Oktoberfest

I just got back today from Oktoberfest. Myself, Jenn, Jason, Paul, Jimmy, Ashley, Greg, Rich Dan, Joe and Kelly shared a 12 person cabin in Helen this weekend. We left Friday about 1:00 and headed up. After checking in at the main lodge, we had to drive 2 miles to the actual cabin. It was pretty sweet. 3 stories, 4 bedrooms, each with private bath, pool room, grills, hot tubs. Neat. We soon discovered one of the hot tubs and one of the grills were out of commission. We were able to make due with the other working hot tub and grill. The first night we made the rookie mistake of bringing our A game. After a dinner on the grill,we decided to kick the night off with shots followed by games of flip cup and beer pong. Then we went to the game room for games of pool and an impromptu dance party. Late in the night I was taking pictures of myself and Ashley on the pool table and dropped the camera right on my nose. I didn't even realize I was bleeding until I went upstairs and everyone pointed that fact out to me. Apparently, Tuba ran through the forest at some point in the night and had random scratches on his arms.

Good times but the next morning was rough. I got up first, had a bottle of water and tried to chill out in the hot tub. Everyone eventually got up and made breakfast. Greg, Jimmy and Rich went up to the state park for a hike. Several of us went back to bed for a nap. After lunch Saturday afternoon, we made the hike into town. We had ice cream and then walked down to Paul's on the River for drinks. Spent a few hours at Paul's. We headed back to the cabin...except for Rich. Rich made a special friend at Paul's and we didn't see him again until later that night with a giant smile on his face.

Back at the cabin, we threw dinner in the oven. Joe, Kelly and I climbed back into bed after dinner to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith and chill out before we went out again. Joe brought chicken to bed. Paul and Dan were done for the night and had already passed out downstairs. Seymour came upstairs and tried to talk Joe, Kelly and I into heading back to the Festhalle in town but we could not be convinced. We were having too much fun giggling and watching tv in bed. Jason, Jenn, Greg, Ashley and Jimmy hiked back into town to finish the night at the Festhalle. Joe, Kelly and I fell asleep for a little while. We all woke up at the same time and decided to pick up where we left off. The crowd returned from Helen and we got to hear of Rich's "adventure" in town. Rich and Jimmy decided it was a great idea to climb on the roof and check stuff out.

We slowly got up this morning, made breakfast, cleaned, packed up and hit the road. We all decided this should be a yearly event and I'm pretty sure everyone had a great time.

O Canada

I haven't blogged for awhile. I'm writing this from Greg's apartment. My ghetto internet connection is down at my place. I leave for a week of work in Canada in the morning and I needed an internet connection. Yay Greg. Hmmm...what's new? Heather was here for a week. We went to the Georgia Aquarium, Fat Matt's, the Smyrna Beer fest and a BBQ at the Seymour's. Great Atlatna sampler.

It was Sarah's birthday last week. My husband and I had a great time at Whino Wednesdays with the group.

I'll keep this short since I still have to pack. Bathroom update. The new floor is down and the baseboards are nailed in. Just have to caulk, sand and paint. Weee!

Sick...again.

A week ago, I came down with a cold that turned into bronchitis. A week later, my sleeping pattern is totally thrown off and I still feel like garbage. I just started this new job and I get knocked off my feet....not the impression I wanted to make. Against my better judgment, I had dinner with a group at Front Page News Friday night followed by Cosmo Lava and then went home early. Last night, I went to the drive-in with Greg and Rich and saw Pineapple Express and Step Brothers. Pineapple Express was actually the worse movie.

My bathroom is still not done. I'm a perfectionist with the mudding and I keep noticing and fixing little problems. I won't rip up the floor until the walls are done. I also haven't touched the ceiling. Yikes. I put down a new floor in the dining area. I'm busy this morning fixing a few things. I feel like this place is never really going to be done. I have a wishlist of things I'd like...new shower hardware, steel fridge, sectional to replace my old sofa, gas logs for the fireplace...new doors throughout. As Sarah would say, "le sigh."

Goldschlager and other mistakes...

I went to Metalsome at 10 High last night with Greg, Rich and Tuba. It started out innocently enough with dinner at the Vortex. Then we had a little pre-metalsome cheer and headed to 10 High. The place was half empty when we showed up at 10:15 but by 10:35 it was packed. I met some new people (Tommy the bouncer, Steve the p.e. teacher from Lawrenceville, Rich's friend Emily who I stupidly called Erin all night) and some old...Faisal's friend Suber and his friend Matt I had met at trivia last month. Metalsome was a great time as usual. You can scream at the top of your lungs and no one would know it. We witnessed one dude get up to do a song and then proceed to propose to his girlfriend on stage.

