i'm not dead. srsly.
So I know I haven't updated in what, four months?, but hey, life happened. I'll try to give the short, maybe bullet-pointed version, though, just so you know what I've been up to.
January:
- Went and saw Zoolights at the zoo for the first time ever. Our zoo around the holidays does this thing where it has light-up animals to go with the real ones. So, I went with a few friends I haven't seen in a while. Go me.
- Had two different friends visit me - Sporky and Con. Sporky because he was possibly going to transfer here (he didn't) and Con for hockey.
- Saw a lot of hockey (as usual) and worked a lot of hockey (as usual), getting hate mail for my column. Go me!
- Went to Minny to visit SG's family for the first time and ended up getting stuck there. He's a pilot and I'm on his travel benefits ... which means I fly standby. I happened to go out MLK, Jr. weekend a.k.a. second biggest ski weekend of the year. I had issues coming back home - almost drastic since I got back to the airport about the same time the rest of my family arrived to head to Hawai'i (they went early 'cuz i had to work).
- Joined the fam in Hawai'i (and the boy, sg, joined us halfway through). Went ATV'ing, snorkeling, shopping, luau-ing, walking, USS Missouri-ing, etc. It was a good time.
February:
- Watched the Super Bowl (go giants!).
- Had SG visit tons of times (side note: by now, he's basically family).
- Saw more and more hockey, working more and more hockey. This is all I do now, basically.
- The boy also came out for Valentine's Day, marking it the first V-Day I've ever spent with a significant other. We had date night on the 14th, going out for dinner before hitting up an Avs game and skiing on the 15th. That ski trip was the first I've been on since I was about 14 (so a good decade). I'm such an embarassment to my state. Oh well, I went and realized how much I actually missed it.
- I think this month I also came up with the nickname of "Baby Dinosaur" for the boy because of these random "mmmmmmrrrrrraaaaaaa" sounds he makes. They're cute, don't get me wrong - just randomly weird.
March:
- SG visited again in the beginning of the month.
- We learned that my grandma on my dad's side passed away (she had alzheimer's and other stuff), so I went down to Tucson for a funeral. I also attended mass for the first time in a good year and a third.
- I drove out to Minnesota for the Final Five tourney again (go work), having to leave a day early because of a stupid snowstorm (ended up having to spend the night in nebraska after getting caught in a blizzard). Pretended I didn't know SG at the bar he works at, making all his coworkers think he got lucky with some random chick at the bar. Played hockey once, went to the Mall of America (i'm such a girl), worked a lot of hockey, went dancing once and got an Easter basket from his parents. Good times.
- Saw the boy again when he took a mental health day and visited for an overnight.
- Went dancing with the girls up in the mountains.
- Started softball! I joined NDS's softball team this year so I'm playing softball in the spring. I suck, but it's fun.
April ... so far:
- SG came out at the beginning of the month (he does live here now basically. srsly). We've decided we're basically engaged except for that whole pesky ring thing that neither of us are in a hurry to do (because we're in no hurry to get married. get the ring, get countless questions on when the wedding is. we don't want that). This trip, we went to the Museum of Nature and Science just to do something different and played racquetball ... almost hating each other after it. Yeah, we're competitive ...
- Went to the Rockies home opener ... by myself, which kinda sucked. Stupid brother.
- SG came out for the entire week of the Frozen Four, which was AWESOME. However, certain things happened which weren't so awesome. The next bullet-point thingys are last week ...
~*~*~*~*~ Sporky was supposed to fly in, but the retard first decided he wasn't coming, cancelled everything ... then decided to show up after all ... so he drove out. He came in last Tuesday (much to the dismay of sg and i).
~*~*~*~*~ Wednesday was supposed to be, drive south to pick up Hoven, get Con from airport, go to bar for meet and greet, dump everyone except SG off downtown, go to Nike/Bauer VIP reception (so i'm basically a big deal and get invited to cool shit). However, due to the American Airlines fiasco, Con wasn't coming in until laaaaaate. So, instead, drive down south and pick up Hoven, pick up my press pass and parking pass, chill for a bit, check those fools into a hotel (ended up not staying at my house THANK JEEBUS), head to meet and greet, dump Sporky and Hoven off at a random bar downtown, go to Nike/Bauer thingy to get free food and beer and schmooze, pick up other losers, head to airport to get Con, go to IHOP at 1am for lots of bacon, dump losers off at hotel, go home and crash.
~*~*~*~*~ I don't remember much about Thursday other than I worked and worked a lot. I also didn't go out that night - was not in the mood at all.
~*~*~*~*~ Did absolutely nothing Friday morning until I had to leave to go work the Hobey and Skills Comp. After that, SG and I headed over to the INCH party which was basically a whole bunch of media types getting drunk for free at a bar downtown which is seriously a good time. I drank the most I have in a good five, six months but thankfully didn't puke.
~*~*~*~*~ Wake up Saturday with a killer fucking headache, but wake up in time to get to the rink early since I organized a hockey game for all us 'CHO losers who post. It definitely wasn't one of my better games, but I basically hated everyone and everything by this point, so I didn't care. Booked it out of there after showering so I could get down to the games early/on time (silly work). Worked the championship, being upset that our stupid rivals won and angry at basically everyone I knew except SG. However, I still went out to drink with some of my old Beantown peeps afterwards, intending on getting wasted to drown the anger. Luckily, after two drinks, I was happier and decided not to get puke-drunk. Go me.
~*~*~*~*~ Dumped all losers off at the airport Sunday (except for sporky who drove back home), hung out with SG until my softball game, played crappily in our team's first win of the season (go us), went home, showered and then threw darts with SG for a good couple hours.
And that, my friends, has basically been my life. I also managed my first flat tire of the year somewhere in there, but I forget exactly where. Stupid tires.
