Happy Thanksgiving!

Exhale!

Wow! I finally feel like I can come for air. This weekend saw the last of a string of five consecutive home LSU football games. In addition to it being the inaugural year of our selling product on campus, there were event marketing opportunities for us at several games. Also opening three stores since mid-August and a hurricane coming through...I feel like life has been a whirlwind of sorts for these past few months. Things may begin to slow a little now that we are approaching the oh-so-stressful holiday season. At least this time of year, while hectic, is an upbeat and exciting time of year for me. I plan on catching up with family and friends I feel I have neglected these past few months and enjoying some "down time" and perhaps returning to my pre-football/ pre-hurrican sense of routine. I declared on Saturday to Green Bean that I would take all of Sunday for myself, even "calling in" to my mother on Saturday night to tell her I would not be meeting her for church the next morning. While my plans were to sleep in and be lazy all day, things never turn out like you plan them to be. I woke rather early but forced myself to stay in bed until almost 9:00AM, drank coffee, read, went to the market, cooked a few things for dinner this week, watched a lifetime movie or two (both were about student-teacher drama), cleaned my refrigerator, did three loads of laundry, watched a little football, read the newspaper, met Heidi at the gym for a brief workout, caught up with a friend on the phone, had take out for dinner with a friend and ended the evening watching Juno. I failed to clean my apartment and clean out my car which were on the top of the to do list for weeks now. Both have been seriously neglected. Maybe Friday I will get to those since I scheduled myself a vacation day. With a short work week ahead, I am sure these three days will be action-packed at the office BUT the Saints are on Monday Night Football AND I have lunch plans with Green Bean today! Not a bad way for the week to begin...

this picture just made me laugh and want to see Little Miss Sunshine again!

Blog neglected

I have been too busy with work and life in general to keep the blog updated.
In recap:
1. Nothing too exciting that I had to stop everything and blog!
2. LSU football is in the tank!
3. Work is insane!
4. K Keen and her BF (Jim) were in town last weekend to enjoy some football festivities!
5. Natalie made the most delicious oatmeal cookies at her Saturday night BBQ (post recipe for all, Nat Rat)! Oh and K-Fed was in town last weekend too!!
6. No news on necklace post and wish coming true!
7. Green Bean hosted Italian Night last night (cooked spaghetti and watched Casino); I was only able to stay for dinner due to the amount of work I brought home last night!
8. Tonight I will watch a movie with Heidi after work (can't be clear on when "after work" is exactly)!
9. My neighbor, Brian, may be moving away from S Town :( !
10. I have had a ton of quality time with my parents these past few weeks (laundry at their place, nights stayed over to early vote or just too tired to drive home after having dinner with them etc., dinner with Dad while Mom travels etc.)
11. Fall Sunday in the Park series is over :( !
12. See #11...now I have NO EXCUSE not to clean this filthy apartment on my one day off each week. AND I need to move the furniture Holly Bof is housing for me in her extra bedroom over to my place!
13. I had a date with Sheirdan and Sarah last Thursday!
14. Sheridan needs to return the P-Touch!
15. I need to pay Sheridan for her work with the P-Touch she did about five months ago for Papa Murphy's!
16. I am in NO WAY ready for this holiday season (although I took the day after Thanksgiving off from work and am thinking of taking 12/24-1/4 off too - doubt that one will be granted)!
17. Pandora isn't working so well this early morning!
18. Need to get to the gym before this boring list says anymore about my boring life!!!
Photos from last couple of weeks: (in no particular order - Green Bean, Erik, K-Fed, Nat Rat, Mom, Kristen)