Pros
Hair looks hardcore awesome b/c there is no humidity
Beantown is pretty and the weather is perfecto
Hotel bed is super comfortable
They have Fiji water at the meetings
Water pressure in the shower is better than at home
H&M is 1.3 miles from hotel
Lots of people on the streets (excellent for people watching)
Almost everyone here has an awesome accent
Just read an In Style mag my mom gave me and it has great winter outfit ideas
The Today Show and I are in the same time zone
I was able to bust out the pink Kate Spade messenger bag for the first time in years
There is a movie being filmed 2 blocks away from the hotel
Cons
Yankee girls are weird (We went to lunch at Legal Seafood and each girl proceeded to ask 1000 questions about where the restaurant's fish came from and then not one of them ordered it. Apparently it is not OK to eat fish from Puerto Rico. One chick went on and on about the importance of eating meat from grass-fed cows and eating only organic veggies b/c of her concerns about chemicals in processed food causing cancer....then she lit up a cig.)
Hotel elevators are scary
No one has said "wicked" yet
No room service at the hotel
My face wash leaked all over my bag of toiletries which contaminated my contact case which contaminated my contacts and now I have to wear my glasses
I paid $3 for a bottle of Aquafina at the hotel "market" before I knew about the free Fiji water
I am in class all day and don't have time to wander around the city.
I wish I had gotten the black Kate Spade messenger bag instead of the pink.
I have yet to see anyone famous and (thanks to Popsugar.com) I KNOW that Katie and Suri were here last week and that Ben Affleck and Don Draper are here NOW.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Hello Friends
So we're not going to BR this weekend. We have made a grown-up decision to watch the game at home. I think/know BR is going to be a mad house this weekend, and since we have no tickets and no place to stay, it is best that we don't go. But that's okay, I'm sure we'll make it in for some other games.
We have now been in C-ton for over 5 months, can ya' believe it? Time has flown by. I feel like I just left Houston yesterday. I guess the whole working full-time thing makes time move a bit more quickly. I leave a week from Tuesday to go to Boston for 5 days for work-related training. I'm staying downtown, but my days will be booked with training sessions. I don't think I'm going to have time to do a whole lot of sightseeing and I'm not quite sure how safe it is to walk around downtown Boston by myself at night. I guess I'll just feel it out once I get there. I sort of hope everyone is Boston says "wicked" as much as I think they do. I'm sure they appreciate that stereotype as much as we appreciate "laissez les bon temps rouler."
Neal's rig may be moved to Pennsylvania??? Sounds weird, right? But here's the deal, if they do move his rig to PA, he will work 14 and 14 and they will fly him there and back every 2 weeks. It actually beats him having to drive to and from west Texas every 2 weeks. The boss said that whichever one of these two companies (either the one in PA or the one in TX) makes a move first will get the rig. Now, back to the waiting game.....
I'm still debating the hair situation. (Sarah, if I decide to do it I will get the name of your girl from you.)Ladies, if ya'll would have seen the color of red my hairdressar turned my hair during the December '08 coloring incident, you would understand. It was Ashlee Simpson red, ya'll. Awful. And then the very dark brown she had to dye it in order to get rid of the red.....ugh. I didn't want to go out in public for a while. I was surprised everytime I looked in the mirror. It wasn't until it turned a lighter shade of brown that I started to like it.
Oooooooohhhhhhh, a girl I work with just brought me a petit four. There is not much in this world that makes me happier than a surprise petit four. Deeeelish.
Anyway, I'm gonna' ride this little sugar jolt to a productive afternoon. One more day until my 3 day weekend!
We have now been in C-ton for over 5 months, can ya' believe it? Time has flown by. I feel like I just left Houston yesterday. I guess the whole working full-time thing makes time move a bit more quickly. I leave a week from Tuesday to go to Boston for 5 days for work-related training. I'm staying downtown, but my days will be booked with training sessions. I don't think I'm going to have time to do a whole lot of sightseeing and I'm not quite sure how safe it is to walk around downtown Boston by myself at night. I guess I'll just feel it out once I get there. I sort of hope everyone is Boston says "wicked" as much as I think they do. I'm sure they appreciate that stereotype as much as we appreciate "laissez les bon temps rouler."
