I'm tracked out again! This is my longest track out (3 full weeks off!), and I'm enjoying every minute of it. On my first day off, I spent the entire day doing laundry and catching up on Glee in my pajamas. And it was awesome. Since then, I've been playing catch-up with stuff I've been meaning to do around the house, and visiting with different friends that I wouldn't normally get to see in the middle of the day. Makes me wish I was a "stay at home person" (I'm not quite ready for the "mom" part).
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| Rupert and me! |
This past weekend I had a lot of fun being spoiled by my super husband. On Saturday morning, he woke me up, and we went to go pick out a puppy! We are going to bring him home in a few weeks, and I am so excited! Poucha will pout at first and probably be pretty mad, but I think she'll warm up to him. I'm hoping she'll see him as a baby and maybe she'll develop some mothering type of feelings. Maybe that's just wishful thinking.
We had a hard time deciding between 'Manny' and 'Rupert' for his name (and that was before I suggested the ever compelling choice, 'Lord Grantham'). We both really liked 'Rupert' though, so that is the one we chose. Alex and I are going to have to read up on crate training, and a whole lot of other things about having a puppy, since my mom was really the one who trained Poucha. It will be a fun and potentially trying experience, I'm sure!
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Rupert is the one in the middle.
The other puppies are his sisters. So cute :) |
On Sunday night, my husband drove me out to our friends Lauren and Teresa's apartment, where I knew we were having a get-together for my birthday. What I didn't know is that it was a Newsies theme party! Music was playing and most everyone was dressed up as a Newsie or a girlfriend of a Newsie (since there was only one in the movie, it's hard to know what that would have really looked like...).
We watched Newsies on their wall using a projector. It was just like a movie theater, which was so exciting for me, because I've basically only ever watched it hundreds of times on VHS. We didn't actually finish the movie, since it was getting late and it was a Sunday night (and you know, we are all old now). But don't worry, I will make Alex finish watching it with me, because he rented it on his Amazon account - and it's good for 30 days! It was such a great birthday weekend! Here are some pictures of the fun:
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The birthday girl (who is turning 30 for the second time),
and my sweet husband (who has also turned 30 several times). |
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| Dance move |
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| Mara and Gladman, looking fabulous in their outfits. |
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And more dance moves.
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| And again :) |
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| Another dance move attempt |
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| Newsies! They look very authentic. |
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| The party guests :) |
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| On the big screen! |
For Valentine's Day, I won tickets from my school to see a hockey game: the Hurricanes vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs! Alex and I are going to take advantage of a free Valentine's date, even though we aren't exactly hockey buffs. Or even hockey fans. It should be fun though, and even if it's not, at least we'll be together! :) I hope everyone has a good Valentine's Day!
