Hello!
You may have noticed a slowdown in my blogging. Well, I have some news:
I am moving!
More specifically, I am moving to the Boston area!
Still more specifically, Sarah and I have put a deposit on an apartment in Watertown, MA!!!
So, what does this all mean - is the blog dying? Certainly not. However, I will need to devote more time in the near future to my move and my frantic job-search. So, I'll appreciate your patience (and your support, and your congratulations). I'll blog when I can, but I will need to focus on real life, at least for the time being...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Happy New Year! or Hey! Look what I did!
It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you without a dope beat to step to...
So, I left my house on 12/22 and I basically got back last night (there were a few days back here in between, but they were full of guests and fun, so they're considered part of the entire vacation time). I'll try to fill everyone in on what went down, but I bet the beginning will be difficult.
Friday 12/22 - I went to my parents house to kick off my end of the year festivities. It was Dad's birthday, so we did some presents for him, then some dinner, and then, since we were going away for Christmas, we exchanged our presents. My big gift was new tires for my car (whee!). Aside from that, there was a sweater, a book, and some boxers, and I'm sure a couple of things I'm forgetting (hey, it was a long time ago). I'm guessing we really didn't do anything else that night, but I really can't remember. We'll assume I went to bed at some point.
Saturday 12/23 - I woke up and was told I could take my time getting to the Christmas destination (Lenox, MA). Then I received a text from cousin Megan saying "Get here now!", or something to that effect. I was all "Umm, taking my time, what's the deal?" to which she replied "Umm, dinner at 5:30, be there!". I checked my watch, let out a 'eek!', grabbed my things, took the dog to be boarded, and went to pick up two cousins and Grandma. We did the drive up, and arrived at the Birchwood Inn at 5:25. We immediately headed to dinner at some place with really good bread. I had a quesadilla. We all went back to the inn, played some Trivial Pursuit, and went to bed. I shared room number three with cousins Ryan and Jonathan. I should tell you at this point that the inn had some literature in the room about its history, and one thing it mentioned was that rooms number three and ten were thought to be haunted.
Sunday 12/24 - We woke up and Ryan told us about how he heard a ghost during the night! How adorable is that? I should mention that he's nineteen. Apparently he saw and heard the closet door opening and closing rapidly at around 5am. He said he thought of waking me, but he thought I would just make fun of him. That may be true, but also, he should know that I have no idea how to fight a ghost. We went to breakfast, which was delightful, and then Dad, Todd, Ryan and I went to nearby Jiminy Peak for some skiing. When we arrived it was rainy and the slopes didn't look too good, but we decided to give it a shot and actually had a really great time. We went back to the inn to get ready and then went to some restaurant. I had artichoke pasta - it was ok. At some point in my car with Todd, Ryan, Jonathan, and Emily, we heard "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim, which quickly became the theme song for the rest of the trip. Back at the inn after dinner, the cousins did Secret Santa (I got a t-shirt and a pony from Brian!), and then I think we played Scattergories for a while. The game ended in a tie between Colleen and I, so we had a little showdown, which she won. I'm guessing we went to bed after that.
Monday 12/25 - Christmas! We all had breakfast together, and then got ready for church. Thankfully, someone put Grandma in charge of finding out when church was, and I guess she made some mistakes, so we weren't able to go. I'm not sure anyone even pretended they were sad about that. Christmas without church is like a day where no one punches me in the face, and by that I mean it's simply wonderful. Then Todd, Jonathan and I went outside to play some football, which basically meant Todd spent a lot of time on the ground. After that I'm thinking we exchanged gifts and then got ready for dinner. We went to the Red Lion Inn (or something) and had an awesome Xmas feast. I had squash ravioli followed by white chocolate cheesecake. We went back to the inn, played Pit (which I totally won), and everyone went to bed, or so I thought. I went upstairs to find Megan and Jonathan chatting in the hallway, so I joined them. Then Emily came over. Then we went and sat in our room, and Ryan came over as well. Then Aunt Erin came over. Then Uncle EJ came over. I think we were in there talking until around 3am. That was fun.
