I'm Baaaack

Hey there all you party people I am back from my trip over the pond.

Ireland was wonderful, and I am a bit tired, but nothing I can't handle.

TTYL

invites..

..are done. Well, almost have a few stragglers that need fixin' but the rest were at the post office at 830 this morning. now I won't have to worry about them whilst I am away.

Speaking of which, I leave tomorrow. So fair well to all of yous.

drool spot of shame

I am at work and I am staring at the constant reminder of my slacking... the drool spot of shame. I think my dad's reaction to my story of falling asleep at work was the best, mostly because it was my dad and he laughed.

So, as I am constantly reminded of my laziness and sloth-like qualities I will post what will most likely be my last post ever.


Until I return I mean :) (I scared you for a second!)


This week has been going by quickly and since I left myself with no work to do this week I have been doing other things, like researching the colors of the euro and fielding calls for wedding and family related stuff. In all, yesterday I did about 5 min of work.

Did you all watch the season finale of Gilmore Girls? I laugh at all the TiVo-ers out there that tried to skip commercials by tivo-ing the finale and got burned by the WB. (The show ran over by 3 min, arguably the most important 3 min of the show.)

In other news, my invites have been returned to me and I will (hopefully) get them in the mail tomorrow morning. And RJ it is the 6th and you know it.

I am still a little worried about my trip but now that I have a 55$ backpack and 80$ earphones everything should be better. (Yes I bought myself 80$ earphones, and no you can't borrow them) I also have obsessive compulsive notes that I made into a 6 page itinerary to fill me with joy if I get bored.

My biggest fear of traveling: I'll get lost at the airport like in home alone 2 and then while everyone else is enjoy a nice vacation I will have to thwart house robbers with my uncanny ability to throw paint cans at their heads. But really, I am worried that I won't be able to us my email or my cell phone for 10 days... I am worried that I will forget something important ("You didn't bring your schlockamabobber?!? What are you an idiot?!?")... I am worried that my planning ahead will all be for naught as my family drives 30 mi in the wrong direction because all the road signs are in Irish and none of us can read that.

As you can see I worry a lot, now just take this incessant worrying, multiply by a factor of ten, and that is what I will be on Friday August 5th.

Ok well I really should work... or at least pretend to work. I am getting paid to be here.

See you all later... I return on the 29th... but I am sure Bill and I will both post about our adventures on the 30th once we have both recovered.

tired but happy

so those who read Bill's post will know why i am full, and the tired is just a continuation from yesterday. At least today I didn't fall asleep on my desk, instead I did some brainless cleaning of my office. I moved a bunch of files to the trash... they were leftovers from the previous person to have my office, and since i have worked at R&T for about 1.5 years now the files were all dated 2001, 2002.

In 6 days I will be out side of North America (outside the country if you think of canada as just an extension of the northeast) for the first time ever. If you hear about some crazy being subdued on a transatlantic flight it was probably me going crazy from being stuck in a tin can for that long.

I have been thinking about my job a lot lately, there are some great incentives to stay there for a while (good pension free health care, great bonuses) but i don't know if this is what i want to do when i grow up. I mean i thought i would be changing the world some how, or at least thinking great thoughts. maybe i just need to get involved in something out side of my on small and unimportant life.

Bill's laptop is freaking out at the moment I don't know what the processor is trying to do, but it is ka-chunking a whole bunch.

If anyone wants a postcard from Ireland email me with your address and i'll send you one.

Later.

wicked

"No one mourns the wicked!"
So last night we went to go see wicked. I was so happy that the show didn't disappoint me. So often I get excited about seeing performances, movies, music acts, etc and am disappointed in the end. The woman who played Elphaba had such a great voice, even better than the original recording. It also made me happy that the theater was packed. For the rest of our season tickets the theater has been pretty empty (Wednesday nights - not surprising), but it seemed almost sold out (maybe it was?). Anyway, other than the singing my favorite parts were the costumes and the lighting effects. I was annoyed at how they changed the book around for certain parts of the play, but I know the book was very long and they did get the gist of it.

In other news the countdown is at 8 days -yikes!!! I am going to have to pack this weekend.

Oh so I was so very tired this afternoon that I fell asleep at my desk on my wrist pad thing for my key board. Now there is a drool (eew) mark on my wrist pad. On top of that I woke up with a huge red line going across my face and a horrible neck ache. all in all i think i would have been better off drinking a coke instead of giving in to my napping desires.

single digit happy dance

So I am leaving for Ireland in 9 days... yikes!

In other news I finished reading Freakonomics and enjoyed it :) http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/05/11/freakonomics.ap/index.html

there are 87 days left before I go off and get myself married... Bill and I still have a lot of work to do. I keep hoping someone will magically finish everything for me, but it's not happening.

Yesterday I went to the Smart Museum of a little "party". I met the incoming director. for those who know the Smart, Julie is pregnant with her second child, and well they basically have a new staff other than her and Jackie.

Tonight we go see Wicked. I can't wait!! I will post a review of it at some point, I really hope it doesn't dissappoint me.

Happy Birthday Jed

ok well thats it. ttfn

"Four dead in O-hi-o"

yes, today is the anniversary of the Kent State shootings. Most non-Ohio/non-hippy-era people don't remember this but today is the anniversary of the shooting deaths of four innocent bystanders by the hands of the national guard. Anyway, I think people should remember and reflect on those shootings, even if only for a moment.

In other news, I finished up a draft of my Ireland itinerary last night, and therefore didn't post again as I thought I would.

Bill bought me the freakonomics book. Much of what is covered are papers we read in college, but there are other studies that I haven't read/ heard about and the book is well written (thanks to Dubner)

Our invitations are being addressed this week so hopefully we will be able to print up maps and get all the postage stuff together by next Monday. 94 days and counting ... yikes!

Pretty Princess?

Flower power

Brynn

ready for the weekend

So I have decided that the work week should be two days and the weekend should be 5. Basically, I need my vacation (17 days-thank God).

So what is new in Sarah's life you might ask? (actually you probably wouldn't because, well, you probably don't care)

Anyway wedding things are going well. Erin bought her little ones dresses for the wedding. I'll try to post a picture.

Work is wearing thin on me.

I am really looking forward to seeing Wicked next week, also leavingearly for a rooftop game wiht Bill on Friday will help.

Anyway I think I should get back to work so maybe I'll post tonight.