Busy, busy, busy

Where has the time gone? I haven't posted in what feels like forever. I've been soooo busy. So here's been my July in a nutshell:
Jul 2: pack for Appleton
Jul 3-6: in Appleton (visiting my parents)
Jul 7: meeting at Bethesda (where I'll be working in the fall!)
Jul 8: grocery store
Jul 9: pack and laundry
Jul 10-13: in Massachusetts (for Rachel's wedding - see below)
Jul 14: groceries again
Jul 15: prep for the Wal-Mart fundraiser with Salwa
Jul 16: work happy hour (actually several hours)
Jul 17: walk and dinner with my friend Amanda
Jul 18: RELAX
Jul 19: walk 14 miles, sit at Wal-Mart for several hours (see below - including the big thunderstorm we had at the end of the day), "book club"
Jul 20: walk 5 miles, sit at Mal-Mart for many more hours, bake (3 pans of brownies and 2 batches of banana muffins) for another bake sale at work

So now it's almost 8:30 on Sunday night and I feel anything but relaxed, but yet I'm also exhausted (although I can't go to bed until everything is out of the oven!). Therefore, I'm choosing a reframe and focusing on how "productive" my month has been so far. Luckily the next few days will be a bit slower (other than the orchestra tickets we have for Wednesday and the fact that we're going camping starting Friday - but that's another whole story!)

Here are the highlights of my month so far. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures in Appleton, so you'll have to take my word for it that it was great! :)

P.S. Thanks to Mitra and Salwa for letting me steal their pictures!