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I feel like there’s not much to do now that I don’t have school!

I came home from work and made a bunch of phone calls. First I called the guy in charge of the place where we’re having our reception. Sara gave me a list of questions to ask him. You know, it’s quite amazing, every time we have something we want to do, he says yes. No matter what it is, he makes it happen. Maybe I shouldn’t be so amazed because that’s the way people should be when you’re giving them lots of money, but frankly they aren’t. This guy though…he’s awesome.

Next I called 7 apartment complexes. I have 3 appointments set up but most of the places either didn’t answer or I left a message on an answering machine. I’ve decided that I’m going to make my decision after the places I see on Thursday. If I don’t hear from anybody else before then, so be it. I’ve looked at about 7 places, I’ve got 3 more for sure to look at and another 6 or so that I’ve called but haven’t seen. Nobody can say I wasn’t thorough!

Other than that I’ve just played guitar and watched T.V. tonight. I feel like there are things I should be doing, but I really don’t think there is. Oh, I was going to put a little extra in my final but the info I found didn’t really change anything, so I didn’t resubmit it.

Oh, one more thing, I weighed myself today. I was expecting something really bad since 1) I’m not working out AT ALL, 2) I’ve been eating easter candy like crazy, and 3) I’ve been eating bad things and going out to eat. I think I forgot to mention it in here, but on Friday night I had a full cheesesteak from both Pats and Ginos!! NOT on the diet plan. But you know what? I was down 4 pounds from the last time I weighed myself! I was 208, which was only 1 pound heavier than at the end of the contest.

Weekend Update

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Okay, the trip to NC was good and I’m glad I went, but we didn’t get to do anything fun unfortunately. It was still a good trip though.

Friday we cleaned like mad!! As you may or may not know, Sara is the messiest person on God’s green earth. We spent all Friday night cleaning the living room, but it was well worth it.

Saturday morning we finished cleaning the living room and vacuumed and swept. Seriously, what a difference the cleaning made. I wish we would have more time to clean. Then after that we went to the craft store to look at some wedding stuff and to Target to add some stuff on to our registry. We ate at Ruby Tuesdays because we had a coupon (this was the only “fun” thing we really did…I know, lame). Then we went home and worked on wedding invitations. It took us the entire rest of the night to figure out how to print on the envelopes and then print the outer and inner envelopes. We also downloaded and installed the drivers for her scanner and got that working.

Sunday morning we got up and created, printed, cut and folded our insert. That took about 3 hours. Sara still has a lot of work ahead of her assembling them all, but we didn’t have the stamps, so there wasn’t much else we could do at that time. I had to go anyway because it was already kind of later than I wanted to stay, what with the whole 8 hour drive (for the record, it took 9 1/2 this time because of bad traffic).

Nothing too exciting for Easter…we had sloppy joe’s for lunch and I had KFC on the way home for dinner. I brought down an Easter basket for the two of us, but I think we kind of got candied out.

Okay, I wanted to go to bed early tonight…why doesn’t that ever happen?

UUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

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My allergies kicked in today with a VENGENCE. Usual symptoms, watery eyes, runny nose, headache, sinus pressure…in short, I’m a mess. I’m going to bed right now even though it’s about 2 1/2 hours before I normally do. I’m not tired but my headache is pounding and I need to close my eyes for awhile. The worst part of the day was trying to get groceries while feeling like this. I have to remember to start taking my medicine tomorrow. I worked out but it was quite lackluster.

Sara met with the mean cake lady and the florist today. Sounds like it went pretty well. Just another thing to mark off the checklist.

I think I had other things to write but I’m too sick to think or type.

Another weekend comes to a close

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I had a marvelous day watching the Scare Tactics Marathon for like 10 hours today. God I love that show. Luckily I watch it so rarely that almost all of the episodes were new. I also finished up season 4 of Sopranos and then watched the season premier tonight over at a friend’s house. Another great episode, that show just gets better all the time. I’m very impressed at the way they do a good job replicating the strained atmosphere in the house when a separation/divorce is going on. Oh how well I remember that awkward feeling from my parents.

I didn’t slack ALL day though. Worked out of course and I bought my bro’s groomsman’s gift like I said I would. I did go back on my word about buying ’s wedding present though. I had no choice, the one idea I had of what to get her was going to be more that twice what I should spend on it, but I got such a *F*A*N*T*A*S*T*I*C* deal on it that I couldn’t pass it up. Wish I could brag more here about what a deal it was, but she reads this. 😛

My sister confirmed yet again that my mom is a weirdo:
Sophia6800: i would just like to inform you that mom recorded herself sleeping last night so she could hear if she snored or not
erith1: did she listen to the whole thing?
Sophia6800: yeah i couldn’t figure what that noise was, until i asked her, then she told me and i cracked up

Eh, that’s it, I should probably go to bed so I’m not dead tired at work tomorrow.

Not a very interesting day

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But a nice one nonetheless! A very lazy day, but I still managed to get the wedding pianist finalized, dishes and vacuuming done and state and local taxes figured out. I know that sounds like a lot of stuff, but in a whole day with literally NOTHING else to do, I still had plenty of time to read, watch bad sci-fi movies (my favorite thing to do on the weekend!) and talk on AIM. Sara had the bridal shower today so I spent hours on the phone with her, my mom and my sister. At the shower one of the games they played was where they asked Sara a bunch of questions about me to see how well she knew me. She did pretty good…even the ones she got wrong were good answers in general.

