Mid June

Today is my sister's 29th bday. It is also the day my mother in law is getting her gland removed. They only found cancer in that one gland so good on that. There is a major facial nerve through that gland so as long as the docs don't hit that the surgery should be no big deal. And MIL is thrilled that this will all end with her getting a face lift. So go plastic surgery.

I finally got Chris to start swimming with me. I've been trying to convince him that swim workouts are the way to go but he wasn't having it. Until now. We spent at least three hours in the pool over Saturday and Sunday. For every hour I have him swimming laps I owe him 30 minutes of pool play time. It's a good trade off that makes us both happy.

I finished the entire Twilight series in a week and capped it off with the movie last night. I really enjoyed the series even if it needed to be severely edited down. The movie was alright. I didn't like some of the parts they added and I found Bella incredibly annoying. I didn't picture Edward as Robert Pattinson but I did like how he played the part.

Also saw "The Taking of Pelham 123" and "Away We Go". "Pelham 123" was good but not worth going to the theatre for. "Away We Go" was wonderful. If you haven't heard of it this has Maya Rudolph (SNL alum) and John Krasinski (Jim Halpert from The Office) staring as a couple preparing to have a baby and looking for where they want to live. It's funny and touching. There's one scene with a little boy that just absolutely cracked me up for it's sheer shock value. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be showing on many theaters but if you are in Dallas or Houston go see it.

Wednesday morning (bright and early)I will hop on a a Jet Blue flight to go to DC. Lindsay Hoefer will pick me up at the airport and somehow we will meet up with my college friend. Then Thursday morning college friend and I will hop on a bus and ride to NYC where we'll stay with her high school friend. I'm super excited. We're going to see "Guys and Dolls" (currently starring Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham). I'm excited. I'm looking forward to our girls trip.

It's Friday!

I have had a stressful week at work and am very pleased it is finally Friday.

I got my car out of the shop this morning. The damage wasn't too bad but we were reminded that my water pump is leaking a bit and so in a couple of months we'll put it back in the shop and get that replaced.

Chris has one more week until spring break. Two more tests to go. My father in law arrives Thursday and he'll be here until Sunday I believe. We're probably going to go to the Museum of Natural Science and see the Genghis Khan and Birth of Christianity: A Jewish Story exhibits. Chris has already planned all the restaurants he wants to go to with his dad. Beyond that we have no plans.

I aggravated my shin splints again this weekend so I'm going to go to a running store this weekend to get fitted for shoes. Maybe that will help.

I found a boot camp that meets on Saturdays. Since my normal boot camp was canceled all week (Rice's spring break) I think I'll go to that tomorrow and see how it is. It's a women's only group so that is probably good. That is from 9-10 so I have plenty of time to come back and go to hip hop at 11. Or maybe I'll walk in the stroke 5k. I'll do something tomorrow.

Then tomorrow night I'm going with a group to see Watchmen at the IMAX. I love superhero movies so I'm excited.

Happy weekend!