I don't come to work tomorrow because I'm going to my dad's house in Florida this weekend. While we're there, we're going to go see the Wake vs Miami football game. And Wake had better pull their shit together and win this one. I don't need another Maryland situation on my hands.
So today's going to be a constant struggle to be productive when the weekend is upon me. Tomorrow before the flight I'm going to try to get to the gym and do a pilates video because I have to miss my pilates mat class on Saturday (sad). Our flight is at 2:30, so I should have time to do that and pack and then leave.
Tonight AJ and I are having an office viewing party at her house. I'm so pleased that new episodes of the office exist again. It really makes my life complete.
I'll be back in the CLT Sunday afternoon, when I'll be in a mad rush to get errands and cleaning and laundry done. And then next week it's back to normal. I'm hoping to be able to sneak out of the office early one day next week and go make my scooter purchase (I'm pumped).
It seems like Charlotte has gone ahead and made the executive decision to completely skip the fall this year and go directly to winter. Which makes me sad, because I love the fall time here. It's like 65-75 degrees out and windy, and a light jacket is all you need. It's perfect. However, it was still in the 80's two weeks ago, and now we've dipped into the 50's. It was literally 40 degrees outside when I was walking to work this week. I realize that this isn't really "winter" weather most places, but it is here. Bad News: I'm freezing my ass off in the morning. Good News: Ugg weather. There's no better way to show your coworkers that you refuse to care about your presence in the office than to wear Uggs and corduroys around all day. And that is my plan for the day. :)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
2.5
The amount of time, in days, that I actually dealt with my bangs being in my face. Halfway through the day yesterday, I pushed them over to the side. They still look cute, and they're much easier to tolerate this way. But they're a bit short for this look...so I'm going to let them go an extra week before I get them trimmed so that I can continue to brush them out of my face. Bonus: that's what my hair wants to do anyway no matter how much I try to style it, so it makes my life much easier.
My private pilates lesson last night thoroughly kicked my ass. I'm going to try to use the instructor from last night for the rest of my private lesson life. She was awesome. I was really sweaty. Which was good, because when I went to the gym to do cardio yesterday, halfway through my routine there was a fire drill in the building. Eventually, they told us we didn't have to leave, but I had already dismounted from the bike I was using. So my cardio situation yesterday was piss poor. Today is lift/cardio/yoga day. Lifting was done this morning. And I'm going to have to push myself at the gym this afternoon to make up for yesterday's botch. Sigh.
My private pilates lesson last night thoroughly kicked my ass. I'm going to try to use the instructor from last night for the rest of my private lesson life. She was awesome. I was really sweaty. Which was good, because when I went to the gym to do cardio yesterday, halfway through my routine there was a fire drill in the building. Eventually, they told us we didn't have to leave, but I had already dismounted from the bike I was using. So my cardio situation yesterday was piss poor. Today is lift/cardio/yoga day. Lifting was done this morning. And I'm going to have to push myself at the gym this afternoon to make up for yesterday's botch. Sigh.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Weekend Roundup
This weekend wound up being kind of boring. Well, not Saturday. Saturday I did a whole bunch of stuff, but then Sunday rolled around and I had run out of stuff to do so I read an entire 600 page book. I literally sat on the couch, did the laundry, and read for like 12 hours. Awesome.
Friday there was a partner retreat for the partners in the office, and for some reason a vast majority of the managers were also out of the office...so I left a bit early. Pretty much everyone did. I was planning to do something productive, but it started to rain when I got home, so I sat around and read instead. Then when Blake came home, he wanted to check out the new Trader Joe's, so we did. It was ok. It annoys me that you can't really do a full week's grocery shopping there. I mean they basically have zero produce, which generally makes up 50% of my weekly purchases, so that was lame. I'm going to have to hit the farmers' market tomorrow to make up for it. After that I made some pasta for dinner and then hung out.
Saturday I went to pilates and then I got a haircut. I got brave at the salon and went with the Katie Holmes short bob with the bangs and everything. It looks cute I think, but I'm going to be real tired of these bangs real soon. I have about two weeks to weigh my options, and then I'm either going to have to have them trimmed or grow them out a bit and push them to the side. It was important to cut the hair short now because my hair lady is going on maternity leave next month, so I won't be getting another cut until at least March.
