Happy St. Patty’s Day + Happy Easter!

We didn’t do anything Easter-specific today …ya know, like color some hard-boiled eggs and hide them. We didn’t buy any chocolate bunnies or Cadburry eggs. We just woke up today and hung around the house….which I seem to be very interested in doing on the weekends lately. I really like having “us” time and “me” time. Maybe that’s lame, but I guess I’m ok with that. ;) Anybody do anything special for Easter? I assume my family back home is having a big lunch/dinner to celebrate and going to church together. I can see my mom rushing around with all the food and drinks and smiling really big. Wish I could be there with them!

As for last week, it was just a big work week with lots of design meetings that went surprisingly well. :) I get a little stressed when I know design presentations are coming up but my project managers usually take most of the stress off of me…they’re positive and well-spoken….one thing I hope to get better at with more practice.

We went out on Monday for St Patrick’s day (Isn’t that Kelley + Ryan’s 1 year anniversary!? – wow, time flies!) for some green beers with my friends from work – Rene, Jessica, Libby (and her finance Casey), and Bobby miraculously showed up at the end of the night to join us. Ended up at Howl at the Moon and got to see Jess for a bit. Lance was there too which was a nice surprise! I got a big foam hat and a bunch of beads and danced around a bit…ate some awesome chicken + cheese quesadillas. As you can see in the pic to the right – Bobby is also looking stylish in his foam hat, paired with his complimenting green soccer jersey. hahaha. I think it was a good night had by all…I’ll post some pics on myspace here in a minute. :)

Long Drive

…just got into Findlay, O-H-I-O….that was the longest drive of my life! I think its a huge shock to drive a 5-6 hour drive by yourself when you are usually sharing it with another person. It’s seriously mind-bogglingly boring. I did have my kitties with me (Phantom + Tex) who are awesome but can’t really have a conversation….except different kinds of meows. They were funny though, all over the car investigating the dash and the rear window making visibility sporadic and/or nonexistent.

I was driving Bobby’s car (which although it’s nicer than my car and has GPS) for some reason does not come with directions. I couldn’t figure out the cruise control so my right foot and ankle are totally numb right now. My phone also weirdly went into roaming mode about two hours ago and never came back so I couldn’t call anyone when I got sleepy. BOO! I hope the drive home on Sunday is much better. Sadly tonight I’m having lonely sleepy time because Bobby is in London (he should be calling me shortly to tell me he got there ok.)

One really great thing that happened tonight though was seeing my mom waiting for me at the door like the good ol days! I miss my family soooo much. So glad to be back for a visit!