much the whole day, so instead of a camp fire we went to dinner at some random restaurant that was beside the river.  It was pretty good.  We hung out at the cabin the whole night, talking & playing Phase 10.  Rain or not, we love that time together so much (being crammed into a tiny room altogether).  A.C. and I shared a twin bed, obviously.  Heehe.  Oh yeah, and this year we decided to make t-shirtz.





Thursday is my last day of classes ever...what.  Friday afternoon Olivia, Caroline (Austin's sister), and I are throwing a kitchen shower for A.C. at Olivia's house.  It will be fun, hopefully the weather is pretty that day so we can be outside on her porch.  Friday night, Poplar is throwing a party for Ellyn's birday...woohoooo.  I have two exams and two final presentations between me and the real world.  Crazay.

Rebecca, post pictures from Europe and prom and quit acting like you're busy graduating from high school and stuff.  Lindsey (and Becky), I'm excited to see you two in a couple of weekends!  Rachel, umm let's buy plane tix to D.C.!!  I love you guys and miss you like crazy. 

MK