I started a new job last week. The job promises to be demanding and I may have bitten off more than I can chew. My role is somewhat undefined and my manager assigns new duties left and right. I wish I could fast forward six months or a year and have a better idea of what I'm in for.

The bathroom remodel rolls on. I've been through two and a half tubs of drywall mud. I've added three layers of mud. I finally have the sanding done and am ready to paint. I really should be painting right now. :)

I'm excited about Heather coming out at the end of August. Yay!

Bathroom remodel...still

The drywall saga in my bathroom continues. I took a wall out more than a month ago and every weekend, I do a little more work finishing the area. Last weekend, I cut all the drywall to fit the missing wall area. What a pain! It's one thing to hang a whole sheet of drywall. It's quite another to cut 4 inch strips to fit uneven walls. As you cut it, it crumbles and creates one heck of a mess. Then I discovered the board they used in my ceiling is 1/8 inch thinner than the drywall used in the walls. Ugh! I went ahead and put in the full 1/2 inch board up there. We'll see what happens. Worse case scenario, I rip it down and start over. So, the board is up, and I'm about to start the taping and mudding.

I spent the 4th of July on the Seymour's lovely boat. The Volkers, Jeremy, Beth and Kelly Bergman went also. We caught up with Randy and Chel and tied off to their boat. Laura, Brian and their boatload of party people showed up later. We swam, had mojitos and drove out to another spot on the lake to watch the fireworks. Jeremy picked me up at 11:15 that morning and I didn't get home until after midnight. I was exhausted but had a good time.

Last night, I went to dinner with one of my favorite sorority sisters, Autumn bo-bottom. She was visiting from Tampa and asked all her Atlanta friends to meet at Agnes & Muriel's for dinner. All her Atlanta friends went to Embry-Riddle in Daytona although I only knew Autumn when I was going to school. The food was delicious however, it was "Pride" weekend and the table full of 12 lesbians behind us were so loud, I could barely hear anyone talk. After dinner, I met Greg at Dan Sankar's house and had a few beers with them and Ashley and Jimmy. I forgot my leftovers in Dan's fridge. Aarrrghh!!!!

Waiting for Guffman..aka Sarah

Waiting on Sarah to post a new blog entry. I can't believe it's mid-June already. Where has the time gone? I hung a chandelier in my bathroom Sunday. It's the "Kristaller" chandelier from Ikea.


What they don't show you is the ugly, cone shaped, foot long mounting apparatus. This and the 3 foot cord made it way too long for my 8 ft. tall ceilings. However..I wanted...I NEEDED that chandelier in the bathroom. So, not being one that is easily deterred, I bought a white mounting kit from the Homo Depot to redo the mounting and started cutting wires. Well, I discovered the mounting apparatus had gold bolts and hook which I then had to paint silver and white to match the unit. I almost killed myself hanging the thing solo but it's done....and now my bathroom has a nice romantic feel to it. I also installed a dimmer switch for the chandelier. Sometimes, I don't want bright light when I'm trying to relax in the tub. What? What! Now that I know my wiring job works....on to the task of drywalling the area of the wall I removed. Hurrah!

Busiest month of the year.

Sarah recently told me May is the busiest month of the year. After this month, I tend to agree with her. I recently decided to tackle my bathroom remodel. So far, I've patched and sanded a good part of the bathroom walls, replaced the light fixture over the vanity, painted the walls and the ceiling. I also removed a wall that separated the vanity area from the toilet/shower area. It's a pretty small bathroom so this wall really made it even smaller. One of my very nice coworkers came over with his son today. He brought some leftover drywall for me to use for the patch and gave me some advice on how to run the wiring. Looks like I still have quite a bit of work to do to finish the bathroom (including replacing the floor), but it's going to look so nice when I'm done. Last night, I went to see Sex & the City with my friend Dawn that came up to visit from Tampa. We went out to Cosmo/Lava in midtown and had a great time together. Something about Dawn and I together equals a great time, every time. Tonight, the guys and I went to a festival on the Marietta Square, then hit McCracken's followed by a house party at Bob's where we all met Tuba Rex. I'm excited about sleeping in tomorrow.