Here's a recap of this past weekend. Dad came up on Thursday night. He had some kind of continuing education class to attend on Friday at the STL College of Pharmacy. We went out to dinner at Outback, as we tried the last time he was here but the wait was like 90 minutes!
I took a vacation day on Friday to head to Warrensburg. I got there around noon and headed straight for MBS HQ...had lunch with Bettie and Stephanie, then headed to a meeting with the University of Central MO IT people. I got everything I wanted for the computer side of things for Boys State.
That night, the crew that was already in town, went out for dinner and drinks. Lord I hate smokey places.
Saturday we worked through all the issues concerning MBS and got everything ironed out for this upcoming session. It's going to be a great year.
Sunday, I stopped in Columbia to have lunch with Carrie. We went to Shakespears Pizza. God I love that place. We then went back to her house and watched Monster's Inc.. After that, I headed home. She tried to get me to stay, it was cute, but I had to go.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
March Dr. Appt.
I just got done with a Doctor's appointment today. All is good...except for allergies that are totally kicking my ass right now. He also had me go visit the vampire for some blood work. Sharon wasn't there this time as she's on vacation, so I got stuck with some new person. All was good, I just like Sharon. She's fun.
He wants me to get a TDAP booster shot (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis Vaccine) as everyone should get these every 10 years (yes, everyone!). It's been a while for me. We're also going to do the Hepatitis A vaccine. It's a two shot dose, but they have to be separated by 6 months.
Unfortunately, he didn't have these shots available in his office so he wrote me a prescription. Dad is going to fill them at the hospital then mom is bringing them up next week and stab me herself.
Joy.
He wants me to get a TDAP booster shot (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis Vaccine) as everyone should get these every 10 years (yes, everyone!). It's been a while for me. We're also going to do the Hepatitis A vaccine. It's a two shot dose, but they have to be separated by 6 months.
Unfortunately, he didn't have these shots available in his office so he wrote me a prescription. Dad is going to fill them at the hospital then mom is bringing them up next week and stab me herself.
Joy.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
License to...drive
I went out for sushi with Mike and Seema last night. Seema and I have a tradition of going out to eat on the 27th of March...half way between our two birthdays. One year, she and I got insanely drunk at Pasta House. I think that was the start of this tradition in the first place. Anyway, they are recently back from their honeymoon to Taiwan. They always drag me to a place down on Washington Ave called Wasabi...it's not one of my favorite sushi joints, but it will do. Of course, they always like to order spicy tuna, which I don't eat. Grr. McDonalds is usually in my plans on such occasions. Anyway, all the wasabi I downed last night worked wonders on my allergies.
Anyway, we were paying the bill and I noticed my license expired on Monday. FUCK! I was a little panicky that I would have to pay a big fine, or, at worse, retake the tests. I went to the DMV this morning and it only cost me $20. I rule! All is good until 2014 when I have to renew again.
Oh, and btw, my picture is awful. I would post a picture, but I'm not that masochistic.
Anyway, we were paying the bill and I noticed my license expired on Monday. FUCK! I was a little panicky that I would have to pay a big fine, or, at worse, retake the tests. I went to the DMV this morning and it only cost me $20. I rule! All is good until 2014 when I have to renew again.
Oh, and btw, my picture is awful. I would post a picture, but I'm not that masochistic.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Awww...birthdays
So today was my birthday. It was a good day, I suppose. One of the best presents I have ever received from Elizabeth. It was a listing of songs and videos that remind us both of events we have shared together. It was very sweet. She also called me from London on my way out of the office. I keep telling her she needs to move back to St. Louis, but I don't think she's listening. Grr!
I treated myself to a massage tonight at Massage Envy. I also signed up for their monthly plan. I need to go have them done on a regular basis. It was very relaxing and worked out most of the muscle pain from helping Rhett this past weekend.
James put together a dinner for me at Casa Guardio. Nick T, Nick F, Dave, Wes, Duane and Carrie (the surprise) were there. It was fun, and low key = perfect. I mean, I guess 28 isn't much to celebrate. Give it a couple years. Then I'm sure all hell will break loose. After dinner, we all went back to James' house. Jimmy R. showed up (he couldn't make it to dinner). James bought me an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen...the second one I have had in as many days. Fortunately most of it was eaten. :-)
Well, 28 years down...lets see what the future holds.
I treated myself to a massage tonight at Massage Envy. I also signed up for their monthly plan. I need to go have them done on a regular basis. It was very relaxing and worked out most of the muscle pain from helping Rhett this past weekend.
James put together a dinner for me at Casa Guardio. Nick T, Nick F, Dave, Wes, Duane and Carrie (the surprise) were there. It was fun, and low key = perfect. I mean, I guess 28 isn't much to celebrate. Give it a couple years. Then I'm sure all hell will break loose. After dinner, we all went back to James' house. Jimmy R. showed up (he couldn't make it to dinner). James bought me an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen...the second one I have had in as many days. Fortunately most of it was eaten. :-)
Well, 28 years down...lets see what the future holds.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
An Easter Birthday
Since the AB offices were closed this past Friday for Good Friday (gotta love the Christians), I fought the Missouri flooding and went to Crap Garagedoor. Rhett has added a new screen room to his house, and we were installing another stone patio and walkway that wrapped around to the front of his house.
Needless to say, after installing all these concerete pavers, I'm really sore. But it all looks awesome.
I got some good quality time with my Niece, Madeline. She's 20 months old right now and is in that totally cute, loveable, affectionate stage. She's very talkative and can recognize and say just about every letter in the alphabet.
This weekend, being Easter and all, also happened to be the day before my 28th birthday. Fourtnatly there wasn't a big to-do about that. Today, during lunch with the entire family, I was hoping they would not sing Happy Birthday. They didn't. It was very low key, and that's how I wanted it.
