They see me rolling / they hating / patrolling / trying to catch up on my blogs / trying to catch me writing dirty.
[i am on a roll.]
Sunday May 8th: Mothers Day! Which means Alyssa and I took our favorite mom, the BEST mom in the whole world, out to brunch at the Great Dane in Fitchburg. Even though I had to work that afternoon, it was nice to hang out with my mommy for a few hours. [And she made us get up really early to meet her, so I still had enough time to take a bit of a nap before work.]
The rest of the week was pretty uneventful, because it was mostly work. Friday I was not feeling very well, and I didn't really sleep at all the night before, so I spent most of the day in bed. Friday evening I went over to Marley's house for a few hours. She is finally done with school and her crazy schedule, so we are trying to get back into the habit of hanging out every week. Friday was also Andy's birthday, so Zach and I met him and a bunch of other people out at the Great Dane for drinks. We played pool and shuffleboard, and had birthday cake and lots of fun! (Andy was so happy. And I played a really good game of pool. So happy.)
Saturday morning Zach and I went to the Farmers Market again. This time we took a bit more time walking around. Its still not quite the best time of the year for the market, since it's a little early for things to be in season, but it is still nice to go. [My one mistake was not buying cheese curds, because I spent the rest of the day complaining about not having any cheese curds.] The rest of the day was kind of a lazy day, which was just what I needed. I actually feel like I caught up on some sleep.
Today was back to work, for another wonderful workweek. (vomit.) Hopefully from here on out, I can keep caught up on my posting!
Monday, May 16, 2011
it shines so bright it blinds me
"Once upon a time, I was like, 'oh I need to write a blog,' but then I was like oh my god, I don't want to write a blog." -Anonymous
Blog writing has not been particularly exciting lately, because there has not been a lot of stuff going on to talk about. Plus, my faith in my readers is dwindling - I can't imagine that anyone actually wants to read what I am writing every week [or however often I actually get around to doing it]. But onward I must go...
So....the week of May 1st through May 7th.
Nothing too exciting happened during my work week - work has kind of been draining me lately. But I've gotten much better about not thinking about work when I'm not there, which definitely helps. On Friday [the 6th] I met Steph and our friend Tina for coffee at the cafe across the street from the zoo. Tina has a little girl, Audrey, who is 10 days older than Jake so Tina and Steph get to hang out while Audrey and Jake play together. (They are like little best friends, which is adorable. Steph and Tina tell me stories about how Jake and Audrey ask for each other all the time when they're not together. Its just amazing to me to see how, as they get older, their own personalities are growing, but they are also developing friendships.) So anyways, we had coffee and then headed across the street to the zoo. We visited the baby lion 3 times - what a sass! He is just sooooooo entertaining to watch, and its hard to believe that such an uncoordinated, silly little cub will turn into the large, stoic lion that his dad is.
Afterwards I went out to dinner with Marley. We went to Bluephies, which has a pretty interesting menu. For my entree I had a grilled cheese sandwich. Boring, right? No way. It was two pieces of sharp cheddar cheese with a layer of macaroni and cheese and a layer of pulled BBQ pork in the middle. It was disgustingly delicious. (Only disgusting, because I felt like going into a food coma after.) We followed it up with a dessert of cookie dough eggrolls. Basically its just the normal wonton wrappers that are used for eggrolls, filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and deep-fried so the outside is all crispy and the inside is melty cookie dough. Soooo yummy!
Saturday was a full day too. Zach and I got up extra early and went to the Farmers Market so I could have my first taste of the infamous Spicy Cheese bread, which was pretty awesome, plus coffee and a donut. Later in the afternoon, Zach, Andy and I went to Free Comic Book day which they had been talking about all week. [Can't lie, I was excited to get my free comics, too.] Afterwards we went and saw Thor in 3D, which was pretty good. (Sadly, Natalie Portman sucked.) The day ended with Zach, Andy, Alyssa, and I at Zach's house where we played some trivia games [I kicked ass] and watched a movie.
All in all it was a pretty full weekend, which has become a theme to my life. I don't really relax on the weekends anymore, and just jam-pack my weekends. Its definitely fun, but it can be kind of exhausting.
