When Life Hands You Lemons...Make Sweet Tea

Remember how I wished I could stay at the beach for another week? Well, I don't have work again this week so I guess that is sort of life's way of telling me that I should've been happy with the one week I had off. I don't do well with having nothing to do when I am not on vacation, I like to be productive with my days, or at least for the majority of the day. Seriously, I went to my 5:15am spin class yesterday even though I didn't have work (crazy...)

However, instead of sitting around and binge-watching Netflix all day, I am taking this time to do other things that I had been putting off because of my job. Despite having no work, I have a relatively full to-do list. The only difference is that I get to check things off of that list as I sit on the patio with a cup of coffee while listening to Mike and Mike on ESPN radio. As someone once said, when life hands you lemons...

...make sweet tea!
Is that not how that goes? Well it should, because there really is nothing better than a cold glass of sweet tea. Since I have the day off and plan to spend this hot day outside (mostly in the shade with a tanning break...obviously) I figured it was a perfect day to make some sweet tea! I know everyone has their own recipe and likes it with different levels of sweetness, but I am going to share the recipe that I love and my brothers cannot seem to get enough of...seriously, this stuff rarely lasts longer than a day or two in my house. Oh, and I made gallons upon gallons of this stuff for my sorority's recruitment without any complaints!

Smooth Sweet Tea

2 Cups Boiling Water

6 Cups Cool Water

6 Tea Bags

3/4 Cup Sugar

1 Pinch Baking Soda

Sprinkle a pinch of baking soda into a heat-proof, glass pitcher. Pour in boiling water, and add tea bags. Cover and allow to steep for 15 minutes.

Remove tea bags and discard; stir in sugar until totally dissolved. Pour in cool water, then refrigerate until cold.

xoxo,
Sugar Snap Pearls

live in the moment

It has been a week since I last blogged! I swear I am still a blogger, it's just that this has been a crazy couple of days and it still is tame compared to my schedule for the next two weeks. Sometimes you need to just live life and enjoy it and that is exactly what I've done this past week. I had such an amazing weekend with my brothers, friends, cousin, and meeting blog friends for brunch. These are memories that I wouldn't trade for anything and I am so blessed that I got the opportunity to have these moments. It is so easy to get caught up in everything that is going on, and the real life skill is not being able to do it all, but to balance it all.

I plan to get back to blogging tomorrow, but I wanted to thank y'all for being patient as I took the week off and for sticking with me. I am in college and living life, but having this blog as an outlet has been, and will continue to be, one of the best parts of opening my computer any given day.

That being said, having a week off reminded me of how great it is to live in the moment and enjoy the little things. Whether it is studying with my grandlittles, my weekly Relay Exec meetings, or my daily library study sessions with Meghan, I am so thankful for the people in my life.

xoxo,
SSP