After we watched Wake get completely dominated by Maryland (horrible), we decided to go look at scooters. And I've basically decided to buy one. I'm even considering going all out and getting a motorcycle license so that I can legally drive more than 30mph on it (it should be able to hit about 45 considering my weight). Here's a picture of the model I think I'm going to get...though I can't decide on whether I want the blue and white model or the black and gray.
Friday there was a partner retreat for the partners in the office, and for some reason a vast majority of the managers were also out of the office...so I left a bit early. Pretty much everyone did. I was planning to do something productive, but it started to rain when I got home, so I sat around and read instead. Then when Blake came home, he wanted to check out the new Trader Joe's, so we did. It was ok. It annoys me that you can't really do a full week's grocery shopping there. I mean they basically have zero produce, which generally makes up 50% of my weekly purchases, so that was lame. I'm going to have to hit the farmers' market tomorrow to make up for it. After that I made some pasta for dinner and then hung out.
Saturday I went to pilates and then I got a haircut. I got brave at the salon and went with the Katie Holmes short bob with the bangs and everything. It looks cute I think, but I'm going to be real tired of these bangs real soon. I have about two weeks to weigh my options, and then I'm either going to have to have them trimmed or grow them out a bit and push them to the side. It was important to cut the hair short now because my hair lady is going on maternity leave next month, so I won't be getting another cut until at least March.
After we watched Wake get completely dominated by Maryland (horrible), we decided to go look at scooters. And I've basically decided to buy one. I'm even considering going all out and getting a motorcycle license so that I can legally drive more than 30mph on it (it should be able to hit about 45 considering my weight). Here's a picture of the model I think I'm going to get...though I can't decide on whether I want the blue and white model or the black and gray.
After that, I did some house cleaning and made a tasty turkey and mashed potato dinner. We are going to have turkey left overs for at least the rest of the week. Haha.
Please watch this clip from SNL this weekend. Amy Poeler is hilarious. I can't believe how much she can move around given that she's due to give birth in like a month. It's crazy. And the clip is very funny.
I really have nothing to say about yesterday. I was so damn bored. I made cookies because I was bored. Which was a terrible idea because now I'm going to eat them. Oh well. They're delicious.
This is a short week because I'm heading to FL t see my dad on Friday afternoon. Yay. I'll post again soon.
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Office
Ok, so the first two episodes of the office have been a little bit off. The first one was funny, but it seemed to be much more of a plot moving episode than anything else. The second one had improved. Last night was awesome. It was just back to complete ridiculousness, which is what makes the office great. I think I'm also partial to the episodes that Jan is in because she's so freakin crazy and hilarious. I didn't even miss Pam. In fact, the scenes that they put in there with her didn't really seem to fit in the episode at all...I wish they had cut one and kept in the deleted scene that just posted to nbc.com...because it's hilarious.
I mean for real, Michael was calling the kid "ass-turd" and Dwight was fake-giving birth to a watermelon. These are the things that great Office episodes are made of.
"And the baby will be related to Michael through...delusion." ~Jim
You can view the full episode here.
I've been also giving Kath & Kim a chance because I think Molly Shannon is funny. The show is just ok for now, I'm going to give it a few more episodes before I commit. Selma Blair is really funny. I think my main problem with this show is that they remind me a little bit too much of my mom and sister.
The SNL Thursday Weekend Update was funny too. Blake and I had watched the debate right before, so the first skit made sense but...for some reason this year, the candidates are so ridiculous that the writers barely even have to change the dialogue for it to be funny. Which is pretty sad. I noticed this especially when they spoofed the Vice Presidential debate. Am I the only one that doesn't particularly care for either of the presidential candidates right now? I'm a little sad that I have to actually vote for one of them. Anyway, the weekend update portion of the episode was, as always, hilarious. Amy Poeler is going to be sorely missed when she leaves the show next month.
