Elissa's birthday weekend started today (Friday is weekend enough I suppose, right?), and we did it up in style! We went to the Cheesecake Factory for a nice bday lunch, and I consumed a disgusting amount of food. The burger was ok, the fries were ok, but the cheesecake was sickeningly awesome! Now we're both recovering in our own little ways: Lis is taking a nap before heading back to school, and I'm doing design work for a project I'm working on at 4D.
We're going out somewhere this weekend to do a bit of hiking, probably tomorrow. Currently, the choices are Joshua Tree, some tide pools near Laguna Beach, or the Citrus State park here in Rivertucky. It all depends on the weather and how much stuff Lis has to get done on her paper. She just heard back from someone on her committee today, and he gave her a lot of great feedback -- a blessing and a curse. It's awesome that he's giving her such valuable information. It sucks that it means she has more work to do. ;-)
I've been in a very wintery mood lately. Not getting to see snow or have an actual season for the past few years has really worn me down. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to spending this summer in MN! And I'm incredibly excited about seeing a true Fall this year. But I am a bit sad that I missed out on such a snowy winter this year.
We had a decent winter
Lots of snow so snowmobiling skiing sledding etc all things I like doing - no hockey for me and my now gimpy knee :(
BUT we also had out fair share of bitter cold - about 4 weeks where it seemed to always be -40
I can't recall the last time we had such a long cold stretch
Having seasons is a blessing and a curse