All is Quiet I'm at

All is Quiet
I'm at work, it's early, and it's quiet. Woke up this morning with a slight memory of my dreams. I was in an old hotel up in the mountains which had many secret passageways. Doug and I were trying to find our ay around when we stumbled upon an old costume room. It had all these amazingly elaborate costumes and a beautiful vanity for makeup. Somehow we also found our way back out. In the attempt to track someone (who knows who it was) down, we ended up in the lobby which was huge. I started telling a perfect stranger about my experiences and he looked at me like I was losing my mind. I quickly retreated. Now, of course, I'm wondering what this all means. Any ideas?

Friday night
The family got together for dinner...mmm, TexMex! Then we spent many, many hours in Home Depot gathering materials. It was exhausting but a lot of fun as well. I grabbed a few pics. Kristen and I decided to stay home as it had already been an eventful night. So we rented Unbreakable. I really enjoyed the comic book twist as well as Samuel Jackson's costuming. I thought it was interesting that someone chose to keep the comic book twist a secret while marketing this movie. Were they afraid to scare off the general public? Or maybe they just figured out that people don't want the trailer to give away the whole movie! After the movie I had all the intentions of getting a good night's rest. Which of course meant that I stayed up way late talking on the phone.

Saturday
Tiger woke me up earlier than I wanted. But Kristen went out and got kolaches which made for a great morning. Mom and Dad came over fairly early as well. The women went to Kristen's apartment to finish packing and moving her stuff. There really wasn't too much to do so it went quickly. Dad stayed at the house and installed recessed lighting in the bathrooms. He worked really hard all day, and they look really good! I snuck off for a little nap before helping Mom prepare a presentation for the travel club. She learned the basics of scanning pictures!

Early that evening, Adam and I enjoyed the benefits of video chat. We can't hang out since we live in different cities and it's just too far for one night. Instead of driving all that way, we got goofy on the computer. Sure it started off as a normal conversation and I didn't realize anything was going to get weird until Adam came back with an army helmet on. Which of course led me to grab some blue-tinted glasses. Everything just got wackier from there, but it was hilarious! Guess you had to be there. I can only imagine what we looked like - Karen walked by the office, looke at me, and quiet casually said, "Why are you wearing sunglasses?" Of course I pleaded sane and blamed it on Adam. Lucky for me, he was still wearing the army hat.

Saturday night I went out to Dallas to hang out with Dustin and "the crew." Dustin and I went off by ourselves for dinner which gave us an excellent chance to talk. I really like Dustin, feel comfortable talking with him openly and honestly. It's so nice to have a a real friendship developing. After dinner we went to Soul 2 Soul with Billy, Blake, Jackie, and Adrian. Ran into Shannon and Laura there as well. It was hot as hell so we didn't do too much dancing. Sat outside on the patio and watched people. I really, really enjoyed this aspect of the evening. It was so typically Dallas. Everyone was dressed up, trying to impress. Men and women were flirting. It was all very entertaining. Later everyone went back to Dustin's and took a 2am swim. Overall, the evening was really nice and chill. The only crappy part is driving back to Arlington when it's late and I'm tired.

Sunday Shopping Circus
Kristen and I went shopping for groceries. It was scary how much stuff we bought. Just take a look at our freezer! Hopefully we will not have to do such a crazy adventure again anytime soon. My pocketbook would definitely not be able to handle a second round. It's so exciting to have food. I actually brought my lunch to work today. Though I'm not going to tell you what it is for fear of sounding like a girl. If you really knew me, you'd know I don't eat like a bird. Of course, the real excitement on Sunday was buying a Wacom Graphire. I haven't had enough time to play with it just yet but I'm already amazed at what I can now do. Though it's going to take a little while to get used to using it. I wish I had learned to use a computer with a pen and pad rather than a mouse. But then again, I wish I had learned how to write with a paintbrush rather than a pencil.