I love furballs

I need these kittens to de-stress. Sometimes Stuffonmycat and Cuteoverload are the only things that get me through the day. Who couldn't love these precious furballs? :)

Good News

Work made me a job offer! Big news, eh? :)

Hip Hip Hooray!

Happy Birthday Johnny!!!

Wednesday Thoughts

I'm taking a quick lunch break and thought I would blog a little bit. The weather has been gorgeous here lately. I'm loving the time change because after work I have a couple hours of light. I'm not a scary old winter vampire anymore. I feel so much more motivated to do things when it is light outside too. Last night I watched American Idol and then went to the grocery store! We all know how much I despise grocery shopping too. I guess I have a little Spring in my step now! I could never do that in the middle of winter. By 6pm I am in my comfy cozies trying to stay warm for the night.

My family is all in NYC right now. My Mom has her appointment at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital tomorrow. Please send us good thoughts and prayers. I hope they have something positive to offer because they are the #1 cancer hospital in the US. My sister, Kyleigh, and my Mom arrived in NJ a few days ago to visit with some old friends. Last night my Mom and Ky were surrounded by our dearest friends in NJ. I am so happy they could be surrounded by friendship, familiar faces, and fond memories at this time. I wish I could have been there. I need to make a trip back to NJ. I haven't been back since high school graduation. I imagine things have really changed.

This time of year usually brings back memories and emotion because tomorrow is the anniversary of a few of my friends passing away. In 1999 they were killed by a drunk driver. You can check out the website dedicated to them here. It is strange because when I look at their faces now, they look so young. I have grown into a young adult since their death. I was closest with Shana, who honestly loved life...so care-free and full of energy. Their court case received national attention and was presented on CourtTV. I believe the drunk driver who killed them is one of the first people to receive multiple 2nd degree murder charges.

I am in a reflective mood right now, but I think it is good to look around at what you have and make the adjustments in life you want to see. I think this is what we all strive for, but our everyday lives overshadow the things that were once so important to us. I'm trying to find balance in it all right now.

Fierce Flashbacks

I am too perky right now. It is midnight and I am wide awake. Well, it is kind of 11 because of the time change thing. I will just tell myself that. This time change is giving me jet lag or something.

I had a nice weekend and I can’t believe it is over. I savored it, but it didn’t make it any longer. I am feeling stronger about 3-day weekends now more than ever. Besides the tornados that came through here tonight, the weather was beautiful all weekend. I drove around with my windows down and felt the warm sunshine on my face. I hope the nice weather continues because I am so happy about having an extra hour of light after work. I want to try to take advantage of it.

I had my massage tonight and it was great. I really got to relax and get my muscles worked. It is rather strange having a stranger massage you with minimal clothing on. I had moments where I got a little freaked out, but I tried to push those thoughts away. I think I want to send John to massage therapy school, so I can weasel some free massages out of him.

I have some fun pictures to share. Last weekend in C-ville, I spent the evening with Tiffany and Natalie. We chatted all night, baked tons of cookies, and then decided it would be a great idea to go through my closet and laugh at my clothes. What else were we to do when we baked all the cookies and all the champagne was gone? They tried on prom dresses, formal dresses, and other random crap I had in my closet. All I have to say is that these girls are fierce (tyra banks) because they really worked it and made my nerdy clothes tres chic. It is funny looking back at these clothes because it really wasn’t that long ago that I wore those dresses, but now I cringe just thinking about them. At least we are still putting them to good use! We even dug out Courtney’s prom dress from 1995. Recently she told me “that dress was totally the style back then.” Gotta love bright red sequins…everywhere. I even put on the good old high school letter jacket. Inside its pockets I found: lots of trash, high school note (from tiff about nat-classic!!), *nsync picture, and much more. It was like a little time capsule. We came across these moon-boot sneakers that I got in Paris when I was like 15 and oh man…they are funny. Over the years Tiffany, being the neat freak that she is, has cleaned my room many times. She always told me to get rid of the moon-boot sneakers because I have no use for them. Look who’s wearing them now…the one and only Tiffy. (look for moon-boots with the short black dress) I knew I needed to keep those puppies around.