Last night, I made a tasty butternut squash risotto with a squash that I got at the farmers' market. It was good. I hadn't cooked much this week because I've been at pilates and yoga every night until 8. But it was nice to be able to cook again and not have cereal for dinner. Tonight I'm throwing together some ravioli, and I had to prepare the turkey I'm going to make on Saturday. I have no major plans this weekend, so I get to finally relax a bit. I'm going to pilates tomorrow and then I'm getting a haircut, watching the Wake game, and making some turkey. Sunday I'm going to lift, maybe go for a walk, do some laundry and cleaning, and go to the new Trader Joe's. I'm excited. I was hoping to go scooter shopping on Saturday, but the dealership will be closed by the time the football game is over. Boo.
Hope you all have a good weekend. :)
I mean for real, Michael was calling the kid "ass-turd" and Dwight was fake-giving birth to a watermelon. These are the things that great Office episodes are made of.
"And the baby will be related to Michael through...delusion." ~Jim
You can view the full episode here.
I've been also giving Kath & Kim a chance because I think Molly Shannon is funny. The show is just ok for now, I'm going to give it a few more episodes before I commit. Selma Blair is really funny. I think my main problem with this show is that they remind me a little bit too much of my mom and sister.
The SNL Thursday Weekend Update was funny too. Blake and I had watched the debate right before, so the first skit made sense but...for some reason this year, the candidates are so ridiculous that the writers barely even have to change the dialogue for it to be funny. Which is pretty sad. I noticed this especially when they spoofed the Vice Presidential debate. Am I the only one that doesn't particularly care for either of the presidential candidates right now? I'm a little sad that I have to actually vote for one of them. Anyway, the weekend update portion of the episode was, as always, hilarious. Amy Poeler is going to be sorely missed when she leaves the show next month.
Last night, I made a tasty butternut squash risotto with a squash that I got at the farmers' market. It was good. I hadn't cooked much this week because I've been at pilates and yoga every night until 8. But it was nice to be able to cook again and not have cereal for dinner. Tonight I'm throwing together some ravioli, and I had to prepare the turkey I'm going to make on Saturday. I have no major plans this weekend, so I get to finally relax a bit. I'm going to pilates tomorrow and then I'm getting a haircut, watching the Wake game, and making some turkey. Sunday I'm going to lift, maybe go for a walk, do some laundry and cleaning, and go to the new Trader Joe's. I'm excited. I was hoping to go scooter shopping on Saturday, but the dealership will be closed by the time the football game is over. Boo.
Hope you all have a good weekend. :)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tagged.
Jordana has tagged me. Tagging makes me embarrassed, because I don't have enough blogging friends to tag back. I'm a blog loser. But, to partake in the fun, I will share the 6 random things about me but then I will not tag 6 other people. Because I can't. LOSER.
1) I'm all pumped up right now because it's starting to feel fall-like in Charlotte. By "fall-like" I mean less than 80 degrees. I am very excited at the prospect that I can soon trot out my fall and winter clothing. Summer's great and all, but I really like cozy sweaters and they're just not practical in NC for the months of April - October. Also, I enjoy boots. And tights. And coats.
2) I got my first turkey of the season to make this weekend. I have a really killer turkey recipe. The first Thanksgiving that Blake and I were together, he didn't get to have a regular Thanksgiving at home because his sister was studying abroad in Spain, so his whole family went there for the holiday. When he got back, I told him I'd make him a real Thanksgiving dinner, so I made my first turkey. Then a month later, when I went to his parents' house over Christmas break and met them for the first time, he actually said to his mother "you should get Jen's turkey recipe. It's really good." I died a little inside. This weekend I'm trying a new recipe...hopefully it will be just as good.
3) I'm actually embarrassed about the amount of money that I now spend monthly on my fitness regimen. I really hope it pays off, so that I don't wind up being poor AND fat.
4) Blake and I are the only people we know who just straight up don't have internet access at our house. We tell people we don't feel like paying for it. And he has a Blackberry, so we can use that in emergency situations. But the real reason is that when we did have it, we found out our neighbors were stealing our signal. So we tried to security enable it. And we couldn't figure out how to. So we cancelled it, assuming our other neighbors also wouldn't be able to figure out how to security enable their internet and we could steal it, but we were wrong. And now we're so mad that our neighbors are apparently smarter than we are that we refuse to get the internet in the house at all.
