Week In Review

Man, finding time to blog is not easy! I have had many things happen to me this week so instead of creating a blog for each event, I will just give you the highlights!

I am in love! Ok, I am not in a relationship (and to those of you that are close to me, you would be first to know...I think the whole town of WF would probably know straightaway). Anyway, I am in love with a new gadget! My assistant and I bought itouches (iphones without the phone) recently to test them out in the hopes of using them with administrators and students. In the process of testing it out, I have found that I can't live without it! It's my internet, email, calendar, music, pictures all rolled into one! Plus, I have all these cool little apps (all free of course). There were several times this weekend when the girls and I needed to know some trivial piece of information and ta-da the itouch delivered. Who needs to be smart when you have an itouch? All of of the universe's answers are inside a two-pound magic device.

PS--Know of any cool apps that I should download?

Friday night, Meg and I went to see, "The Reader." This movie has a great story and I can see why it's up for five Oscars. Kate Winslet did an amazing job! However, I am very disappointed with the amount of nudity in this film. I don't think it added to the film in any way...definitely not a film you want to see with your parents. On Wednesday, I hope to see "MILK". I am trying to see all of the films nominated for Best Picture. The only ones left to see are "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons" and "Frost/Nixon." I should be done in plenty of time before the Oscars which are being held on February 22nd (by the way, Meg and I are hosting an Oscar party and black tie is optional...more details coming soon!).

After the movie, we met Julie and Jessi at Starbucks and were accosted by a homeless man. He wanted to talk to us, but we just ignored him. He kept asking Jessi how he managed to end up with three ladies. Jessi told him to leave us alone and almost threatened him...I must admit, I was a little scared (I tend to think that most Texans carry concealed weapons). The man finally stood up to leave and said in passing, "I have had more pleasures in this life than you guys will ever experience." To which Julie replied, "Have a nice life, sir." The creepy thing is that Meg ran into him the next day while she was heading into work.

So on Saturday we headed to the Annual Kiwanis Pancake Festival. We went for a late lunch, but there were still TONS of people there! Meg really wanted to eat sausage, but hasn't eaten meat in over two years (she is a pescatarian). We had to calmly talk her out of it...it was a mini-intervention. Surprisingly, Julie was able eat and not get sick. We each ate three pancakes (some of them in the shape of Mickey Mouse) and were miserably full. After eating, Meg went to see MILK with our friend Roma and I went home and took some medicine and went to bed (as I had a head cold...still do).

Saturday evening, Meg and I ushered for Backdoor Theatre's show, "Pete-n-Keely." The only perk of ushering is that you get to see the show for free. The show was very campy, but cute.

After the show, we met Jules at Parkway for a shake and some trivia...crazy times on a Saturday night.

Sunday, I stayed in bed most of the day. I did call and wish my mother a Happy Birthday though. Around 5:00, I decided to get dressed as I was going over to Julie's to watch the Super Bowl. I am not a huge football fan (unless we are talking about OU). However, I enjoy hanging out with my friends and eating snacks. During most of the game, I worked on school stuff on my laptop (boy, I really am the life of the party). I really didn't care who won, but was really hoping the Steelers wouldn't win...oh well. I really enjoyed the wearing of the 3-D glasses during the Disney movie trailer. I think the E-trade Baby Commercial was my favorite...which one did you most enjoy?

By the way, did you know that cacti do not like snow?!? My friends, Dennis and Jason, left this cute little cactus for me to tend to...little did they know that would kill it! I didn't mean to...they said to leave it outside and let it be. Well, I am sure that they didn't mean when it was freezing! I went to get my mail on one of my days off and found it covered in snow. I raced to grab it off the table (it was frozen to the table) and brought it in the house. I talked to it and apologized profusely in hopes that it would revive. It's been a week and it still looks brown and pathetic. Maybe I am not ready for a pet or a baby!

So this week, I am going to Zumba. Zumba is an aerobics class with lots of dance moves. I have had to miss a few sessions due to technology training and hope this won't hinder me. I am not coordinated at all, but hope to have fun and burn a few calories.

Well, it's 10:00pm and I am ready to go and hang-0ut with my boyfriend, the DVR.

It's sad really...