Now that we have that out of the way we can discuss my week of leave. First off I ended up with about an hour of sleep before I left, so I was quite tired driving down to the airport. There were several transfers and all, but in the end it worked out and I got home. I ended up spending time in Las Vegas, where I did win money. I put a dollar into a slot machine and let it spin a few times (Yes, there are slot machines in the airport). I hit strawberries and saw I had more credits then when I started. So I cashed out and was a dime ahead of where I started. Take that Vegas! But then there was a delay and I spent a bit longer in Vegas so I got home late.
While home there was running from one house to another, Stella and I made up some authentic New Mexican foods for dinner one night and had Green Chili Wine. Yup, you read that currently. It was different, not bad, but different. Had Waligia ( I know that is probably spelled wrong). And of course there was Christmas. And again I would like to thank everyone for the gifts and the cards. I hope that you also enjoyed what you received and had a grand holiday.
Oh, then of course there was Christmas eve, I spent a chunk of it in the emergency room cause my knee went out the night before. My knee still hurts, I will have to get it looked at again. I recommend that you try to not go to the emergency room on Christmas eve, there are better things to do, like wrap gifts.
The day after Christmas I headed up to Jersey for visiting of relatives and Philly. Stella and I went up and saw Babci. Then we headed into Philly for sight seeing and a cheese steak. Both were accomplished, which brings us to our first picture. Ahh, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Yes, that is the Liberty Bell's new home. I realize that to some of you it may not be new, but others haven't seen this home. So now you can see how it is set up. I like the fact they have the big window there so you can see Independence Hall. We were going to go to Jim's but there was a line out the door and around the corner so we stopped at another place and had our cheese steaks and then we did our sight seeing. We also browsed through the Independence visitor center, but it was getting late and we had to head back. We went and saw the other relatives and hung out with them for a while and then crashed for the night. The next morning we got out diner breakfast picked up kielbasa and hoagies and headed back home. But that took a while cause of traffic and such, but I did get to see national treasure.
Other then that I managed to go ice skating, go to a meeting with the caterer and such. Spent time with various family members, got to play with my nephew.
See, ice skating, I told you I could skate.
So on my plane ride home I was sitting next to this woman who talked for a while. She ended up downing 3 things of wine in the process and decided that I was 28 either Italian or Greek and kept trying to buy me a drink, even after I told her I am engaged. So I ended up just reading my book so she wouldn't talk to me anymore. It was odd. But in Dallas I was walking and a friend of mine spotted me, so we got to talk and hang out. We were on the same flight and got back and such.
I made it back to my apartment safely and ended up passing out. Today I ran some errands, got some pictures hung up. By the way everything made it safely back to my apartment undamaged. So I am happy about that. Today I got a futon cause there was another going out of business sale. Also I set up the little fridge as the beer fridge. As I had beer left from the last get together, cause people brought it over and left it here. So my beer fridge is stocked. And I went to the commissary to stock up a bit. All in all its been good. Now some more photos.
My living room. Complete with new futon and new picture of Stella. Yes, I know that the Simpson Movie posters will have to move at some point, but not till May or maybe March.
I realize that you can't really see the picture I got for Christmas. This is just so you know where it lives, if you have not yet gotten to see the set up, stop by.
Amazing, isn't it. A beer fridge! I know there is soda in there too, but it seemed like a good place so I have a range of refreshments. And yes, by slinky lives on top of the beer fridge. I'm cool like that.
So finally Happy New Years to all. I hope that 2008 works out well for you. And I will post again in the new year.
2 comments:
like the beer/soda fridge. the futon is great looking. miss you much.
hehe futon looks great honey, hehe... who knew you'd be such a talented decorator! it also looks really comfy which is making me wanna be over there even more than i already do
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