Saturday: work

I had to work this morning. Although it really isn't too bad because it's only four hours, I was out of it all afternoon. Part of the problem was that I was up rather late last night...first hanging out with friends and then reading my dragon book. It was worth it.

Thursday: M&Ms

Recently I tried some of the new M&M flavors, so I thought I'd report to you what I thought of them.

First: Pretzel M&Ms. I thought they could have used a higher chocolate to pretzel ratio. While I might eat them again, they weren't my favorites.

Second: Coconut M&Ms. I really liked these. They were coconut flavored but not too strong. And they had some cool extra designs on the Ms.

Wednesday: back to work

Ah, after a lovely vacation I had to go back to work today. Really, it wasn't that much fun.

I thought several times that maybe I should have just taken the whole week off. :)

NYC: Day3

Today we went on a boat tour around the island. It was very nice to see all the landmarks without having to walk. I was doing ok, but my legs were getting a little sore.

NYC: Day2

We started the day by taking a stroll through Central Park.

Notice how well Ben and I match? He wore that shirt just for me.


Hanneke was able to join us! We usually manage to miss each other over Christmas, so it was really nice to be able to see her again.
We took a whirlwind tour through the American Museum of History. I'd love to come back with more time.

I'm kind of proud as how I managed to get us in this photo on the glass.

In the evening we saw Blue Man Group. It was great. It was much more of a comedy routine than I was expecting, but there was still a lot of percussion.

(Image courtesy BlueManGroup)

NYC: Day1

We started out the day with a delicious strawberry pie for breakfast.

Phew! We made it to NYC without too many issues.

After some walking around to see the sights near our hotel, we finally found something the guys would get their pictures taken with.

We went to a Brazilian steakhouse for dinner. It was a lot of fun, and really interesting to try all sorts of meat. My least favorite was the chicken, and my most favorite was the flank steak. I also loved the sides - mashed potatoes, fried bananas, and a salad bar that had more than lettuce. Laura amazed us all by eating a ton of food; her favorite were the ribs.

We ended the day by going up 30 Rock and seeing the skyline at night.

Monday: dragons

We made it back from NYC! Pictures and such to follow, probably tomorrow. It was a good trip.

I'm currently reading Joust by Mercedes Lackey. I've read it a few times before, but it always makes me want a dragon. I think I want a white one because Flurry is white. I've asked her a few times if she wants to become a dragon, but the answer always seems to be "no."