weekend recap

Well, this weekend was absolutely fantastic, and it's only the beginning of many fun weekends planned! woohoo! It started slow-- we were supposed to go to an Admirals game on Friday, but Steph forgot to leave work (who does that?!) so by the time we got there, the game had already started AND there was a ridiculously long ticket line. But, the night of staying in with Sex & the City at Steph's instead was just as fun and there are plenty of hockey games to go to later. Actually, it was great end to a great day of work too. Did you guys know there's such thing as "Boss's Day"? I didn't until stuff started showing up at my desk on Friday! I ended up with a balloon, flowers, and a SPA GIFT CERTIFICATE! I was psyched about that :) I also had an awesome card where my people wrote me some stuff that almost made me cry! (I know, I'm a sap.) What a fantastic day. It made my weekend, so I put a pic below of my stuff with the others. They got me daisies and the world's coolest vase, which apparently was because it was "colorful, cool, and hip" like me! hehehehe. I love my team.

Saturday I tested for my black belt... Well, I'm pretty beat up now (and I'm pretty positive I broke my toe), but in two weeks at the belt ceremony I'll officially be a black belt! woohoo! That will be an awesome feeling-- long time goal accomplished! There's also a pic from my testing below... I look really enthused, don't I? :) Truman was the least excited about my weekend, shown by when I got home from testing after spending the night at Steph's-- he completely ignored me but looked pretty proud of himself after having torn down all of my kitchen curtains and dragging them into the living room... What a brat!

Today Andrea, Steph, James, Joe, and I went to the Virginia Wine Festival in Norfolk. It was really cool. You pay one price and just taste wines all day. We had an awesome time by the water in Norfolk, capped off by lunch at Hooters. It was absolutely hilarious to swish and sniff and throw words around like "earthy" and "oaky" and "full-bodied" all day. hahahaha. I wonder if we fooled anyone into thinking we actually knew what we were talking about! :Þ Anyway, I'm entirely exhausted now after running around all weekend, but I can't wait to do it again! Next weekend is shaping up to be Halloween at Hunt Club, a G. Love concert at the Norva, and Busch Gardens on Sunday. Can't wait!!!!!

The only bad part of the weekend was my new neighbors above me! They are so freaking loud and they take my parking space that I have ALWAYS had right in front of my apartment!!!! grrrrr. they must go. we'll see what happens.

In other weekly news, a couple of people at work made my week when they asked if I was losing weight (10 pounds so far!) Except Georgia said you can tell in the back. I already don't have a butt and I don't want to lose it! hahaha. oh well. I also got schedule resolution, although it wasn't what I was hoping for. No one is changing schedules right now, so I'm not moving off Saturdays. BUT, I did get to make up my own schedule, so I am working much shorter days on Saturday and getting off early enough the other days to do whatever I want at night. And I still have 3 days off. Not so bad. PLUS, if I want Saturday off, since it's a short day now I can just work Tuesday instead since I have people there then too. So, fun fall/winter with no vacation! YEAH!

In sports news, the EAGLES kicked ass again today. And I still hate the Yankees and all the people over the years who have just decided to root for them because they win a lot. And, we all know they win a lot because there's no salary cap in baseball and they have a ridiculously disproportionate payroll, but that's a whole nother story! :)

Also, I learned something new this weekend: pork rinds are pig skin! Is that true?! Thank god I've never eaten any. Deep fried pig skin?! EEEEEEW! everyone was laughing at me. but hey, they don't teach us that stuff in Bucks County. hahaha.

Ok I'm off to fall asleep in front of some Sunday sports. Life is good right now, and I have a feeling it's gonna stay that way. more later.