It's Hump Day!

I love Wednesdays... it means we're getting close to the weekend :)

It's still warm here in Houston, but I broke out the scarf! I love how it easily dresses up a plain, green v-neck t-shirt essentially.  Tuck that into a black skirt, throw on flats, and voila!  I wore my usual accessories: white watch, moon/star ring, and pearl earrings... typical me.  

 

Have a great Thursday! 

Being happy is productive...

I needed a day to just catch up on life... I tell myself that I will take time off for myself one night a week and just do things like dishes and balancing my checkbook and keeping up with my email. But then sports and Sherlock's (the local bar every goes to for happy hour after work) and baking and training for my half marathon and more sports get in my way.  I realized that that is a-o-k.  I saw a post on Pinterest that read, "Being happy is productive..."  What a good reminder that it is fine to just roll with life... I guess we can sleep when we're dead!  

I love getting to dress up for work.  I rocked the jeggings with a denim button-up for Casual Friday, and last Friday I wore a dress with cowboy boots.  Speaking of cowboy boots, I think I'm going dancing tonight.  I can't wait.  I miss line dancing, waltzing, and two-stepping.  Fun times ahead :)

The following pics are from Endeavour's stop at Ellington Field.  I love the first picture.  Not too many of us are looking at the right place, but that is the beauty of it.  I love how happy we look. Sometimes it hits me like a ton of bricks that why I love my job, the thing I really love about my co-op is the people.  NASA gets an A+ for hiring amazing people!  Everyone brings interesting talents and senses of humor.  <3

Mah frands :)

Me with the shuttle (taken by a media photographer)

Last night Kirstyn and I made souffle!  Seriously!  It was delicious.  Definitely the trickiest thing I've ever made. It tasted like a light, fluffy brownie.  I don't think Matt and Brian liked it though... haha. To each his own. 

Also, I've been hooked on this song ever since Kirstyn played it for me. Love music, love Glee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xskvngG-5zk

Happy Saturday y'all.  Work on being happy. 

Birthday Blessings

Hey y'all.  My birthday was this past Friday, and all day I could not stop thinking about how BLESSED I was.  My inbox was flooded with birthday wishes from the other co-ops and people in the Bible Study I attend.  My NASA bestie put a Birthday balloon on my chair, so people popped into my cube all day to wish me happy birthday. My friend who moved to Stanford on my birthday sent me a package with gifts from China and the Philippines (a beautiful scroll with a painting from China and pearl earrings from the Philippines). My roommate from college sent me a card. My guy friend created a PowerPoint entitled "Krista's Birthday Briefing" and filled it with pictures for my wedding Pinterest (inside joke).  I'm not sure if I was crying because I was laughing so hard or because I felt so lucky to have amazing people in my life.  Maybe now that I'm 22 I'm just getting sentimental, but when I reflect on where I am right now, at this very moment, I can't help but feel overwhelmed by the amazing family, great friends, and fantastic opportunities God has blessed me with. Seriously.  I feel so content right now.  I don't feel lonely, even when I'm by myself. I feel happy and complete.  I know my family loves me, and I have friends all over the nation.  I have people that went out of their way to make my birthday special.  Who could ask for more?!?!

Okay, I'm done being sappy! :)  Here are some pictures from my special day!

The ladies!

On Saturday, I ran a 5K with three Penn State buddies.  I ended up getting third for my age group, so I won a medal!  Gary and Brian beat me, and I ran at about a 7:40 mile.  But it was fun, and I ran into a Purdue alumni who I met at Purdue Alumni Band last fall... he remembered me!  It is a crazy small world!

Heroes Run 5K

Balloon from Kirstyn

I got awesome gifts!  I love everything so much!  I already wore my purse, and I'm going to wear my yoga pants with the green band tomorrow to Dance Jam.  I can't wait to watch Moulin Rouge (one of my favorite movies) and go shopping with my NASA bestie!

My gifts!

Yesterday was a sports day... I ran a 5K, watched Kirstyn's soccer game, played soccer, and played football.  It was fun!  

Hope you all had a good weekend!