Neal's rig may be moved to Pennsylvania??? Sounds weird, right? But here's the deal, if they do move his rig to PA, he will work 14 and 14 and they will fly him there and back every 2 weeks. It actually beats him having to drive to and from west Texas every 2 weeks. The boss said that whichever one of these two companies (either the one in PA or the one in TX) makes a move first will get the rig. Now, back to the waiting game.....
I'm still debating the hair situation. (Sarah, if I decide to do it I will get the name of your girl from you.)Ladies, if ya'll would have seen the color of red my hairdressar turned my hair during the December '08 coloring incident, you would understand. It was Ashlee Simpson red, ya'll. Awful. And then the very dark brown she had to dye it in order to get rid of the red.....ugh. I didn't want to go out in public for a while. I was surprised everytime I looked in the mirror. It wasn't until it turned a lighter shade of brown that I started to like it.
Oooooooohhhhhhh, a girl I work with just brought me a petit four. There is not much in this world that makes me happier than a surprise petit four. Deeeelish.
Anyway, I'm gonna' ride this little sugar jolt to a productive afternoon. One more day until my 3 day weekend!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Since we now have access to blogger at work....
Oh, no. I'm getting that "I want to change my hair" feeling again, someone puh-lease make it go away. I don't want to cut it, I just want to color it. The last time I did it was such a mess, you would think that experience would have scared me off. But no, of course it didn't. I actually have not highlighted my hair since Feb, so the top 8 inches are all natural. I kind of miss my dark brown hair, that's all.
We do not have tickets or a place to stay for the game this weekend, yet we still want to go tailgate. We have been throwing around the idea of going to BR to tailgate and then driving back to C-ton at 4ish so we can watch the game at home. I'm not sure though. The smart thing to do would be to just stay home Sat and not go to BR at all, but our love for tailgating is completely irrational, so we may still go. Decisions, decisions.
The hubbs turned 30 last Friday so we went to the Barley Oak in Mandeville and then the Brew Pub for drinks. The Barley Oak is a draughthouse on Lakeshore Drive and has a balcony and a fabulous view of Lake Ponch and the sunset. It has a Gingerman-y feel to it, I highly reccomend it.
Both bosses are out of town this entire week and I have next Monday off for Columbus Day, so yaaaaay!
We do not have tickets or a place to stay for the game this weekend, yet we still want to go tailgate. We have been throwing around the idea of going to BR to tailgate and then driving back to C-ton at 4ish so we can watch the game at home. I'm not sure though. The smart thing to do would be to just stay home Sat and not go to BR at all, but our love for tailgating is completely irrational, so we may still go. Decisions, decisions.
The hubbs turned 30 last Friday so we went to the Barley Oak in Mandeville and then the Brew Pub for drinks. The Barley Oak is a draughthouse on Lakeshore Drive and has a balcony and a fabulous view of Lake Ponch and the sunset. It has a Gingerman-y feel to it, I highly reccomend it.
Both bosses are out of town this entire week and I have next Monday off for Columbus Day, so yaaaaay!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Hey Ya'll
So my work computers are super restricted and I am completely unable to access google blogger or facebook at work. I think I would blog more often if I could log on during the weekdays and write stuff as it comes to me...but I can't, so when I have time to write on the weekends I can't remember any of the stuff I thought about earlier in the week. (However, not having access to blogger or facebook at work increases my productivity by, like, x1000.)
We went to BR last weekend for the game, so we decided not to go this weekend. Last weekend went by too quickly...we partied all day Saturday, got soaked during the game Sat night (plastic hooded poncho + rain = permed hair), then came home Sunday where we ate wings and I passed out on the couch during halftime of the Saints game. Then it was time for work again Monday morning. I forgot how quickly weekends go by during football season!
Work this week was crazzzy busy. I went to a day-long swine flu planning session on Thursday that was given by some state agencies. I don't think I learned anything that you won't learn from reading the news. This current strain of H1N1 is pretty mild, so if you do get it, you probably don't need to freak out too much. The theme of the planning session = wash your hands.
