Judecorp.

Just came back from breakfast at Sorella's. They're pricey but they're so, so good. I had pumpkin raisin french toast and Jen had banana peanut butter french toast. We split a side of home fries and a side of sausage. She got the better deal - mine was good but hers was way better. I know what I will order next time around. (We go there every couple of months.)

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at the beach with my coworker Marti. Jen was originally not coming but then decided to come after a whole lot of drama in the morning. It wasn't very warm but we did go into the water mid-thigh and played a little Yahtzee on beach blankets. I think Jen won both times. Jen got sunburned on the backs of her knees/calves - ouch!

I got my hair cut after that and I managed to snap a couple of pictures of The Dark Overlord (vlindinhauer) which I will have to upload tomorrow or something. It was a good time and I tried to get him in trouble by his boss but I was unsuccessful. (Oops.)

We headed up north from there to go to tool_of_satan and Kristine's game night. I once again got my butt whooped at Ticket To Ride and did not win 10 Days in Europe either. Both times, I was completely and utterly blocked by bluekniggit because he is Just So Mean. But I got to at least outwit him a little bit and knock his manhood, so it all balances out. Besides, I don't have any strong desire to win, especially at Ticket To Ride because I am always dead last. CHOO CHOO. We headed out early because I just wasn't feeling the games last night, apparently. But lorac blew some kisses at me and that always makes it worth it. And we had cannoli. (I'm glad lorac is back from Japan.)

Last night, cappuccinogrl called me from the Paul Simon concert she went to, and he sang "Mrs. Robinson" into my voicemail. It was hard to make out because it kept cutting out (too loud, probably?) but I did get a "woah woah" out of the deal and some musical interludes. Yay, thanks!

I am leaving soon for Parts West so that buddhafly4224 and I can totally Nerd Out at the American Idol concert in Hahtfud. Holy crap, we are going to be the dorkiest people ever - but I will be thinking of you, drainbead! Before that I think we're going to crash a cook-out in Northampton very briefly pre-concert to party with hope_persists which should be awesome! (I will be thinking of you, jadefu, when I am in your town for a minute!)

OMGZERS IF ACE YOUNG IS THERE I WILL DIE 11!!oneone!111! Bring the sperm collection cups!

(I really just wanted to see how many lj users I could stick in one post. So let me add a few more: whirledpeas, I love you; crena, I miss you; lemur68, I keep forgetting to mail you those pants (sorry); sassywoman, I am so happy you are knocked up; and vishudda_spin, best of luck on Monday!)

We got home a heck of a lot later than planned from Game Night - who'd have thought we'd make it through about seven hours of games and company? Still, it's always a good time to play a lot of games with a lot of people, and ever since the start of the Two Table System things have been even more pleasant. It's nice to be able to grab a couple of other people and find a new game when the rest of the folks are playing Alhambra or Carcassonne or one of those other games I don't really like.

Last night had some good games, including my beloved 6-Nimmt and a new fave, Mamma Mia (which involves Rain Man-like "counting cards" which I am very much into, heh, excellent driver), along with a fun singing game called Hossa which was a good time though at the end of the night and when I'd started getting a seriously scratchy throat. The other table also played Ticket To Ride, which I like, and I think I might have played something else but I'm drawing a blank. Maybe I didn't - maybe it all happened when I got wrapped up with getting my butt kicked on GameCube by a 7 year old who made every effort to tell me how crappy I was doing and how much he was beating me. At some point I decided to give him a little lesson about what "good sportsmanship" means, which I guess was overheard by his parents. Whoops.

Got back a little while ago from an early morning trip to Sorella's in JP, where I had some pumpkin cranberry pancakes that were not as good as I would have liked (though still good) and terrible service. Still, 9:30am means no wait there, which is nice. I would have liked more than 4 hours of sleep, but sadly the sun blares through the window at too-early-o'clock and I simply cannot sleep in daylight. Poo.

I had every intention of going to RI today to do test drives on my dad's truck and hopefully sell it, but with Jen being sick and my being sick I never got the darned thing listed on Craigslist, so I guess that will have to wait until next weekend. I don't realistically know how it will all work, anyway, since buyers will probably want to take the truck to a mechanic before they buy it and, well, I'm at work all week and can't come down to RI for that. Could be interesting.

Our house is a pit which is remarkable since I totally straightened it up on Friday when Erika and Gina stopped by to only see the kitten visit with me. Something happened to the kitchen - it looks like a National Wholesale Liquidators (think Big Lots) explosion with all kinds of random crap like holiday cards and other junk.

I really want to go to the new IKEA in Stoughton but the bank account says no. DAMN YOU, BANK ACCOUNT!