Being at home this weekend, seemed different than those in the past. I didn't feel as out of place as I normally do when I'm down there. Maybe it's because we were working really hard on the various home improvement projects, or that mom confided in me about some things she's going through with work. It was actually very cool.
I got back to my house around 7pm tonight. I haven't done much of anything but watch episodes of Six Feet Under and talked with Laura.
I wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow. Last week was so nice...it wasn't crazy busy, and Dan and Jay were both on vacation. It was nice to be able to get my stuff done at my own pace without having the feeling of someone looking over my shoulder every minute of the day.
Needless to say, after installing all these concerete pavers, I'm really sore. But it all looks awesome.
I got some good quality time with my Niece, Madeline. She's 20 months old right now and is in that totally cute, loveable, affectionate stage. She's very talkative and can recognize and say just about every letter in the alphabet.This weekend, being Easter and all, also happened to be the day before my 28th birthday. Fourtnatly there wasn't a big to-do about that. Today, during lunch with the entire family, I was hoping they would not sing Happy Birthday. They didn't. It was very low key, and that's how I wanted it.
Being at home this weekend, seemed different than those in the past. I didn't feel as out of place as I normally do when I'm down there. Maybe it's because we were working really hard on the various home improvement projects, or that mom confided in me about some things she's going through with work. It was actually very cool.
I got back to my house around 7pm tonight. I haven't done much of anything but watch episodes of Six Feet Under and talked with Laura.
I wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow. Last week was so nice...it wasn't crazy busy, and Dan and Jay were both on vacation. It was nice to be able to get my stuff done at my own pace without having the feeling of someone looking over my shoulder every minute of the day.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
A year, wow.
It was exactly a year ago tonight that I was hosting a birthday party for my roommate...then promptly left for Europe the following morning. It seems like such a short time ago, but I have learned so much since then.
The party was the beginning of the end of a long friendship. Not that necessarily anything happened that night, but it was a start. I think our pre-Easter dinner the Wednesday that I got back was the catalyst. But oh well, I learned so many valuable lessons since then in dealing with him, his psyche. Most of all, I'm just glad it is over.
But enough about that. This weekend was pretty productive. My father was in town helping me with the continuing refinishing of the basement. Almost all the drywall is up with the exception of the bathroom ceiling. (Bathrooms seem to be such a pain! hehe) Needless to say, I'm worn out and achy from sanding the ceiling and adding a second coat of drywall mud. I need a good backrub. We're turning the basement room into a theater. That's where I'm gonna put my new tv. It's gonna ROCK!
Last week, Carrie was trying to make me decide what I want to do for my birthday. I really have a hard time planning my own birthday for some reason. It's always seemed weird for me.
Anyway, I'm worn out and tired. I think I'm gonna wrap this up and head to bed. Tomorrow night is "movie night" with a few friends.
The party was the beginning of the end of a long friendship. Not that necessarily anything happened that night, but it was a start. I think our pre-Easter dinner the Wednesday that I got back was the catalyst. But oh well, I learned so many valuable lessons since then in dealing with him, his psyche. Most of all, I'm just glad it is over.
But enough about that. This weekend was pretty productive. My father was in town helping me with the continuing refinishing of the basement. Almost all the drywall is up with the exception of the bathroom ceiling. (Bathrooms seem to be such a pain! hehe) Needless to say, I'm worn out and achy from sanding the ceiling and adding a second coat of drywall mud. I need a good backrub. We're turning the basement room into a theater. That's where I'm gonna put my new tv. It's gonna ROCK!
Last week, Carrie was trying to make me decide what I want to do for my birthday. I really have a hard time planning my own birthday for some reason. It's always seemed weird for me.
Anyway, I'm worn out and tired. I think I'm gonna wrap this up and head to bed. Tomorrow night is "movie night" with a few friends.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
The Weekend
Tonight is the culmination of a wonderful three day weekend in The Lou. I took Friday off work so I could work on Boys State stuff with Adam. He was coming into town so we could get caught up on some stuff and so I could hand some programming duties off to him for the upcoming session. He ended up only coming in on Friday night and Saturday morning as his father is having some health issues that he needed to deal with. It was still a productive time together.
On another note, the weather here has been fan-damn-tastic today. It's about 75 degrees here. But they are calling for snow tomorrow. Gotta love Missouri. I find it really funny that Carrie and James ran off to Mexico on Thursday to escape the cold weather, only to miss the warmest day of the year so far, and to return tomorrow when it snows again. Heheh. James is gonna be so pissed.
Well, I'm going to head back to watching some more Six Feet Under. Now that I'm finished watching the entire collection of West Wing, Netflix is being so kind to start me on this one. Although, I'm starting with Season 3 as I have watched all of the first two and was in the middle of 3 when I stopped. They were in repeats on Bravo for a while...but they kept editing out the good stuff (swearing, sex, etc.)
Blogging is so cathartic! Go me.
On another note, the weather here has been fan-damn-tastic today. It's about 75 degrees here. But they are calling for snow tomorrow. Gotta love Missouri. I find it really funny that Carrie and James ran off to Mexico on Thursday to escape the cold weather, only to miss the warmest day of the year so far, and to return tomorrow when it snows again. Heheh. James is gonna be so pissed.
Well, I'm going to head back to watching some more Six Feet Under. Now that I'm finished watching the entire collection of West Wing, Netflix is being so kind to start me on this one. Although, I'm starting with Season 3 as I have watched all of the first two and was in the middle of 3 when I stopped. They were in repeats on Bravo for a while...but they kept editing out the good stuff (swearing, sex, etc.)
Blogging is so cathartic! Go me.
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