The Daily Snack: Happy Easter and My 3-Day Weekend

Flex week was a bit rough at work, but having a 3-day weekend was wonderful. Thursday evening some friends and I went out to Crazyhorse for dinner and drinks after work to celebrate my birthday. John joined us as well and it was a very nice evening. When we returned home, John surprised me with my birthday gift. He gave me a beautiful pearl ring with two small diamonds and I love it! It truly is very unique and beautiful to look at. When it is on my finger, I can't help but stare at it!

On my day off, John worked from my apartment and I just hung out with him, did some things around the apartment, and watched some basketball. Friday night John and I went out to Nick's to watch the IU game, which ended up being a disappointing loss. On Saturday John and I were very lazy and then headed out to Yogi's, one of our favorite bars/restaurants to watch more basketball. We returned home to watch Ratatouille, which was really cute. John hated any clip that showed more than a few rats in it because it made him feel all creepy crawling. I thought the rats were pretty cute!

Today John and I spent most of the day in Hoosier National Forest and Lake Monroe (Fun fact - this is where John Mellencamp lives). We checked out the flooding in the area, climbed the fire tower in the park, one of our favorite places to go in college, and enjoyed all the scenic views. On our way back, it started to snow and we couldn't believe the size of the huge snowflakes. We decided to duck into a little place to grab some lunch and I felt like i was in a different world there. Let's just say it was full of down home folk and a large man dressed up as the Easter Bunny. The waitress offered the "hot dog special" to us, which was a hot dog, chips, and a drink for $2.oo. I didn't know anyone sold food that cheap anymore.

When we returned home, we participated my favorite Easter tradition - we dyed eggs! Even though all our eggs ended up being pretty much the same few colors, we started out with lots of different color options and also a tie-dye kit. It was a lot of fun and it made it feel much more like Easter. Enjoy the pictures and videos below!

At Crazyhorse taking Bailey's shots in edible chocolate shot glasses!