welcome to my mind ...

There was so much food consumed over the last three days. I'm not sure I'll be able to eat more than snacks or very small meals for the next week.

Thursday, I met up with my best friend at her in-laws. They had 14 people over this year, hence why there was so much food. It was really nice being able to spend time with people I knew, and get to meet new people. My best friend's husband's cousin has a clothing company that I plan on buying a shirt from. The material is super soft. You guys should check them out: Tragic Hope Apparel

There wasn't much alcohol at this get together. My best friend is preggo so she wasn't able to drink. I had a couple beers, but I mostly drank water and the blood orange ginger beer I bought from Rachel's Ginger Beer. It's a little pricey, but it's all natural and pretty much homemade. I think they ship anywhere in the US, but I'm not certain.

We parted ways around 8? that night... it was around then because I was home and changed before 9. I had to work on Friday; it was my last day in the call center before I start my new position tomorrow. It was kind of bittersweet, but the change is something that needs to happen. The pros outweigh the cons and I've had several people tell me that I'll like the new position. I'll give it a few weeks to get settled before I let them know whether they were right.

Yesterday, I went to another friend's place for second Thanksgiving. They usually do their get together on the weekends so that more people can go. This time, however, people had other obligations, so it was just a smaller group. I think there were only about 10 people. We had movies and football playing in the background; we all seemed to have pictures from recent trips that we'd all taken so we were sharing them with anyone who wanted to see.

My friend's husband takes amazing pictures every time they go to Hawaii and he actually gave me a copy of one of the shots I liked the most. He even gave me some advice on how to find the best frame for it. I'm looking really forward to getting it in a frame and putting it up on the wall. I'm not one to normally do that, but it's just so pretty! I'll have to do that eventually with some of my own favorite pictures. I kinda wanna get a new place before I start poking holes in the walls.

There was far less food at this gathering, but still enough that we all took some left overs home. There was also significantly more alcohol consumed this time around. I didn't have too much that I'd have to crash for the night, but I had enough to be comfortable. I'm not sure when I'll hang out with her again ... It'll probably be next year before we get the time. I'm pretty busy for the rest of this month.

So yeah, the weekend was good. Tomorrow will be an interesting day ... I'll give it til the end of the week before I write anything about it. I don't want to be too critical on just the first day.

Until then. . .