Goodness!

Well by all intents and purposes this is a manic Monday! No seriously I finished all my work tasks by about 9 AM, and have seriously been playing in the land of email chains and party planning since then.
Now don't get me wrong I heart party planning, but when too many cooks get in the kitchen, the dishes don't get done. Know what i'm sayin? K enough about that.
I've blogged alot in the last couple of days, but mostly because i've had the ideas come to me and i've been able to get to a computer uninterrupted, so yay for sharing my thoughts with the world (I mean two people who read my blog.)
I feel like there is so much going on and yet nothing at the same time, so I thought i'd share some highlights from the weekend. I didn't want to ruin my Thanksgiving blog by saying anything negative, so i'll do it today:)
1. After offering to bring anything from a pie, to a side dish, to pop - all of my offers were declined by the powers that be. So I brought the pumpkin pie that I got after finishing the Turkey Trot earlier that morning. Not my style, but whatever. I was then told by said powers that my contribution was "heartfelt and thought out." Hilarious.
2. Yes at some point my mom did make a comment about me being "uptight." I believe the exact phrase went like this "despite all your traveling, education, job...you're still so uptight. In other words that stick is still lodged where it has been most of your life." This is equally as hilarious as #1. I'm still wondering what i'm so uptight about?
3. Black Friday shopping sucked! What exactly were people buying? I saw nothing that I had to have...strange the lines were intense regardless.
4. I was a little bored. What did I used to do with four days off of work? Why does it seem like the more people I meet, the fewer I have to hang out with?
5. Finally a good one - got to catch up with Kari last night. Love love how someone you don't talk to everyday has such a fresh and unbiased opinion of things going on in your life. This is why Kari and I have been friends since the first time we met 8 years ago!

Home for the Weekend

Thanksgiving is over! Where should I start documenting the moments? Basically I sort of feel like I was back in college and home for the weekend! Why do you ask? Well let's start by the fact that no matter what I volunteered to bring, I was told "it was already being made." I should also say that even though my brother and Emily have been married over 10 years, this is the first holiday we have ever gotten together with them. So here I am back in college driving to moms house ALONE with nothing to bring. This may only be comical to me? Anyways the day started off really well. I ran/walked the Turkey Trot with Kim and then we waited for one of my "good friends" to finish running the 5 mile. After that went up to house where the "whole family" minus me was already cooking, setting the table and watching football of course! Luckily I had the presence of mind to bring a roadie:) And since I've been sick officially for 2 weeks now I was not that fun. Honestly though, who can be fun when their ear hurts so much it makes your jaw hurt and so even eating is a chore?? As lazy as I can be I have never taken two naps in one day! Friday my alarm went off at 6 AM, but ignored it and didn't make it out to Best Buy until 12! Oh well-I don't think I missed much. In the afternoon I drove around some friends of my brothers who don't have a car (long story here.) It was nice to do something for other people, and i'm happy to have had the chance to show them some of our insane shopping traditions!
Fast forward to Saturday and more shopping. Also went to see The Blind Side with mom and dad. Seriously if you haven't seen this movie, run don't walk. Okay now it's Saturday night and since i'm such a wild child, i'm at home blogging! One more day of the weekend-cross your fingers it ends well:)

Turkey Trot medal~ whoo hoo!
Kim has her game face on!

Aidan was chief "don't mess with me"