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My professor let us out of class 3.5 hours early tonight. It was awesome. So, I went to the boys house and since we were both hungry, whipped up some dinner with stuff I found in his cupboards. Ended up making some chicken parmesan, and it was quite good! Afterwards, we got ice cream with Katie and Ryan. I was the odd man out and got cookies and cream while everyone else got key lime pie.

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After a long day at work, I suggested hitting up the late night happy hour at Mad Mex, and Katie happily obliged. We ended up getting some margaritas and just chilled. We were sitting at the table right by the window, and these creepers were standing outside staring in for a good 15 minutes or so. We never did figure out why they were just standing there, but I waved a few times and they thought it was funny. Weirdo's. After Mad Mex, I was feeling quite tipsy, so we took a walk down the street and paid my brother a surprise visit. haha.

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It was a completely lazy day today. I made breakfast that consisted of bacon, eggs and hashbrowns. Then, we spent the whole day being bums. We left for a brief minute to grab pizza for dinner, then returned and watched some more TV. I was going slightly crazy doing nothing. I'm used to constantly being on the go! The night ended with a trip to Bruster's. mmm.

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Girls night down in South Side! This was Katie's note to our server at the Double Wide Grill, who was the worst. He was either drunk, high or both. I ended up not letting her leave the note, though we should have. After dinner, we did a little shopping (I bought a new purse) and then went to see My Sister's Keeper -- definite tear jerker!

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Happy Friday!! This is what I had to deal with before work ended. A wild goose chase looking for file video (up in messy file video heaven) that we ended up not even needing. Then, I got to spend nearly four hours at the Ford dealership getting my oil changed, which turned in to a cracked reservoir in my power steering. So glad for warranties! The night ended with a late showing of Transformers in iMax.

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A shock came to the world today with the news of Michael Jackson's death. Farrah Fawcett too, but MJ was more of a surprise. All of the radio stations were playing his songs the rest of the night. This is one of my favorite songs of his. Reminds me of a fun night in college my freshman year!

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ugh. No photo today :(

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I had lunch at Red Lobster with Katie and Luca today (thank you dang cheddar biscuit cravings!!). Luca was quite entertaining. Katie and I had fun getting him to say things (whats that red stuff Luca? CHEP-UP!) heh. I stopped at Half-Price books and picked up a couple new reads that I am excited about. Already started reading one!

HAPPY 30th ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD!!

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I had a good afternoon before work. I woke up fairly early and headed to the gym for my first "power yoga" session -- LOVED IT. I am going to make a habit of going every week now! I feel so stretched and relaxed afterward! Came home and did some stuff around the apartment and then got a quick nap in before work. On my way to work, I grabbed a Passion Tazo Tea from Starbucks. No caffeine, but equally refreshing :)

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! I spent most of the day working, which was a waste of time because I seriously got the worst tippers. ALL. DAY. 10% or less is not okay, thanks. BAH. Later, spent time with the boy and then Katie and I went to see The Proposal. I loved it! It was actually really, really cute and I laughed a bunch of times.

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We went to Brian and Nichole's wedding today. It was a good time! The reception was at this place near Butler called "The Atrium", and it looked kinda like greenhouse. It was neat. There was a cool patio outback, but it kept raining off and on, so we didn't get to use it. The grooms cake was probably the best part -- it was a pasture with cows and tractors. Soo Brian!

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I went home to Erie for the night for my cousin Kyle's graduation party. When I got home, my mom, sister and I went to see Amanda's new baby Jameson. He's soo tiny!! Joey was there too, they are almost exactly a year apart, but the difference is insane! I love cuddling newborns :) Kyle's grad party was a lot of fun. Got to spend time with the family, which was nice. Also chased Joey around. He's an all pro-walker these days.

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I went shoe shopping today! I had to get a pair of summer-y heels for the wedding on saturday, so before class, I checked out Payless. I got me a cute pair of brown sandal wedges and this red number right here. Best of all, it was the BOGO 1/2 sale so I scored both pairs of shoes for $29.98! Oh, and I picked up a strawberry lemonade freeze from Mr. Smoothie before class. It was deeeelish.

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Pittsburgh fell victim to a crazy storm this evening. I was at work, but it was literally a monsoon outside. Lightning streaks across the sky and thunder kept us scrambling to keep printing updated sales report in case the power went out. On my drive home, half of the Fort Pitt tunnel was encased in darkness thanks to power outages. It was a kinda creepy, only being able to see the lights of the cars around me. Crazy day in the 'burgh!

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I made a yummy, and fairly healthy snack tonight before bed. Warm apples with cinnamon, a little caramel syrup and some fat-free vanilla ice cream. In the words of Racheal Ray -- YUMM-O!

