Countdown to the big move

Adam and I will be on a much needed vacation next week in Maine. We will be there with his brother and his family. I should have some fun videos of my nephew to share for all those Luke fans out there.

After coming back from vacation, Adam and I will begin packing up our apartment. On the Saturday the 12th he will be in Indy for his best friend Josh's bachelor party. The next day we will move down to Mississippi!

The countdown has begun!

Lots to update!

Sorry it has been awhile for posting so a I have a lot to catch up on. First of all, I am done with my MBA..all of my grades are in and I am finished (woo hoo!). We are moving to Mississippi July 13th. We are going to vacation the first week in July and the second week we will pack and Adam will be going to his best friend Josh's bachelor party and the day after that, we will be moving down south!

Now with the updating! My friend Julia P. and I went to the Women's Football 101 at Univ. of Cincinnati. It was a breast cancer research benefit so I was going to support the cause and Julia came because she knows nothing about football (at one point during the night, she asked what the Receivers do). They had an open bar and food and we even got to run out of the tunnel like the players do. We decided that we were probably the first people to run out of the tunnel while holding a glass of wine. It was a fun event and I recommend that anyone in the Cincinnati area go next year. I do have a funny story about driving there. The event started at 5:30 and we were driving there via a major interstate (I-71) and right before the exit there is a BMW parked on the shoulder and a guy standing next to it wearing a nice shirt and pants and ask we drive by I ask Julia if that guy is doing what I think he's doing. She looks and says "oh yeah, he's peeing!"

Now I fully understand that when you've got to go, you've got to go. Honestly though, you are on the side of a major interstate at rush hour! There is also a white castle right off the exit, no more than a 1 minute drive from where he was. Really who does that?

I also had a graduation/birthday cook-out at Julia's house. My sister and parents even came for it. I was also able to introduce my Cincinnati friends to the best drinking game at Indiana University: Sink the bizmark. I knew there would be enough IU people to get the game going because non-IU people think it's kind of gross (which it is, but alcohol kills germs). It was a big hit! The night before my sister and I went to dinner in Mt. Adams and went to the Pavilion for some drinks. The Pavilion was crowed but it has a lot of outdoor seating with a beautiful view overlooking Cincinnati and Kentucky. We took this picture ourselves, I look stupid but I looked even more stupid in the pictures we took after that so eventually you have to just accept that it's not going to be a photogenic night for you.

Now for Memorial Day weekend. It was awesome because not only did Adam come back for it (whoopee!) but our friends from California, Ski and Marc, came as well (double whoopee!) It was a big baby weekend for them. Annabel Saxe, Jennifer and Nate's baby, and Joshua Recupito, Jessica and Matt's baby, were there. Both babies are super cute and growing like weeds. Do you remember when you were a kid and relatives were always talking about how fast you were growing and how small you were the last time they saw you? I totally understand why they always said that, it's because it's true! The babies are already a few months old and they are growing so fast!

Jennifer and Nate had a cookout so some more of our friends came over as well. Crista and her boyfriend came and so did Andy and Jen Stone. I hadn't seen everyone in awhile so it was good to catch up on everything, especially since I'm moving so far away from everybody. Here are some photos from Memorial Weekend:

All the girls: Jessica, Crista, Me, Jennifer, Allie, and Jen

Auntie Michelle with Joshua

Annabel and Joshua show an interest in each other while Auntie Michelle and Uncle Andy look on

Annabel sleeping on her Auntie Michelle

Adam holding Annabel

DELAYED!!

Those of you who went to Cancun for spring break with me our junior year of college know the double meaning that the word "delayed" has, for the rest of you, it is not appropriate to post on the blog so send me an e-mail and I'll tell you.

I went to Chicago on Wednesday for an interview. My interview got done around 1:30 and my flight was scheduled to leave on time at 3:30. I was a little disappointed because Adam's brother and his family live near O'Hare and I was hoping my flight would be delayed just a little bit so I could stop by and see them. No such luck so off to the airport I go!

My flight got delayed twice and finally at around 6 they cancelled it. The plane never came in from its previous location. I was able to get booked on the 6:59 flight but that was delayed. That flight ended up getting delayed until around 10 and then we FINALLY got on the plane. I called Adam while we were on the gate to tell him that I am on my way! After sitting at the gate for awhile, by the way it was HOT on the plane, they announced that our plane had been grounded for mechanical problems so we needed to get off and they were going to try and find us a new plane.

Eventually we got on a new flight and I landed back in Cincinnati at around 1:15am. I thought I was done being delayed and was excited to go home and go to bed. I turned on the street towards my apartment and there was a cop car blocking the street....I was thinking "you have got to be kidding me!" I turned around and went the long way back to our apartment and finally got to bed at sometime after 2am. I found out later that storms in Cincinnati had knocked a tree down and it was blocking the road.

The frustrating thing about this whole ordeal was that they delayed us an hour at a time. If I had known that I was going to be delayed I would have went to visit my in-laws and had a nice dinner with them. In addition, I had a suit and heels on so I wasn't very comfortable either.

On a happier note, I got to see Adam and my friends Memorial day weekend. As soon as I get the pictures ready, I will post about that!

I'm talking to Adam on the phone as I update the blog and he says he has nothing to report other than he is very excited to go to Maine in a couple of weeks!