Oh, Beautiful FRIDAY [International Women's Day!]

First things first: Happy International Women's Day! [&yayyy, sort-of-obsolete-holidays! haha]

... found this on my fb earlier; thanks km!!

So.... It's been a long time since I've been so excited for a Friday that didn't serve as an introduction to anything specific for the weekend. Today really was just another Friday, but I've been stoked about it all week.

Oh! Before I get to Friday, let me share with you something I forgot to yesterday because I was so busy ranting about degenerate behavior...... I tackled a recipe given to me and can't say that I hated it. I did think of a few ways to doctor this up for the next time around, but for the first attempt, not too shabby.

pull-apart pizza bread!

[Yumm.]

Anyway, back to today - I think it was because this week has been pretty brutal as far as work's concerned. We've been over-the-top busy for the first time this year, and with an essentially new staff blending together over all of the ramp-up projects, it's been both a challenge and a truly incredible thing. [Yeah, teamwork!]

That, and I took an actual lunch break today for the first time in over 3 weeks. It may seem like a small victory, but when you're in an office from 7:30am to 5pm every day and the only time you use the front door is only at those two times, stepping outside midday for an hour almost seems like a foreign affair of some sort. I almost didn't know what to do with myself, even though it's just Glen Carbon and I've been spending 40+ hours each week here for the last two years. Still pretty funny. There was a different energy in the office today, which was a refreshing contrast to earlier in the week when I wasn't sure if we'd all make it with our sanity in tact to today. I've got a killer team, that's for sure. (:

rompers!

With it being Friday, it would've seemed natural for Rob and I to make some impromptu plans of some sort and end up out for the entire night somewhere. We stayed true to the last-minute nature we do so well and ended up at his friends' house, where we all spent the night relaxing, as opposed to the noise and crowd of being out somewhere. Definitely needed sometimes (:

There were some playful pups there, and I think they had enough energy and play to make up for double what we weren't doing just lounging back. Didn't mind it one bit...

Speaking of four-leggers, my poor meatball Stella spent the majority of today and obviously this evening locked up in her room, so we made it back here to let her out and stretch the legs some, while we sat and tuned up the guitars for a bit on the couch before calling it a night.....

..... which is where we are now. This may or may not be backdated, but hey, that's not important ;)

WEEKEND, here we are. I missed you....

xo | cmd 

Lunch Visitors

Joe's back from VA, so that means he's back to work with the weather crew on base. However, he somehow finagled out of work altogether yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Lucky bug!


culver's | yum.



Yesterday, Nancy, Meagan and I all brought in food as our welcome-back to Marc and Diana returning from their week-long vacation. We all spent our lunch times in the office, so Joe and Sydni decided today would be a better opportunity to come up and meet me for a quick bite. We landed on Culver's, just down the street, where I had taken Mom and Dad when they were here visiting. I just love being able to spend lunch with Joe and Sydni. It really makes the day move right along.

Back at the office, Sydni made sure to pillage at least half the bowl of candy on my desk, and Joe snuck through to take a picture of the action. It almost appears as though I was interviewing a 2-yr-old, which ironically may have gone better than some of the others I've had in here. ;)

I joke.

I'm not exactly sure what happened to the time between 6:30 and 8:30pm; I must've passed out. Literally. I woke up sprawled across our bed upstairs, with Sydni cozied up right next to me, fast asleep. Joe was already gone off to indoor soccer practice with Alex, so that puts me here, biding some time before Sydni wakes up again and Joe gets home.

Slow Tuesday.

See you tomorrow ;)

xo | cmd