I feel a little displaced without a job right now, but I'm still looking and staying hopeful. I have a couple leads on volunteer opportunities that sound amazing. Plus, I've been keeping busy with planning a public interest law conference for next year, doing chores and errands, cooking, gardening, and spending time with my best girl, Apricot.

Sometimes I think that I like her more than she likes me. Then she tries to stick her tongue in my mouth and I realize that I was wrong.

I've also had time to hit up the gym, which is great since I was worried I wouldn't be able to put my summer membership to use when I was working those crazy hours. I am sadly out of shape and can barely run for 20 minutes, but I have plans to fix that by the end of summer. 

I'm off to be productive. Enjoy your tuesdays!

Snapshots

Rather than do a full recap of my past few days, I'll show you a few quick pictures of how I've been spending my time.

 My pretty (but neglected) garden

I've been busy in the yard, pulling all those weirds out of the flower gardens and planting some vegetables in the other gardens. Some of the seeds have started sprouting, and I'm already looking forward to having fresh produce from our garden. I'll have to keep a lookout though, because we have lots of critters in our yard, including an obese woodchuck who enjoys munching on everything we plant. 

A wildflower

I've also been going on walks and bike rides, trying to enjoy the sunny weather and the beauty of nature as much as possible. My summer job starts tomorrow and I'll be working a ton of hours, so I'll have less opportunity to enjoy the beautiful sunshine.

My love

I've also spent some quality time with my puppy love, Apricot. She is the sweetest little dog on the face of the earth. She enjoys napping for 20 hours, then running around in a hyper fit for the other 4 hours. Excuse her dirty face, I had just taken her out to play before this photo.

I've also been enjoying wearing casual clothing. I'm pretty sure my job will involve wearing suits every day, so I've been enjoying my comfort and freedom in jeans, t-shirt, and sneakers. These are my new everyday sneakers I got from RueLaLa on sale for really cheap and I think they are adorable.

And finally, I've been enjoying the farmer's market. Since the farmer's market is on thursday mornings/early afternoons, I won't be able to make it again this summer. So I really enjoyed walking around all the stalls and selecting the freshest produce and the best little homemade treats. These are two mini pies I bought because thy just looked too adorable and tasty to pass up. They also sold mini loaves of bread too and I picked up a mini zucchini bread that was demolished in one second flat.

My vacation portion of summer has come to an end, but it was fun while it lasted. I'm excited and a tiny bit terrified to start my job tomorrow. 

How do you like to spend your free time?