Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

I did promise installation #2 of the Killington review today, but alas, it will have to wait until tomorrow. I'm just not feeling witty enough to do it justice. Instead... A big congratulation to Bill and Julie and their newest addition Hendley Caroline Boucek (It would just be wrong to talk about Killington after that) :)

Let's start with Friday: The plan was for Shakes to work until noon and be on the road by 12:15. The car would be packed and in working order by 11. All other errands accounted for and accomplished. That was the plan. At 11, Matt realized the car battery was completely dead, and I realized I hadn't practiced my fiddle and would definitely not be bringing it into the danger zone of the Killington house. Fast forward till 12:45 and picture Shakes scarfing down Mac and Cheese while helping Matt throw stuff in the car and me walking around playing the fiddle. It was very Titanic-esque. :) We arrived at the house around 5 with beer balls and Shmirnoff Ice aplenty, then proceeded to pop open some drinks, fire up the Yahtzee, and wait for everyone to arrive. Around 7, about 9 of us piled into Elaine's CRV and headed to the local pizza bar where we spent a nice time sitting in front of a fire with a brew and listening to live music. We brought the pizza back to the house jus...

what happens when you put 24 fun loving people and copious amounts of alcohol together in a house in the woods? :) well, have you ever had such a fabulous weekend that by the end of it you are so exhausted you can't barely do it justice? yea that was this past weeked. there was much drinking, playing, snowboarding, snow crawling (errr... hiking), and general saucy camaraderie. since i don't think i got to bed before 3 or 4 am any night, i spent about 3 hours after we got back today passed out on the couch. :) i know there are going to be about 1000 pictures from the 5 different cameras there, but you can start off looking at mine. (link at top left) i'm going to go finish watching Heroes but maybe tomorrow i'll tell you about survivor flip-cup :)

till hip hop class. yessssssssssssssss. today (after a slow start) i decided i was going to kick some ass at work. then i spent about 6 hours sifting through a million different servers looking for 2 files... and i realized that the system kicked my ass instead. bah. i thought computers were supposed to make life easier? on another countdown front: t minus 2 days till the killington debauchery. awww fabulousness. i'm a little worried for my liver, but we did some training last weekend, so it should be ok. i just have to fight through the haze to remember to take pictures to share with y'all. :) ugh, i can't take work anymore. i'm out.

now that my weekend is finally winding down i think i'll take a minute to blog. of course, i say "finally winding down" but it never really wound up to begin with. due to a last minute cancellation, instead of heading north to vermont matt, shakes, naomi and i stayed in somerville. though i may have other reasons to complain, the unexpected non-activity was definitely nice. friday evening had an outting to see Solas , a phenomenal irish group, at the 'ville theatre. which was preceded with tasty dinner and followed by drinks at the Burren. saturday i had a good angry girl day with naomi where we made ourselves happy by spending much time and money at every store imaginable. after quite a few new clothes and trying on more ridiculous shoes than you can imagine, we were in high spirits as we headed back to my place to cook dinner... mini shea and his girlfriend, nicole, joined us for a very fun evening of cooking (yes, you can fit 6 people in our kitchen, but onl...

Today I'm pondering America's workaholic tendencies. I mean, we can start with the big stuff like 2 weeks of vacation (not enough), but I would like to focus on the 8 hour workday. Most people put in more than 8 hours. It's not only encouraged, it's expected. Like somehow, even though you signed up for that salary at 40 hours a week, you were talking in some code that everyone should know about. And let's just say you were firm about only working your 8 hours except in extreme cases (which is where I stand). You are technically expected to work at least 8.5. Lunch, it seems, is not included with most companies. This doesn't make any sense to me. Shouldn't it be recognized that if you want someone to work a full day, they're going to need food? And that, being the norm, shouldn't be counted against them? What I want to know, is who the first company was that started this trend? Because they are getting no business from me! You may think I...

I would be a bad friend if I didn't gush about how wonderful my birthday was, and so I will.It started with a little extra sleep (the snooze button was my gift to myself) and just got better from there. Right before lunch a gorgeous bouquet of flowers arrived direct from London. Ok, probably not from London, but from Julie in London via the local florist. They have made every day since a better day (They're amazing. I would post a pic, but I can't figure out how to get it off my phone onto my computer). I thought that would be the highlight, but... My plans for the evening consisted of a fiddle lesson followed by dinner at the apartment and maybe the gym. Good thing my plans got hijacked. Surprise #1: Shakes and Matt met me in Fenway after my lesson and we braved the cold to go to Narc and Joy's (adorable) apartment. Surprise #2: Marc and Emily are there with presents! And Naomi arrives shortly therafter with presents and CUPCAKES! After a few glasses of delic...