so it's 2:15 in the morning.

i'm watching the series finale of friends.

i.

love.

this.

show.

why did they ever stop making it? i mean it's the best tv series i've ever watched and i swear i could watch it everyday. in fact, i have now watched the entire series 7 times. and this last time i watched it in two weeks {thanks to no job, who says you can't be productive?!} i've decided that if this were real life i'd totally be monica. and i'm ok with that! we're totally alike and i feel more connected to her character. but really what this show makes me do is think about my own friends. the ones i have, the ones i've lost and the ones i'll make later on. the truth is, friends are really important. my friends know more about me than my own family at times. they love unconditionally and you know they're going to be there for you. so while i'm sitting here crying in the early morning hours at a silly tv show, i like to think it's not just because i'm so happy monica and chandler are getting a baby {well 2 babies} or that ross and rachel are finally going to be together but it's because i know that my friends are so important to me and that their happiness is my happiness. our lives are interconnected, intertwined and i love them.

5 years

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

i can't believe it's been five years.

who knew that a boy and a girl from the same town, same high school would go off to the same college 900 miles from home and fall in love.

not me!

travis.

i love you. you are such a gift and i cannot imagine my life without you. {i won't go on because this is a public blog and chances are my mom is reading this...} haha!

i can't wait to see what the next five years bring {hopefully we won't still be dating in five years ;)!}

we'll be spending the weekend in lexington and i can't wait. dinner at p f changs, the movie valentines day, wine and maybe bowling? sounds awesome!

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin6. "Love is the beauty of the soul."
--St. Augustine

uk vs alabama

went to the uk basketball game last night!

we had such a blast and it was my and trav's first game post graduation. and we won, duh!

here's some pics from the night...

rupp was packed even with a blizzard outside!

trav was concentrating so hard!

being silly!

slamming on alabama!

love him!

friday

i can't wait to see this on friday with trav!

i am really excited about this...

i can't wait to eat ketchup now!

things i want...

so lately there are some things i've been wanting.

a cute little cottage to live in.

a chocolate lab puppy...i know, i know. do i really want two of them? :)

a trip to madrid...so beautiful!

a job here {churchill downs for you non kentuckians}

OH WAIT!!!!!! I DID GET A JOB HERE!

that's right, ash has a new job on the event team at churchill downs! more deets to come!

party day!

so saturday was so, so, so fun!

to start the day off, travis took me to see avatar in 3d and i loved it! thought it was a great story and the graphics were amazing. james cameron is a beast.

we then went shopping a little bit and then got ready for the party!

we met a whole bunch of friends and fam at bj's brewhouse. so delicious! i love this place so much. if you haven't been there you need to go asap. and try the jambalaya!

then we went bowling. i'm not very good but i love to go! there's nothing more fun on a saturday night than going bowling with friends, sharing a pitcher of beer and making fun of each others bowling skills!

here are a few pics from the night. {i don't have many because other people were taking pics but i'll add theirs later}

trav and i

barclay and i

jules and josh

sorry there aren't more! but seriously we had a great time. thanks so much to everyone who came out and made the night super fun. i have some of the best friends and fam in the whole world. i don't know what i'd do without them.

and that concludes the birthday festivities. now, what will i have to look forward to? well, valentines day is coming up and some other birthdays and travis and i will be celebrating 5 years together in feb. so i guess there's a lot more celebrating to come...i'm a lucky girl!