Tuesday 12/26 - We woke up, had breakfast, packed up, said our goodbyes, and made our way out. I headed to Stow, MA to see Sarah. I arrived around 2pm, and I don't think we did much of anything until around 7, when we had pizza with her grandma. Afterwards, we went to see Black Christmas, which was pretty darn terrible.
Wednesday 12/27 - We were supposed to go skiing, but the conditions didn't allow, so we pretty much spent the day lying around. We watched Wedding Crashers, and around 8pm we finally got the motivation to get some dinner at Friday's. We came home, watched Just Friends, and went to bed. It sounds like our time in Stow was boring, but it was actually super relaxing and fun.
Thursday 12/28 - We left Stow, headed to Moe's in Shrewsbury for lunch, and made our way to my place in Long Beach, NY (sidenote: I was telling Sarah today how one of my favorite parts of the whole vacation was driving to NY and back to Massachusetts with her. I'm not really sure why, but it was really nice.). We arrived around five pm, fully expecting to see Mike and Shelley in the near future, but some communication breakdowns and a pretty good distance led to them arriving at my place around ten pm. In the interim, Sarah and I exchanged our Christmas gifts. I got a Moe's gift card and an awesome Celtics sweatshirt (and they quickly became my second favorite NBA team, replacing the NJ Nets). Mike, Shelley, Enston and Heather arrived, we ate dinner, exchanged gifts (I got a shirt, some cds, and some dvds) and then played Apples to Apples until 2 am, at which point Enston and Heather went home. Sarah, Mike, Shelley and I played cards until 6am, and then went to bed.
Friday 12/29 - We all slowly woke up, and Mike, Shelley and I went to West End Pizza for lunch. After that I left Mike and Shelley to watch Psycho as I went to pick up supplies for the evening's pre-new years party. Around 7pm, our guests started arriving. Frank, Rachel, Enston, Heather, Atom, Stacey, and a few of Dave's work friends came over. We all had a wonderful night of drinking and hanging out, and I think I finally got to sleep around 7am.
Saturday 12/30 - I took Mike and Shelley to the airport around 9am, said goodbye, and quickly came back here for another lie-in-bed day with Sarah. I did laundry at some point, we did some post-party cleaning, watched Chasing Amy, and at around 8pm we went to Chipotle in Hicksville. I think that was the whole day, but it was excellent. And I think it was today that Sarah told me she booked us a New Years hotel so we wouldn't have to drive back to her parents house after the party. Awesome.
Sunday 12/31 - Sarah made some cinnamon rolls, which was very nice to wake up to, and we got ready to head back to Massachusetts for Becca's New Years Eve party. We drove up in the afternoon, and made our first stop in Worcester at Dick's Sporting Goods (the sweatshirt she bought me was a large, which is fine, but I prefer XL for sweatshirts). They didn't have my size, so we went to Dick's #2 in Framingham. They didn't have it either. Then we got dinner at Friday's, checked into the hotel, and got ready for the party. We took a cab to Becca's, and arrived to find her, Mardi, Joe, Melissa, Carly and Kevin having some drinks in the TV room. We quickly joined them, and then moved to the living room to open some naughty gifts and goody bags. After playing with some of our new toys, we watched the ball drop, and did some New Year kissing and champagne toasting. Not long after, Sarah, Becca and I went to 'find the beat' somewhere in the neighborhood, and, after failing to find it, came back to see a naked party through a window. More beer was consumed, phone calls and merry were made, and then Joe and Melissa graciously offered us a ride back to the hotel, where we, umm, went to bed.
Monday 1/1 - We woke up around noon. I watched Bobby Knight become the winningest coach in college basketball while Sarah showered and got ready, and we left the hotel around 2pm. We went to the last Dick's in the area, and they finally had my size! Then we went to the Outback for dinner. I got made fun of for ordering a Bloomin onion and cheese fries as dinner, and I deserved it, because seriously, that was out of control. I think my body agreed, because I was forced to poop at the restaurant, which, as most of you know, I absolutely hate to do. It actually went pretty well though. We went back to Sarah's house, and, while I was having my about-to-leave pee, I dropped my phone in her toilet. I fished it out and cleaned it off, and now it seems to be working well enough, but come on, the thing has been in a toilet, we all know it has got to go (new phone comes Friday!). After that unfortunate event, I said goodbye and sadly made my way back to NY...
