Girls' Night Update

OMG How could I forget this other fun memory from Girls' Night?! Thanks for the reminder Bethany!

As always, when we went out, Lindsay provided 'dancing' entertainment while we were out for girls' night. Lindsay has 'moves' that she will do on command, including but not limited to The Wrecking Ball, Ass Around the World, and Drop It Like It's Hot. The greatest implementation of these dance moves on Girls' Night was when Lindsay was standing pretty much in the middle of the circle, with two unknown guys standing behind her (#6 and #7 that hit on Heather?), and Dominic shouted randomly across the group, "Hey Lindsay! Wrecking Ball!" As one who easily gives in to Bad Idea Bears, Lindsay instantaneously started her Wrecking Ball move. That quickly rid us of #6 and #7!

Polls!

One of the reasons I moved my blog to blogger was because of the poll feature capability. I'm not sure why exactly, but I think polls are really fun. Frequently, our team at work makes important decisions (ie, what should I eat for lunch?) by polling each other. So, my faithful blog readers, please be sure to take any polls that appear on the top right corner. (See picture below if clarification is needed.) I will post poll results after the poll has closed.

Following Suit

Following suit: 5 things about 5 things
Adam's original
Caroline's second
Mine third.....

5 Things on Today's To Do List:
1. Update Cost Tracker for 2009
2. Fill new roles on my project
3. Work out
4. Unpack (yes, I've been home for 2 days and still haven't done that)
5. Call American Airlines and see if I can get a free flight to NZ in October!

5 Places I've lived in the DFW Metroplex:
1. The house my parents had when I was born, in Richardson
2. The house we moved to when I was 2, in Richardson
3. My first out-of-college apartment, in Las Colinas
4. My apartment with Amy, in Uptown
5. Amy's house, in Dallas

5 Places I love to eat at:
1. Taco Diner
2. Fadi's
3. Breadwinners
4. Kozy
5. Roti Grill

5 Books on my To Read List:
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (half-way through)
2. Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne (a little late since my church group read it like 4 months ago)
3. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman
4. And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis
5. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

5 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Skip Day on New Year's Eve
2. Lunch with Kelli and/or shopping on New Year's Eve
3. New Year's Eve party(parties?)
4. Going to NYC for Lindsay's birthday!
5. Brunch when I get to NYC on Friday

Test test test

So blogger has this option to post via email, which I enabled on my blog. So I'm typing this from my yahoo email, and if you're reading it, that means it worked. If you're not reading it, that probably means I didn't remember the email address to send to correctly. I think I can also email pictures from my iPhone for immediate posting on my blog which could be really fun (or really dangerous). Get ready for candy cane stocking pictures on Friday night! Bethany also decided we should wear Santa hats which is PERFECT since my dad just bought me a burnt orange Santa hat yesterday at the grocery store (while he was out buying more chocolate cake mix, powdered sugar, and oven mitts so we could make another batch of Shannon's mocha cookies).

Good Bye but Not for Good

I thought it fitting that I should start my new blog talking about my team from work since they're kinda how I got into blogging in the first place (and/or their reminders keep me blogging).  This past week was our last week together in St Louis and it was SAD.  Thursday when we left for the airport there were definitely some waterworks.  We've had such a great run; it's sad to see it end.  I'm pretty sure most people who haven't been in a similar situation don't understand how close you can get to people you work with.  But when you're on the road together, in podunk towns together (who knew you could find fun things like Dashing Diva in Hickory NC?), spending about 40 hrs/wk working together, and about 12 hours/wk playing together, you get really close.  In the spirit of Caroline's earlier post, I thought I'd do a quick tribute to each team member:

A is thoughtful and can be counted on for many things like convincing everyone to get sloshed after you've had some personal drama or sending you Dilberts or blogs you'd like so you don't even have to filter through all of them yourself.

C is principled, and I admire her for it.  She makes the effort to be informed about many things from products to politicians and forms her opinions based on the facts she learns.  

D is fashionable and definitely the one you want with you at the restaurant when the waiter tries to seat you by the restroom.

B is a true Southern gentleman - polite, hospitable, and caring.

M is funny and can always break up tension or boredom with lots of laughs.

K is genuine, sweet, and a great listener.

While the week (and especially Thursday) were sad, we're already planning a reunion... in May.  And hopefully we'll see each other before then too.