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Woo hoo! The Williams are coming, the Williams are coming! They’ll be here tonight and I can’t wait to see them. Now, I don’t want to be rude and say I’m looking forward to seeing Amelia most of all, but, see, I can talk to Polly on the phone, but I can’t talk to Amelia on the phone. And Amelia, being four months old, isn’t great at replying to e-mail. So we have much to catch up on.
Nothing else terribly exciting to say, I’m sorry.
I think it’s time for Regular Reader to tell the exciting news (in the comments). Come ON! Spill it!
Went to French Quarter Fest yesterday. (And to the gym, twice! But I didn’t take pictures there.) Here are lots of pictures from yesterday. It was a gorgeous day, and thanks to the shirt i was wearing, I have a lovely farmer’s tan today. Niiiice.
Polly and Colin and Amelia are coming on Thursday. Yay! I can’t wait to see them all again. And there’s a crawfish boil on Sunday. Mmmmmm……
I know, I know, I know, I haven’t posted in forever. But I’ve been so busy!
Here’s a basic rundown:
Jan 12-16: Pittsburgh. Hung out with Polly, Colin, and Amelia. Gave serious thought to babynapping Amelia. Dang, but she’s a cute, sweet baby. Curled up right on my chest and slept a lot. So so so cute. Can’t wait til they come back to visit in April! yay!
Flight home was delayed, though, and ended up staying an extra night. More Amelia for meeee!
Jan 16: On way to work from airport, stopped at Wendy’s for lunch. Big mistake. Ended up barfing all night long. And the next day. Yuck. Still don’t feel 100% better. But hey, lost 3 lbs or something like that. However, I don’t think I’ll be using that again as a weight loss strategy.
Jan 19-21: Visa Las Vegas! (Okay, that commercial stuck with me.) Kristina’s bachelorette party. We stayed at the Wynn, which was beautiful. We walked, ate, and drank a lot. Didn’t gamble too much. Mostly on nickle slots and video poker. Fun. Got home after midnight last night. Zzzzz.
Yay! Polly and Colin welcomed their daughter, Amelia Jean, into the world yesterday. Happy birthday Amelia! So cute! Eeep!
(Or it will be in another four months or so.)
Yay Polly and Colin!
Okay, yes, I was wrong, and I don’t mind admitting it. Yay for girls!
On another note, I had another training session yesterday. I was disappointed to wake up this morning and not be sore. It really was a hard workout yesterday, and as much as it sucks to be sore, at least it means you did something.
Well, shoot me now because I hurt. Yay!
Today is so terribly exciting! Maybe I’m a little more excited than the situation warrants, but who cares! Today Polly and Colin are finding out what kind of baby they’re having. Okay, well, human, we know. But is it going to be a snakes and snails or a sugar and spice baby?!?
(My vote is for boy. Everyone else says girl. I don’t really care if I’m right or wrong. Right is good because, hey, I’m right! And I can gloat! Wrong is good because then they’re having a cute little girl, and let’s face it…girls rule! And have cuter clothes. Sorry boys.)
Today is also exciting because I have my second appointment with my personal trainer, who is evil, but in a good way. The scary part is that I have another appointment on Thursday. Not sure how I’m going to be able to exercise again when I can’t move. It’ll be a challenge, for sure. And even better…I have a fourth appointment on Sunday. Yow.
So this weekend was a combination of fun and sad. Fun spending all day (12 hours of it) on Saturday at the pub (not drinking the whole time, don’t worry) watching the World Cup game (okay, not watching, but spending time with people who were watching) and hanging out with Polly and Colin and Jon and Teresa and other fun people. Eating lots. Breakfast, brunch, barbecue. Oooh, alliteration.
Sad yesterday, though, when P&C left. I hate when people leave. Ugh. It sucks. I know, life goes on, but it sucks. Blech. Sucky. On the bright side, we now have a place to stay in my new favorite American city, Pittsburgh! Woo! But still.
But then last night we had yummy Vietnamese for dinner and then saw Cars, which helped ease the sadness. Cars was v funny. Okay, so it’s no Toy Story or Finding Nemo, but it was still great. It may not be as great as the other Pixar films, but it’s still better than 99.9% of the crap out there. Anyway, so go see it.
Seventeen-ish days till I go see Ellie!
And, today is our seven month-iversary. Woo!
Sooo, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Yes. But I’ve been v busy. I am v important busy person. You may now even refer to me as “Board Member Pam.” Yes indeedy, I am that important.
So, my week in Pittsburgh (with a foray to Northern Virginia) went a bit like this:
Sunday: woke up at ungodly hour to catch 6 am flight. Met Kristina at airport (she drove in.) Went to IKEA. Checked into hotel. Walked to Pirate’s game. Got sunburned. Ate lots of food. Went back to hotel, rested. Went to dinner at Piper’s Pub, a Scottish pub that Polly and Colin recommended. Drank some beer, ate some toad-in-the-hole. Delish. Got a cab back to the hotel, hung out in hotel bar with roadie from some heavy metal band. We are cool chicks.
