Stanley

Not being a sports person doesn’t mean that I still can’t enjoy the morning after glow of a championship. As I was walking into work this morning there was a general good buzz in the air, everyone walked lighter and the sun was out and shining. I got to thinking. I haven’t lived in Boston long, but since I’ve moved here, we’ve won the Super Bowl, there’s been two World Series wins and I think two World Champions and now the Stanley Cup. How cool is that?

DC Visit

Picture post! Which is a bit obvious to state. Last weekend I was visiting with my friend Joanne and Kevin in DC and meeting their latest addition. Basically spent time just chilling at their place after a busy week in our DC office and a heat/humidity wave. I was able to babysit and relieve baby duty from the parents as they worked on other projects that needed their joint attention. Including getting ready to move-in to their new place they just bought.  Talk about timing - newborn, new job and new house!  The trifecta!  It was fun having the little one all to myself - Joanne and Kevin were great at sharing!

This one Joanne classifies as "newborns are a lot of work" - there are a lot of photos like this I imagine. BTW, their couches were so comfortable I would just sink into them.

Of course, classic case of no pics of mom as she's usually the one behind the camera being good about recording the moments.  So here's another one of me and the wee one!

Maple Cotton Candy

I did it again.  Not anything really post worthy other then I need to remind myself of what it feels like the morning after.  I had one last bag of maple cotton candy left over from last weekend.  Last night, I get home after a delayed flight, excited to just collapse but very hungry since I had lunch that consisted of snacks (i.e. not enough).  Cooked up a salmon burger real quick which hit the spot.  And as I'm relaxing on the couch watching a movie my eye catches the last bag of cotton candy up on top of the bookcase.  It's deflated so now's the time to start eating it before it goes bad (it doesn't really go bad, just gets denser and denser).  And next thing I know the whole bag is gone.  At least I had a decent dinner this time but even so, this morning I wake up and feel hung over.  I think it's a sugar high that I'm still working off of.  That or I'm still exhausted from traveling and visiting and not able to properly recharge the batteries.  Anyways, the smartest.  Will I ever learn?  I've definitely put the purchase of the cotton candy machine on hold.

Tuesday Night Leftovers

Another random post. I’m exhausted so find bullet points lend themselves to my preferred way of communicating. If only I could go around work spouting off bullet point conversations.

- Works going well but has reached the point of there is just way too much to do and I’ve already paired everything down to the stuff that needs to get done and parked the rest, although I’m itching to start on that stuff too. At least I’m getting the lay of the land so am able to make decisions better. Getting there.

- Last night I had the best dinner (at the time) and the worst dinner (at 3 am). It was just one meal - maple cotton candy that I had picked up from the fair up in VT this weekend. I hadn’t meant to eat it before dinner but then I thought, “hey, I’m an adult, if I want to eat dessert first and then dinner, that’s my prerogative”. Unfortunately I stopped at dessert, so come the middle of the night I woke up starving but too tired to fix a meal. Resulting in not such a great night’s sleep last night. Lesson learned? Probably not - maple syrup is my Achilles heel.

- I made it up to the 10th annual Strolling of the Heifers in VT last weekend. It was a ton of fun since I had a bunch of friends join me and sleep over. Dawn and Bill and Ashley had made it up for the day early this year when we were touring the maple bushes, so they had been introduced to my family. We had a blast enjoying the parade and the fair and playing cards all afternoon and cooking and eating and talking about food. Fun for all. Of course there are pictures but not on my camera.

- I’ve been trying to take photos with my camera and it’s just old. I got it back when I was in grad school - almost 10 years ago. I need to shop around for a new one. Do you ever have a day where there is nothing to wear? I just can’t seem to put anything together, but know I have. I figured I’d start photographing some of my better combinations, but they’re coming out crummy. Another thing to put on the list. That, or go back to the iphone - I seemed to take more pics with that camera.

- I’m off to DC for work. Excited to go down and visit that office and have been able to arrange it so that I can meet up with some friends. I think I have a half dozen or so people I know but chose to not over extend myself. I’m visiting a friend I missed when they were up visiting last month and my old college friend Joanne who just had her daughter last month. Should be fun. If only the flight wasn’t so early in the morning!

- So the crush turned into something and then veered quickly into left field. I just don’t get guys. They’re such an enigma sometimes. The funny thing is he’s where I was a year ago so good to see how I’ve progressed. Another good guy friend to add to the list. So, I just erased something specific about him - figure I should keep it vague as you never know who reads these things. Cryptic note to myself - the three Ws. Let’s see if I remember what this means a year from now.

- And finally, I have to share a voicemail message I received this weekend. It was from the parents of my god-son. Apparently the car game I taught Cameron last month when we were coming back from Maine stuck. They’re on the road and he’s making them duck at every overpass they go under. Don’t you love when you can influence young minds?