Or is it always in the blood?

How much of my mother has my mother left in me?

How much of my love will be insane to some degree?

And what about this feeling that I'm never good enough?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

How much of my father am I destined to become?

Will I dim the lights inside me just to satisfy someone?

Will I let this woman kill me, or do away with jealous love?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

I can feel the love I want, I can feel the love I need

But it's never gonna come the way I am

Could I change it if I wanted, can I rise above the flood?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

How much like my brothers, do my brothers wanna be?

Does a broken home become another broken family?

Or will we be there for each other, like nobody ever could?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

I can feel the love I want, I can feel the love I need

But it's never gonna come the way I am

Could I change it if I wanted, can I rise above the flood?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

I can feel the love I want, I can feel the love I need

But it's never gonna come the way I am

Could I change it if I wanted, can I rise above the flood?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

Five on Friday

1. 

"It's a Friday, we finally made it."

The new John Mayer is seriously so good. 

A love song for all those long distance kids out there!

2.
Molly and I are heading out for 5K #11 of the year this weekend.
I cannot believe this year is almost over or that we've actually pulled this resolution off!

3.
Speaking of 2016 coming to a close, I made sure to order my Sweet Caroline Designs desk calendar early this year! Last year I waited too long and they were gone. Hurry up and order one soon!

4.

This week the media team traveled to Atlanta for the NCC Upfront Fest.

Needless to say, the photo booth was our favorite part of the night [well and my hat]!

5.
We are less than a week until Thanksgiving and football and dad's fires and mom's sweet potatoes!!

Musiccc, makes the people, come together

You've probably seen Spotify's Year in Music link floating around on Facebook the past couple weeks; well last night I had a few minutes to play around with the feature and it is awesome. 

You never really realize songs you fixate on or how different albums you listen to define seasons of your life or in this case your year.

I kicked off 2015 with No Rest for the Wicked by Lykke Li

As much as I love this song it didn't make my top 5 tracks of the year.
Those five coveted spots went to:
XO by John Mayer



Can't Pretend by Tom Odell

[sorry not sorry?]

First Defeat by Noah Gundersen



Speaking of Truth by Laleh



GDFR- FloRida [the greatest hill running song ever]



Two of those songs came from two of my top five artists of the year:
The Maine
Noah Gundersen
Tom Odell
Hozier
One Direction

Yup, One Direction. #noshame

And three of those five artists had one of my favorite albums of the year:
The Maine- American Candy



Long Way Down- Tom Odell



Greatest Hits- David Gray



Carry the Ghost- Noah Gundersen



Life Imitating Life- Augustana



All in all I listened to 108 THOUSAND minutes of music or 75 DAYS.
5,803 tracks and 2,572 artists made up the soundtrack to my year.
Is there any wonder why I post about songs and music so much?

Here's to another year of songs on repeat, playlists you never have to skip a song on, and lots more hills to run.


explore your #spotifyyearinmusic to unlock your Top Tracks of 2015 playlist, I've had mine bumpin all morning

Chill song, get my groove on

I had my go to songs, Pandora stations, Spotify playlists in college depending on what I was working on. Studying, writing a paper, blogging all had different soundtracks. And now I'm Awesome Hire Me Part 2 has slowly started to have its own soundtrack. The always gorgeous and much needed transition into fall has influenced my music choices the past couple days too. Spent the morning on the back deck of mom and dad's house enjoying the warm sun and cool breezes. Here are some of my new favorites, hope you find some motivation, inspiration, peace from them too!

Wrecking Ball- Miley Cyrus

Little Bit of Everything- Keith Urban

Royals- Lorde

Applause- Lady Gaga

Hold on, We're Going Home- Drake

One the Way Home- John Mayer

Carolina- Parmalee

Shine- Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Let the blue skies go to your head

   It's like every K-5 hallway art display says, March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. And thank the good lord this month is on the way out. That means Maroon 5 concert next weekend, Easter and GAME OF THRONES the weekend after that, Lent is over SONIC ZAXBYS FIREHOUSE TACO BELL CHIPOTLE, and 65 degrees and up baby. The drive home Friday was glorious not only because it was Friday but because I did it with Ray Bans on and windows down. So this week's 10 Things are all about cruising with your windows on automatic roll down. And lucky you, I even put together a Spotify playlist with all these melodies on it, linked at the bottom of the page. Now turn it up!

10 Things [songs]... to listen to with your windows down and the wind in your hair

1. Love in a College Town- Luke Bryan 

2. Inside Out- Love and Theft

3. American- Lana Del Ray

4. Cinema- Benny Benassi

5. Bigger than my Body- John Mayer

6. All Summer Long- Kid Rock

7. What You Know about Little Secrets- The White Panda

8. Lucky Strike- Maroon 5

9. Drunk- Ed Sheeran

10. Fly Again- Kip Moore

Windows Down- Pekarsk-ing Around

Smile in the age of worry

   Today's gonna be a long one. I've had a small bout of heartburn every time I've caught a glimpse of today in my planner for about the past two weeks. But here we go anyway. This song came up on my shuffle while driving to work on Monday and I could not think of a more perfect song for today, and the next 8, eh 9 years of my life. So I guess I'll have my morning peppermint tea, take some Zantac, and rage in the age of worry. 

Close your eyes and clone yourself

Build your heart an army

To defend your innocence

While you do everything wrong

Don't be scared to walk alone

Don't be scared to like it

There's no time that you must be home

So sleep where darkness falls

Alive in the age of worry

Smile in the age of worry

Go wild in the age of worry

And say, "Worry, why should I care?"

Know your fight is not with them

Yours is with your time here

Dream your dreams but don't pretend

Make friends with what you are

Give your heart then change your mind

You're allowed to do it

'Cause God knows it's been done to you

And somehow you got through it

Alive in the age of worry

Rage in the age of worry

Sing out in the age of worry

And say, "Worry, why should I care?"

Rage in the age of worry

Act your age in the age of worry

And say, "Worry, get out of here!"