Tuesday March 31st

This picture isn't from last night, but I did feel this way after 2 shots of Café Patron - whoever invented this beverage is a pure assassin/genius. I met friends for dinner and a few at Slainte (pronounced Slawn Cha, which means Cheers! in Gaelic), it’s a new Irish pub within walking distance to my place, so awesome. Boyfriend stumbled in mid-girl talk and proceeded to tell us how crappy of an Irish bar this place was. Even though everyone there is actually Irish, with a real Irish accent, and the singer was even sporting a “Pogues” shirt. Slainte!

Monday March 30th

Ahhh, the dreaded boob check. Even at the ripe age of 29, my doc still feels it's necessary to check out the suspicious "lumps" in my left breast. I understand, Grandma had a double masectomy, so it's better safe than sorry. So here I am, in not such a cute outfit, waiting for the tech. I'm pretty sure I'm just lumpy but I guess I'll leave that up to her to decide.

Sunday March 29th

After breakfast at The Bread Box with the crew on Sunday, Liz and I went on a mirror mission for my latest project. We had the best time together and came out with some great pieces. It's not finished but here's what it looks like so far -

Saturday March 28th

I really hope you didn't just spend the first few seconds of this post counting our margarita glasses. Lace Ann, Valerie, Rita and I all went to Bradley's for lunch on Saturday. I've been dying for Rita to meet Val for years now, and this was the perfect setting, since Rita was in town for a tennis tournament earlier in the week, and she'd planned to stay with me on Saturday night before she headed back home to Orlando. While Bradley's may be famous for injuries and hangovers in the past, we breezed through a light lunch and a few of their famous margaritas and made it home with all of our toenails in tact.

Friday March 27th

I'm super happy to be home after a long week of airports, hotels, and flight delays. Boyfriend made this amazing soup tonight and we watched, "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" which was much cuter than I anticipated. I love relaxing nights like this with boyfriend.

Thursday March 26th

Off the Master Cleanse and ready to relax after bizarre happenings here in El Paso, we opted for what else but a top shelf margarita on the rocks. Since our arrival, we've had everything from wind strong enough to knock us over and make us scream like little girls trying to fight our way back to our car, to applicants that applied for positions that you would never, ever, be able to tell your mother about. I mean, when someone applies for, "cock", it’s clearly a sign that unemployment is on the…err, rise?

Tuesday March 24th, Wednesday March 25th

I stayed on the Master Cleanse miraculously through Tuesday and most of Wednesday while in El Paso, TX for work. When we first arrived, my boss (Jennifer) and I took a scenic drive and quickly got out and snapped this picture before bolting back to our car and locking the doors. Juarez is all over the news at this point, and we can see it from every major highway we drive on.

Monday March 23rd

And so today is the 3rd day of the cleanse. I guess it's a good thing that my Grandma gave me her juicer before she moved. What isn't good is that it's manual, and was probably made before I was born.

Sunday March 22nd

Kim bought me this awesome photo hanging-thingy as a housewarming gift, which is super cool. It took forever to find a place to hang it where it actually looked decent (and the nail went in to the ceiling easily...) so I hung it up yesterday, along with some art I bought. I might put pictures in it for now, or cards I get from friends (now that I have my own place, I tend to get a lot of cards in the mail from my friends! Thanks ladies!) But I was also thinking for parties, I could change the pictures to who is attending, or do something theme-appropriate. It's the little things like this that I get such a kick out of. Oh, and I also attempted to put up the new chandelier I purchased, but it's just not ready. I think I want to paint it a dark purple/red first, it's a really boring wood color now.

Saturday March 21st

Who knew so many social activities revolved around eating? I mean drinking alcohol, I understand, but trying to think of things to do other than planning my next meal is really quite difficult. So we went bowling...which I suck at by the way, but it was actually still fun. I usually only like things that I'm awesome at. Surprisingly, there were tons of people at the bowling alley - YOUNG people, so it was great people watching. They played dance music, rap mostly, and people actually "got low" on their way up to throw the ball. Crazy.

Friday March 20th

Today was my first day of The Master Cleanse, boy is it good to be home. And by good, I mean shit, now I have to chug a liter of salt water. At least I have something to look forward to tonight, a movie date to see "I love you, Man".

Thursday March 19th

Last night I ate ice cream and brownies in preparation for Day 1 of the Master Cleanse tomorrow. I am already trying to figure out how I can stop the cleanse before my 10 days are up. If I can make it 1/2 way through, I will be happy. Last time I only made it 2 days.

Oh yeah, and I painted this.

Wednesday March 18th

I went to a step-aerobics class tonight that kicked my ass. Who knew you had to be so coordinated to get some good cardio in? Between the old ladies counting at me and guiding me when I screwed up, and the pain I have in my calves for being daring and adding two levels to my "step", I think I will reconsider ditching bootcamp for a "girly" workout to avoid the rain.

I went home and painted, hated what I painted and made a mess over it. I think I’ll hang it in my bedroom, it’s the right colors and it will remind me to be more patient.

Tuesday March 17th (St. Patrick's Day and Raegan's 5th Birthday!)

Instead of drinking with the Irish today, I colored hair for the Scottish instead. My sister-in-law came over last night and I colored her hair from a dark red to a cranberry chocolate. While coloring, V called and said she is staying at the Westin in Key West over Easter weekend. Somehow I missed her on the email chain, for crying out loud, my best friend of all people! It's destiny that she has somehow planted herself in the same hotel, on the same weekend as all of us girls, without even knowing about the trip. It's kind of funny how things like that work out. She was having a blast in the Irish district in Chicago celebrating St. Patrick's Day, so she wasn't too mad at me by night's end. Phew.

Monday March 16th

WHOA this is a close up that I really didn't need to provide but.....I am happy to report that my skin seems to be improving. For now. Maybe it's the antibiotics I've been taking for my illness? Hmmm... I'm just happy that I'm able to speak a complete sentence without blowing my nose, but if they helped my complexion as well, I better go stock up on more! So much for organic! I have another appointment on Saturday...we'll see.