Patrick and I hit a new milestone in our relationship last night. We got a pet!!! Its name is Wick and....its a FISH. Last night we went for drink to the Wickeden Pub (over 100 varieties of beer!) and I, well dave, won the raffle. Dave's tickets came up twice and I got his second one, a blue fish inside a Crown bottle. Not that it matters because I am even more resolved that I am NOT having kids any time soon. I have heard way too many things about pregnancy and childbirth in the past few weeks. A client told me "I'm still leaking" yesterday in response to me asking if her water broke. Leaking? ewww. I couldn't even bring myself to touch her tummy to feel the baby. No thanks.
Someone once told me that before you have children you must first: adopt a shrub outside for a year, if it lives then get a fake plant. If that lives then get a cactus, if that lives get a plant. Then after that MAYBE a fish. We don't have any shrubs outside our house and the fake plant on the living room table is doing fantastic. So we now have a fish.
Yesterday a did my first weight in at Weight Watchers, 3.6 lbs! I'm pretty excited. I really do like Weight Watchers and the meetings are great. I need to go get a journal so I can write things down that the lady says, along with the recipes. Right now I just need to up my dedication a little bit and make sure I'm not slacking off anywhere, which I know I do.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
I'm back from Bama and my computer is finally working well enough for me to sit down and recap what all happened at home. Overall it was a great trip. The wedding was lovely, hanging out with my family was fantastic. I didn't see as many friends as I wanted to, which is totally my fault. But it was Alabama, home sweet home.
A lot of stuff has changed in the past few months since I moved. Mom has done fantastic things with the house. Breanne moved into the big bedroom upstairs and Mom redid the two little rooms. The front room is an office and Breanne's old room is a guest bedroom, which is lovely. I guess now that Mom is down to one kid instead of 3 she's able to do nicer things like that. In Hoover, a lot of the stuff is still the same. At the high school (yes I went to go say hi) everyone is still there going strong. Construction is STILL ongoing on 150, which I really don't think will ever end. There can't be much progress since I left, what a pain in the ass! Tuscaloosa on the other hand, that has changed a little bit. First of all the Houndstooth is gone!!! I know they are rebuilding, but its awful sad. Thats where Patrick and I met 9 long months ago! We spent the night in Ttown trying to see some old friends. Well, I knew better than to hold my breath for anyone I knew down at school and I was right to. I saw Jen because I went to the bar to see her. Meagan never called me, which really hurt my feelings. Still haven't talked to her. But we drank, hung out with a few of Patrick's friends at the new bar The Red Shed, where I saw a bunch of old friends. The next morning we ate lunch at City Cafe, which was fantastic and packed as ever. I had hamburger steak, creamed corn, okra and something else that I can't remember. And sweet tea, oh how wonderful that was. Its almost impossible to get fresh brewed tea around here. I almost forgot what it tasted like. We also stopped by Mugshots for dinner and BWW to see if anyone was there. I didn't really k now anyone at either of the restaurants. A lot of turn over since I've been gone.
Of course the real reason we went home was for Shayne and Stephanie's wedding. It was...dry. Besides being dry it was pretty and fun, even if we didn't really know anyone. Honestly, we were out of the church within 2 hours and at Ross Bridge (the new nice hotel by my house) in 3. The hotel was gorgeous and there was alcohol, which was the important thing. We drank, hung out and everyone toasted the bride and groom. Asides from a momentary freak out about the tab, we had a great time.
Now its all over and I'm back in Prov where there's 4 inches of snow and at least an inch of ice on the ground. I will admit that I missed work like crazy. Those little buggers get under your skin. I resisted calling the office every day, but I did talk about the kids non stop. What can you say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I had a snow day yesterday and there's a possibility of having another one today. Yesterday I was in the house ALL DAY and it was absolutely boring. I was about to go stark raving mad. Today I'm not sure what's going on. I very well might have another snow day. Its also freezing so theres a little chance I'm going to walk anywhere and smaller chance that I'm going to drive. I have nothing to read and there's never anything on TV on saturdays. Lets hope for work!
A lot of stuff has changed in the past few months since I moved. Mom has done fantastic things with the house. Breanne moved into the big bedroom upstairs and Mom redid the two little rooms. The front room is an office and Breanne's old room is a guest bedroom, which is lovely. I guess now that Mom is down to one kid instead of 3 she's able to do nicer things like that. In Hoover, a lot of the stuff is still the same. At the high school (yes I went to go say hi) everyone is still there going strong. Construction is STILL ongoing on 150, which I really don't think will ever end. There can't be much progress since I left, what a pain in the ass! Tuscaloosa on the other hand, that has changed a little bit. First of all the Houndstooth is gone!!! I know they are rebuilding, but its awful sad. Thats where Patrick and I met 9 long months ago! We spent the night in Ttown trying to see some old friends. Well, I knew better than to hold my breath for anyone I knew down at school and I was right to. I saw Jen because I went to the bar to see her. Meagan never called me, which really hurt my feelings. Still haven't talked to her. But we drank, hung out with a few of Patrick's friends at the new bar The Red Shed, where I saw a bunch of old friends. The next morning we ate lunch at City Cafe, which was fantastic and packed as ever. I had hamburger steak, creamed corn, okra and something else that I can't remember. And sweet tea, oh how wonderful that was. Its almost impossible to get fresh brewed tea around here. I almost forgot what it tasted like. We also stopped by Mugshots for dinner and BWW to see if anyone was there. I didn't really k now anyone at either of the restaurants. A lot of turn over since I've been gone.
