Ahhhhhh.... silence

We are finally house-guest free. Over the past week some of my family has been here visiting - my uncle, aunt, cousin & her daughter came up from Chicago. It's been a whirl-wind week. They arrived on Monday evening, & they left earlier this morning. They went to the Waterpark of America on Tuesday (which I was able to get out of, thank goodness), then we all went to the Zoo on Wednesday. That was a lot of fun. We got to see the new Grizzly Coast exhibit, which the Zoo did a very nice job with. The weather was gorgeous, & I managed to fry myself pretty good (which, if you know me, isn't that hard). I'm not Casper any more! =)

Thursday was the big Wall of Maleria day. My cousin's little girl (who's now all of 13 & quite the teenager - whiny & self absorbed & all) was looking forward to that day for months. We walked around 3 of the 4 floors & were there probably 5 or 6 hours. Yes, I am completely insane.

Yesterday we took the light rail downtown to Nicollet Mall. My aunt wanted to see the Mary Tyler Moore statue, & the Basilica of St. Mary. So we did that. And walked. And walked. And walked. I swear I've walked 50 miles in the last 3 days.

All in all it was a good time though. This particular branch of my family is my favorite, so that helped. The only issue came Monday night when my mom decided to wig out on everyone. She was the most stressful of anyone. I swear, that woman could try the patience of Mother Teresa.

Oh, & I drove a minivan. I HATE minivans. They suck.

It's like thunder...lightning...

Check these out... I think I just had a Weathergasm. Whee!

So what do you think?

I monkeyed around with the format. Let me know what you think. Unless you hate it... then STFU.

Whoot!

My Boys

I had a GREAT Friday today. It was sunny, warm & I had the freakin' day off from work. It was so nice & relaxing. I needed it - between the shit going on at work & fighting my typhoid affliction for the last couple weeks, I've been a bit frazzled. But today was very nice.

Tomorrow should be fun too - I get to hang out with the guys at band practice. I don't really do anything, I just sit & listen & try to help where I can. But that's ok, because it's a good time. And I've offered to cook tomorrow too - hopefully they all have cast-iron stomachs. ;-) Teehee, just kidding!

Sniffly, sneezy, coughy, achy...

Yeah, this is me today. Altho I'm not entirely sure, as I'm doped up on Benedryl. & it makes me kinda loopy. But I do pretty much feel like this:



Ok, back to bed.

Just for Jim...

In a Past Life...

You Were: A Friendly Beekeeper. Where You Lived: Scotland. How You Died: Typhoid fever.

Who Were You In a Past Life?

Honestly... I'm speechless.

I... got nothin'. Make your own conclusions. Just look closely...