What a Week!!!

Yes, I know, its been a week since I posted last!  But I have a really good reason.  The reason is that, Jynxx was here visiting me in RL!!   Oh, the things we did ... the places we saw ...

OK, not really on the things and places.  We just really sort of hung out most of the time, but it was a complete blast, and this visit was about 10 years in the making.  So of course, we had a lot of fun.

This is a map. (Duh!)  Jynxx lives way down in the green state, and I am that little pink state in the middle. The purple line is how Jynxx got here.  She had to go up to Atlanta, and then over and down to Houston, before she got to me. Then on the way home, it was the blue line.  She had to leave me, and go to Chicago, and then to Pittsburgh, before she got home! My poor Mommasan spent hours and hours on a plane, twice, just for me.  Did I mention, she doesn't like flying?

But, back to the fun part.  She got in on Monday night, about 10:30pm.  Upon arrival, she told us that her cane had been stolen by some woman in Houston, as we were walking to claim her luggage.  Really? How are you gonna steal someone's cane??   Then we get to baggage claim .... and her baggage is nowhere to be found.  Apparently, it decided it wanted to stay in Texas for a while longer.   So with the promise that they would deliver it to my house the next day, we set off for home, which is about an hour away from the airport.  It was really dark, and she didn't get to see any of the landscape at all, but she seemed fine with that, heh.  (Seen one cow, you seen em all, right?)   We got home without incident, and she went to bed not long after, because she was a tired Mommasan, and I went to work.   

I was hoping that she would get some good sleep, because my dog, Achilles, was making a lot of noise.  For some reason, starting about 3 weeks ago now, he gets anxious when people come to the house - almost like having a doggie panic attack.  And he whines and makes a lot of noise.   Apparently, he settled down for the night as soon as I left - in her bed no less, with Loki, my other dog.  They all three cuddled up and went to sleep.  When I got home, I went to bed.  

When Jynxx got up on Tuesday, she was bored.  So, she decided to go to the store down the street, grab a few things, and then she came home and cleaned and re-arranged my kitchen cabinets!! (Momma?? I can't find the lids for the pans still!! LOL)  We all loaded up into the car and went to Luigi's for dinner - yum!  I finally got to introduce her to Sophia - I've only been telling Jynxx about Luigi's for years now.  Best Italian food ever.  Vito either wasn't around or didn't come out of the kitchen, so I didn't get to introduce them.  Maybe next time!  We also hit Goodwill to see what treasures they had there, and I scored two more blue glass vases! (I adore blue glass.)  When we got home, her laptop got fixed, and then we hung out, and later, she went to bed and I went to work.

Wednesday, I got up, and she had made a meatloaf for dinner!! YUM!  It was really tasty, and I totally want the recipe.  There was more hanging out, and we talked to Master on Skype, and just general goofiness was going on.   We also went to Hobby Lobby, which is MUCH better than Michael's.  I grabbed some yarn for a baby blanket that I am making for my daughter's girlfriend's sister, and she grabbed a matching set of little vase things for us, and materials to make a Mardi Gras mask, complete with feathers, and a few other things.  Wednesday night, she went to work with me, and threw some newspapers around, and we listened to my Harry Potter audio book in the car.  Heh.  She ended up falling asleep towards the end, and I have a picture, but she has said I am not allowed to show that picture to anyone, so I won't post it here.  Got home, and she staggered off to bed.  I stayed up a while and chatted with Master on Skype, and then I went to bed also.

Thursday, we got up and went to Monterey's for dinner ... Mmmm, Mexican food!  We had to rush home afterwards, because it was gaming night for Darkain, and the guys were supposed to be here around 6pm.  Only one gamer showed up tonight though, because the rest had tests coming up and needed to do some hard-core studying.  So they were in the other room playing Magic, and we stayed in the living room with Achilles, who was having another doggie panic attack, and did some crocheting and chit chatted with Master on Skype.  Oh, and Darkain introduced Jynxx to WoW. She has a Pandarian Rogue to play around with now, heh!  We all ran thru the panda starting area together.  He made a shaman, and I have a hunter.  Then came work again, so she went to bed and took the dogs with her, and off I went to deliver the news.

Friday I got up to a full on Thanksgiving dinner!! Yep, turkey, stuffing, veggies, and even a cake for dessert!  OMG I was sooooo full.  And yes, there are left-overs.  But that wasn't the only thing I woke up to! Ha!  She had decided to re-arrange my living room for me, and it looks great!  Also, Friday morning after I had gotten home from work, we had decided that it was time to move Exile to the new build.  So, I walked in, microwaved some mac and cheese, and we got on with the task at hand!  It was me, Master, Jynxx, and Satre, and then Shanique and Eldric showed up as well to offer support and guidance.  Eldric dropped another Dutchie chair for us (I love those things!) and we all chatted a while after it was moved.  At 7pm slt, I had my 80's Flashback set at Exile - the first event in the new build!  We were celebrating Shanique's birthday during my set, and she had put some lindens on the board for a contest.  Then at 9pm slt, Master had his "Aussie Style" set.   It was a lot of fun, and it was great being in the new place finally!  I will say, its definitely not a "depressing black box" anymore!

Saturday, I got up and made chicken tortilla soup for everyone.  It was the second time I've made it, and I have to say, I think I love it more than the first time.  Jynxx really liked it too.  (Remember Momma, the recipe is on Ree's website!)  Then, came Naked Saturday at Exile.  There was 2500L on the board, and we had a lot of fun! It was Manda's birthday and so Perse had set up a birthday display for her in the corner of the dance floor, and we all yelled "Surprise!!" when she came in. TJ also came on board as a new dancer - he's really good!

Then, got home from work today, and had to take Momma back to the airport to go home.  Sad Panda!!  Came home, talked to Master for while, as he played Uno with Lioness at Exile, and then I took my ass to bed! 

Now, I just have to find those lids....

~R