Weekend of Parties

What a great weekend. Friday night just hung out with Kristen and watched Butterfly Effect. Despite the bad reviews it got, I really liked it.

Saturday I spent the afternoon shopping with my parents. It was a lot of fun. I learned that for a summer my father lived with his sister and her husband when he was in college. My mother even went to visit him there. (This was a little before they were serious.) Dad had an internship as a programmer. When Mom came to visit, it was the week of the Democratic National Convention and Chicago was crazy. The year was 1968 and the country wasn't the stablest. It was really neat to hear their stories.

Saturday night I went to Monica's Ala y Alla to celebrate Peter's birthday. It was an absolute blast. I really enjoyed getting to know Lara, Peter's girlfriend. (Another success story for Match.com.) The best part of the evening was the conga line for all the people celebrating that night. Naturally we made Peter get in the line. Eventually I joined too. The best part was getting a shot of Tequila poured into my mouth at the end. After dinner, Peter, Lara, and I sat outside at a rooftop bar for a couple more drinks. We got Peter sufficiently drunk and called it a night.

Got back to Arlington and went to a party at Hunter's. Hunter is a friend from high school so I saw a bunch of people I went to high school with. It's hard to believe I've been out of high school ten years already! I tend to cross paths with a lot of the people I saw last night, but it certainly had been a long time. A couple people complimented me on my hair (it's a lot different now than it was in high school), but I've been wearing it like this for over three years! One of the best part of the party was getting my superhero identity from Scotty. I'm now dubbed "Corporate Girl." I've got all sorts of awesome powers but he's going to have to remind me what they are. It was a hella good party for sure. In fact, I stayed until almost 5am. (I have no idea how it got so late so quickly, but at least Hunter's house is only a 3 minute drive to my house.)

Slept until 11am to make up for getting in bed so late. Went to a luncheon to celebrate the dedication of Katie, the daughter of Jason and Becca. Also got to see Tim and Mandy and their new daughter, Lily. It was awesome seeing such good family friends and getting to celebrate with them.

Took a nap when I got home from the luncheon. Then got up and mowed the yard. It cooled off tonight so the weather was perfect. So perfect that I finished the yard and took Tiger for a long walk. Spent the rest of the evening doing school work. Now it's time to sleep.

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