My weekend in photos aka my sister graduated!

So my sister Lauren graduated this weekend!

Woohoo!! So for my college graduation, my parents surprised me with a trip to Las Vegas for me and my boyfriend. They were wondering what they were going to do for Lauren. Lauren had been talking about wanting a nice new camera, or a skydiving trip, or something but my parents weren't too keen about her jumping out of a plane! We secretly talked to her boyfriend about it and he said that they'd love Vegas..so Vegas it was...copy cat!!



this is when she found out!

They're staying at the Mandalay Bay and needless to say, I am freakin' jealous!!

The weather for her graduation was beautiful! But the forecast said T-storms and hail in the afternoon. So during the ceremony, we started hearing thunder and then came the freakin' downpour!

Besides that, it was an excellent weekend and I'm so proud of my sissy!

So yay Happy Graduation! Now I'll just sit and be jealous for her Vegas trip in June...wahh!

Hope you all had a great weekend as well!

Sissy is graduating!

Tomorrow my baby sister, Lauren, graduates from college!

It's so weird to think of her graduating already! Even though we are only 16 months apart, she's still my "little sis!" We're pretty alike, minus the fact that she is blonde and blue eyed, and can handle waaay more drinks than I can. She'll be graduating with an elementary education degree. Not sure how she can handle 3rd grade brats, but props to her!

Lau with her boyfriend and one of her roommates!

So yeah. My weekend will be spent up in the boonies of New Hampshire with the entire fam plus Kurt. We're going out to dinner somewhere tonight and then Lauren is ditching us to have one last drunken fiesta with her people. I am uber excited to be in a hotel room with my parents as my mom cries all night. But I can't blame her!

So congrats to my sister! Woohoo!

There's me and the fam last year at my graduation YAY! And holy crap it's really been a year since I graduated?! I am freakin' getting old.

love you all!

Booty dropping in public

Do you ever think you’re supposed to be someone else in another world? I think I was meant to be a spicy Latina because I just can’t handle myself when it comes to dancing and high kicking in public.

Me and...MY MOM!? dancing on a TABLE!?

Let’s take the other day at the gym for example. I had just finished up a heated 30 minutes on the treadmill and was ready to head downstairs to pump some iron.

After walking past this sweaty man who wasn’t cleaning off the sweaty nasty droplets of gross he left on his machine (btw, huge gym pet peeve!), I headed over to the free weight section. All of a sudden, my iPod switched to this song and I felt a lil jig in my step.

It was like nobody was there. I did a little hip swirl, a shoulder shimmy, and even busted out a few lyrics, quietly of course. It was like I was in the club..booty shakin..booty droppin. Okay so I wasn't exactly booty dropping, but I was movin' a bit. I caught myself and said ERICA, you are in the gym. Relax.

I just really like to dance. And I don't care if I look silly doing high kicks mixed with salsa moves and booty drops in the bar/club.

Do you guys ever get jiggy with it in public and not realize it? I think it's because of the wicked intense hip hop zumba classes I've been doing that I just cannot control my moves!