Did anyone watch The Office Thursday night? Seriously, how freaking funny was that? I want to watch it again and again and again.
Neal has been home for a while and it's been nice having him here. We're still waiting on the oil company to give the go-ahead for his rig to drill. In the meantime, his company has been paying him to wait. Not too shabby.
We called Charter this morning to order ESPNU so that we can watch the game at home tonight and grill burgers or something. There's a whole lot of football on today and I need to go to the grocery and clean up around the house. I feel old. Anyway, hope everyone enjoys their weekends!
We went to BR last weekend for the game, so we decided not to go this weekend. Last weekend went by too quickly...we partied all day Saturday, got soaked during the game Sat night (plastic hooded poncho + rain = permed hair), then came home Sunday where we ate wings and I passed out on the couch during halftime of the Saints game. Then it was time for work again Monday morning. I forgot how quickly weekends go by during football season!
Work this week was crazzzy busy. I went to a day-long swine flu planning session on Thursday that was given by some state agencies. I don't think I learned anything that you won't learn from reading the news. This current strain of H1N1 is pretty mild, so if you do get it, you probably don't need to freak out too much. The theme of the planning session = wash your hands.
Did anyone watch The Office Thursday night? Seriously, how freaking funny was that? I want to watch it again and again and again.
Neal has been home for a while and it's been nice having him here. We're still waiting on the oil company to give the go-ahead for his rig to drill. In the meantime, his company has been paying him to wait. Not too shabby.
We called Charter this morning to order ESPNU so that we can watch the game at home tonight and grill burgers or something. There's a whole lot of football on today and I need to go to the grocery and clean up around the house. I feel old. Anyway, hope everyone enjoys their weekends!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
GAMEDAY!
At this time of year not too many years ago, I was waking up to the fight song being blared in my living room and one roommate running around the house with an LSU flag. Gameday mornings are now a little quieter than they used to be, but one thing has not changed....there is still a 50/50 chance that Neal shacked the night before.
So things at work are FREAKING GREAT! I get called into a meeting with my bosses the other day and here is what the big boss says, "Well, you're doing great. You know it, we know it. So this is what is going to happen..." Basically, our department will be expanding and I am on my way to a supervisory healthcare position. This is not happening right away as we need to find some grant money to fund the position and then figure out the exact structure of everything, but I will more or less become a sort of community health administrator. I had a brief review yesterday and they are just so pleased with everything I've been doing. They said that they want to hire more people to take over the less important tasks so that I can be involved in the more "higher up" stuff.
I cannot even tell ya'll how excited I am. I have never worked for people who just let me work on my own and do my own thing without feeling the need to check up on me every 5 minutes or get cc'd on everything. They understand that I am capable of a lot and have no problem letting me run with whatever assignments they give me. My entire job involves a lot of research, policy analysis, planning, and writing. I just love it. LOVE IT. I am actually going to get to do what it is I went to grad school for. I can't believe it.
I had to go to this networking lunch thing yesterday. There was a presentation about personality types and it was very entertaining and interesting. The types are identified by colors...I'm a green/gold. So all yesterday afternoon I was identifying people by color. FYI - Neal's an orange. I am going to be a big nerd and post the descriptions of each color for ya'll b/c I think it's interesting.
Orange = I am impulsive and spontaneous, a risk taker who craves fun and excitement. I value skills and courage. Bored by jobs that are routine and structured, I'm impatient with ideas and theories. I want immediate action. I'm very competitive, a natural trouble-shooter and leader.
Gold = I am responsible and practical. I have a strong sense of right and wrong. I value home, family, and tradition. I believe work comes before play. I need to be useful, to be part of an organization. I'm detail oriented and neat. I am the sensible, stable backbone of any group.
Blue = I am a people person, idealistic, caring. A romantic, who follows my heart, I believe in human potential and value personal relationships. I like jobs where I can help and nurture people. I'm warm and friendly, and a good communicator. I'm the peacemaker of the group.
Green = I am an idea person. I value intelligence. I look for explanations and answers. I like to do things that require vision, problem solving, strategy, and ingenuity. I constantly strive for perfection. I'm a competent self-starter who works best on my own without interference.