Alright, sometime soon I'll have the next post, and I'll finally be all caught up!
Blog writing has not been particularly exciting lately, because there has not been a lot of stuff going on to talk about. Plus, my faith in my readers is dwindling - I can't imagine that anyone actually wants to read what I am writing every week [or however often I actually get around to doing it]. But onward I must go...
So....the week of May 1st through May 7th.
Nothing too exciting happened during my work week - work has kind of been draining me lately. But I've gotten much better about not thinking about work when I'm not there, which definitely helps. On Friday [the 6th] I met Steph and our friend Tina for coffee at the cafe across the street from the zoo. Tina has a little girl, Audrey, who is 10 days older than Jake so Tina and Steph get to hang out while Audrey and Jake play together. (They are like little best friends, which is adorable. Steph and Tina tell me stories about how Jake and Audrey ask for each other all the time when they're not together. Its just amazing to me to see how, as they get older, their own personalities are growing, but they are also developing friendships.) So anyways, we had coffee and then headed across the street to the zoo. We visited the baby lion 3 times - what a sass! He is just sooooooo entertaining to watch, and its hard to believe that such an uncoordinated, silly little cub will turn into the large, stoic lion that his dad is.
Afterwards I went out to dinner with Marley. We went to Bluephies, which has a pretty interesting menu. For my entree I had a grilled cheese sandwich. Boring, right? No way. It was two pieces of sharp cheddar cheese with a layer of macaroni and cheese and a layer of pulled BBQ pork in the middle. It was disgustingly delicious. (Only disgusting, because I felt like going into a food coma after.) We followed it up with a dessert of cookie dough eggrolls. Basically its just the normal wonton wrappers that are used for eggrolls, filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and deep-fried so the outside is all crispy and the inside is melty cookie dough. Soooo yummy!
Saturday was a full day too. Zach and I got up extra early and went to the Farmers Market so I could have my first taste of the infamous Spicy Cheese bread, which was pretty awesome, plus coffee and a donut. Later in the afternoon, Zach, Andy and I went to Free Comic Book day which they had been talking about all week. [Can't lie, I was excited to get my free comics, too.] Afterwards we went and saw Thor in 3D, which was pretty good. (Sadly, Natalie Portman sucked.) The day ended with Zach, Andy, Alyssa, and I at Zach's house where we played some trivia games [I kicked ass] and watched a movie.
All in all it was a pretty full weekend, which has become a theme to my life. I don't really relax on the weekends anymore, and just jam-pack my weekends. Its definitely fun, but it can be kind of exhausting.
Alright, sometime soon I'll have the next post, and I'll finally be all caught up!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
the shell was crushing you
Uh-oh. I'm reallllly falling behind. This is gonna be a short one - hopefully I can slowly, but surely, catch up on this.
The week after Easter was - awhile ago. BUT I remember it! Zach's final portfolio show was the Thursday after Easter, so it was kind of a hectic week for him getting all of that together. I took Thursday off to go to the show. It was at the Monona Terrace, which was nice although the setup wasn't ideal for everyone. It was my first time there, so it was cool to see it from the inside, but it was a rainy day so the view out wasn't that great. My parents also made a trip down to see all of Zach's work, so the three of us went around and looked at all of the Graphic Design, Illustration, and Photography portfolios. Since most [probably all] of you were unable to see his stuff, here is a link to Zach's blog where you can see some of the stuff he has been working on!
The next day Zach and I took a trip to the zoo to meet the baby lion cub! He is ADORABLE. I seriously could not handle myself - but the little cub is quite the popular little guy, so there were a lot of people around. I do have some pictures, but I don't have access to them right now, and I'm sure that in my coming visits I will be able to get much better shots.
That brings me up to this past week which.....I am going to skip for now.
Until then.....
