Post Number Two

I'm back for post number two of the day! My blog has seen better days, and yet again, somehow weeks have passed. I think I've been feeling uncreative lately, or maybe its just the fact that I'm so darn busy. Anyway, I'm excited to post. I sure hope there's still someone out there reading this thing :)



So, I'm back at work after a fabulously relaxing and fun four-day weekend. Thanksgiving was great this year, especially since we successfully brought so many people together. Not only was it my mom and co (which is a grand total of 6!), but the O'Kanes were there, as were Todd, his sister Lin and roomies Eli and Derrick. The age ranges were rediculous, but it was a lot of fun for everyone to meet and spend some time together eating mass amounts of food and desserts. The boys even played some football, which Brendan loved. We also played Apples to Apples! Can't remember who won, but that game is always a lot of fun. The rest of the weekend was chock full of good times. Since I used to work in SeaWorld's PR department, I have some pretty sweet connections with a bunch of awesome people who just happen to be in charge of giving out tickets! I obviously love SeaWorld, but I knew that Lin really liked marine life and that Eli had never been, so I got 4 tickets for Friday. We didn't tell Lin, which was fun because she looked really confused as we were pulling into the SeaWorld parking lot!



The day was really great - we watched a bunch of shows, fed some dolphins and had a close encounter with some scary looking sharks. Somehow, I avoided the funnel cakes, and I've been regretting it ever since. I love those tasty treats! And, you might have guessed, we ended the night with Beachcombers (it wouldn't be a Friday without it).

(can you tell that we're singing the Umbrella song?)

It's become somewhat of a tradition to get together at Beachies when everyone is home for Turkey Day, so all of us, and my much-missed high school friends, met up for a classic home for the holidays reunion. The rest of the weekend was pretty low key, and although I sang the "I'm bored" song a million times, it was great to catch up on sleep and have no real plans.

And now, the BIG news:
While most of us were sitting around doing nothing last weekend, Brookey (my 4-year college roommate) was off getting engaged! She's the first of my close friends - heck friends at all - to be on the road to marriage, so it's been crazy to think that on June 28 she'll be a wife! Congrats again, Brooke!

I think that's all of the exciting news I have. I'm looking forward to the weekend already (is it too soon for that?) and even more excited for more holidays to come my way. Back to work for me... but only an hour left 'till Taco Tuesday. Ay, ay, ay!