I think most people are a combination of colors, but you probably lean toward one more than the others.
Anyway, I am so stoked about this 3 day weekend. I am never able to sleep in on Saturdays. By Saturday, my internal clock is so used to 530 get-ups that I can't sleep in. I can usually sleep in until about 8 on Sundays. I'm hoping to make it until 9 Monday morning.
Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend. Geaux Tigers!
So things at work are FREAKING GREAT! I get called into a meeting with my bosses the other day and here is what the big boss says, "Well, you're doing great. You know it, we know it. So this is what is going to happen..." Basically, our department will be expanding and I am on my way to a supervisory healthcare position. This is not happening right away as we need to find some grant money to fund the position and then figure out the exact structure of everything, but I will more or less become a sort of community health administrator. I had a brief review yesterday and they are just so pleased with everything I've been doing. They said that they want to hire more people to take over the less important tasks so that I can be involved in the more "higher up" stuff.
I cannot even tell ya'll how excited I am. I have never worked for people who just let me work on my own and do my own thing without feeling the need to check up on me every 5 minutes or get cc'd on everything. They understand that I am capable of a lot and have no problem letting me run with whatever assignments they give me. My entire job involves a lot of research, policy analysis, planning, and writing. I just love it. LOVE IT. I am actually going to get to do what it is I went to grad school for. I can't believe it.
I had to go to this networking lunch thing yesterday. There was a presentation about personality types and it was very entertaining and interesting. The types are identified by colors...I'm a green/gold. So all yesterday afternoon I was identifying people by color. FYI - Neal's an orange. I am going to be a big nerd and post the descriptions of each color for ya'll b/c I think it's interesting.
Orange = I am impulsive and spontaneous, a risk taker who craves fun and excitement. I value skills and courage. Bored by jobs that are routine and structured, I'm impatient with ideas and theories. I want immediate action. I'm very competitive, a natural trouble-shooter and leader.
Gold = I am responsible and practical. I have a strong sense of right and wrong. I value home, family, and tradition. I believe work comes before play. I need to be useful, to be part of an organization. I'm detail oriented and neat. I am the sensible, stable backbone of any group.
Blue = I am a people person, idealistic, caring. A romantic, who follows my heart, I believe in human potential and value personal relationships. I like jobs where I can help and nurture people. I'm warm and friendly, and a good communicator. I'm the peacemaker of the group.
Green = I am an idea person. I value intelligence. I look for explanations and answers. I like to do things that require vision, problem solving, strategy, and ingenuity. I constantly strive for perfection. I'm a competent self-starter who works best on my own without interference.
I think most people are a combination of colors, but you probably lean toward one more than the others.
Anyway, I am so stoked about this 3 day weekend. I am never able to sleep in on Saturdays. By Saturday, my internal clock is so used to 530 get-ups that I can't sleep in. I can usually sleep in until about 8 on Sundays. I'm hoping to make it until 9 Monday morning.
Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend. Geaux Tigers!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Not Much at All
*My brother and his fiancee eloped last weekend. Some friends of theirs are throwing them a party this Saturday afternoon in Denham Spraaaaaangs, so I will be making an appearance there this weekend. Here is a recent picture of their little boy/my nephew, TJ. He is a cutie. And yes, many members of my family prefer to go the "Hollywood Route" and have the kids and then get married. It's the thing to do, you know.
*My pops is going out of town the weekend of the Vandy game, so Neal and I got his tickets! Yay! I. Cannot. Wait.
*We helped my Mom move this past Sunday. She actually moved out of uptown (gasp!) and rented a cute little house off of River Road (near Ochsner) for her and Olivia. It is sooooo cute. It was a smart move, everything is so much cheaper in Jefferson Parish.
*I have begun "unfriending" people on facebook. There were a few people on my friends list who I didn't really know very well who were constantly on my homepage because they updated their status all the time. Since the unfriendings, logging on to FB is much more pleasant. I no longer have to read about their self-proclaimed total awesomeness all the time.
