Home Sweet Home

After a fun quick trip to California and two successful (I think) interviews... I am glad to be home sweet home with no trips in site for  few months.  I am excited to stay home with my husband, dog and school work.  I am eager to finish my second semester of grad school and enjoy a month off around Christmas and just work... with a week and a half off during that time to do as I please.

I did have a great time in California though - I was able to see Laguna Beach and drove out to Long Beach and had dinner at Newport Beach.  Beautiful area but the cost of living there makes me proud to be in Texas.  

Excited for Wednesday to come and the World Series to start... GO RANGERS!  (Although I hate AL and their DH BS)  They are the closer team here and I actually don't care for either team enough to watch them during the regular season.

Will post more later!

Vegas Baby! 10-10-10

So... my friends and I made it back alive from Vegas... and it was AWESOME!!!  We started our adventure with mimosas and a limo to the airport.

We had a fun filled flight and made it safely to our hotel... HOOTERS!

We immediately used my Groupon's I bought 6 months ago at Tenaya Creek Brewery - a Las Vegas original.  Back to the hotel to check in and Margo and Chris joined us.  Jason, Kris, Renee, Justin and Paige all went to take a nap.  Margo, Chris and I decided to go out exploring... we walked around a little bit then stopped at Hard Rock Cafe for some drinks and appetizers.  Then off to the Bellagio... we found a blackjack table that we stayed at for the next 7 hours... what can I say it was good to us... until I had a few too many to drink... then I just walked away even.  Justin, Paige and Jason joined us and about 330am we decided to grab some grub at a restaurant in the Bellagio, then off to the hotel for some shut eye.

I was the earliest riser that day... that day - being my birthday - up at about 730 and ready to roll.  We had some brunch at the "Mad Onion" for bottomless mimosas and breakfast buffet.  Then hung out until...

Kris and Renee got married... check us all out - we clean up nice!

Then we hit up the Pawn Shop from Pawn Stars... sorry no pics but it wasn't anything very exciting.  Back to the hotel after that then off to New York New York to gamble until me and Margo were off to Thunder from Down Under - see a pic for that later ;-)  Celebrated my birthday the rest of the night at Excalibur, Luxor and back to Hooters.

Monday was great - up and went to lunch at Harley Davidson Cafe then off to wander around... through Planet Hollywood and the Venetian.  Went through the wax museum and saw some crazy looking statues...

Then after all that fun...  We went to Old Vegas - Downtown...

After a fun few hours in downtown it was time to head to the airport... but apparently not everyone was having as much fun as we were...

All in all, I had a fantastic time and one final picture concludes it all...

And I can't wait to return!

Ever have one of those dreams that REALLY makes you think?!

First of - a quick update to this crazy random busy life of mine... this weekend was WAY quick... but eventful... I got a check up on my retainer, got a pedi with some friends (2 in 2 weeks - WOW!), and got my hair chopped and some low lights put in.  Then we got to see Louie (our puppy) graduate from beginner training school.  After puppy graduation we got news that our friends got engaged.  Spent Sunday going to brunch with a few friends while my husband went riding his motorcycle, then I went to hang out to have a couple cold ones at the same friends house... then we had the fun of meeting our family at Chuck E Cheese for a little bit of "Where a Kid Can Be a Kid" time. :)

I know you are waiting so patiently for my dream... but, I gotta tell you about my day today.

I woke up - let Louie out, got ready, fixed my new do, went to work, went to a career fair recruiting some laid off NASA folks, came back to work, went to school then came home and vegged while watching The Biggest Loser and Amazing Race. - OK so my day wasn't that exciting but I like to build up the anticipation anyway :)

So - you all know how big of a Cardinal fan I am and if you know who my future ex-husband is then you will find this dream quite humerous.

So there I was... at Busch Stadium... hanging out in the Champions Club (high roller area) laying on the floor chit chatting with Albert Pujols.  After a little while he reached for my hand, I didn't pull back and just let him hold it for a little while.  Then he had a game to play so he went to get ready.  I met back up with him and some other players again after the game... he again reached for my hand and held it.  We gazed into each others eyes and instantly felt a connection.  Next thing you know I got this insane feeling come over me and I immediately run through many levels of the stadium to find Skip Schumaker and I say "Did you hear, Pujols is going to leave his wife for another woman?"  Skip said, "Yeah, I heard" and I started smiling cause I knew that other woman was me.

So - there it is... if any of you really know me, you will know how funny that dream really was.