Becoming a Bum

Ali P. slept in (kinda) this morning! I got all ready for the day and then...read my book...and watched lots of TV (Memorial Day is TV marathon day, apparently--Grill It with Bobby Flay and Cake Boss)...and chatted on the phone, wrote a letter, checked some internet stuff...and hung out with Josh, Jess, and Nate a little bit. Nothing too crazy but I wore sweatpants all day and didn't exert too much energy so it was a change from the usual hustle and bustle. Tomorrow is back to work for Bronco Bash! I should be pretty busy with catching up from unfinished stuff from last week. Jess said we would probably play games and whatnot tomorrow--should be fun! I'm also looking forward to meeting Adrian Kennert this week! The baby pictures on Facebook were so adorable and I'm sure he's 100 times cuter in real life!

Now is the time when I back track and rack my memory for fun/exciting stuff that I did in the past two days... On Saturday, right when I finished my blog for the day, Ali B. came over and the chaos began... We had a yummy dinner with Michelle's family, which was grilled chicken, steamed cauliflower, coleslaw (which I actually liked!), and grilled French bread. Then the girls had this marvelous idea of baking cookies. The fact that s'mores were lined up on the agenda and a cheesecake was in the fridge was irrelevant--so we made cookies! White chocolate macadamia. It was an adventure because we used a mini countertop oven and aluminum foil. But the cookies turned out fine and tided us over while we played a pretty loopy game of Apples to Apples. Yup, with three people (plus help from Michelle's dad!)

Apples to Apples concluded and Catchphrase began--around the fire on the deck! It was pretty exciting passing around the Catchphrase machine over an open fire while making toasted marshmallows for the s'mores that were being created at the same time. It was pretty insane. And the s'mores were delicious. And the fire was hot. Crazy, right?

And then it got dark. So Ali B. had to head home because Michelle lives way out where there's no street lights. BUT we had to have cheesecake first! We did! LOTS OF SUGAR! The next day Michelle had to work early, and I spent time packing up stuff and doing laundry. Then she drove me off to Elmwood to Josh and Jess's! It was just me and Josh for Sunday and most of Monday, but we practiced our chilling skills and hung out. Oh yeah! And we chilled with Rory and Beth Sunday night, too! I hadn't seen Beth in a loooong time, and it seemed like I hadn't seen Rory in awhile, either!

And there. I think everything is all caught up now. I got my draft from thesis critiqued, so I'll have that to work on this week. I might apply for a job at the library, too...we'll see!

Less rain tomorrow, hopefully! I want to see the sunshine back! It's supposed to rain a few other days this week, but at least it's a warm rain! More fun and exciting summer updates to come!