So, I left my house on 12/22 and I basically got back last night (there were a few days back here in between, but they were full of guests and fun, so they're considered part of the entire vacation time). I'll try to fill everyone in on what went down, but I bet the beginning will be difficult.
Friday 12/22 - I went to my parents house to kick off my end of the year festivities. It was Dad's birthday, so we did some presents for him, then some dinner, and then, since we were going away for Christmas, we exchanged our presents. My big gift was new tires for my car (whee!). Aside from that, there was a sweater, a book, and some boxers, and I'm sure a couple of things I'm forgetting (hey, it was a long time ago). I'm guessing we really didn't do anything else that night, but I really can't remember. We'll assume I went to bed at some point.
Saturday 12/23 - I woke up and was told I could take my time getting to the Christmas destination (Lenox, MA). Then I received a text from cousin Megan saying "Get here now!", or something to that effect. I was all "Umm, taking my time, what's the deal?" to which she replied "Umm, dinner at 5:30, be there!". I checked my watch, let out a 'eek!', grabbed my things, took the dog to be boarded, and went to pick up two cousins and Grandma. We did the drive up, and arrived at the Birchwood Inn at 5:25. We immediately headed to dinner at some place with really good bread. I had a quesadilla. We all went back to the inn, played some Trivial Pursuit, and went to bed. I shared room number three with cousins Ryan and Jonathan. I should tell you at this point that the inn had some literature in the room about its history, and one thing it mentioned was that rooms number three and ten were thought to be haunted.
Sunday 12/24 - We woke up and Ryan told us about how he heard a ghost during the night! How adorable is that? I should mention that he's nineteen. Apparently he saw and heard the closet door opening and closing rapidly at around 5am. He said he thought of waking me, but he thought I would just make fun of him. That may be true, but also, he should know that I have no idea how to fight a ghost. We went to breakfast, which was delightful, and then Dad, Todd, Ryan and I went to nearby Jiminy Peak for some skiing. When we arrived it was rainy and the slopes didn't look too good, but we decided to give it a shot and actually had a really great time. We went back to the inn to get ready and then went to some restaurant. I had artichoke pasta - it was ok. At some point in my car with Todd, Ryan, Jonathan, and Emily, we heard "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim, which quickly became the theme song for the rest of the trip. Back at the inn after dinner, the cousins did Secret Santa (I got a t-shirt and a pony from Brian!), and then I think we played Scattergories for a while. The game ended in a tie between Colleen and I, so we had a little showdown, which she won. I'm guessing we went to bed after that.
Monday 12/25 - Christmas! We all had breakfast together, and then got ready for church. Thankfully, someone put Grandma in charge of finding out when church was, and I guess she made some mistakes, so we weren't able to go. I'm not sure anyone even pretended they were sad about that. Christmas without church is like a day where no one punches me in the face, and by that I mean it's simply wonderful. Then Todd, Jonathan and I went outside to play some football, which basically meant Todd spent a lot of time on the ground. After that I'm thinking we exchanged gifts and then got ready for dinner. We went to the Red Lion Inn (or something) and had an awesome Xmas feast. I had squash ravioli followed by white chocolate cheesecake. We went back to the inn, played Pit (which I totally won), and everyone went to bed, or so I thought. I went upstairs to find Megan and Jonathan chatting in the hallway, so I joined them. Then Emily came over. Then we went and sat in our room, and Ryan came over as well. Then Aunt Erin came over. Then Uncle EJ came over. I think we were in there talking until around 3am. That was fun.
Tuesday 12/26 - We woke up, had breakfast, packed up, said our goodbyes, and made our way out. I headed to Stow, MA to see Sarah. I arrived around 2pm, and I don't think we did much of anything until around 7, when we had pizza with her grandma. Afterwards, we went to see Black Christmas, which was pretty darn terrible.
