A New Person

I'm feeling much better now. Like a new person even. Unfortunately I gave the cold to my mom. Sorry mom.

Despite not feeling my best we went ahead with our visitor plans. We had dinner at Mom & Ed's with my godparents last weekend. Mom's homemade lasagne was delicious and a temporary fix! We hosted dinner for them on Thursday and it was a hit. I love to experiment with different recipes. I never cook as much as I like to. We loved the company!

Friday we had a Trendowicz dinner at the Carolina Ale House. Truck treated us and we had a long relaxing dinner. Friend Mario arrived later that night and the house was full for the rest of the weekend. I love the sound of people in the house - it makes me feel even more at home. I think it just reminds of what it was like to have a houseful of brothers around.

We enjoyed breakfast together then went to the movies later in the afternoon and saw Jumper. Hhmmm.....my thoughts on this are still not concrete. It was an entertaining movie but the end was unsatisfying. Another half hour of story would have been better.

We then did a quick supermarket run before dinner. Penna Vodka a la Jen was on the menu. It's easy and everyone loves it. Mario made some chicken and Leo got a cookie cake for his sisters birthday. What a good guy! Kerri, Rob and Truck came over to enjoy dinner and dessert and before we knew it more company arrived. Our regular friends came by as did Mom and Ed and it was nice to have everyone meet one another. It often feels like my NY life and my NC life rarley overlap. So when people from both places exist at once it makes me feel more complete.

We were up late, as usual. In fact the next day I slept until 11am. That may not sounds crazy for some, but for me - I was living on the wild side! Our day started late and slow but we made up for it at the gym. Ok, don't tell anyone this . . . but we ended up going back to our old apartments to use the raquetball court. We weren't sure the code to the gym would be the same but it was. While Mario and Leo played some ball I used the gym and happily tread-milled on my merry way, i-pod in tow. I feel guilty about it but truth be told there was only one person we encountered the whole hour we were there. Someone should be using it right?

We settled in to watch another movie later in the afternoon - Michael Clayton. Not a winner in my book. It was slow until halfway through and when it was over I wasn't really left pondering any new revelations in life. I guess I'm a little numb when it comes to movies as I have watched to many while getting better!

So that was the past week. Things are a little slow at the start of the week - I have to get myself back on track after being out of it for so long. I started up my workout routine again though. No more being sick in this house anytime soon.