*Neal and I went to a local bar/grill this past Friday for drinks. This place is known for their martini's, so I had 3. The first one was pretty good, but then I ordered their lemon drop martini. Holy schnikes, it was fan-freaking-tastic. I think it was just absolut citron and fresh lemon juice (Sarah - this is where the fancy schmancy juicer comes in handy) in a sugar-rimmed martini glass. So good. I'm going to try to make one at home even though I'm pretty sure it will taste like shit when I make it.
*If you don't watch the show "How I Met Your Mother," you should. The peeps on the show are about our age, so everything that happens is pretty relate-able. And it's absolutely hilarious. It's one of the few shows that Neal and I both love.
And that's all I've got for now. I could have sworn that I had more exciting stuff to write about....oh well. Sorry for the boring post!
*My pops is going out of town the weekend of the Vandy game, so Neal and I got his tickets! Yay! I. Cannot. Wait.
*We helped my Mom move this past Sunday. She actually moved out of uptown (gasp!) and rented a cute little house off of River Road (near Ochsner) for her and Olivia. It is sooooo cute. It was a smart move, everything is so much cheaper in Jefferson Parish.
*I have begun "unfriending" people on facebook. There were a few people on my friends list who I didn't really know very well who were constantly on my homepage because they updated their status all the time. Since the unfriendings, logging on to FB is much more pleasant. I no longer have to read about their self-proclaimed total awesomeness all the time.
*Neal and I went to a local bar/grill this past Friday for drinks. This place is known for their martini's, so I had 3. The first one was pretty good, but then I ordered their lemon drop martini. Holy schnikes, it was fan-freaking-tastic. I think it was just absolut citron and fresh lemon juice (Sarah - this is where the fancy schmancy juicer comes in handy) in a sugar-rimmed martini glass. So good. I'm going to try to make one at home even though I'm pretty sure it will taste like shit when I make it.
*If you don't watch the show "How I Met Your Mother," you should. The peeps on the show are about our age, so everything that happens is pretty relate-able. And it's absolutely hilarious. It's one of the few shows that Neal and I both love.
And that's all I've got for now. I could have sworn that I had more exciting stuff to write about....oh well. Sorry for the boring post!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Just a Few Thoughts
1. There is not much on tv so I'm watching 90210 (new 90210) and I think Shenae Grimes is the worst actress in the history of the planet. She makes Tori Spelling look like Katharine Hepburn. Yet I'm still watching.
2. I just un-friended someone on FB for the first time. B's ex-wife was talking a lot of smack about him and I got tired of seeing it, so I "removed" her as a friend. Bitch is crazy anyway.
3. We recently started watching True Blood and I like it a lot. It's so dirty that it makes the Sopranos look like Sesame Street, but it's good.
4. When Neal's home, I will usually find at least 3 Old Spice deodorants sitting on the bathroom counter at one time. This bothers me mainly because I do not understand the need to have more than one or two deodorants at a time. In the past I've constructed an Old Spice bowling game in the bathroom in order to show him just how many Old Spice containers can be found in our bathroom at any given time. This past week I counted 5 deodorants hidden all over the bathroom, so I lined them up on the counter. When I came home for lunch, I went into the bathroom to find a pyramid made out of deodorant containers built on the counter. What can I say...he's creative and at least he always smells good.
2. I just un-friended someone on FB for the first time. B's ex-wife was talking a lot of smack about him and I got tired of seeing it, so I "removed" her as a friend. Bitch is crazy anyway.
3. We recently started watching True Blood and I like it a lot. It's so dirty that it makes the Sopranos look like Sesame Street, but it's good.
4. When Neal's home, I will usually find at least 3 Old Spice deodorants sitting on the bathroom counter at one time. This bothers me mainly because I do not understand the need to have more than one or two deodorants at a time. In the past I've constructed an Old Spice bowling game in the bathroom in order to show him just how many Old Spice containers can be found in our bathroom at any given time. This past week I counted 5 deodorants hidden all over the bathroom, so I lined them up on the counter. When I came home for lunch, I went into the bathroom to find a pyramid made out of deodorant containers built on the counter. What can I say...he's creative and at least he always smells good.
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