Happy Sprinkle No. 4: So you’re tellin’ me I have a life?

Looking back at this past weekend, I am pretty happy with where my social/personal life is at right now, the main point being that I actually have a life.

I literally had something going on Friday-Sunday this weekend. Until about a year ago, my life was a blank slate. I hardly did anything, hardly knew anybody.

I am happy to say that that is no longer the case.

Friday after work, I spent the evening with someone who has become one of my closest friends since moving to New England. We checked out a local bar called Lamplighter where we downed a few brews and ate from their pop-up restaurant, The Bacon Truck. I mean how can beer, bacon and friends spell anything but happy?

It was a pretty fun night, despite not being totally impressed with the brewary. The beer itself was not bad. I even found an IPA that I cold stomach–now this is really saying something because I really, really don’t understand the IPA trend that seems to have taken the world by storm.

While the beer and food were quite delightful, I thought the atmosphere to be a little uptight. It seemed like a more modern, somewhat “techy” place compared to Aeronaut, a local brewery that I liken to the Friends coffee shop but for beer.

Nontheless, it was a fun night as trying out new places is usually at least a decent time.

Saturday, I spent the morning trying to hydrate myself, aka recover from the previous nights fesitivities, and then hit up this awesome vintage/retro bowling place called Breaktime Bowling.

It is set in this old warehouse so that you can see exposed brick, and everything from keeping score to setting up the pins is done manually.

Get this: there is actually a pin-boy that sits at the end of each lane on what looks like a saddle, and he is responsible for rolling back the bowling balls and setting up the pins after each completed frame of three rolls. How awesome is that?!

Anyway, it was a super cool experience, and I am glad that I got to share it with a guy that I have been seeing for a couple of months now.

As for yesterday, Sunday, I spent the majority of the day in Boston playing soccer with a group that I met through my colleague. We won the game, which is a somewhat rare occurence for us, and I even managed to squeak in a couple of sick moves, another rare occurence 🙂

I ended up missing my train back home, so I spent a couple of hours hanging and jamming out with a newer friend from soccer.

We spent about two hours just talking about music and whatever else. I am trying my best to educate him about the world of good music, aka Young the Giant, Paramore, and Fleetwood Mac….he does not seem to be learning too quickly, however. Good thing he has me to introduce him to the finer things in life, right? 🙂

All in all, it was a great weekend, and I am proud of myself for making more of an effort to make that my reality.

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Happy Sprinkle No. 2: What is Meant to Be

It is amazing how life, or God, shows you exactly what is meant to be.

For almost three years, I had an infatuation with my coworker. It was undeniable. Unbreakable. He was the one thing that I couldn’t have, and he was the one thing that I wanted.

He was the first person that made me feel alive, like I had a place, in my new New England home. He was also the first guy that I was interested in after my boyfriend and I called it quits (finally) after almost five years.

Before I knew it, I had fallen for this dude against my better judgement. We were immediate co-workers after all. When he fazed me out, I did not take it lightly.

I felt like it was entirely my fault, like I had done something wrong or bad.

In reality, it just wasn’t meant to be, regardless of who said what or who did that.

Life showed me that the other week. It reminded me that everything works out exactly as it is supposed to.

My coworker is no longer my coworker. He left the company about two months ago. Since he quit, I would be lying if I said that I never wondered what he was up to and how he was liking his new job.

I would be kidding you if I told you that there wasn’t a part of me that hoped he would text me, feel out if I was interested in him in whatever capacity.

When he finally texted me the other week, I was surprised. I was surprised, and I was a mix of other emotions that I didn’t expect to feel.

I was surprised because at that point, I didn’t expect to hear from him. It had been almost two months since he left, so I figured he was long gone.

On top of that, why text me now? Why reach out to me a whole two months after you left the company when you had three years where you could have reached out to me in person? How irritating is that?

I also felt confused, frustrated, and scared.

Confused because I didn’t know your intention for texting me at this point.

Frustrated because of course you would reach out to me when I finally have something good going with someone else.

And scared, because I didn’t want you to ignore me… again.

Turns out that the last three points are perfect illustrations as to why we were never meant to be anything at all except to learn from each other.

Because you did ignore me again.

Because you wasted three years where you could have tried to get to know me in a meaningful way.

Because you are too late: I already have someone that is not only interested in me, but that shows me he is interested in me.

Life, or God, has a funny way of showing us exactly what is meant to be.

Happy Sprinkle No. 1: Young the Giant

Hey there! Happy Sprinkles is a blog that is dedicated to showcasing the things that make me happy, namely food, music, travel and people. Basically, whatever is contributing to my happiness is what this blog will feature. Don’t be shy, dig in! I have plenty of sprinkles to go around.

Sprinkle No. 1: Young the Giant

This band. What a gem.

These guys are not new to the music scene, but I only recently started getting into them. For that I need to thank YouTube for adding them to my reccomended music list.

It is not too often that I discover a band where I enjoy their acoustic/live sets better than their recorded ones. So when I clicked on the video for Mind over Matter (In the Open), I was pleasantly surprised when it became some of the most magical 4 minutes and 20 seconds of my life.

It’s like an act of passion for these guys. Not only do they sound so, so good, but they seem to be super into it, like they are really feeling the music and letting it be a part of them. It is a pretty cool thing to witness.

So, without further ado, I give you Young the Giant