baaaad hair day

this morning while i was walking leonidas (lots of weird things happen when i walk leonidas), a bumble bee flew into my hair and got trapped! i immediately freaked out, flipped my head over, and started shaking my head and swatting at my hair to try and get it out. i was successful, but it was terrifying. thanks to all of the tussling and frantic mussing with my hair, on top of the humid weather, i had to show up at work with hair like jennifer grey in dirty dancing...it was so frizzed out i had a good 3 inches of hair reaching out from my head in all directions. here's a picture to help you visualize:

needless to say, i switched to a ponytail as soon as i could find the hair tie in my bag :)

two weird things happened to me today

first, i was walking leonidas before work, heading down chris and katie's old street when all of a sudden i noticed it was raining on just one part of the sidewalk. then i realized it was actually a car backed in to a parking spot that was spraying his wiper fluid...on the front end of his car. this means that his wiper fluid dispenser is powerful enough to blast it across the whole length of the car, over the grassy patch on the curb, and onto the sidewalk. it was like a super soaker, i kid you not.

second, i was in the bathroom washing my hands when another woman came out of a stall with her pants still undone, just buttoning them up in front of the sink. why on earth would any one do this?? it's not like she didn't know i was in there because i was running water...add that to the list unprofessional things people do in office bathrooms. ugh.

brian urlacher and obstacle courses

so i just remembered a dream i had last night...in it, brian urlacher and i were really good friends, hanging out with a group of our other friends doing a timed obstacle course. in case you were curious, i won.

for those of you who don't know, brian urlacher is a chicago icon...he was the bears starting middle linebacker until he broke his wrist in the season opener last week (i was crushed and i don't want to talk about it). anyways, apparently in my dreams i am faster than a 9 year NFL veteran...this is the real reason i should get more sleep :)

sneeze much?

yesterday at work one of the women i share an office with sneezed 9 times in a row! i thought this was pretty intense, since the most i've ever done is 4. well, this got me thinking about the record for most sneezes in a row, and thanks to google, i have discovered it is FAR more than i ever even thought possible. check out just one of the articles about this little record setter here.

977 DAYS?!?!? that is more than 2.5 years of sneezing every 1-5 minutes...can you imagine the day she finally stopped sneezing??? i mean seriously, after that had to be a weird day.

successful trip

i am back in DC after a week of traveling and i have to say, it was a very busy, really fun trip! last friday i drove to cleveland and spent the night hanging out with my cousin and her then-fiance/now-husband. we went to a county fair where they had a whole cornhole booth! you could buy "designer" bags and other accessories...hilarious. the weekend was spent visiting with both sets of my grandparents, and hanging out with family. monday, alex, my dad, and i went car shopping but were unsuccessful...i couldn't get as much for my car as i'd hoped, so i've decided to keep it for a while longer (plus who could resist the appeal of crank windows??).

tuesday, alex and i had dinner with my friend perry and his fiance mallory. it was great to catch up with them and hear about their wedding plans (next june!). wednesday, i went out chicago and spent the day with alex, getting his apartment set up and touring the campus, his office, etc. it was a really great day of relaxing and enjoying being together; we even made an authentic gino's east frozen pizza for dinner, the hallmark of any chicago experience :)

thursday night, we drove down to indianapolis late in the evening, and the next day the boys went to play golf while the girls had nail appointments. that night was the rehearsal (chaos) and the dinner (super fun), and then i spent the night with the bridal party in preparation for the wedding the next day. the wedding day was even more chaos, but after some hair drama, several hours of pictures, and a beautiful ceremony complete with the cutest flower girl and ring bearers, my cousin was officially married and the real fun began.

the reception was a lot of fun, and it was great to catch up with so much family! we danced and drank and laughed the night away until the bride and groom left and my family (true to form) was one of the last to leave. sunday i tackled the 9 hour drive back to DC, made it with one stop and no traffic, and now i am back at work (yay monday!).

so to recap, i completed all of my "definitely" tasks, but only one of my "hopefully" tasks (no tripping down the aisle, but hudson had a minor injury so we didn't even make it to the dog park). however, the trip was still a definitely a success!

travel time!

i am so excited because this weekend i am driving out to chicago to spend a whole weekend with alex and my family! friday i'll be driving to cleveland and staying with my cousin (whose wedding is the purpose of the trip), and then saturday i'll make the second half of the journey to the greater chicagoland area.

while i'm there, i will be doing lots of fun things. as a preview, i've included some of the things i'm most excited for and divided the list into what i will hopefully do and what i will definitely do:

hopefully

• trade in my car for a new, snow-appropriate one
• teach leonidas to swim by watching hudson, who is an expert, while keeping him from doing his business on my parents' carpet (wouldn't want to repeat that part of christmas)
• talk my parents into buying me a digital camera as a early birthday/we're glad you're moving to chicago present (in which case i'll be sure to post new pictures)
• avoid any tripping or crying walking down the aisle at the wedding

definitely

• help alex finish setting up his apartment
• eat chicago-style pizza
• celebrate my brother's birthday and my parents' 30th anniversary
• hang out with all of my extended family including their awesome kids

of course, the whole trip is going to be a blast and i'll be sure to update you all throughout. i hope you enjoy whatever you have planned for labor day!!!