Maryland Adventures

So I’m a week late in posting this, but life has been somewhat of a whirlwind lately, and this is the first weekend where I haven’t gone anywhere, soooo I finally get to catch up on life and tell you about last weekend! It’s going to be rather picture-heavy, because…whyyyy the hecks not!? (Linking up with Her Heartland Soul for Weekend Snapshots!)

One of my dearest friends from med school was getting married in Maryland, and for once, I could actually attend! I met her in my first year in med school, and we share a major love for food + dance. I picked out the perfect card last year, but in the midst of my moving all over the place, it is…somewhere…so I found another one. (<3)

I missed getting to hang out, dance, and do potlucks/go on food adventures with her since we weren’t in the same region last year, so I may or may not have stayed on this end of the country for my rotations in August so that I could go to her wdding, har har har. (Also because hello, Little League World Series + a super-awesome rotation!) She and her now-husband have one of the cutest how-we-met stories ever, and they’re absolutely adorable together!

I have a friend being a super-genius at Hopkins at the moment (aka doing research in Neuroscience), so I figured I’d make it a 2-in-1 trip and visit him as well, since we haven’t seen each other in years-ish. This involved a lengthy discussion:

So! I drove down to Maryland on Friday afternoon and brought him food because I get free Subway and because he was housing me and all that goodness.

He said that most people just bar-hopped for fun there, and we know how much of a fan I am of that…so I figured if we went, I’d find some entertainment if we trolled everyone by having him feed me the cheesiest pickup lines on the face of the planet. (After all, once upon a time, I got his number by parodying this lovely skit.)

In retrospect, I should have said yes to the pizza, because apparently, he meant from scratch and not of the boxed sort (darn!). We also didn’t end up going anywhere because there was so much life to catch up on.

The next morning, we walked to the farmer’s market and got breakfast at a little diner nearby, then went to hang out on the pier for a little while before walking back to his apartment so that I could drive off to Annapolis for my friend’s wedding!

I am unfortunately really short, so I couldn’t get very many super-awesome photos, but…I did what I could!

You’re always gorgeous, Monika, but you were positively glowing! <3

Congrats to one of the cutest couples I know! <3 They give me hope that love still exists in this world.

We had a mini med school reunion of sorts! :D!

I loved the nautical theme! :]

Obviously, I had to document the food. <3

Half of the fun table (or med school table :O )!

I love this picture. :D

Much, much love. <3! I’m so glad I got to be there for your wedding! <3

I had to save the best picture for last! ;D!

I didn’t make it to the after-party because I wanted to get back to Baltimore at a semi-decent hour. The friend I was staying with lives in a semi-safe(-ish?) area, but it’s a lot closer to the unsafe areas than I’m used to (considering that I’m grown somewhat accustomed to super-friendly small towns where it’s completely normal to leave everything unlocked).

We proceeded to continue “the bummiest weekend he’d ever had” (usually, he just works in the lab on the weekends too) and decided to have a mini-jam session. :D! This proved to be slightly difficult because our musical taste doesn’t overlap too much (sigh), but we did what we could, and hopefully I’ll learn more by next time. :]!

• Imagine Dragons – Demons
• Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
• OneRepublic – Counting Stars
• O Holy Night
• More Than Words
• Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
• Coldplay – Yellow
• Jack Johnson – Sitting Waiting Wishing
• Karen O – The Moon Song

I also really like just listening to him play, so here’s a stealth-recording of The Lumineers’ Stubborn Love, which has been looping in my head for the past several days! I like his version better than the original, haha.

• How was your weekend?
• What’s one of your favorite songs?

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