5) We still have a working Wake Forest issue laptop, even though we graduated more than 3 years ago, and we got the computers 3 years before that. It is a behemoth Frankenstein that we created using half of his and half of mine, because we had to make up for the parts that had crapped out over the years. It currently has my hardware, but Blake's hard drive and battery. Not that we use it much (see #4).
6) I've been super unproductive at work lately and I think it's because I haven't had a proper vacation since July. But I'm trying to hoard my vacation time this year so I can roll some forward because I really want to go to Italy next October. I've been trying to plan this trip for three years, and I'm finally going to do it. I don't care if I have to go alone. It's happening.
That's about it. If you read this and have a blog of your own, consider yourself tagged. And please forget about what a loser I am and that I don't have any blog-friends. :)
1) I'm all pumped up right now because it's starting to feel fall-like in Charlotte. By "fall-like" I mean less than 80 degrees. I am very excited at the prospect that I can soon trot out my fall and winter clothing. Summer's great and all, but I really like cozy sweaters and they're just not practical in NC for the months of April - October. Also, I enjoy boots. And tights. And coats.
2) I got my first turkey of the season to make this weekend. I have a really killer turkey recipe. The first Thanksgiving that Blake and I were together, he didn't get to have a regular Thanksgiving at home because his sister was studying abroad in Spain, so his whole family went there for the holiday. When he got back, I told him I'd make him a real Thanksgiving dinner, so I made my first turkey. Then a month later, when I went to his parents' house over Christmas break and met them for the first time, he actually said to his mother "you should get Jen's turkey recipe. It's really good." I died a little inside. This weekend I'm trying a new recipe...hopefully it will be just as good.
3) I'm actually embarrassed about the amount of money that I now spend monthly on my fitness regimen. I really hope it pays off, so that I don't wind up being poor AND fat.
4) Blake and I are the only people we know who just straight up don't have internet access at our house. We tell people we don't feel like paying for it. And he has a Blackberry, so we can use that in emergency situations. But the real reason is that when we did have it, we found out our neighbors were stealing our signal. So we tried to security enable it. And we couldn't figure out how to. So we cancelled it, assuming our other neighbors also wouldn't be able to figure out how to security enable their internet and we could steal it, but we were wrong. And now we're so mad that our neighbors are apparently smarter than we are that we refuse to get the internet in the house at all.
5) We still have a working Wake Forest issue laptop, even though we graduated more than 3 years ago, and we got the computers 3 years before that. It is a behemoth Frankenstein that we created using half of his and half of mine, because we had to make up for the parts that had crapped out over the years. It currently has my hardware, but Blake's hard drive and battery. Not that we use it much (see #4).
6) I've been super unproductive at work lately and I think it's because I haven't had a proper vacation since July. But I'm trying to hoard my vacation time this year so I can roll some forward because I really want to go to Italy next October. I've been trying to plan this trip for three years, and I'm finally going to do it. I don't care if I have to go alone. It's happening.
That's about it. If you read this and have a blog of your own, consider yourself tagged. And please forget about what a loser I am and that I don't have any blog-friends. :)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Wedding Pictures
I have downloaded the pics from Kelli's wedding for you all. You can see them all here. However, the lighting in the ballroom was low, and I have no idea how to correctly use my camera, so most of them are useless. Here are some of my favorites.
Accounting girls that were not in the wedding party - outside the church.
My table-mates.
Picture with the bride!
Phi Mu reunion.
Sorry ladies, Ryan's taken. And he's heir to a grocery store empire. ;)
We all had a great time, but fortunately, we will all get to see each other again soon, as Dan and Leeann are getting married Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta. And it will be awesome. Congratulations again to Kelli and Adam Stauff, who are having fun currently in the south pacific (I hate them a little).
PS - my private pilates lesson was freakin awesome last night...I will henceforth spend 90% of my fun money at the pilates studio...and I'm ok with that. I start yoga classes tonight. Yay.
