Week In Review

Welcome to another edition of "It's 6am on a Saturday morning and Erin is wide awake". So sit back and enjoy...

MONDAY 5/26: We spent the weekend in San Diego, so today we drove home. Well, Adam drove and I slept. For some reason the I always seem to wake up right before we get to Yuma because I know it's time for breakfast/lunch/dinner. We had a really great time at home. I read James Frey's new book in 2 days!!! YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK NOW - Bright Shiny Morning. It is his first novel, but it is also a history of Los Angeles, so kinda a fiction/non-fiction mix.

TUESDAY 5/27: Start new job! Yeah! I love it! I have 3 states that I am in charge of for setting up schools and veterans, so this week has been a lot of making lists of schools for mailings and calls as well as contacting the veterans that have already signed up to do presentations and finding new ones. Did I mention I love it!

WEDNESDAY 5/28: We (read Adam) made homemade Mac and Cheese for dinner. I'm on the DL (Disabled List) now after an incident with the cheese grater. I guess there is a reason they have a plastic guard on the grater so you don't cut a chunk of your finger off. I guess I should of read the directions "Protect your hands while grating your favorite foods with this box grater. Slider attachment protects fingers and knuckles from accidental abrasion while insuring added control. Just place food against the blade, close the door and slide up and down along the channels in the frame until the desired amount of food is grated. Grater can also be used without the slide attachment. Features razor sharp blades and a large grating area. Dishwasher safe." That slider attachment was getting in the way. Plus Adam had to run to the grocery store to buy condensed milk and wasn't there to supervise me.

THURSDAY 5/29: LOST!!! OMG!!! One of the best episodes ever. During the Ben/Locke scenes, Adam and I were laughing out loud! I always hated Ben, but after this season he is one of my favorite characters. And Locke in the casket! I don't think Jin is dead though - he was on the deck when the explosion went off, so he was probably thrown in the water and swam to the island...speaking of the island, Adam and I think the island was "moved" in time, not necessarily location. And here's another crazy theory we came up with - Charles Widmore used to be on the island, but had to move it like Ben and couldn't get back, but now he wants to go back. And I never saw it coming that it was Penny's boat out there. How are we going to survive until NEXT YEAR without any LOST???

FRIDAY 5/30: I got to see one of our veterans give a presentation to a group of kids at a local YMCA. He was great! I was totally thinking it was going to be some grandpa WW2 vet...nope, this guy served in Beirut, Somalia and Desert Storm. He had a a ton of great things to say and brought his old flack jacket and helmet for the kids to try on, as well as pictures and all sorts of neat things from around the world. After work, I met up with Adam and some of his friends from work for happy hour at The Yard House at the Scottsdale Fashion Square (read half price appetizers). Then we walked around the mall and I tried to buy something at Tiffany's. I have a huge dilemma - I've been trying to spend this Tiffany's gift card my old boss at Supercuts gave me when I left (bet you wish she was your boss!) and I just can't find anything I like! I tried on a bracelet last night, but we still would of had to pay a pretty penny after the gift card amount. Sigh, my life is so hard :)


THE WEEKEND: If you close your eyes and listen carefully you can hear the pool calling my name "Erin...your tan is fading...Erin...we need you here before you completely loose your tan." I have a coupon (YES!) to DSW Shoes so I want to run down there - I need some more shoes for work. I miss wearing flip flops everyday! So I'm sure we will have a pretty relaxing weekend and hopefully I will blog more often so I don't have to type so much at one time :)