Stanley was here!

**note: this was supposed to be posted Thursday but I got work and was not able to finish this post**

Not a person, silly! The Stanley cup! It was in my place of employment. I could have gotten my picture taken with the heavy shiny piece of metal. but seeing as I don't ever check news headlines/watch tv/pay attention to any going ons in the world I had no idea and have no camera :( So I missed my chance to have some bragging rights amonst friends, especially my friends down in NC since they came so close to winning the Stanley Cup this year too as well. oh well. not that upset about it.

Anywho! I've actually had work at work so I haven't been able to blog recently. Right, so update on the minimal happenings in my life. My dad has had this whole week off from work so I have been on my own all week. I love it. I have been able to go where I want to eat (not that my dad ever said we're eating here, deal with it) but it's still nice. I can read during lunch (which has been nice this week since I've actually had work and really haven't had the chance to read). I don't necessarily feel rushed in the morning to be out the door before 7:10 but I am anyways. When I leave work, I actually leave, I don't just go downstairs to have to wait to leave so then in return I usually get home before 5pm, which is awesome. I'm an independent girl so I have no problem being alone. The only downside is since I no longer have 2 people in the car, I cannot take the HOV lane (high-occupancy vehicle lane) so I have to drive in the normal 3 lane highway that is not overly backed up but i can't go 60 and not worry about hitting someone. Sad, a small price to pay.

Last Tuesday, was a good day. I had work, like usual but the evening was very good. I went to Panera and hung out with Erika. I taught her how to play farkle and she loved it! She was super excited that I taught her how to play. She won. I don't know how that happened since I am such a beast at the game. I must just been having an off day. haha. After I hung out with Erika, I went to Karen's house for a bonfire with Craig and Marissa. That was a marvelous time of hanging out and having fun. Moldymort, cat fish, big ass, hot stick-just some of the awesome memories that were made that night. :)

Wednesday, I went to go see Les Miserables with Karen. :)

I'm so glad that I finally got to see it! I knew most of the songs, not the words but the music aspect, because of band. My freshman year in band we played a Les Miserables piece that pretty much contained every song. It also helps that all the songs are based around the same 3-4 tunes so by the end of the musical, you know all the tunes very well and there weren't that many songs to include in that musical arrangement we played that freshman year. What surprised me most about the Les Mis though was that there is NO talking whatsoever. They sing the entire time. I was not expecting that at all. One would think that you would get tired of just singing but not really. They do it really well, obviously because it's an award winning musical. Karen and I were probably the youngest people there though. We definitely brought the median age down a lot when we entered the Benedum but that didn't stop us from enjoying the musical. We had a good night out!

Thursday night was a fun night too! I went over to Megan's house to have a Harry Potter party/hang out night with the ladies from The Physics Brigade: Karen, Marissa and Megan. We had HP centered snacks, cupcakes with different colored icing representing different balls from quidditch, fruits representing the houses-cucumbers: slytherin, blueberries: ravenclaw, strawberries, watermelon, rasberries: gryfindor, and bananas, chocolate chips: hufflepuff, and chocolate frogs. Those were the best. For most of the night we just hung out and talked, took pictures on Meg's new Mac, watched her speech at graduation and then finally started to watch HP 5 but Marissa and I had to leave shortly after that because it was late and had work the next morning.

This whole weekend my parents have been out in Illinois visiting Sarah at the college where she is doing her internship so that means that I am home alone. Friday was marvelous, I called off work because I was super tired from the past three nights of staying up and out really late. I slept in real late and got up and just lounged around the house. I should have gone to work but oh well, my parents will never know. Saturday, my sister, Christine, invited me to go to Grove City Outlets with her and her friend. I graciously accepted even though I shouldn't have. I bought a pair of khakis, halter, heels, vest, and pants. Don't really need any of that but they were good deals so I figured why not. The shoes may be going back but I really really like them and they were so much on sale that they were pretty much a steal so probably not. Today, Christine taught me how to drive a stick shift! I'm a natural. I got the hang of it really well but I don't think I will be buying any stick shifts in the near future. I have the basics down so if someone I'm with who drives a stick shift passes out or something I will be able to get them to a hospital or to safety, you know. Although, with a little more practice I suppose I would get it down pat.

Thats all the exciting news of my life up to this moment, I'm just relaxing having myself a HP marathon.

36 daysss.

peace.