I can't believe how fast January flew by! It was an incredible month! Brief highlights:
1. FINALLY seeing the new version of footloose. Seriously, the remake did not disappoint me in the slightest. It takes itself every bit as seriously as possible. However, I have a serious medical condition that it confirmed: when I watch a movie on a plane, I always tear up. This was no exception. The dialog is just really moving, and gosh they dance with such emotion! I also cried during House, 30-rock, and Friends, but stopped short of crying during Parks and Rec, thankfully. Not that the people next to me were any less annoyed by my outbursts of cackling laughter.
2. Visiting the fam at home in NC. It was a chance to go on some quiet runs, drink lazy lattes, lounge in flannel pajamas; all the finer points of life. I learned that when I leave my cousins, they just grow like crazy! All my boy cousins are taller than me now! Their voices are deeper, they drive, they have girlfriends (or at least girls that they text with and blush about when I ask questions). I also got pampered with my Aunt and grandmama and got a manicure/pedicure. You better believe that I had a bling french manicure (and gunmetal toenails to boot) for the next week or so. I also have probably the largest collection of NC pecans in Dhaka. Plus Michael Porter's beast of a book on Redefining Healthcare. Because everyone needs one of those on their bookshelf at work.
1. FINALLY seeing the new version of footloose. Seriously, the remake did not disappoint me in the slightest. It takes itself every bit as seriously as possible. However, I have a serious medical condition that it confirmed: when I watch a movie on a plane, I always tear up. This was no exception. The dialog is just really moving, and gosh they dance with such emotion! I also cried during House, 30-rock, and Friends, but stopped short of crying during Parks and Rec, thankfully. Not that the people next to me were any less annoyed by my outbursts of cackling laughter.
2. Visiting the fam at home in NC. It was a chance to go on some quiet runs, drink lazy lattes, lounge in flannel pajamas; all the finer points of life. I learned that when I leave my cousins, they just grow like crazy! All my boy cousins are taller than me now! Their voices are deeper, they drive, they have girlfriends (or at least girls that they text with and blush about when I ask questions). I also got pampered with my Aunt and grandmama and got a manicure/pedicure. You better believe that I had a bling french manicure (and gunmetal toenails to boot) for the next week or so. I also have probably the largest collection of NC pecans in Dhaka. Plus Michael Porter's beast of a book on Redefining Healthcare. Because everyone needs one of those on their bookshelf at work.
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