Entertaining

Today was such a great day. I found the elusive ball and managed to get on it long enough to churn out a good bit of work. After that triumph, I of course went swimming. That was a lot harder today than it usually is. I'm not sure what was up with that. Anywho, the best part of the day came next. Henry and I got to cook dinner for our friends! Turns out, we love entertaining. Having company over was so great; I hope this happens more often. It was so nice to have a full table and use "the big plates" (As it turns out, they are so big they don't fit on our drying rack. Ha. Maybe we wont use those next time).

I have no segue for this, but orchids are not easy plants. I have had two for a week now and have been super concerned about them. They are so finicky! Too close to the sun, they burn (as in for-real-turn-black burn), too far away and they wilt. Too much water, the roots rot, not enough and they wither. Turn them in a new orientation, they 'stress' (I'm not sure what that looks like, but I'll let you know when it happens). You also aren't supposed to get the leaves wet (again, no clue what happens if you do). I'm lucky to have found a friend to nurse them while I am at camp next week. One of them is supposed to bloom soon so I really hope I'm doing things right.

There is also no segue for the following topic: weekday vegetarians.

http://blog.ted.com/2010/05/why_im_a_weekda.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TEDBlog+%28TEDBlog&utm_content=Google+Reade This guy will explain. Henry and I have been discussing trying this. I was a vegetarian for 40 days and kind of liked it. I felt pretty good and our grocery bill was definitely cheaper. I think I will try this after camp.

Thanks for making it to the end of a really random blog. : )

Super Unproductive

This weekend was super busy, but pretty awesome. We made it to Christian's graduation in time to grab some of the last shade (We may not have seen her graduate, but we heard her!... we are pretty sure we saw her head though... maybe) Tomorrow we get to enjoy another graduation! Ha. It is graduation season for sure. We woke up at 6:30 this morning to come home and, even though I slept nearly the whole way AND had a two hour nap once we got home, I have still gotten nothing done. Not good.

Busy

This week has been busy! I have been writing/doing so much for work which is so great, I love the responsibility and the opportunity (even if I do fail and everything has to be completely revised, I have already learned so much it's worth the fail.). I have also gone swimming nearly everyday! I think swimming helps my mojo. Whatever that is. I just feel better, active. It does not do much for my back though, Henry's hands are probably going to fall off if I ask him to rub it one more time. The Sanderson needs a hot tub/steam room.

This weekend is also full of plans:

* Dinner with Henry's boss (I'm doing the wife thing and making a pie)

* Trip to see Christian graduate with her Masters degree! (With a 4.0!)

* Trip to see Henry's dad, stepmom, and sisters!

I think next week is going to be just as busy. I'll be finishing the same stuff at work, we are going to another graduation, and we leave for camp that weekend! I am so pumped about the trip (even if I do sleep through most of it).

Fate

If I didn't already believe in a divine power, tonight would have sealed the deal/rocked my world. Seeing as I already believe in God and His amazing and amazingly hilarious ways, I just had to laugh. Henry, Kaci, and I signed a lease not too long ago for next semester for the apartment complex Henry lived in last year. If that wasn't representative of how small the world is, just wait. We got our apt. assignment this weekend. It is for the EXACT same apartment. We drove by to make certain. That particular apartment has a rich, long history and I couldn't be more excited to move back in. Now it seems so silly to have round up all the keys and turned them in to only get them back again.

In other, completely unrelated news, I downloaded the Methodist Church app for the itouch. I'm anxious to see if it is awesome/informative or a bust.

Broken

Everything I touched today broke. That might be an exaggeration, let me rephrase: Everything I bought broke. Yesterday, I mentioned purchasing swimming accoutrements. I spent $11 today on goggles, a swim cap, and a nose plug. The goggles broke while trying to extract them from the package. The swim cap ripped while trying to put it over my head at the pool. The nose plug hurt so bad it might as well have been broken. I still went swimming though, of course.

The good stuff

So here is the good stuff that I promised:

1) Kaci and I went swimming again today! We like it so much we are going to buy proper accoutrements soon. (Like swim caps and goggles)

2) We had angel hair and alfredo sauce for dinner, that was good.

3) We made brownies! Warm brownies and ice cream are the best.

4) "90% of women's pheromones come out of their head! Thats why women are so short! So men will fall in love when they hug a woman!"(Phoebe) We are watching Friends

Lunch!!!

I don't want to whine. Lie. I do want to whine. It's my blog and I will do what I want.

I am tired of having the shakes and a headache. It was so bad today I thought I would rip my toenails off for a distraction. My friend in lab suggested I go get some lunch. Lunch? What's lunch? I've been waking up at noon and eating breakfast so I just called it breakfast/lunch and then would eat dinner a million hours later. Duh! I'm hungry! I ate chick-fil-a and drank an absurd amount of water and then felt better! Not perfect, but not like I was going to pull my own toenails out. The shakes, however, did not go away. Frustrating. Anyway, I'm glad for the relief.

I feel like today is a two blogger day. I'll blog upbeat stuff later.