Black Jack Pasta

Today work was crazy!! The only problem with vacations is that you have to make sure your butt is covered while you are gone. Plus, it is our busy busy season. If Jay didn’t have spring break now, I would never have taken off an entire week. Yes, I am taking off an entire week. This will be my first entire week off since I started my job post grad school. Needless to say this hit me as I was walking home and made me instantly smile. I deserve this break and I plan to enjoy every minute of it!

For dinner, I made fridge pasta (aka everything that would go bad in the fridge plus stuff from the pantry and freezer because we tried not to buy a lot of food this week). It was delicious!

Besides being busy busy busy today, we also noticed a strange smell (like burning rubber) near my office and then within 30 minutes the lights in the hall were out. This was enough to convince me to bring home my wine and other goodies that have been collecting in my office.

The wine was delicious and made my day 1,000x better!

Now I am off to finish packing (oh wait, start packing my own bag). Above is a picture of our camping supplies that we are checking. I realize y’all know very little about our trip to California (except that we are going to San Fran) and I kind of like it that way. It will add to the fun of when I return.

Boston part 3

I promise this will be my last Boston post. Especially considering I leave for Florida tomorrow!! I am very very excited for Florida and to hang out with my two college besties but am also excited for the my weekend home the following weekend. (Note to self - being away 6 weekends in a row is a bit obsessive).

Back to Boston: The main goal of this trip was to visit long lost friends and family. Half of my mother's family lives in Massachusetts so unfortunately we only had time to visit a family. The family being my oldest cousin Pam, her husband (Doug) and two daughters. We arrived at their house Friday night to see the girls off to bed, drink a glass of wine and hear about Doug's broken leg.

Saturday, we got up and accomplished our second visiting goal of the trip, to see my ex-boss/friend Veronica. We grabbed breakfast with her at a local diner which was delicious and ridiculously cheap. It was great to catch-up and now I am uber pumped about going to California in March. (FYI - I will be living in Cali in 5 years)

After breakfast we headed into Boston to meet my cousin and her girls at the Aquarium. I have been to the Boston Aquarium but I forgot how much there is to really see there. Plus, going to the aquarium with children is a whole other (good) experience. Kids get excited about everything! I love it!

After a snack at Faneuil Hall and Quincy Marketplace we said good-bye and met up with Luke.

Overall, a great weekend!

Oy with the poodles already!

My new work schedule is going well. I managed to run Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning. Took this morning off, but am motivated for tomorrow. The hardest part about my new work schedule is it results in me missing the first few minutes of Gilmore Girls.


Oh well, I guess I could watch the episodes on DVD... since I won them, but for some reason it is not the same.

Today, since I went in early (due to the fact that I didn't run) I came home turned on the girls and poured myself a healthy glass of wine.

On Tuesday, I bought a bottle of Sebeka Shiraz Pinotage "Cape Blend" wine from CVS. It was on sale and I had a CVS extra bucks coupon making its total cost $6.60. Even for an under $10 bottle, I have to say it is ok, drinkable and worth trying.


Camping this weekend, lots of pictures come Monday!