I daydreamed a lot yesterday. I was tired but full of half formed ideas that needed to be brought to fruition. One of those baby ideas turned into a little scavenger hunt for Nick when he came home. It was primarily inspired by a tube of rum raisin lipstick that I found and just had to do something with, so I hid little pieces of paper all over the house with kisses on them and made him find them. lol. He's been trading them in for real kisses since. :)

Kevin dropped by late night on his way home from wherever. We all ended up hanging out and listening to music for a few hours. It's so lovely to have a midnight visitor! 

After he left Nick and I got the bug to use up all the veggies his mom sent us and made up a recipe for a Creamy Cucumber Tomato Gazpacho. It tastes really good but the color is extremely unappealing. I need to do a little research on how to make it more red or green and less puke-pink.

I feel so sluggish today.

I'm also finding it hard to believe it's Thursday. Where the hell did this week go?

Today is either super secret project or crafting. I will let the way the coffee affects me decide. :)

After a failed errand attempt we're back home and Nick is tucked into bed for a pre-work nap. Poor tired guy. This schedule really grates on my nerves someday, I can only imagine how annoying it is for him, waking up mid day and working until after midnight. Weird weird.

I'm tired too. I can't seem to get with it today. I feel weird inside. I'm totally skipping girl's movie night (again! 4th week in a row or something crazy!). I just can't do it.

I have a secret project I may attempt today... I'm so tempted to bite the apple....

Regardless, I am hell bent on crafting and sewing my little heart out over the next few days. I need to make a housewarming gift and a baby gift, plus there's no time like the present to start stockpiling. I need to pull the trigger and put some stuff up on Etsy. I need to find fall art festivals. I need to let my dream of being an artist out of it's cramped little cage so it can fly! 

Last night was awesome. First sushi bar at Rusan's, then Corner Tavern for drinks with Elliot, then back to his funky little place for hours of chillin & Emanuella & Krispy Kreme donuts (so bad!!).

Late night arrived and we traveled home, stopping for a nightcap at the Glenwood before snuggling in to watch Gattaca. How have I never seen it, it's so amazing!!? I love a flawed underdog hero in a futuristic society! Then we watched The Visitor, which was freaky and werid and I liked it. It was filmed in Atlanta in the 70s so seeing all the scenery was kinda amazing.

I need to run to the post office. UGH! I HATE THE POST OFFICE! Sorry. I really do.

We had such a great night last night! 

Kate and Serge came over and we grilled out in the pouring rain. There was no chance of fireworks. We tried but it was raining so hard they'd get about halfway to their destination before being put out and falling to the ground. We enjoyed nachos, stuffed burgers, grilled corn, cucumber salad, and a kiddish dessert of creamsicles, fudgesicles, and pinwheel cookies, wheeee! 

We have our entertaining routine down pat. I get up, tidy, and go to the grocery. Then Nick gets up and helps me as I do the food prep. He does the grilling while I entertain inside. When the party's over he does the dish washing while I do a quick tidy and boom - we are back to where we were before the gathering even happened!

After our friends left we decided to snuggle in bed and watch old VHS tapes. I'd never seen Fletch and had no idea how many references come from that movie. I passed out super early and quite content.

Tonight we're meeting Elliot for drinks. Go weekend, go!!

(PS: I woke up with the Ben Folds version of Bitches Aint Shit stuck in my head. lol.)
(PPS: I love Pandora! I couldn't get that song out of my head so I put on a Ben Folds station and it started with Annie Waits! This is TOTALLY rockin' my suburbs).

YAY! My dear old friend Amy had her little baby Max last night!!! 9lb 4oz. Her text ended with "I'm sore." lol. 

Nick took me back out last night for a couple more drinks in the village. We went to The Graveyard, which was like 21 year old techno dance party (I even saw some little twerp doing the glow stick dance that I hadn't seen since hitting raves in college), then tried The Gravity, but the bartender literally ignored us to talk to her friend for a full five minutes. We finally landed at our old standby The Midway and had no trouble getting served before coming home and Nick tucked my tired body into bed.  It was nice to go out all dressed up and pretty like a real girl. :)

Tonight we have friends coming over to cookout. YAY WEEKEND!

Little Miss Nat-Nat just took me out on the town! We hit Kirkwood for drinkies & music with Andrew. whehehhee! I EVEN STRAIGHTENED MY HAIR! Omg what!? Yes, Old Annie came out to play.

Is it so sad that 1 dirty martini made me tipsy and the 2 black and tans that followed carried me into drunktown?

Nick will be home soon to find a semi wasted lady all dolled up drinking diet coke. hehe. Saucy.

I <3 Saturday nights. I wish there were more of them in my life!

PS: Heard Come Pick Me Up from the live music boy's lips. Love love love....
(It's totally Ryan Adams but I love the Zac Brown Band version. Love those dudes... I used to go see them at Dixie Tavern long before they were famous!)

I loved last night.

I stayed in, relaxed, almost beat bearbugs  in a best 3/5 match on isketch but that slippy bitch got my ass!, made turkey tacos for Nick and Serge, and then Nick whisked me off to the Drive In last night for the 1:35am show of The Hangover! It was a perfect solution to my "bored, lonely, but too tired to do anything" situation. We both had bad bellies and were both checking on each other all night. It was cute.

We cancelled our plans for a museum and brunch date and slept in today instead. Now Nick's off to take his dad to a race for his Father's Day present. I want to do something fun and clever but I can't think of anything, and all the "going out drinking" plans available make me cringe.

Maybe I'll order in and craft. Another exciting Saturday night! lol. 

Canceled on meeting the girls for dinner. My mind said yes, my body said no m'am. I feel boring and weird when I cancel on something, but such is life.

Instead I'm enjoying an exciting Friday night of finally watching Season 1 of Californication. Hooray for Netflix Watch it Now!

Stolen from a bunch of you bitches!
( Grown-up meme )

Hello! It's Friday! Wheee!

Had an interesting evening last night. A "friend" (who I only tolerate for the sake of my friendship with a mutual friend) announced that she was coming over because she was going through some stuff and it turns out that I REALLY don't agree with how she's handling it. How do you tell a girl that faking a pregnancy with a guy who flat out told her he wants nothing to do with her is crazy? Oh, that's right, you tell her she's being CRAZY, and believe me, I tried for several hours, the details of which I will spare you. But crazy people don't often care if people think they are crazy so there you have it. Honestly, I didn't really think girls this nuts exist, but apparently they do - one was in my house last night. Also, why in the world did this girl pick me to spit the crazy on? Seriously. I just wish I had the guy's number. I'd totally warn him.

Then Nick came home and I reminded him how lucky he is that I'm not batshit bonkers and we had a calm relaxing evening at home. He was being super attentive and it was sweet. I passed out hard, woke up really sick in the wee hours, blah blah.

Tonight is Libby's birthday celebration. I am 90% sure I'll make it. I haven't seen my big group of girls in weeks and I miss them.

Now: Time for coffee. Bottomless abyss level black and strong enough to make my teeth chatter!