Accounting girls that were not in the wedding party - outside the church.
My table-mates.
Picture with the bride!
Phi Mu reunion.
Sorry ladies, Ryan's taken. And he's heir to a grocery store empire. ;)
We all had a great time, but fortunately, we will all get to see each other again soon, as Dan and Leeann are getting married Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta. And it will be awesome. Congratulations again to Kelli and Adam Stauff, who are having fun currently in the south pacific (I hate them a little).
PS - my private pilates lesson was freakin awesome last night...I will henceforth spend 90% of my fun money at the pilates studio...and I'm ok with that. I start yoga classes tonight. Yay.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Busy Bee
I've been super busy lately, but I wanted to find time to update today. I forgot to bring my camera to work, but I'm going to upload my pictures from Kelli's wedding later in the week and post them. This will have to be just a text-only post.
Thursday I left work early to head up to Winston-Salem for the Wake vs. Clemson football game, and Wake won! The game was pretty terrible unless you really like watching our defense own people and our offense be unable to score. All that really matters is that we won, so now if we can beat Maryland this Saturday, we have a really good chance of going to the ACC Championship again this year. Yay!
Friday I fully intended to go to work, but then we didn't get home until 1:00 in the morning Thursday night, and when my alarm went off at 6:30, I was like "um...no." So I took the day off. I hit the gym, hung out a bit, and took care of some of the errands that we ordinarily would do over the weekend, knowing that the wedding would cause us to be low on time. I drove to the Vespa dealership, but then I didn't go in...I'm pretty afraid to enter vehicle-purchasing places without Blake. Because (a) I know nothing about buying vehicles and (b) I'm a huge impulse buyer, which is not a good quality to have when I'm in the land of $4,000 scooters. I'm going to try to get Blake to take me there this weekend. Also, Blake's still telling me that I should really test drive one of these things...because he's relatively certain that I'm going to be petrified to drive one, given how I act behind the wheel of his stick-shift car and his boat. But I've weighed options in my mind, and the scooter is pretty much a necessity for me at this point, so I'll have to get over my fear.
Saturday morning I hit pilates and it was good. I walked there to get in some extra exercise. It was really nice outside. While I was there, I signed up to try a private lesson tonight. I would like to do pilates 3 times a week, and I can only make it to two mat classes, so a private lesson is pretty much necessary...although really expensive. I've gone through my finances and made sure that I can afford this luxury. Because I've been really good lately about not shopping, I can do it. Yay. I'll let you all know how it goes later in the week.
When I got home, Blake had picked Bridget up at the airport, and we left for Greenville. And as soon as I got in the car, it started shaking and driving weird. Blake got out at a light before we got on the interstate to look around, but nothing looked off. So we get on the interstate, and no more than 15 miles into our drive, my front right tire blows. Awesome. Did I mention I had the car inspected A WEEK AGO? I mean how do they miss that? Fortunately I had a donut in the trunk and it allegedly can go for 3,000 miles up to 65 mph, so after Blake put it on there, we enjoyed a slow and steady ride to the wedding. I'm going to be buying 4 new tires later this week. Because that shit was scary.
The wedding was fun. It was great to see everyone. I'll post more about it when I get the pictures in. Yesterday we left Greenville around 11 and headed back to Charlotte with a stop at the Cracker Barrel and outlet mall in Gafffney. And then we were going to drop Bridget back at the airport on the way in, but like 5 miles before we get to the airport exit there is an accident that blocks off our entire side of the interstate. They had to re-route us, and luckily Bridget's plane was delayed, so we got her to the airport just in time. I was exhausted when we got home, but I had to do laundry and finish errands. And I had what was easily the most ridiculous and horrible Harris Teeter experience of my life (of maybe it just felt that way because of the tired-ness) and was too cranky to cook dinner. For the rest of the night I did my laundry and mopping and read a book.
