Weekenders.

This past weekend went by fast but it was much enjoyable.

Friday consisted of non-stop campus stuff then Jersey for the night. Tor invited me and her boyfriend to a benefit for her friend's mom who passed away from melanoma. It was sponsored by an NJ county police department. Beefsteak, bagpipers, unlimited wine & beer and Irish dancers. All for a great cause. Loads of fun, very communal and everyone was friendly and knew pretty much everyone and welcomed us non-Irish dancing folk (aka Andrew & I).

I must say Irish dancing is so fucking cool to watch. Fast feet and colorful dresses. And the wigs. Can't get over the bouncing wigs. Tor even got Andrew and I to try and attempt our luck with fancy footwork during the Siege of Ennis, a popular Irish folk dance that is really fun to do when intoxicated. This is what it looks like...(the woman doing the counts in the background made me laugh. Oh, and the spinning is really fun too)



Saturday was also fun but boy, was I exhausted...we slept at Tor's Friday night, woke up extra early to have some brekkie her mama made us before making the 45 minute drive back to school, where Tor and I would have rowing practice at 10am. Practice ran til 12:20ish and I was exhausted. After wearing heels Friday night that were pretty effing painful, my hamstrings were uber sore the next morning. I also ran 4 miles Friday in between work and work training (which was totally unnecessary).

Saturday night I went to the city with a few friends for our friend's birthday party she was having with her twin brother. It was at a place called Fat Baby in L.E.S. I must say I saved A LOT of money that night, considering my friend's boyfriend drove us in, and I only spend $8 on one drink while having the rest of them paid for :)

I also met up with my friend from high school. She came around 12:30am and it was soooo good seeing her after a few years of not seeing her. Quite a breath of fresh air, especially when I'm starting to question some of my relationships I'm having with people now and also dealing with other stresses like school, the area around my school, rowing practice, internship, the cold & gross snow, having what seems to be a sinus infection, and at the time, wearing painful shoes.

Sunday was my productive day. I walked to my friend's house, we went to the gym, showered back at her place (separately haha), went to the library with another friend, got a late and much needed lunch with more friends, finally got my car out of the school parking garage after five days of not driving it because the roads around campus suck, and went back to my friend's house to rot in her bed and watch She's the Man with  a bedroom full of biddies. I went home after that, talked to my pops, had some soup, took Nyquil, phonecall with Frump, then ended the night with some old episode of To Catch A Predator.

Now, I'm at work, with the same annoying congested nose and sore throat. I'm tired but in decent spirits. My day isn't even close to being over but I have a feeling I'm going to get through it. It'll be tough but when haven't I survived one of those days? I am strong. I am woman. Blah, blah blah. I just wanna be able to sleep at night without a clogged nostril and having to breath out of my mouth..gross. I hate being sick..wahh!