Update.

Moshe told me the other day that he was disappointed in me since I hadn’t updated my blog recently. To which I say... I can’t write about my life if I don’t take a break to have one! Last week I had lunch on Monday with Stephanie B., who I hadn’t seen since she graduated Tech (almost a year before me). She had since married her long time boyfriend, Shane, and they now own a house in the outskirts of Atlanta. We spent a little while joking about how now since we both own houses and are supporting ourselves, coupons are our friends. I used to make fun of my mom for cutting coupons for everything, but now I am always armed and ready with one, no matter where I go. It was nice to catch up with her.

On Wednesday, Matt F. sent me an email to see if I was going dancing. I hadn’t planned on it, but since Matt lives in Austin, and apparently was in town, I decided to go. It was pretty fun to be out dancing, and meanwhile, I found out that Matt has since moved back to Atlanta because he got a job here. That’s exciting. I knew he was interviewing here, but hadn’t followed up on the results. It’s always good to have friends move back in town, and it helps that it adds one more lead to the dance scene!

Thursday I went to the JCC with Amanda to see a play “Chopped Liver in Paradise”. I’d gotten free tickets from taking a survey a while back, and it was a pretty funny play. It was nice of course spending time with Amanda too, and giving her a short break from finals.

Friday, Cinco De Mayo, we had a party at work. We started with an operations meeting which we have every couple months to update everyone on new employees, progress towards our yearly goals, etc., and afterwards we all had Margaritas and chips and just hung out together. Straight from work I went to my parents in Decatur, and took a run around Decatur. I’ve gotten to the point that I can tell how far I’ve gone by seeing how long I’ve been running. I had a nice run through downtown Decatur and through the neighborhoods. It was nice to have a change of scenery. Then I went back home for Shabbat dinner and to catch up with the ‘rents. After dinner, I headed over to Jenny I.’s for a graduation/ Cinco de Mayo party she was throwing for fiancé George. Meanwhile, I was expecting a call from Greg & Rachel or Paul since they were on their way into town for the weekend. Once I heard from them, we all met up at Jeff’s old Apt, and when I walked in, ALL the out-of-towners were there! All the old AEPi’s I hadn’t seen in a while! It was so great to see everyone! We ended up going next door to a restaurant/bar for a few hours to hang out.

In the morning was Jeff’s wedding, so Greg, Rachel, Ben N., Paul M. and I all carpooled out to Chateau Elon after a French toast breakfast. The wedding started at 11:30 which was pretty early after being out late the night before, but it was nice. There was an open bar, but for the first part, most people were just ordering “orange juice, on the rocks”. It was a bit early to drink. But eventually, people put the bar tenders to work. I was sitting at a table with all AEPi guys. It was like old times. The wedding turned out nice, and afterwards, a few of us went to my house, and Rachel and I baked cupcakes for everyone, and once everyone had changed and rested up a bit, we met up to eat some BBQ for dinner. During dinner, it was planned (though I suggested it, it wasn’t me to follow through on it) that everyone would come to my house after dinner. A few cases of beer, and 30 guests later, we had a party Saturday night. It was totally unexpected, but a lot of fun. Eventually most people left, and the few remaining slept on my couches, and in the morning, Rachel made breakfast for everyone before people cleared out. I had lunch with the family because it was my sister’s b-day, and dinner at Rock Bottom for Lisa’s b-day, so all in all, I didn’t have a second alone all weekend. I came to work Monday exhausted, but thrilled to have had such a fun weekend.

Now I’m in Augusta having lunch before heading to the plant for a meeting at 1:00. Moshe, I hope you’re satisfied with this update.