Week/end in Review

It has been CRRRRAZY around here lately! Last week I pretty much had something going on every night and this week, as well! So let's just take a quick recap!

Monday: "Happy Hour" with Aubrey... note that happy hour is in quotes because it was supposed to be happy hour, but she needed a little nap, so it ended up being dinner and trivia night with Aubrey!

We went to this cute little pub called Patrick Henry Pub & Grille
See description above

Our team name... "Laura King", why you ask? Because Aubrey and
I decided to name our team something we both like which reminded us of trivia...
funny that Laura came up, but she is the smartest person at trivia that I know!

Tuesday: Dinner with Courtney!!! Yup, Courtney was in town for a BRIEF trip for training at O&M and I did not miss out on the opportunity to have dinner with her. She, Dave and I went to Capital Ale House for dinner downtown! :)

Courtney's back in Richmond! :)

Wednesday: Hang out at home then Bible Study

Thursday: Happy hour with bossman and his wife

Friday: Southside Speedway... this seems to be a fun thing to do on Friday nights (well every other Friday) so, when I'm in town and the races are going on, if the friends are going I tend to hit it up with them!

Mango Mike's Harder Lemonade... YUMMY!

Saturday: KINGS DOMINION!!! If you knew me when I was 10, roller coasters SCARED me! But then one day I got in line with my sister for Space Mountain (not knowing it was a roller coaster) and it turned out ok... then I rode one at Busch Gardens and liked it ok... I'm not going to say that I LOVE roller coasters, but I will definitely ride them! Laura and I drove out to KD, got there almost when it opened, rode probably four or five roller coasters, had some lunch, then went to the water park where we rode around the lazy river several times. Then we came home and went out to Italian with Bonnie! :)

Sunday: NADA! Yup, I pretty much did nothing today except lay around, do some laundry, did a couple errands, talked to Amanda B. on the phone, cooked myself dinner and watched the thunderstorm (and maybe a few Harry Potter movies)

All-in-all a great week! Next week is just as busy! Monday - dinner with the Deloitte people, Tuesday - dinner put on by my financial advisor (looking forward to seeing Laura and Country Club of Virginia), Wednesday - Dinner with Kristi and Bible Study, then Thursday I'm off to MA for a wedding... you probably won't get an update from me in a while!

878 Reunion 2013

So, in 2013, we've officially been out of undergrad for 8 years! HOLY COW right? Ever since graduating we have been getting together for what we call the "878 Reunions", where Amy, Mary, Sarah and I (and Elaine even though she didn't 'officially' live with us) get together and hang out for a weekend... At this point I think we've had at least four of these reunions, so we're averaging one about every two years!

This reunion we went down to Lake Gaston in Littleton, NC, where Mary's mom has a beautiful lake house. Amy, Elaine and I left from Richmond on Friday afternoon and got to Littleton around 7:30. We all had a nice taco dinner and hung out by the lake waiting for Sarah to arrive.

Sound of Music book

Old family photos

Around 9:30 or 10 Sarah showed up, we chatted a bit and then played a new game for me!

Mexican Train Dominos?

The thing on the right makes a train noise... it's crazy!

2AM to bed, and morning came quickly. We didn't waste much time. Had our coffee and breakfast on the dock by the lake and then got dressed to go swimming!

Amy went in the water?!?!

Mary enjoying the sun! 

This is the only photo I have of Sarah!

The lake house (as seen from the dock)

Dock and boat! 

The lake :) (Maybe Sarah is in this photo, too)

Sarah went back home Saturday afternoon to spend some time with miss Adeline (her new family addition), but we didn't stop having fun just because she left (though we did miss her)!

Afternoon fun... Amy chose to read

The rest of us played a game!

Phase 10 - I didn't win this one

Rummikub - totally won this game several times in a row... we had to rematch later in
the evening so someone (Elaine) could beat me!

Elaine - love it :)

After game time, and considering the fact that we had been "grazing" all afternoon, we decided to take an evening boat ride.

Lake at dusk!

Mary, Elaine and Amy

Elaine and me

Mary and Amy

Affectionately called "the embassy" because it is SO HUGE!

One story I told my friends, was that my almost 5 year old nephew had called my cousin a douche bag at the beach a couple years ago. Since he joined preschool this year my brother and sister-in-law taught him that he was only allowed to use that word when he referred to people who litter... 

In our boat ride Amy's hat fell off, and in the interest of NOT being called a douche bag, we turned around and Elaine saved it from the water! SUCCESS!!

Wet hat!

Amy REALLY liked the boat!

For so many years I've heard my friends talk about Camp Willow Run... well guess what, I didn't even know it was on Lake Gaston!!! Here it is!

Carolina sunset

Goat island - yup there are goats!

So cute! :)

This is her Titanic pose... she liked the front of the boat 

 After our boat ride, we arrived back to the lake around 8 or 8:30 and thought it would be a good time to make dinner... so here we are! Mary and Amy in the kitchen!

I was manning the grill!

Amy making fruit salad

Elaine the photographer

Four cheeseburgers, coming right up!

Our spread - chips and guacamole, hummus and carrots,
fruit, fruit salad, chips and onion dip, tomatoes, lettuce...

Yummy!

After dinner, we concluded our evening playing "Sketch it!", which is a HILARIOUS game that includes drawing... I won this game, too! :)

This picture is supposed to be a picture of maggots... please note that the animal in
the bottom left corner is SUPPOSED to be a chicken... Elaine, chickens don't have four legs!

They thought my little totem pole was cute!

Who can guess what this is!

Food consumed this weekend: oreos, cheeze its, cheesy puffs (boobs), gummy bears, tortilla chips and guacamole, potato chips and onion dip, cashews, tootsie pops, slushies, carrots and hummus, freeze pops and who KNOWS what else! YUMMY!

All in all it was a FUN weekend, and I was sad to leave the ladies, but alas, I am now back in Richmond and hangin with the kitty!