Work is still slow, and that's fine with me. Browsing the internet in between spurts of work is a pretty nice luxury, though I do wish it were a little busier so I didn't keep checking my email every 5 minutes to see if there's any news on Megan's visa ( Read more... )

Labor Day typically signals the end of "summer," which really sucks because I feel like I didn't really get to enjoy the season this year. And it also really sucks because I am not looking forward to the bone-chilling cold that is just around the corner. Especially with an '86 car ( Read more... )

Welcome to this crazy, messed-up world, little Tristen Patrick Smith! 6 lbs, 13 oz, 20 3/4 inches, and born at 10:34 PM. I lost the bet on his weight, but still, I cannot wait to see your little, adorable face ( Read more... )

And how am I spending it?? Well, like the majority of my days as an eighteen year old, doing nothing special nor remarkable ( Read more... )

I was right. It was an adventure! It started raining around one-ish, and it never stopped. Mom picked up Josh from the train station at 5 & got Sub sandwiches to bring with, then we left for Ravinia at 6:15. It was absolutely pouring on the way there, and it didn't really slow down at all. The entire parking lot was mud and large puddles, as was ( Read more... )

We (Mom, Dad, Mason, Eric, Josh, and I) are going to a Jethro Tull concert! It's going to be so much fun, even if I don't know most of their songs. We're having a picnic of Subway and cheese and sausage - it'll be great ( Read more... )

Saturday: Ever wish you could be in two places at once? This was one of those nights for me. I wanted to go to the Japanese festival with Sam and I wanted to go to Lindenfest with Mason, Eric, and Megan and see American English. So, after deliberation and not being able to move at all on Friday (lousy knee), I decided to see the Beatles coverband ( Read more... )

Picked up Josh and we (he, Mason, Eric, and I) went to see Austin Powers in Goldmember, which was pretty darn funny. A lot funnier than I expected. I liked Foxy Cleopatra better than Felicity Shagwell, that's for certain. And Britney Spears's head blew up. I mean, c'mon, what's not to love? The cameos were hilarious and Michael Caine was terrific ( Read more... )

My Graduation/Summer Party on Friday was a lot of fun. Mason, Deanna, Sean, Catherine, Lauren, Joe, Becca, Jen, and I had a blast playing softball. Joe luckily came to the rescue because, for the life of me, I could not find my baseball mitt or the bats. Mason couldn't either, and Dad (at work) had no idea. But Joe went home and he and Sean brought ( Read more... )

There are no words to describe the Paul McCartney concert on Thursday night. I mean, I could try for hours, but I just can't convey both what happened, and my feelings. The closest I can come is "Awesome!" and "Amazing!" It really was. I can't describe the feeling of looking down at the stage (with or without the binoculars) and knowing that yes, ( Read more... )