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Today has been hard. Last night before I left I drank 3 beers and downed a capful of NyQuil. The plane was delayed an hour, but I was able to get some sort of semblance of sleep. I woke up in a daze, freezing. I had to take the shuttle to the T right away because we were so late, but I got to work right at 9. I grabbed the bathroom key and changed, then immediately went downstairs to Au Bon Pain for a large coffee and a cheese Danish. Once having eaten and gulped half the coffee I felt better. My tasks today were easy, track coverage for a release that went out last night, clip what I find and create a summary. Easy peasy. I set up my google searches and went to work. Once I got all the initial coverage I took a break at that and worked on the clip book for a different client. Clip books are compilations of the clips I create with all the coverage. So what starts with a release and a couple google searches, ends up with a huge summary chart and a compiled clip doc of 600 pages at the end of the year. Today I worked on both ends of the spectrum. I also read my usual websites, chatted a bit with Jackie, and zones out a few times. I should have gotten lunch but I didn't (I know, I know, I know).

I was supposed to stay until 5 today to make up for yesterday, but I couldn't do it. I left at 3, I'll work later tomorrow.

I. Am. Exhausted.

Now I'm on the train on my way home, with my headphones on to mute the rest of the world. I can't wait to see the kitty and take a nap.

It was really nice to go home. I fit right back in (once I was able to sleep on a real bed). I miss it a lot, but I also really like Boston. Too bad they're so far apart.

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I am back home and I love it.  I do miss it here when I am in Boston.  Dad has made some of my favorite foods, Ive been able to hang out with my friends, and I don't have to work!  It's been pretty good so far.

I got in super early Thursday morning.  I was supposed to land at 1 am, which happened- but I wasn't able to get off the plane until 2.  Which SUCKED.  Apparently there was another plane in our gate, so they had to finish loading before they could pull out and we could leave.  But then they were having fuel problems.  And we had to wait.  They kept coming onto the speaker telling us it would be 5 more minutes.  We were stuck inside the plane, at the airport, for an HOUR.  People were complaining and it was really annoying.  I dont know why we couldn't just have pulled into another gate.  Luckily Eric and Kourtney, hung out in the cell phone lot and didn't have anything to do the next day.  We got home at 3 and I went straight to sleep, I was exhausted.  Woke up at like 10, had some coffee, hung out and talked to mom, watched some TV.  We then all got dressed and went to the outlet mall, looking for some stuff.  Mom didn't know what I wanted so she didn't get me the cardigan I asked for.  So we walked around the stores and looked for something simple:  black long sleeve button up cardigan.  you know what we found? Nothing!  Some places had cardigans, but they were 3/4 sleeve and I want full sleeves.  Some places had different colors, but no black.  It was crazy.

That night I went to Pint Night with my friends and had a blast, I really missed them.  The beer of the night was Bison Organic Gingerbread Ale, it was ok.  I wouldn't order two.  I was able to see Christine while I was in town, so that was really nice, and hanging out with the boys is always interesting.  Also, we saw Josh & Justin at the alehouse so that was nice too.

Friday was our Christmas Eve and Christmas celebration, since Kourtney has to work both days this week and won't be home.  Dad made his traditional (awesome) dinner, I ate a lot and could barely move.  Eric came over for dinner, as well as a family friend, Donna.  Mom posted a pic on facebook but captioned it wrong, I wonder if she noticed, lol.  After dinner and dessert we opened all our presents- I got some DVDS, pajamas, clothes, candy, and a new purse.  Oh yeah, and I cut my hair in the morning.  Just a trim and a dye job, nothing crazy.  But a bit different, and I needed to chop the ends, they were getting bad.

Saturday we watched a lot of Big Bang Theory.  Dad made gumbo and potato salad, and we cleaned up from Christmas the night before.  My friends came over for game night, we ate the gumbo and potato salad, played trivia and Scattergories, and watched more Big Bang.  It was a good, chill night.  We didnt drink a lot, we just hung out which was perfect.

This is a weird post because I am writing it on Kourts keyboard, and am not used to it.  I keep messing up.  But its reading like I learned English as a Second language, which is not my intention.  I am just tired.  I have to sleep on the futon, and it's not comfortable at all!  I might sleep in kourts room after tonight since she's not around. 

No music because I am lazy.  Also, one day I will post pictures of the stuff that I have been crocheting.  I made two scarves for mom and kourt for christmas, and I just need to weave in the ends to be finished (of course I forgot my needles though :/)

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I Need Your Love by Elle Goulding

I know I am so bad at this blog thing now.  I used to update all the time!  Now it's maybe twice a month?

I was moved at work today, from sharing a cool office with a nice view of the garden.... to the hallway.  A new Senior Account Executive started today, she's super nice, but basically means that I won't ever be hired on here when they think I am worthy.  So after a few months of solid PR work here, earning a stellar recommendation, I will try and look for something a bit more permanent.  Hopefully with business cards involved.  I am bummed about having to move.  I thought the new girl would use the pregnant lady's office until she came back (her last day was Friday so it would have worked out perfectly).  Also I want a new MacBook and guess what you get when you're a new BackBay employee?  But she's really nice and so I can't take out my personal frustration on anyone here.  (she's also younger than me, with a high title, so I'm extra miffed).

I am flying home Wednesday night, and I am super excited about it.  I can't wait to see my family and friends.  I basically have the week already booked up with stuff to do/people to see.  I am still a few presents behind, but I think I still have some time to catch up.

