weekend o' sick days

whew.  this was quite a weekend...and for the exact opposite of the reasons last weekend was...

I left the house the minimum number of times I had to...slept a lot...took a lot of cold medicine...and spent most of my time laying down...the cats did seem to like it...

I also made a ridiculous amount of jewelry, so maybe the fumes from the glue got to me...or the amount of talking yelling I had to do at school this week...thinking I may have bruised my vocal cords..so being by myself all weekend with no one to talk to was actually a good thing



so Netflix and I got well acquainted...I watched the whole series of Arrested Development, which I heard is coming out with new episodes, so I am totally ready for that :)  I also forgot how funny that show was...the crazy characters names, and the fact that they really kept up the running jokes through all the seasons...I am definitely looking forward to the new episodes...


one of the funniest scenes that really got me laughing- and all by myself...that's how I gauge if something is really funny...if it makes me laugh out loud when I'm alone...was Bob Loblaw (the family lawyer) and his blog...






or how every member of the family has their own idea of what a chicken "sounds" like...




I think all the new episodes are going to be online...so until then...I'll find my next series to watch...I've got Mad Men and Breaking Bad in my queue okay, now off to bed...

only one and a half school days to get through until Thanksgiving break...let's do this!!

I'll take a barrel of wine, thanks.

it's Tuesday, otherwise known as Wine detox day 1.


not forever of course, but it has been quite a few days of having a little too much fun.  and usually I spend most of my days working, doing school work, and doing work for JerseyGirlDesign.


so Thursday I took a break, and went to have dinner with my friend Kristen...we watched Virginia Tech...lose unfortunately...and had some yummy bottles (2) of wine.  which led us to the decision that we should go to a winery on Sunday...more on that in a minute...




then on Friday my co-worker Nicole stopped in on her way to DC, and we had some wine (that's one more bottle) up on the deck...since the weather was nice enough, had to get some outside time...

that same night we went to Maryland Live  at Arundel Mills, to see GoGo Gadget...which was lots of fun..and included several more glasses of wine...

Saturday I got a break...from the wine that is...but 7 hours of class was less fun because of the night before...



and Sunday was winery day...Boordy Vineyards had a wine and soup tasting day- it was beaaaaaautiful out...we sat by the fire pit, had cheese, bread and chocolate with our wine (2 more) and soup...and made some new friends, and formed an unofficial wine club...

sorry for the terrible sun placement in this photo :p  we'll just have to go back and take another one...



finally, I got to see my bestie Bonnie last night- Monday- and we had dinner in the middle of our two houses...it was still nice, so we sat outside...had the patio all to ourselves, and a few more glasses of wine...it was happy hour after all...

whew.  didn't know I had it in me still...of course I wouldn't have been quite so tired back in my earlier days...

weekend wrap-up

okay, I know you might be shocked to read this but I LOVE fall.


love love love love love it.



and the weather this weekend has been GLORIOUS!  long pants and hoodies in the morning...seriously, I am in heaven...as we speak, the A/C is off, and the windows are open...I might even go sit on the deck and do a little sketching/planning after I finish writing this :)




so it wasn't too eventful for me, but having weekends that don't totally drain you are a necessity...I am tired though, so who knows what I am talking about...


I got up at the lovely hour of 5:30 am on Saturday to head over to Notre Dame for week two of my graduate classes...and I swear, I feel like I've learned more in two weeks then I did in all my training for BCTR...


says something about the quality versus time...honestly, I thought the 'fast track' to teaching was right for me, but you know what?  it's a lot better to really learn how to teach...


and look how pretty campus is?

and then we ended up having tickets to the Charm City Music festival fall into our laps- awesome surprise!  and we saw Eve 6 and Weezer...along with other bands I didn't really know...but it was a crazy good time...here are a few photos and videos from the show :)


 

oh, and I got to experience the Charm City Circulator- which is a free local bus for those who don't live here..got us down and back for free...yeah we had to walk a bit too, but seriously, for a free ride, I'll take it




and now it's Sunday...I just conference called my Uncle to get some advice on my Fantasy Football team...and now I'm going to do some meal planning and lesson planning and laundry.




I know you are jealous ;)

skiing...making improvements :)

we went to Whitetail to go skiing again, on Saturday this past weekend, and even though I had a minor (haha) meltdown at the same place I got stuck the last time we went...but my boots fit better, and I felt more confident...so baby steps...I am no longer afraid of the chair lift, and I almost made it down a green slope :) only ten days and counting until we go to Vermont...

skiing on a sunday :)

what a nice* way to spend the day :)




























*when I wasn't falling down, careening down the mountain out of control or screaming at the top of my lungs...I think I'm improving though :)















this is a photo of our future 'ski' house...it has purple shutters people...perfect!

fun girls weekend :)

this weekend one of my very bestest came down from NJ to see me :)


and after a day of lunch, massages and shopping, we gave the boys a run for their money on the beer pong table...


say hi to senior B :P