Wednesday 12/27 - We were supposed to go skiing, but the conditions didn't allow, so we pretty much spent the day lying around. We watched Wedding Crashers, and around 8pm we finally got the motivation to get some dinner at Friday's. We came home, watched Just Friends, and went to bed. It sounds like our time in Stow was boring, but it was actually super relaxing and fun.
Thursday 12/28 - We left Stow, headed to Moe's in Shrewsbury for lunch, and made our way to my place in Long Beach, NY (sidenote: I was telling Sarah today how one of my favorite parts of the whole vacation was driving to NY and back to Massachusetts with her. I'm not really sure why, but it was really nice.). We arrived around five pm, fully expecting to see Mike and Shelley in the near future, but some communication breakdowns and a pretty good distance led to them arriving at my place around ten pm. In the interim, Sarah and I exchanged our Christmas gifts. I got a Moe's gift card and an awesome Celtics sweatshirt (and they quickly became my second favorite NBA team, replacing the NJ Nets). Mike, Shelley, Enston and Heather arrived, we ate dinner, exchanged gifts (I got a shirt, some cds, and some dvds) and then played Apples to Apples until 2 am, at which point Enston and Heather went home. Sarah, Mike, Shelley and I played cards until 6am, and then went to bed.
Friday 12/29 - We all slowly woke up, and Mike, Shelley and I went to West End Pizza for lunch. After that I left Mike and Shelley to watch Psycho as I went to pick up supplies for the evening's pre-new years party. Around 7pm, our guests started arriving. Frank, Rachel, Enston, Heather, Atom, Stacey, and a few of Dave's work friends came over. We all had a wonderful night of drinking and hanging out, and I think I finally got to sleep around 7am.
Saturday 12/30 - I took Mike and Shelley to the airport around 9am, said goodbye, and quickly came back here for another lie-in-bed day with Sarah. I did laundry at some point, we did some post-party cleaning, watched Chasing Amy, and at around 8pm we went to Chipotle in Hicksville. I think that was the whole day, but it was excellent. And I think it was today that Sarah told me she booked us a New Years hotel so we wouldn't have to drive back to her parents house after the party. Awesome.
Sunday 12/31 - Sarah made some cinnamon rolls, which was very nice to wake up to, and we got ready to head back to Massachusetts for Becca's New Years Eve party. We drove up in the afternoon, and made our first stop in Worcester at Dick's Sporting Goods (the sweatshirt she bought me was a large, which is fine, but I prefer XL for sweatshirts). They didn't have my size, so we went to Dick's #2 in Framingham. They didn't have it either. Then we got dinner at Friday's, checked into the hotel, and got ready for the party. We took a cab to Becca's, and arrived to find her, Mardi, Joe, Melissa, Carly and Kevin having some drinks in the TV room. We quickly joined them, and then moved to the living room to open some naughty gifts and goody bags. After playing with some of our new toys, we watched the ball drop, and did some New Year kissing and champagne toasting. Not long after, Sarah, Becca and I went to 'find the beat' somewhere in the neighborhood, and, after failing to find it, came back to see a naked party through a window. More beer was consumed, phone calls and merry were made, and then Joe and Melissa graciously offered us a ride back to the hotel, where we, umm, went to bed.
Monday 1/1 - We woke up around noon. I watched Bobby Knight become the winningest coach in college basketball while Sarah showered and got ready, and we left the hotel around 2pm. We went to the last Dick's in the area, and they finally had my size! Then we went to the Outback for dinner. I got made fun of for ordering a Bloomin onion and cheese fries as dinner, and I deserved it, because seriously, that was out of control. I think my body agreed, because I was forced to poop at the restaurant, which, as most of you know, I absolutely hate to do. It actually went pretty well though. We went back to Sarah's house, and, while I was having my about-to-leave pee, I dropped my phone in her toilet. I fished it out and cleaned it off, and now it seems to be working well enough, but come on, the thing has been in a toilet, we all know it has got to go (new phone comes Friday!). After that unfortunate event, I said goodbye and sadly made my way back to NY...
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