When was my last update? Like in the beginning of the month I think. hmm.. Since then we've gone to dinner at Jessi's house, tried to go ice skating in the common, traveled to Porter Square, gotten "Happy Hour" drinks in the financial district (I put happy hour in quotes because if this was a normal state, that's what it would be.  Since there are no drink specials in MA, it was just us getting full price drinks and appetizers at 5pm).  I had a fancy work party dinner at Stella, an Italian restaurant in the South End.  The work dinner was fun, I got really good food.  I didnt feel bad ordering an appetizer and dessert since everyone else was, which is a first.  And there was a lot of champagne and white wine.  I started with mozzarella stuffed arancinis, then got linguine with asparugus cream sauce, parmesan, thyme, and a poached egg, then had tiramisu for dessert.  It was all so good, I was so tired and full that I went to sleep as soon as I got home.

It's finally getting cold and ugly here- at the same time.  Lately its been cold but nice outside, or ugly but weirdly warm.  I'm hoping for some snow, but it would totally suck if it happens while I'm back at home.

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Does anyone really think the world is going to end tomorrow? I feel like there was all this hullabaloo over the summer about the world ending, and now that it's so close there is nothing. I guess we'll find out tomorrow what the crazies did.

Here are some pics from recently that I haven't been able to upload.

I actually went out for a run yesterday!! By myself while my clothes were at the laundromat in the washer. It felt really good.

I am almost finished with my presents, I just have to get something for kourt :/

I'm tired, might take a nap and update more later.

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Understatement by New Found Glory- relevance will be explained in a bit!  I hate that I can't always post the actual videos because of copyright stuff.  These lyric videos are kind of lame.

I know, I know, I know, I am so bad at this.  The thing is, I want to write when stuff happens- and nothing has really happened.  I've just been living my day to day life, hanging out in Boston.

Tonight was the New Found Glory concert that we couldn't get tickets to.  It would have been great, it was a 10 year Sticks and Stones anniversary tour.  I was obsessed with that CD in high school, I had the lyrics to Understatement written out on the cover of my B day binder.  Alas, it was sold out and tickets were wayy too pricey if they were available.  Even checking Ticketmaster daily didn't help us.  It's ok though, I listened to the CD a lot today to make up for it.  It just would have been a great show to catch.

Work has been going well, I get to do more and more each day.  I really need to get more sweaters though, sometimes I get a bit cold in the office.

Express's Black Friday sale stuff finally came, so I have more than 2 pairs of pants! Now I have 4!

I wish I could take the cat home with me for Christmas.  She is going to be lonely here.  But it's $125 each way, and I know she would have a fit on the plane, just meowing the whole time.  We're gonna get someone to come cat watch (like we did for Thanksgiving) but I just feel SO BAD.  She's so starved for attention it seems like.

Also, does anyone know how radiators work?  Because I swear, I have the one in my room turned up to 8 (the highest dial) and it is still always cold in my room.  and I only hear it go off sometimes.  There doesn't seem to be very good climate control here.  Luckily I have lots of blankets.

So there isn't really a Dunkin Donuts near my work... there's one but its a bit out of the way.  So instead of Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee that I was previously addicted to, it's now Au Bon Pair's Sweet Cheese Danish.  There is one directly underneath my office, and I always stop to get one (and a small coffee).  It's a bad and unhealthy habit.  I've been trying to balance it out by not getting lunch out on those days, and only eating once I'm back at home at 4.  But then I am not hungry for dinner until later, and it kind of throws everything off.  I just need to stop stopping at ABP.  But when I get to work early, and I don't eat breakfast and coffee smells so good..... It's easy to convince myself to just spend the $5 for breakfast.

So this is a ramble post.  Mom texted me last night and said I needed to update my blog.  But I couldn't think of much to say (hence the lack of updates).  We haven't been doing much as of late, it's been cold outside.

This weekend we are going to Jessi's for dinner, since we weren't able to a few weeks ago.  That will be nice.  I have to do laundry so I have clothes to wear to work next week, since 3 out of 4 pairs of my pants will be dirty.

Oh, something that I have been thinking about a lot lately:  whether or not to trade in my gorgeous big iMac for a MacBook Pro.  I mean, it wouldn't be an even trade, I would have to pay an additional $461 dollars for it to work out.  But a laptop would be so much easier to take places (like home for christmas, or when we move again) and I could sit on the couch and watch TV while also being on my computer (a past time of mine that I am missing now that I don't have a TV in my room and/or a computer in the living room).  When I got this computer it was because I wanted something big, and I never moved my laptop off my desk anyway.  But now things are different.  I'm really torn about it.  I  probably won't end up doing anything, but I've been checking things out a lot lately.  I can get $740 for my iMac as a trade in, the new MBPs are $1200 starting out..... hmmm.  But it's way hard, because I do love my computer.  It's my favorite thing.  I've also thought about getting a tablet of some sort, to use for the couch and while at home.  But again, expensive.

I'll prob just keep with my current arrangement.  When it comes to big things (like cars and computers) I've always been a big looker, researching and checking everything out- but not so much of a buyer.  Which is funny, because I am the exact opposite on small stuff like movies and food.

So.  In review, I haven't done much at all.  I made enchiladas for dinner one night, they were good.  I also made Pasta Carbonara one night, that was ok.  Tonight I didn't eat dinner (good habits- I know, haha).  We watched a bunch of TV and I worked on crocheting a mitten.  I am slowly making some sort of square shaped something with the knitting needles and yarn that Brian gave us, but I have trouble holding them and it's all kind of crooked and awful looking so I tend to get discouraged and put that down after a row or two.  After a couple more weeks I just might have a dishcloth!

2012 is almost over which scares me, another year gone by!  I don't think the world is going to end next Wednesday, btw.  I wonder what kind of craziness will go down though.  I'm surprised I haven't heard more hullabaloo regarding the impending apocalypse.