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Today flew by somehow, unlike last week! I met Katie and Camille in Oakland for lunch at Mad Mex. Peach margaritas in the middle of the day are fabulous :) The rest of the day was spent working, working, working.

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We got brunch at the Original Pancake House, where the boy got the worlds biggest omelet. That thing was the size of my face! Got some groceries and movies, then made our way home. Pete and Adrienne invited us to go play mini-golf, so we went to this place in Cranberry that had putt-putt, go carts and batting cages. We decided to do the two hour fun pass, and definitely got our money worth. I lost at golf (duh) and sucked at the batting cages (apparently eight years of softball meant nothing?) but I kicked butt a few rounds in go carting ;)

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Spent the whole day with the boy, and it was great. We started off the day by going to Trader Jack's where I got peaches and candles. Then, we went to Tanger Outlets and we both got some new clothes (yay sales!) Dinner at Rochester Grille and then finished the night off with a drive-in flick(s) with Katie and Ryan. The boy had never been to the drive-in before, so it was a new experience for him!

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2009 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!!! That's ALL I can say for today. I am SO HAPPY!! They definitely deserved to win, especially the after the turn around they had midway through the season. Pittsburgh really IS the City of Champions :)

Excuse the craptastic TV photo, but its Sid getting the first lift of Lord Stanley!

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We had another lab day today. We had to check things out under the microscope, including our own cheek cells. It was pretty cool! It kinda felt like that scene from Twilight, minus the whole sexy Edward Cullen vampire thing.

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I've been working crazy hours this week (with little to no sleep) so to relax, I decided to take a bubble bath before work. It didn't cure my exhaustion, but it helped! Basking in the hot water with some candles and the new Cosmo -- bliss, I tell you.

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Even though I probably should have caught up on sleep -- I took this afternoon as an opportunity to catch up on some school work. Exam #2 for Psych is due this week, so I took that and got another "A"(woot!) and then decided to work on the dreaded Bio test. Luckily, Casey, who is a molecular bio fiend (you think I joke?) was kind enough to help me out, and I pulled off a "B" -- yessss. Topped off with a 2-hour nap and a Pens victory, it was a decent evening.

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I literally spent all morning/afternoon watching TV on my laptop. The weather was crappy and I had no where to be until 5p, so, I decided to mosey on over to Fancast.com and check out an episode of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! partly because my mom was hoping I watched it so she'd have someone to talk to about it, but mostly because I was curious about the hype. Basically, I wanted to punch Spencer in the face 5 minutes in to it (already hated him) and then, I got suckered in to watching all of last weeks episodes. Oy. Reality TV is certainly addicting, I won't deny that.

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It was a very lazy day today with the boy. We went grocery shopping, then went home and spent the rest of the day being complete sloth's. I made us Sloppy Joe's for dinner (how appropriate) and he watched some movies while I was finally able to finish my book.

PS-- this is the only picture I took. He went on a cleaning binge and I snapped a pic of him vaccuuming. He may kill me for posting this ;)

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Today was GNI! Katie and I spent the afternoon shopping and such before meeting up with Elisa. I bought a dress for Brian's wedding too, so I can mark that off my to-do list. GNI was fun, as usual. We got dinner at Gullifty's, then coffee & back to Katie's for fondue and the Pens game. The Pens lost horribly -- not a fun way to end a good night!

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She may kill me for posting this, but its honestly the only picture I got today. haha. At any rate, Renz and I had lunch and did a little shopping. Later, the boy and I had a date night. We got dinner and then went to see The Hangover -- freakin' hilarious!!

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We finally did a "lab" today during lab day in class. Testing pH levels of things with acids and bases, but hey, it got us out of class by 7:30p, and I was able to watch the Pens game! We pulled in another victory, and we are officially back in it. Woo-hoo!!

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This is my new breakfast obsession. English muffin with peanut butter and bananas. It's DELICIOUS, and it honestly fills me up for quite awhile. I've had a hard time finding breakfast foods that keep me satisfied for more than a few hours, but I think I finally may have! Other than that, I worked all day today and made decent money. Now, its time for bed :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!

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Here's a picture of the control room at my job. Tuesdays, I'm responsible for producing the 7am show and "Today Show" cut-in's. Today, nothing else too exciting happened. Worked, worked again and went to class. But, the Pens won!! Maybe it helped I wore my Kris Letang jersey to work?

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I had such a productive day! I woke up and started cleaning. I washed my curtains, and two separate rugs. It's so nice getting rid of all of that cat hair (even if only for now!) I also went to the gym, mailed off a birthday card for my Dad and made a quick stop at Starbuck's for a yummy, frozen drink.