Monday, Memorial Day: Woke up, decided to walk to Penzey’s, the spice store I’ve been dying to visit. Me, being a Southerner, didn’t realize how big Memorial Day is up north. So the fact that EVERYTHING was closed was a bit of a shock to me. So no Penzey’s for us. After we trekked back downtown, we took the teeny subway to Station Square, a “mall” (I use the term very loosely) that was also largely closed. We ate lunch and then took the v scary incline up to Mt. Washington and admired the view and the houses. Ate some ice cream, went back to hotel, Kristina left for DC. I took a nap and then met with fellow members of conference planning committee for dinner. (Buca di Beppo…mmmm!)
Tuesday: Conference began (actually, pre-conference.) Seminars were interesting, esp the one about computer forensics. Tuesday night was the opening picnic. I got to eat another french-fry sandwich. Yum. I went to the gym that morning, did I mention?
Wednesday: Real conference beginning. Went to seminars. That night, my coworkers and I went to an outdoor mall where I shopped and then we ate dinner. Went back to hotel where we visited the hospitality suite. Fun!
Thursday: More conference. That afternoon we had the big outing. The Cathedral of Learning with the Nationality Rooms – very cool, a tour of the cathedral, and then a boat trip up and down the rivers with dinner and faux-gambling. I am now a faux-roulette expert.
Friday: last day of conference. I won a seat on the Board of Directors! V exciting. Friday night was the closing banquet. Yummy food, we had a fun table, and I won another printer! (Last year, at the closing banquet I won a photo printer. This year, a big ol’ inkjet that will come in v handy for my design jobs.) They had these ethnic dancers (Eastern European) that were highly entertaining.
Saturday: up at another god-awful hour for another early flight, this one to DC. Kristina picked me up, and we went to her house. I took a nap, we got manis/pedis, and then I started making five batches of hamburger and hot dog buns. Only I made them too small, so we ended up having a ton of rolls. Just rolls. Lots left over. Too bad I didn’t bring any home. Mmmm. Bread. I drank too much champagne punch, made a toast (before too much punch was imbibed, I think) and had lots of fun. Too much.
Sunday: got up not too early for flight home. Only one bag made it with me, not the big one. Sucky. But now everything is back safely in my hands.
Last night we went to Jacque-Imo’s for dinner with Polly and Colin and Teresa and Jon. Polly and Colin are moving to Pittsburgh on Sunday. 😦
Whew! I need a weekend from this weekend. V busy.
Friday night, we went to dinner at Amy and Van’s house. Amy and Van are 2/3 of the band that played at our wedding. Amy likes frogs. A lot. Dinner was yummy.
On Saturday, I voted and then went across the river to help out at my friend Angela’s cafe’s booth at French Quarter fest. It went well, but it was very exhausting. Only four hours of work, so I feel like a bit of a wuss. But seriously, I must’ve dished out a million Barbecue Shrimp Po-boys. Mmmm. Lots of butter.
After that, it was time to start getting ready for prom! Wooo! Prom was fun. That’s all I can say about that…really, pictures tell the story better:
Sunday involved a bit of recovery from prom, plus a gym visit, some bread baking (sourdough, mmmm) and then a barbecue at a friend’s house. Lots of meat. Reminded me of the time we went to the Brazilian barbecue restaurant when I went to NYC with Kristina and Anne and Marianne. (I won’t attempt to spell the name of the restaurant here.) Anyway. Not making much sense.
Four years ago today, I was nervous. I had a date the next night. I hadn’t been on a proper date in a very long time. Who was this “George” I’d met a few nights before?
Just got home from a 5K race I did with Polly. 34:03, which is I think 25 seconds slower than my fastest time. Which sucks. I don’t think I could’ve gone that much faster. And it was finally cold during a race. Which was very nice. So all in all, I’m not disappointed, seeing as I haven’t really been training, but it would’ve been nice to have beat my PR. (And the only reason I think I could’ve is because of the weight I’ve lost since I set my PR.)
Nothing profound to say today. Last night George and I went to the mall so he could return some pants. I tried on three pretty dresses as Dillard’s, just for fun. (I have $20 in my checking account.) It’s exciting to try on pretty dresses now that more of them fit, though two of the ones I tried on were satin, which is so pretty on the hanger, but is not so pretty on my lumpy bits. So must resist the temptation of trying on satin dresses, or self-esteem will plummet. Also I like going to the mall to gaze in the jewelry store windows. Even though my boyfriend pulls me away from the sparkly things. (I like to think he is trying to tell me something with this, but I shall not get my hopes up.)
Yesterday from my office window I watched a Veteran’s Day parade go by. What a great view. Too bad the Mardi Gras parades don’t go by here. On the other hand, I’m on the seventh floor and the windows don’t open, so I wouldn’t be able to catch anything, so maybe it’s best that they don’t go by here.
The new Bridget Jones movie comes out this weekend. Must go see it. My computer just made a weird noise that startled me. Might do a 5K this weekend if Polly wants to. (Maybe I should do it even if she doesn’t. I think it’s another small race, and if she doesn’t do it, maybe I could place. But then again, it’s no fun without Polly.)
Okay, enough babbling. George and I are going to a wedding of one of his colleagues (and, coincidentally or not, two of the members of the band that we decided will play at our wedding. Assuming they’re not of retirement age by then.) I’m going to wear my new pink ballerina-raincoat skirt that I wore to Chris’s birthday last weekend. (It’s made of some strange waterproof-ish material, hence the “raincoat” bit. H&M sure does pick strange fabrics for its clothes. But it was cheap, so that’s okay.)
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