Day 15

1. Took Shabori, my mentee, out for lunch.  We discussed school, ambitions, family, savings, etc. I introduced her to Middle Eastern food at the aptly named Middle East. I made her try grape leaves, Arabic/Turkish coffee, and Baklawa.

2. Made appointment for tattoo touch up consultation.

3. Went with Rachel to REI to get life jacket, thanks sweety!

4. Wrote e-mails about Thursday and Friday events while AMDG is here.

5. Failed in attempt to obtain Pop Rocks.  I did find a recipe for homemade pop rocks, but it will probably be easier to find them at CVS or somewhere.

A Very Long Weekend

I've been thinking about it, and it's clear that most of my friend's parents were getting frisky when the weather warmed up -- "It's warm, I'm moving around and not just sitting on my butt freezing... let's have sex."  Because of this I have entirely too many birthday events to attend from February to March:

1. Allison -- (2 events) January 30th and 31st (this is close enough to count)

3. Janet -- February 21st

4. Rachel -- (3 events) February 22nd - 24th

7. Claudia -- February 27th

8. Meg -- February 28th

9. Maria -- (2 events) March 7th and March 13th

11. Mara -- March 13th

12. Kelly -- March 14th

13. Two more birthday's coming up this month, unsure of events.

It's a lot, it may make it seem that I have tons of friends, but the truth is that over half of them are contained on that list, nuts.  Anyway, did you notice that three of the events were over the weekend, two in one night, and the St. Patty's Day Parade on Sunday (with a new friend living in Southie I couldn't pass that up), so yes, it was a busy weekend.

Here's what I accomplished despite, and because of, my busy weekend:

Friday

1. Worked out!

2. Made gift for Mara (was a big hit)

3. Picked up Watchmen from library 

4. Meditated on train, was more successful than I expected and it lasted my full trip, helped me to relax about how late I was

Saturday

1. Gained a new role, Best Man Lite.  Went with my friend Anastasia and her fiance Kelly to look at colors for their wedding.  I will post a picture if I can, it's gonna be pretty awesome.

Sunday

1. Made St. Patty's Day shirt 

2.  Drank and played beer pong and acted crazy all day -- it was the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Southie, that's what I was supposed to do.

Monday

1. Cleaned, almost done, just have to tackle the guest room for AMDG's arrival!

2. Dropped Rachel's friend off on way to work

3. Took Rachel out to Fugakyu, our favorite restaurant, to make up for keeping her from eating yesterday due to my intoxicated desire to play another round of beer pong.

4. Picked up framed Red Sox Champion picture for "homework store".

I have fallen behind on tasks.  Will find and enjoy Pop Rocks today.

Quick Before Bed

1. Cleaned room (some).

2. Avoided working out -- oh oops, that's the opposite of my goal.

3. Danced in room while cleaning -- although I do feel this was cheating a little since I always do that.

4. Bought markers for school and home (mmmm.... I don't know if this counts but they were on discount and it just felt so good).

5. Bought new memory card for my camera so I can stop using Rachel's -- this certainly counts.

6.  E-mailed Shabori, my mentee, about having lunch while she's home for spring break -- yay!

7.  Watched 30 Rock* and The Office -- that should count.

8. E-mailed about P coming.

This episode kind of freaked me out a little because it started with Lemon talking about how The Container Store was going to change her life through organization, a tune I was singing earlier this week after leaving said store....

Day 9

1. Picked up more books from the library.

2. Made Chloe's Mac and Cheese recipe - notes, too creamy, don't use expensive sharp aged cheddar next time (it's all we had).

3. Finished Life of Pi - this was responsible for me not accomplishing too much yesterday.  I got to that, "I'm so close to the end I can almost taste it" point and I couldn't stop.  Of course, I'm a slow reader so it takes me a while to finish books once I get to that point.

4. Due to #3 I was unable to perform a task yesterday, but I just read about the school massacrer in Germany in El Pais. Tonight I will have a dance party.  Tomorrow meditate. Next rainy day - pink nail and Beach Boys.

GOOD VIBES GOOD VIBES GOOD VIBES GOOD VIBES GOOD VIBES GOOD VIBES GOOD VIBES 

HAY

Leilani! I'll be en el condado de naranja from Friday night and am hoping to see a special someone (you you you) until the following Thursday morning at which point
Melanie! and Rachem! I'll be in tu barrio from 7:08 post meridiem and am so excited (Jessie Spano) and I cannot wait! todotheFreedomTrailagainbutthistimewithyouguys and then I will leave on the 22nd in anticipation of
Lindsay! I will be at the airport at the time indicated by YOU to ME in your correo electronico of Sunday, February 8, a date 33 days before your phone interview tomorrow with big-time big-name pharmacological-relacionado entity in One Thousand Oaks, California.
There is much to do: International Tax at 6 pm tomorrow. It's ironic. I have the brew and I'll have the chronic and I don't give a shhhiiiiii about basketball. I do like the noises, though, so that's totally incorrect: I could watch basketball for hours notwithstanding my disdain for its business aspect at both the professional and collegiate level. Ms. Priscilla, tear down that wall and study into this good night. Good night!
Melanie! Tonight's Lenten undertaking is a dance party, your choice of music.

Quick Before I Run for the Bus

Yesterday:

1. Finished organizing part 1.

2. Balanced finances made payments to credit cards, sallie mae, and savings, rent + utilities and car insurance.

3.  Shopped at Market Basket for school.

4. Took birthday present to Maria (I forgot it on Saturday - of course)

5. Came up with better idea for school for next week.

6. Didn't have pink nail polish on hand so sent Linds good vibes whenever I thought about it.

Gotta run...

Day 7

1. More organizing.  There's a lot to go through, I'm aiming to be done tomorrow.

2. Picked up books from library for kids

3. Drank spicy hot cocoa expertly made by my girlfriend, whilst wrapped in a blanket and reading my book.  Another great suggestion.

Whatcha got?  Bring it on!