Tired

If I could use one word to sum up my feelings about being in Minnesota tired would be it. I thought school was busy but it has nothing on this. I wake up, go to work, come back from work, go to my nightly activity, come back and go to bed.

I will eventually get used to it.

And I am slightly annoyed. Not at anyone but just at a situation. I came back to Mn so i could have my boyfriend back but he travels so much i never see him. I think i spent more time with him when I was in Evanston.

Alright, rant done. On the other hand I am having a great time in Minnesota with all my friends. I think I just need to learn to prioritize otherwise it becomes Thursday night and i get too tired for poker, my old favorite activity.

Back to cleaning. Nothing really interesting to report. And no new pictures. I will have to start taking more pictures soon...

One more thing

Forgot to mention one more thing that is taking up my time. Katie and I have started running too. Hopefully we can get Karin to join too. Right now it is a pretty sad sight. I huff and puff while we do 60 seconds of running and 90 seconds of walking, which is sadly an improvement from where we started. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will be in better running shape and will have lost my Kellogg weight (then i get to start on the General Mills weight and go from there)...

Busy Busy

So I am back in Minnesota and the posts will probably slow down a bit as things are really busy and there just isn't much time. Work is going okay, I am beginning to figure things out. Katie and I have started dance lessons which are a lot of fun, I have really enjoyed those so far. And volleyball, poker, etc has also picked up. My days are pretty busy and I am trying to make sure I still have time to spend with Dave after it all so it is a balancing act. I could post so much more right now, I will try to update more later...

M&Ms wedding

So our friends Mario and Marta got married last Saturday in Michigan and Dave and I along with some friends from school went to visit. It was a beautiful wedding and Marta was a gorgeous bride. The wedding ceremony was in this really pretty chapel. It was a Catholic wedding but without the Eucharist. which meant it was nice and short too. My friend Shree and I had told Mario and Marta that we would wear Sari's to their wedding. Since we both wanted to dance, we wore them to the ceremony only.
There were a few hours in between the wedding and the reception so we hung out with our college friends at Dave's place. It was so awesome seeing them all. We got lots of time to catch up while at Dave place. We then head over to the reception hall. Both Mario and Marta are Italian, and it was obvious once we got to the wedding. There was a huge table set up with appetizers. We were about to go get some but then we saw the meal menu and realized that we would be sorry, because there was just so much food. The food itself was awesome. It was funny, the wedding hall would not serve shots (it was an open bar) but the family of the bride brought in some of their own liquor and got the bartenders to serve us shots on ice. It is definitely difficult doing a shot when it is on ice, and things taste a little different, but it was funny to see everyone doing those. There was lots of dancing and I think a good time was had by all. You can see pictures of the night below.

Me in my Sari with Dave. The Sari didn't really show up great in any pictures. It was gold with lots of sparkles on it.

The entire Jokers crew

Marta with the girls, isn't she a beautiful bride?

Back in Mn

So the crazy week has continued. After a fun Thirsty Thursday last week, i flew to Michigan for a friend's wedding. I had a great time, and I got to see all my college friends, which was awesome. I will post pictures (I used my camera again!) from the event when I am back on my own computer (it has been lost in my car- more on that in a second). The wedding was alot of fun, but i realized half way through that my week had caught up to me and that i was sick :-(. Sunday was no fun, as I spent most of it in bed and then on the worst flight ever (flying when congested= bad idea).
I got back to Chicago with plans of finishing up my final and turning it in by the 9 AM time (which I did) and then cleaning up my apartment so i could leave by Tuesday. But I was feeling so crappy that I ended up not cleaning up at all on Monday. I slept early, woke up early on Tuesday and spent all of TUesday packing. I still wasn't done by the end of the day so i did the same thing Wednesday and then drove back Wednesday night. I'm still tired.
However, I do get to go to poker today, which I can't wait for! I also have a whole list of other things i need to do, and I'm a day short since i got here a day later.
My drive over was uneventful. I listened to lots of CDs and had a lot of time to think, not always a good thing. I was feeling depressed at one point, and then i put an old miz CD made by JC, which just made me feel better. Then I was feeling tired, and I put in another one made by him, a dance mix. I bet I looked pretty ridiculous to anyone who could see me dancing away in the car seat to wide range of dance music. Anyway, I'll have to thank JC again for the great mix CDs! The night was capped off with some Justin Timberlake, to keep me awake through Minnesota, gotta love JT! Now its time to start working on my list. Can't wait for poker!

Almost Done

So this week was crazy. You all might be amazed to hear this but I actually had to do school work. I got back from a great Minnesota trip (and a fun Memorial Day Party- thanks Karin!) on Monday night. On Tuesday I spent all day preparing for my NPI presentation. Then on Wednesday I woke up early, spent all day at the NPI fair, went straight to a Fin-D meeting, then to a Marketing Chanels meeting, then to dinner, then back to Jacobs for another FIn-D meeting that went until 6 AM. Yes that is right, 6 AM. I was so tired on Thursday. HOwever, we turned in our Fin-D final case then i had to give a presentation for Marketing Channels on only 2 hours of sleep. I was barely coherant.
Afterwards, our Fin-D prof took us to the Keg for beers and i went to dinner with some people. Then i went home, took a nap and then went back out for the final MMM Thirsty Thursday. Below are some pictures.

My New Product Innovation group

The MMMs play flip cup

Allie, Amit (my future MBC co-chair) and me

The MMM girls who were out (we had 1/3 of us show up!)

It was a fun night. Now I am in Michigan for my good friends Mario and Marta's wedding. It should be fun, hopefully I will take more pictures (Karin- are you proud of me actually using my camera?)