OMG BW'08!

So things have been pretty hectic here lately. I've been doing lots of things (and running out of money too lol I don't get paid enough!).

Last week was Nicole's (Jason's wife) birthday week. They had planned events for like every day during birthday week, so the aforementioned boredom that I spoke of had subsided. Although, birthday week was fun and I didn't have to think of things to do, I was exhausted! I had to rush out of work most of the week and shower and then be somewhere almost immediately afterwards! I wasn't cut out for it! The events of birthday week were as follows:

Thursday, July 3rd (Happy B-day, Aunt Cin!) - Dinner at Jason and Nicole's apartment to celebrate the kick-off of birthday week! We had some beer and she made a wonderful potato dish and Jason made some asparagus, which I love now! I can't believe I hated asparagus for so long! It's delicious! The dessert was also very good. It was some truffle pudding delight treat!

Friday, July 4th (Happy Freedom, USA! yeah, right!) - I had the 4th off of work, so Kristen (carniore keeper) and I planned a get together that was to take place at her house (She's 23 and has a mortgage!). She really wanted to make it a Slip 'N Slide party so we traveled to a bunch of stores in the Granbury, TX area looking for them. Wal-mart, Target, Toy 'R Us, CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, and Big Lots all did not have them! So, we went to Lowes (Home Improvement Warehouse, duh!) and bought a roll of sheet plastic and created our own racing slip 'n slide course. It worked perfectly! The night was fun. I drank some beers and spent the night at Kristen's. Kristen's great dane, Ed, spent the night on the couch with me and he is a terrible cuddler! He takes up all the space! I also made the awesome fresh orange cake for this party. YUM!

Saturday, July 5th - I worked and then went with Kristen (intern) and Ashley (my boss) to Kristen's (carnivore keeper) house. There I made red velvet cupcakes with white chocolate cream cheese frosting for Nicole's b-day party that would take place the next night, also at Kristen's house. The cupcakes were delicious and so was the home-made pizza that we made that night!

Sunday, July 6th - On this night we had a party for Nicole at Kristen's house and set up the slide 'n slide again. The theme of the night was 80's night. I passed out way early at around 11:00 while everybody else was up past 2:00 am. I had to work the next day!

Monday, July 7th - This was Nicole's real birthday (When you have a birthday week, you have to have the real birthday placed in the middle of the week). We went into Dallas (omg longest drive EVER for dinner!) to Maggiano's Little Italy. While I was expecting a fancy, expensive restaurant I was surprised. It was fancy, but the portions were HUMONGOUS, so you could easily split a $15.00 entree between two people, so it actually ends up being cheaper than the Olive Garden!

Tuesday, July 8th - This day we went to Six Flags Over Texas. Ashley and I met up with Nicole, Jason, Craig, Joe, and Pam (Nicole's BFF from back in Nashville) at around 7 pm. The crowds were not big, so we had high hopes of being able to ride a lot of rides. However, after one ride the sky turned crazy and it stormed for about a half hour. That sounds good, though because there should have been about 2 good hours left. But, no Six Flags kept things closed for another 45 minutes! UGH! So we had about an hour of riding time left when everything finally opened back up.

Wednesday, July 9th - Resting day, thank god!

Thursday, July 8th - Nicole, Jason, Pam, and I drove down to New Braunfels, TX (about a 4 hour drive) to go to the "World's Best Waterpark" (according to the Travel Channel), Schlitterbahn! When we got there we saw TONS of people, all of them white trash! It was so crowded, there were long lines for everything, and there some nastyass people in gross swimsuits. At about 3 oclock (we got there at around 11:30 am) the power went out and we had to ride a shuttle back to the other side of the park to get to our locker and car. However, there were TONS of people also trying to catch the shuttle. It was a mess! I already thinking of the letter or e-mail I would be writing to Schlitterbahn if rainchecks or refunds weren't going to be offered ("...I realize weather and power malfunctions are things that are out of your control, but customer service is always in your control!..." <-- that was the hightlight of my potential letter). However, by the time we reached the other side of the park, the power was back on and the rides were running shortly afterwards. Luckily, a large amount of the people left and made the lines shorter. Overall, Schlitterbahn is highly overrated but still a fun park that is cool because it uses natural water that comes from the adjacent Comal River (which is 72 degress year-round, FYI) and uses tube chutes similar to the ones at Dover Lake Waterpark. I like the tube chutes because they mix together the fun parts of water slides and lazy rivers into one longer, more fun ride.

That was the end of birthday week. Nothing exciting has happened since then, except I found a partially eaten possum body in the wolf pen and had to pick it up and place it in a bag for the vets to inspect. It smelled awful! Maybe I will be able to update or more things that happened since birthday week when my fingers are done cramping up from all this typing!

Ciao!