I was super tired this morning, but it's going to be a full and busy week at work, so I have to get my ass in gear. The manager and partner that I'm working for are both gone for the week, so I can chill a little bit...but there is still much to get done. Also, I forgot that it is Columbus Day or something (we don't really get off for many fake holidays) and I'm concerned about my gym being open. I swear to god, if I get there at lunch and it is closed I am going to scream. And then I'll probably suck it up and go order some tires instead or something. Sigh. I missed a strength training session last week (it was supposed to happen yesterday but didn't due to the aforementioned crankiness), and I hate missing workouts. Boo.
I'll update again soon. I hope any of you that actually have today off have a lovely day. Also I hate you.
Thursday I left work early to head up to Winston-Salem for the Wake vs. Clemson football game, and Wake won! The game was pretty terrible unless you really like watching our defense own people and our offense be unable to score. All that really matters is that we won, so now if we can beat Maryland this Saturday, we have a really good chance of going to the ACC Championship again this year. Yay!
Friday I fully intended to go to work, but then we didn't get home until 1:00 in the morning Thursday night, and when my alarm went off at 6:30, I was like "um...no." So I took the day off. I hit the gym, hung out a bit, and took care of some of the errands that we ordinarily would do over the weekend, knowing that the wedding would cause us to be low on time. I drove to the Vespa dealership, but then I didn't go in...I'm pretty afraid to enter vehicle-purchasing places without Blake. Because (a) I know nothing about buying vehicles and (b) I'm a huge impulse buyer, which is not a good quality to have when I'm in the land of $4,000 scooters. I'm going to try to get Blake to take me there this weekend. Also, Blake's still telling me that I should really test drive one of these things...because he's relatively certain that I'm going to be petrified to drive one, given how I act behind the wheel of his stick-shift car and his boat. But I've weighed options in my mind, and the scooter is pretty much a necessity for me at this point, so I'll have to get over my fear.
Saturday morning I hit pilates and it was good. I walked there to get in some extra exercise. It was really nice outside. While I was there, I signed up to try a private lesson tonight. I would like to do pilates 3 times a week, and I can only make it to two mat classes, so a private lesson is pretty much necessary...although really expensive. I've gone through my finances and made sure that I can afford this luxury. Because I've been really good lately about not shopping, I can do it. Yay. I'll let you all know how it goes later in the week.
When I got home, Blake had picked Bridget up at the airport, and we left for Greenville. And as soon as I got in the car, it started shaking and driving weird. Blake got out at a light before we got on the interstate to look around, but nothing looked off. So we get on the interstate, and no more than 15 miles into our drive, my front right tire blows. Awesome. Did I mention I had the car inspected A WEEK AGO? I mean how do they miss that? Fortunately I had a donut in the trunk and it allegedly can go for 3,000 miles up to 65 mph, so after Blake put it on there, we enjoyed a slow and steady ride to the wedding. I'm going to be buying 4 new tires later this week. Because that shit was scary.
The wedding was fun. It was great to see everyone. I'll post more about it when I get the pictures in. Yesterday we left Greenville around 11 and headed back to Charlotte with a stop at the Cracker Barrel and outlet mall in Gafffney. And then we were going to drop Bridget back at the airport on the way in, but like 5 miles before we get to the airport exit there is an accident that blocks off our entire side of the interstate. They had to re-route us, and luckily Bridget's plane was delayed, so we got her to the airport just in time. I was exhausted when we got home, but I had to do laundry and finish errands. And I had what was easily the most ridiculous and horrible Harris Teeter experience of my life (of maybe it just felt that way because of the tired-ness) and was too cranky to cook dinner. For the rest of the night I did my laundry and mopping and read a book.
I was super tired this morning, but it's going to be a full and busy week at work, so I have to get my ass in gear. The manager and partner that I'm working for are both gone for the week, so I can chill a little bit...but there is still much to get done. Also, I forgot that it is Columbus Day or something (we don't really get off for many fake holidays) and I'm concerned about my gym being open. I swear to god, if I get there at lunch and it is closed I am going to scream. And then I'll probably suck it up and go order some tires instead or something. Sigh. I missed a strength training session last week (it was supposed to happen yesterday but didn't due to the aforementioned crankiness), and I hate missing workouts. Boo.
I'll update again soon. I hope any of you that actually have today off have a lovely day. Also I hate you.
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