I'll try not to be a stranger anymore, but it's me - you know I can't promise anything. :-p
January:
- Went and saw Zoolights at the zoo for the first time ever. Our zoo around the holidays does this thing where it has light-up animals to go with the real ones. So, I went with a few friends I haven't seen in a while. Go me.
- Had two different friends visit me - Sporky and Con. Sporky because he was possibly going to transfer here (he didn't) and Con for hockey.
- Saw a lot of hockey (as usual) and worked a lot of hockey (as usual), getting hate mail for my column. Go me!
- Went to Minny to visit SG's family for the first time and ended up getting stuck there. He's a pilot and I'm on his travel benefits ... which means I fly standby. I happened to go out MLK, Jr. weekend a.k.a. second biggest ski weekend of the year. I had issues coming back home - almost drastic since I got back to the airport about the same time the rest of my family arrived to head to Hawai'i (they went early 'cuz i had to work).
- Joined the fam in Hawai'i (and the boy, sg, joined us halfway through). Went ATV'ing, snorkeling, shopping, luau-ing, walking, USS Missouri-ing, etc. It was a good time.
February:
- Watched the Super Bowl (go giants!).
- Had SG visit tons of times (side note: by now, he's basically family).
- Saw more and more hockey, working more and more hockey. This is all I do now, basically.
- The boy also came out for Valentine's Day, marking it the first V-Day I've ever spent with a significant other. We had date night on the 14th, going out for dinner before hitting up an Avs game and skiing on the 15th. That ski trip was the first I've been on since I was about 14 (so a good decade). I'm such an embarassment to my state. Oh well, I went and realized how much I actually missed it.
- I think this month I also came up with the nickname of "Baby Dinosaur" for the boy because of these random "mmmmmmrrrrrraaaaaaa" sounds he makes. They're cute, don't get me wrong - just randomly weird.
March:
- SG visited again in the beginning of the month.
- We learned that my grandma on my dad's side passed away (she had alzheimer's and other stuff), so I went down to Tucson for a funeral. I also attended mass for the first time in a good year and a third.
- I drove out to Minnesota for the Final Five tourney again (go work), having to leave a day early because of a stupid snowstorm (ended up having to spend the night in nebraska after getting caught in a blizzard). Pretended I didn't know SG at the bar he works at, making all his coworkers think he got lucky with some random chick at the bar. Played hockey once, went to the Mall of America (i'm such a girl), worked a lot of hockey, went dancing once and got an Easter basket from his parents. Good times.
- Saw the boy again when he took a mental health day and visited for an overnight.
- Went dancing with the girls up in the mountains.
- Started softball! I joined NDS's softball team this year so I'm playing softball in the spring. I suck, but it's fun.
April ... so far:
- SG came out at the beginning of the month (he does live here now basically. srsly). We've decided we're basically engaged except for that whole pesky ring thing that neither of us are in a hurry to do (because we're in no hurry to get married. get the ring, get countless questions on when the wedding is. we don't want that). This trip, we went to the Museum of Nature and Science just to do something different and played racquetball ... almost hating each other after it. Yeah, we're competitive ...
- Went to the Rockies home opener ... by myself, which kinda sucked. Stupid brother.
- SG came out for the entire week of the Frozen Four, which was AWESOME. However, certain things happened which weren't so awesome. The next bullet-point thingys are last week ...
~*~*~*~*~ Sporky was supposed to fly in, but the retard first decided he wasn't coming, cancelled everything ... then decided to show up after all ... so he drove out. He came in last Tuesday (much to the dismay of sg and i).
~*~*~*~*~ Wednesday was supposed to be, drive south to pick up Hoven, get Con from airport, go to bar for meet and greet, dump everyone except SG off downtown, go to Nike/Bauer VIP reception (so i'm basically a big deal and get invited to cool shit). However, due to the American Airlines fiasco, Con wasn't coming in until laaaaaate. So, instead, drive down south and pick up Hoven, pick up my press pass and parking pass, chill for a bit, check those fools into a hotel (ended up not staying at my house THANK JEEBUS), head to meet and greet, dump Sporky and Hoven off at a random bar downtown, go to Nike/Bauer thingy to get free food and beer and schmooze, pick up other losers, head to airport to get Con, go to IHOP at 1am for lots of bacon, dump losers off at hotel, go home and crash.
~*~*~*~*~ I don't remember much about Thursday other than I worked and worked a lot. I also didn't go out that night - was not in the mood at all.
~*~*~*~*~ Did absolutely nothing Friday morning until I had to leave to go work the Hobey and Skills Comp. After that, SG and I headed over to the INCH party which was basically a whole bunch of media types getting drunk for free at a bar downtown which is seriously a good time. I drank the most I have in a good five, six months but thankfully didn't puke.
~*~*~*~*~ Wake up Saturday with a killer fucking headache, but wake up in time to get to the rink early since I organized a hockey game for all us 'CHO losers who post. It definitely wasn't one of my better games, but I basically hated everyone and everything by this point, so I didn't care. Booked it out of there after showering so I could get down to the games early/on time (silly work). Worked the championship, being upset that our stupid rivals won and angry at basically everyone I knew except SG. However, I still went out to drink with some of my old Beantown peeps afterwards, intending on getting wasted to drown the anger. Luckily, after two drinks, I was happier and decided not to get puke-drunk. Go me.
~*~*~*~*~ Dumped all losers off at the airport Sunday (except for sporky who drove back home), hung out with SG until my softball game, played crappily in our team's first win of the season (go us), went home, showered and then threw darts with SG for a good couple hours.
And that, my friends, has basically been my life. I also managed my first flat tire of the year somewhere in there, but I forget exactly where. Stupid tires.
I'll try not to be a stranger anymore, but it's me - you know I can't promise anything. :-p