Of course the real reason we went home was for Shayne and Stephanie's wedding. It was...dry. Besides being dry it was pretty and fun, even if we didn't really know anyone. Honestly, we were out of the church within 2 hours and at Ross Bridge (the new nice hotel by my house) in 3. The hotel was gorgeous and there was alcohol, which was the important thing. We drank, hung out and everyone toasted the bride and groom. Asides from a momentary freak out about the tab, we had a great time.
Now its all over and I'm back in Prov where there's 4 inches of snow and at least an inch of ice on the ground. I will admit that I missed work like crazy. Those little buggers get under your skin. I resisted calling the office every day, but I did talk about the kids non stop. What can you say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I had a snow day yesterday and there's a possibility of having another one today. Yesterday I was in the house ALL DAY and it was absolutely boring. I was about to go stark raving mad. Today I'm not sure what's going on. I very well might have another snow day. Its also freezing so theres a little chance I'm going to walk anywhere and smaller chance that I'm going to drive. I have nothing to read and there's never anything on TV on saturdays. Lets hope for work!
Monday, February 4, 2008
The housewife inside of me is very very excited, i bought a shark today! Okay, so nobody knows what that is. Its a motorized hokey. Or a very small and rather inexpensive vacuum cleaner that I can use on all the floors in the house. Its kind of awesome, we had them at one of my restaurants.
So the superbowl has come and gone and alas, the Patriots did not get their undefeated season. It was a very upsetting time had by all the fans. Even if we didn't win and Patrick did many a happy dances (he's a HUGE giants fan), my food went over well and was all WW friendly! We went to our friend Chris's house for it last night and it was fun. I cuddled on the couch with Diane and read my book until the game got interested. I will admit it, I have a short attention span when it comes to televised sports. This weekend was pretty much a bum-tastic weekend. I hung out by myself all friday night and it was glorious. It was one of those nights when I just enjoyed my own company. Well, myself and guitar hero which i played for a good 2 hours. But after today I will be good and ready to get back to work. Three days off just gets boring at about 3 on Monday.
Over the past few month's I've realized I'm turning into a Rhode Islander. Not that I'm willing to loose my accent or other little southern habits, but there I have tons of things I do now like.....
-Driving : Passing to the right is perfectly acceptable, even encouraged.
Anything farther than 10 minutes is a trek and is avoided at all costs
- I've gotten my eyebrows threaded, its fantastic!
- I can pronounce the weird RI town names...Woonsocket, Pawtucket
- I've eaten a weiner (in Woonsocket, which is supposed to be the best too!) with meat sauce and celery salt
- I have said "Nosuh!" in conversation, embarrassingly enough
- I will still order iced coffee even if its freezing outside
- Ocean State Job Lot is my FAVORITE store
- I don't go to Starbucks, I go to Dunkin Donuts
- And even I really like Buddy and hope he runs again
So the superbowl has come and gone and alas, the Patriots did not get their undefeated season. It was a very upsetting time had by all the fans. Even if we didn't win and Patrick did many a happy dances (he's a HUGE giants fan), my food went over well and was all WW friendly! We went to our friend Chris's house for it last night and it was fun. I cuddled on the couch with Diane and read my book until the game got interested. I will admit it, I have a short attention span when it comes to televised sports. This weekend was pretty much a bum-tastic weekend. I hung out by myself all friday night and it was glorious. It was one of those nights when I just enjoyed my own company. Well, myself and guitar hero which i played for a good 2 hours. But after today I will be good and ready to get back to work. Three days off just gets boring at about 3 on Monday.
Over the past few month's I've realized I'm turning into a Rhode Islander. Not that I'm willing to loose my accent or other little southern habits, but there I have tons of things I do now like.....
-Driving : Passing to the right is perfectly acceptable, even encouraged.
Anything farther than 10 minutes is a trek and is avoided at all costs
- I've gotten my eyebrows threaded, its fantastic!
- I can pronounce the weird RI town names...Woonsocket, Pawtucket
- I've eaten a weiner (in Woonsocket, which is supposed to be the best too!) with meat sauce and celery salt
- I have said "Nosuh!" in conversation, embarrassingly enough
- I will still order iced coffee even if its freezing outside
- Ocean State Job Lot is my FAVORITE store
- I don't go to Starbucks, I go to Dunkin Donuts
- And even I really like Buddy and hope he runs again
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