Question: What was your first pet?
My response: I had a dog named Heather.
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed my dog Lady which I had in high school. Not a bad guess, but Heather moved with me from WI.

Question: What was your first car?
My response: Light Blue Chevy Celebrity
Sara’s Response: Sara got it, including color. Sadly that car was still around when we started dating (my Sister had it).

Question: What is your favorite music group?
My response: The Dave Matthew’s Band
Sara’s Response: Sara got it. This was pretty easy, but my mom thought Ben Folds which is actually a great guess…lately I have definitely been listening to Ben Folds a lot more. Overall I’d still have to go with Dave though.

Question: Who is your favorite author?
My response: Stephen King
Sara’s Response: Sara got it, too easy. My mom didn’t though.

Question: What is your favorite movie?
My response: The Big Lebowski
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed Clerks. That’s a pretty good guess considering I have a giant Clerks poster signed by Kevin Smith hanging over my bed. None of the old ladies at the shower had heard of either movie. 😛

Question: What is your favorite TV show?
My response: Scrubs
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed West Wing, which is definitely right up there. Last year, maybe West Wing was my favorite, but I like Scrubs more and more every time I see it.

Question: What is your favorite season?
My response: Fall
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed summer because that’s when girls wear tank tops! 🙂 Good reasoning, but I prefer fall.

Question: What is your favorite kind of Girl Scout cookie?
My response: Samoas
Sara’s Response: Sara got it; this was a no-brainer.

Question: What is your favorite kind of candy bar?
My response: Milky Way
Sara’s Response: Sara got it, which I’m impressed with. I didn’t like nuts much, so Milky Way is like a Snickers with no nuts!

Question: What is your favorite food?
My response: Bacon
Sara’s Response: I have to admit, cheese is a fantastic response. I don’t just love cheese, I’m IN love with cheese. In fact, from now on, I might say cheese is my favorite food. This doesn’t excuse her from getting this right though because this question was the one question she missed from the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” game I programmed for her for Christmas a few years back.

Question: What is your favorite snack food?
My response: Popcorn
Sara’s Response: She got it, too easy.

Question: What is your favorite restaurant?
My response: Maggianos, but I’ll accept Mancinos or Banditos.
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed Peace-A-Pizza. This was a pure panic move for her. First off, she only had to guess 1 of 3 answers and second, even my mom got it right! 🙂

Question: What is your favorite type of cologne?
My response: Eternity for men
Sara’s Response: This one was a gimmie!

Question: What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
My response: Edy’s Cherry Chocolate Chip or Samoa
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed Mint Chocolate Chip because ONE TIME I wanted to get it and she didn’t. It was just a craving! 🙂

Question: What is your biggest pet peeve?
My response: People calling me Shawn.
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed messiness because I’m always harping on her about her messiness. I don’t enjoy messiness but it’s not as bad as people calling me Shawn. Besides, it would have been rude to point out her faults at her own shower. 😛

Question: What is your lucky number?
My response: 8
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed 21. She had no idea, so she just pulled some number out of her ass. I picked 8 when I was super little because my birthday is Jan. 8th, 1980. (TWO 8’s in there!) Okay, I know that’s a lame reason, but I was very small when I picked it and it just stuck after that.

Question: What is your favorite department store?
My response: Kohl’s
Sara’s Response: Sara got it, even though it’s a stupid question.

Question: How old were you when you had your first kiss?
My response: 14 and her name was Shari Pentangelo.
Sara’s Response: Sara was close with a guess of 15 and Addie Nickelson. I actually only dated Shari for like 2 weeks in the summer and then started dating Addie right after that. Very good guess. This was news to my mom by the way.

Question: Who was the first musician or group you saw in concert?
My response: My dad took me and Dan Brand to see Carmen, some Christian singer.
Sara’s Response: Sara guessed Dave Matthews (who I’ve seen 8 times I think) but I knew she wouldn’t get that one. Even my mom was like, “huh?” Hey sorry, that was my first concert, nobody said it was a good one!

Question: What brand are your favorite pair of shoes? What year did you get them?
My response: Birkenstocks! Everybody should know that one. 🙂 I believe I got them in ’95.
Sara’s Response: Of course she knew it was my Birkenstocks. I love those things! She guessed that I got them in ’94 and it was ruled that with my memory she was probably the one who was correct. 🙂 One whole decade spent with them. I should throw a party.

Final results, Sara got 9 out of 20. Not too bad!

Nala has this new thing she does now when I’m riding the exercise bike…she gets up on the coffee table right by me and stands up on her hind legs and just reaaaches for me with her front paws. It is so cute that I have to stop riding and pet her, which only convinces her to do it more and more. That’s okay though, it’s definitely a good habit to encourage. 🙂

Tomorrow I need to go shopping to get my brother’s groomsman present. I was going to get a wedding present for Sara as well, but my sister helped me convince myself to wait until it gets closer so that 1) she doesn’t get one before I give her this one and 2) she can take it back if she needs to.

Well, it’s way past my bed time. Good night internet!