TGIT!!!
Happy Thursday!
Because i was off yesterday and the 4th it feels like monday to me... weird.
And i keep referring to my two days off as "the weekend" or "this weekend"...
anyway- this weekend was awesome. ;)
Here we go...
Monday night I went down to CT to see my guy and celebrate America's Birthday - how corny does THAT sound!?
Tuesday we went to his annual family get together (his dad's side of the family which = italian, which = GOOD FOOD!!!).
there was some general chirping about his tattoos (he normally wears long-sleeves to these things to avoid giving his grandmother a heart attack but it was 90+ degrees out so he opted for shortsleeves and to just bare it all...) BUT as of the time we left he hadnt been OFFICIALLY disowned.
they have a pretty festive gathering with tons of food, an egg-toss, horseshoe competition and other backyard activity-ivity-ivities.
mark and his dad made it to the finals in horseshoes (the were the reigning champs from last year) and speaking of 'rain'... it started to POUR just as they were getting started so everyone ducked inside to wait it out. after the rain passed they went on to grab second place and some smaller trophies than last year...
rainy horseshoes = muddy hands
After the family-ness we went back to mark's, took a nap and then went to Fernando's where i gushed over the cat (Steve, who has a wobbly walk that just melts my heart)...
he has a very impressive chest-ruff which i absolutely LOVE. he was born with a faulty equilibium bone in his brain and he walks all staggery and i once saw him fall off a bed. the stairs are a major challenge for him but other than that he's totally happy and healthy! cute!!!
we watched the fireworks that the amusement park across the street set off.... AND THEN WE WENT SWIMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i LOVE swimming and Mark's boss has a really really really nice pool and we went and splashed around a little and i wished i could live there.
Mark and Fern post water-wrestling (as boys are prone to do)
mark's brother paul.
if youre my friend on youtube you can see a pretty dark boring-ish movie of some pool hijinks. i make my usual comment of "i'm filming this!" dur. and theres a lot of me laughing like a goon.
Wednesday was my going home day... I slept in while mark went to work at 8 and then around noon i abandoned the cable tv to walk downtown to meet up with mark at his store...
on the way i passed the Castle House which i love.... and if there's a pool i'd like to live there too.
I dont drink at all but i love all the different bottles and labels. Whenever i go to see mark at work i usually just hide behind the counter and imagine scratching all the scratchy lotto tickets or else i wander around admiring all the good design choices that the booze companies have made in their packaging.
going there can be INCREDIBLY depressing. the neighborhood isnt so hot and there are a lot of down-and-out type customers who could just break your heart if you forget to remember that they're making their own choices and it's not your fault that they are totally wasted at 2pm on a wednesday and buying more beer to drink on the way home.
...but it's still pretty sad.
those are my two favorite labels. maybe i should find someone to drink the wine that's inside so i can keep the bottles... any takers?
taken from across the store with my 12x optical zoom.
mark and i had some dinner and then i was back on the bus to boston...
i loathe the bus because it takes me away from mark and because they pump the air full of fake-cinnamon smell which makes me wanna hurl... but i did see this on the way back:
what a nice sky
and...
two planes made a big kiss in the sky!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo rumor has it megan and jennycakes and i is all going to the cape tonight for a little adventure! weeeeeeeeeeee!
Because i was off yesterday and the 4th it feels like monday to me... weird.
And i keep referring to my two days off as "the weekend" or "this weekend"...
anyway- this weekend was awesome. ;)
Here we go...
Monday night I went down to CT to see my guy and celebrate America's Birthday - how corny does THAT sound!?
Tuesday we went to his annual family get together (his dad's side of the family which = italian, which = GOOD FOOD!!!).
there was some general chirping about his tattoos (he normally wears long-sleeves to these things to avoid giving his grandmother a heart attack but it was 90+ degrees out so he opted for shortsleeves and to just bare it all...) BUT as of the time we left he hadnt been OFFICIALLY disowned.
they have a pretty festive gathering with tons of food, an egg-toss, horseshoe competition and other backyard activity-ivity-ivities.
mark and his dad made it to the finals in horseshoes (the were the reigning champs from last year) and speaking of 'rain'... it started to POUR just as they were getting started so everyone ducked inside to wait it out. after the rain passed they went on to grab second place and some smaller trophies than last year...
rainy horseshoes = muddy hands
After the family-ness we went back to mark's, took a nap and then went to Fernando's where i gushed over the cat (Steve, who has a wobbly walk that just melts my heart)...
he has a very impressive chest-ruff which i absolutely LOVE. he was born with a faulty equilibium bone in his brain and he walks all staggery and i once saw him fall off a bed. the stairs are a major challenge for him but other than that he's totally happy and healthy! cute!!!
we watched the fireworks that the amusement park across the street set off.... AND THEN WE WENT SWIMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i LOVE swimming and Mark's boss has a really really really nice pool and we went and splashed around a little and i wished i could live there.
Mark and Fern post water-wrestling (as boys are prone to do)
mark's brother paul.
if youre my friend on youtube you can see a pretty dark boring-ish movie of some pool hijinks. i make my usual comment of "i'm filming this!" dur. and theres a lot of me laughing like a goon.
Wednesday was my going home day... I slept in while mark went to work at 8 and then around noon i abandoned the cable tv to walk downtown to meet up with mark at his store...
on the way i passed the Castle House which i love.... and if there's a pool i'd like to live there too.
I dont drink at all but i love all the different bottles and labels. Whenever i go to see mark at work i usually just hide behind the counter and imagine scratching all the scratchy lotto tickets or else i wander around admiring all the good design choices that the booze companies have made in their packaging.
going there can be INCREDIBLY depressing. the neighborhood isnt so hot and there are a lot of down-and-out type customers who could just break your heart if you forget to remember that they're making their own choices and it's not your fault that they are totally wasted at 2pm on a wednesday and buying more beer to drink on the way home.
...but it's still pretty sad.
those are my two favorite labels. maybe i should find someone to drink the wine that's inside so i can keep the bottles... any takers?
taken from across the store with my 12x optical zoom.
mark and i had some dinner and then i was back on the bus to boston...
i loathe the bus because it takes me away from mark and because they pump the air full of fake-cinnamon smell which makes me wanna hurl... but i did see this on the way back:
what a nice sky
and...
two planes made a big kiss in the sky!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo rumor has it megan and jennycakes and i is all going to the cape tonight for a little adventure! weeeeeeeeeeee!