Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

First, pics have been posted. Vegas, Shakes’ bday hash, even some wayward New Years pics… Check out the links on the top left. Second, countdown to wedding bells (Lisa and Tom’s, of course!) is now 6 days. 6 DAYS! I’m amazed. I’m astonished. I’m spell-bound. Really I’m just very excited. I pick up my sassy little bridesmaid dress tomorrow, some day this week I’ll find shoes, and tonight Naomi is coming over to help me highlight my hair. This, of course, could either be the best or the worst idea I’ve ever had. The best because it’ll cost me a box of dye and $15 worth of Chinese food. The worst because it could go horribly wrong and cost me the $130 the salon wants, plus the $25 I’ve already spent. Either way, I think it’s a great time for some girlie bonding over tasty food and chick flicks. I fly back home on Wednesday night to a house more stressed out than Paris Hilton in maximum security, and I can’t wait! Thursday the girls are taking Lisa out for a night in Philly, F...

There is just no possible way I can keep up with blogging, MySpace, posting pics, fiddle, running/swimming/biking, and life too. I’m overwhelmed. But I’ll keep trying. Just got back from Vegas at 4 am this morning, and I have to say, it was a blast. But not the blast you're probably envisioning. The past couple times I have been to Vegas I have either been passing through or at a bachelorette party. Passing through - well, that's mostly pretty lights and not a lot of sleep. Bachelorette parties - well, that's mostly alcohol, pretty lights, and not a lot of sleep. And a constant urge to one-up any other random story I’ve heard about Vegas, true or not. But this trip was less binge-drinking and much more vacation. mmmmm vacation. I actually feel refreshed, which I think is counter-intuitive since I still only slept a few hours each night... Shakes and I arrived Thursday evening and grabbed some sushi (I managed to talk our landlord down to raising our rent only $200 instead o...