It’s rather sad that we’re almost halfway through the year and this is my second of only 2 blog posts for all of 2010.
As I mentioned, life is crazy. Has been, still is, and I fully expect it will continue to be.
It’s kind of amusing – I’ve been away from this for so long that I really don’t even know where to start! And I’m surprised to find there are still (some) readers out there. Oh, dear faithful readers, it must have been supremely difficult to keep me in your Google rather than shift me over to trash management :) For that, I thank you.
I guess the easiest way to start is a simple rundown of May. This is my life, in a nutshell, and a quick glimpse into what’s going on in the World of P. Let the madness begin. And my apologies in advance for the lack of photos.
The first Saturday in May,
Schmoogie (the ever-amazing, enormously-talented, always-adorable sister) graduated from
Webster University with degrees in photography and Spanish. Hear that, dear readers? Two, count them, TWO, degrees. In different schools. Our morning began quite early as we headed over to the Muny for the School of Communications ceremony, which was immediately followed by a ceremony for the entire graduating class of 2010 in the main theater, and then immediately followed by the ceremony for Arts & Sciences, at which Schmoogie was the student speaker.
We then headed to
Carl’s Deli for lunch (a family favorite), a few hours of down time (HA!) at home, and dinner at
LoRusso’s, Schmoogie’s choice for the evening.
Once home, time for the doggers, and crashing for the night.
On Mother’s Day, Schmoogie picked me up bright and early, we headed to Schnuck’s, purchased flowers and breakfast fixings. Headed to Mom and Pop’s where we were met by Mr. P and MomP to celebrate. The three kids (Schmoogie, Mr. P and I) split duties arranging flowers, making gourmet French toast, decadent fruit salad, bacon (which is still its own food group in my book), and the
piece de resistance: mimosas ;)
After a glorious breakfast (that turned into brunch, and ultimately – due to our procrastinating natures – lunch), we headed home and began our dreaded spring cleaning…
…and throughout the week, when not otherwise occupied by obligations…we cleaned…
…and cleaned…
…and cleaned…
(To be fair, there were MANY
obligations distractions keeping us from doing our best, including the aforementioned procrastination.)
The following Saturday,
Mr. P GRADUATED. Yes, dear readers, I finally got to say that :) I could not be more proud of the mister for all his hard work, and though he has one course over the summer (really?! Who in their right mind takes linear algebra?!), he will be completely finished by the end of July.
[Sidebar: if anyone is looking, or knows of anyone looking, for a smarter-than-average, dedicated, mature, and just-perhaps-my-own-opinion rather dashing employee, I have a good recommendation for you.]
We headed to
Houlihan’s after the ceremony and bought ourselves a celebratory drink or two, enjoying each other’s company and feeling a sense of relief at the sight of the light at the end of the tunnel…
…and left for home to finish up cleaning :)
Sunday, we hosted a family barbeque for three graduates: Schmoogie, Mr. P, and FFC (favorite female cousin) R, who completed her Masters degree. As usual, our schedules weren’t quite up to par and our LUNCH bbq became more of a LINNER than intended. The food, however, was phenomenal, drinks were flowing, conversation was amazing, and the DOGS BEHAVED! Ultimately, I would call it a success. The fact that we were able to host 15 people in our small home, the weather held up, and there were no injuries is probably not the standard most people use, but for me, it works.
[WOW! This has gotten long. So for those who are bearing with me, I’ll just call this Part I and finish up May in another post…my third for the year!]
