What a fun weekend!  Saturday morning Robert and I ran the Pirates 5k over on the North Shore, and I ended up winning with an 18:01- a 1-second PR and agonizingly close to that 18:00 barrier yet again.  In 2 weeks I'll be running another 5k at BW, so hopefully this time I can deliver that breakthrough!!  Robert also ran crazy well since he's barely ( Read more... )

This weekend was another scorcher.  Dear HPCA, please get those A/C units ASAP so my husband will stop melting and evenings/weekends can be bearable for me too.  We saw some movies, both in the theater and through good ole Blockbuster (where we finally have our own cards now, huzzah!).  Predators = good, The Crazies = pretty good, Green Zone = good ( Read more... )

We had a good weekend- we found cheap bookcases at Target for $15 each (we eventually went back for a second one), and I figure if they're crap, well then at least we didn't blow $150 on them like others would cost. We also discovered Target has a decent selection of groceries for a price I think is better than GE.  Who knew. We also got my ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post since last Wednesday or something, so of course I don't remember the original reasons.  However, I did finally hear back from Pitt's payment processing about that increase in taxes the IRS thought I was supposed to pay ($321 extra for those of you who don't know).  I knew it was from my ARCS Scholarship and from something ( Read more... )

Robert was able to make it to Pittsburgh despite the snow last weekend, yay! :)  I still love being picked up from lab... so nice.  Robert educated me on my car and now I have new windshield fluid and knowledge that I do not have ABS.  I finally got my taillight fixed and decided Robert can fix that from now on ($10 for labor? psh).  I've been ( Read more... )

I love getting rides to and from lab. I'm totally spoiled whenever Robert visits. Friday marked 3.5 years for us. :) And then Saturday = only 6 months to go!! Surely once you hit the 6-month mark it flies by, right? Let's hope so ( Read more... )

Hmmm, let's see.  Robert visited this past weekend, we didn't do anything overly exciting besides relax and rent some scary movies (both bombs, boo).  However, we did check out the new Dunkin' Donuts in Squirrel Hill, yummm.  AND gawked at yet another car accident at my intersection from my window (don't worry, no one was hurt).  People seriously ( Read more... )

Friday:  I returned to All-Ohio for a wretched race. It was really muddy and I'm not happy with my result, but I did have fun seeing the girls again.  I did 'win' a bag for being 11th in the open race, so that was cool.  We'll be back next year if work schedules permit.  I need yet another crack at that course!  Mom finally took in my car for an ( Read more... )

Since Robert couldn't come up for my real birthday weekend, he visited me this past weekend instead.  It's probably a good thing, as G20 is descending upon up this week and traffic is going to be Hell.  In fact, I'm not sure if we'll be going to work on Friday.  I can always hope, right? I mean, they were boarding up the bottom windows of the BST3 ( Read more... )

I got up early this morning for Journal Club, met up with Cassie in the elevator only to find Bart wandering around wondering if there is JC this morning.  Apparently there isn't.  I really could have used the extra sleep as I was exhausted yesterday and didn't sleep as well as I could have. Ugh.  Bright side: possibly get out of lab earlier ( Read more... )