rain, rain, go away!

...and of course I forgot my umbrella today. Oh well, I've only been on one run and it wasn't raining too terribly.

You would think with it being summer and me having nothing to do I would update more often, but apparently I have been keeping busy?

Last Friday after work I went home and ate Los Tres with my parents for dinner, which was delicious of course. After that Mom & I went shopping at Kohl's for Luann's bridal shower, Wal-Mart, and Joann's, which I LOVE! I got some card-making supplies to stock up :) and it was only 9 bucks for everything I got! which I was impressed with. I saved over 10 dollars :) It's always great to save more than you spend. Then I made Luann a card for her shower. My very first card! I am so proud of it :) I took pictures. I will have to upload those later so you all can see how amazing I am. :D After that I convinced the rents to go get ice cream, so we went to the Grandma & Grandpa's ice cream place down the highway. It was my first time and it was delicious! I got orange pineapple; it was amazing. After that headed back to the apartment and used my new organizational supplies from Wal-Mart to clean up. It only took me 2 hours! And it's stayed just as clean the past week, so let's hope I can keep it up :)

Saturday Jacob & I had lunch with our friend Mike at Real. Yes, Mexican two days in a row. That afternoon we headed over to Newton to hang with the fam (minus Kara :( ). We ate dinner at Joe's, which is a delicious Italian place. They showed me around the town some and then we headed to Effingham for more sights, and to see Iron Man 2. It was nice since I fell asleep the first time, and the film was messed up, so this time filled in some of the blanks :)

Sunday was Luann's bridal shower at Chan's lakehouse. I had never been out there before; it's pretty snazzy. It was a small, quiet affair with lots of lady talk mostly. It was also her 3rd shower so I think that's ok :) The moms seemed impressed with my card, so I was happy! After Jacob got off work we did some grocery shopping and cleaned out the fridge... threw away 5 trashbags' worth of stuff! It was mighty gross. That night I also got a text from Sally in Berlin that she got us an apartment! We move in in July. I am so pumped!

Monday I had THCB again. We got out the folders for the 2nd concert, too, and it's FULL of Disney stuff :) and the Wizard of Oz, of course. I can't wait!

Tuesday I worked, and then Max time in the afternoon. after that Jacob & I made quesadillas with this recipe I found... they were the best quesadillas I've ever eaten in my entire life, probably. Definitely need to buy a recipe book & put that one in there :) watched Lost while skyping with Mom and Bri. That was fun, but Sunday we'll all be watching together! In the same room! Can't wait :)

Wednesday I had off. We spent the whole day cleaning. We cleaned out the kitchen counter and the stove and the tub and the bathroom counter... and yes, that took all day. It looks super awesome now. Or at least it does for short periods of time before people put more crap on the clean surfaces... *sigh* We'll have our own apartment soon! And I know Sally & I aren't the cleanest of people but it's still gotta be better than now!

Yesterday I worked. Spent most of the day organizing the library in the conference room. That was a lot of work... so many journals and reference books! And the organization was horrible... so I tried to fix it, but it still doesn't make a lot of sense. Things went mostly wherever they would fit on the shelves... I injured myself too many times readjusting those shelves. After work Jacob & I made chicken teriyaki sandwiches with the George Foreman. They were amazing! And really easy to make, too. I ♥ that grill. Then Jacob had to go to work. I ended up hanging out with Bri and Neil. We got some pizza and watched Year One and some TV. It was nice to hang out with my sissy.

Today is Friday! I only have 30 minutes left of work and then it's the 3.5-day weekend! Dinner tonight is Olive Garden with Mom, Bri, and Grandma. I can't wait to try those new Italian crepes they've been advertising... my stomach just grumbled in agreement. I might be babysitting as well, but they haven't gotten back with me yet. Hope I am, cos grocery money would be sorely appreciated :)

I promise I'll update more often so that they don't end up this long... or I'll at least try :)