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This year’s spring break started with two and a half days in San Francisco. It was lovely, but cold. I’d never been to California and I pictured it hot and sunny, with an In-and-Out Burger on every corner. Turns out, in some parts of Cali, it’s colder than Chicago and you have to work really hard to find an In-and-Out Burger. But we did. And it was delicious.

We spent another two and a half days in Napa for Steve and Katrina’s wedding, and it was perfect. I’m talking Martha Stewart perfect. Platinum Weddings perfect. Movie scene perfect. You get the point. Unfortunately, my camera died before the wedding, so I have very few pictures to share, unless you’re interested in the classic “getting ready in the hotel” series, or the “sitting in the back of the rental car” shots. Damn me.

And now another weekend has come and I’m looking forward to riding my awesome, brand-spanking new bike, hanging out with Matt’s parents, who will be here tomorrow afternoon, and taking the day off of work on Monday just because I can!

And now, a commercial break.

This made me laugh no less than four times today. Enjoy.

I didn’t grow up on a lake. The closest thing we had to a lake was the Hoover Dam (not the Hoover Dam damming the Colorado River, but rather the smaller, lesser known Hoover Dam damming the Big Walnut Creek).

In Michigan it seems like everyone grows up on a lake. They do water sports and they know how to drive boats and they don’t care about the yucky muck in the water. This is all foreign to me.

I hadn’t planned to leave town for Memorial Day weekend. But Friday came and it had been a pretty crummy week and I needed to get away. So we headed to Fenton, MI to do lake things.

We drank lots of beer and ate lots of food and spent a lot of time floating (which, it turns out, I am very good at doing). And all that eating and drinking and floating has made this week just a little bit easier.

We’re alive! After a very busy month of unpacking and many trips to IKEA! Much, much thanks to the moms, who did things for us that I will NEVER do for my grown children (see above, as Momma Mary happily scrubs floors and Momma Linda negotiates with the cat so that she can paint).

We managed to fit in a birthday party for our friend John, a graduation celebration for lovely Laura (including a Cubs game and a fabulous dinner-thanks Kathy and Gary!), and the wedding of one of Matt’s frat buddies (I made many, many jokes about the fact that they all have nicknames like, “Moose” and “Burger.” But, seriously. Why do boys do that?).

And now, life has calmed down a bit and summer is in full swing! I have lots to look forward to. Including: A visit from Collin this weekend, a trip to Napa, Amber’s bridal shower/bachelorette extravaganza, a visit from my sister, and Kaleidoscope Reunion 2K10.

And tonight, we’re having burgers and beers while we paint a very pink guest bedroom. Wish us luck!

MOM WOW MOM WOW

A big "Happy Mother's Day" to all the mothers and mothers-to-be, and especially to my own. I love you, Mom! I am so very grateful for you. Thank you for loving me.

Here's to many more cheesy photos together...

Everyone hates packing. Everyone. So a blog about packing seems pretty lame. But, boy, do I hate packing. I have no spatial reasoning, I don’t truly care about the well-being of any of my Ikea furniture, and I can think of at least ten things I’d rather do with my weekend.

Nevertheless, I sucked it up and packed. For days. And now most everything is in a box and here we are, watching old Office eps (Creed is my favorite), while I drink wine out of a SOLO cup (FYI, dressing up as a SOLO cup for Halloween is harder than it seems). But, I got to meet an old friend for lunch and to Skype with Dawn and Devin from across the globe. So it wasn’t a total loss.

And rather than post a picture of my adorable cat playing amongst the moving boxes (I took so many!), I decided to post one from Easter, which was lovely. I won the Easter Egg Hunt and the rib cook-off. It was a pretty successful trip.

Happenings for the week:
-Tomorrow is Amber’s birthday, one of my oldest and dearest friends. I get to see her in just 68 days! Happy birthday, my love!
-It’s a three-day work week for me. Which is good because despite my hard work, there’s actually still A LOT to pack.
-My momma will be here on Thursday to help us move! And since we hired movers, I’m hoping we can just drink wine out of SOLO cups while we watch them work!

Have a great week, everyone!

My favorite stories from the World Wide Interweb this week:

Scrabble is changing the rules! What the heck!

I'm torn about this one. It still looks so delicious!

I watched this twice I liked it so much.

Good for them.

I only wish I'd been this smart!

This is actually pretty funny.

I saw this at CB2 over the weekend and now I'm committed to making one myself.