The week after Easter was - awhile ago. BUT I remember it! Zach's final portfolio show was the Thursday after Easter, so it was kind of a hectic week for him getting all of that together. I took Thursday off to go to the show. It was at the Monona Terrace, which was nice although the setup wasn't ideal for everyone. It was my first time there, so it was cool to see it from the inside, but it was a rainy day so the view out wasn't that great. My parents also made a trip down to see all of Zach's work, so the three of us went around and looked at all of the Graphic Design, Illustration, and Photography portfolios. Since most [probably all] of you were unable to see his stuff, here is a link to Zach's blog where you can see some of the stuff he has been working on!
ps. make sure you start alllll the way at the beginning! they're totally worth it. =]
The next day Zach and I took a trip to the zoo to meet the baby lion cub! He is ADORABLE. I seriously could not handle myself - but the little cub is quite the popular little guy, so there were a lot of people around. I do have some pictures, but I don't have access to them right now, and I'm sure that in my coming visits I will be able to get much better shots.
That brings me up to this past week which.....I am going to skip for now.
Until then.....
Monday, May 2, 2011
and now i don't know how to stop
Since I missed a post, I'm going to do 2 this week. Right now I don't have the mental energy to get through more than one, so you'll have to deal with my update from the week before Easter.
Life has been a little bit hectic for me the past few weeks - just a lot of stuff going on, in a lot of different places, and quite frankly, it's a bit exhausting. Thinking back on it, I can't remember much of the week - I don't know whether thats good or bad. I do remember feeling like there is never enough time, which is a definite theme as of late.
The weekend was where it was at - full of Easter meals and birthday celebrations.
Friday was Zach's birthday, so I made a nice big breakfast for him [at our breakfast time of 2 pm...] That night some of his friends had people over in honor of his birthday, so we went over there for awhile.
Saturday morning I had to get up semi-early to go to Hartland for Easter brunch with my dad's side of the family. It was nice to spend time with everyone there, even though it was only for a few hours. Saturday evening I had to be back in Madison for a birthday dinner with Zach's family (including his twin sister).
Sunday morning I was up realllllllly early to be in Oconomowoc for Easter with my mom's side of the family - and more importantly my Mommy's birthday!! I hope my mom actually enjoyed her birthday present because it was a bit silly. But all she said she wanted was a cheese grater, and Alyssa had already bought that. So I got her something to go along with the grater - CHEESE! I barely made it through the day on Sunday though, which was the bad part. I couldn't make it through the afternoon without a nap. I got up at 730 in the morning, which is brutal when my usual bedtime is around 5. And to round out the day, I had to be back in Madison that afternoon for a full day of work.
That was my whirlwind weekend - 2 birthdays, 2 Easters, 2 2-hour round trip car rides, and 2 nights of barely enough sleep. I am very happy to have survived through that weekend, and now that it's over, I've been trying to avoid any plan-making at all.
Alright, I'm off to do some reading before I turn in very early for bed. More to come soon!
Life has been a little bit hectic for me the past few weeks - just a lot of stuff going on, in a lot of different places, and quite frankly, it's a bit exhausting. Thinking back on it, I can't remember much of the week - I don't know whether thats good or bad. I do remember feeling like there is never enough time, which is a definite theme as of late.
The weekend was where it was at - full of Easter meals and birthday celebrations.
Friday was Zach's birthday, so I made a nice big breakfast for him [at our breakfast time of 2 pm...] That night some of his friends had people over in honor of his birthday, so we went over there for awhile.
Saturday morning I had to get up semi-early to go to Hartland for Easter brunch with my dad's side of the family. It was nice to spend time with everyone there, even though it was only for a few hours. Saturday evening I had to be back in Madison for a birthday dinner with Zach's family (including his twin sister).
Sunday morning I was up realllllllly early to be in Oconomowoc for Easter with my mom's side of the family - and more importantly my Mommy's birthday!! I hope my mom actually enjoyed her birthday present because it was a bit silly. But all she said she wanted was a cheese grater, and Alyssa had already bought that. So I got her something to go along with the grater - CHEESE! I barely made it through the day on Sunday though, which was the bad part. I couldn't make it through the afternoon without a nap. I got up at 730 in the morning, which is brutal when my usual bedtime is around 5. And to round out the day, I had to be back in Madison that afternoon for a full day of work.
That was my whirlwind weekend - 2 birthdays, 2 Easters, 2 2-hour round trip car rides, and 2 nights of barely enough sleep. I am very happy to have survived through that weekend, and now that it's over, I've been trying to avoid any plan-making at all.
Alright, I'm off to do some reading before I turn in very early for bed. More to come soon!
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