Good afternoon! “Happy” Monday to you! How are you? I’m doing ok. THIS is what I saw when I opened the garage door this morning to head into work:
SNOW!!!!!!! SICK! Alright, alright, I am fully aware that I live in Minnesota , but even for Minnesota this is so NOT NORMAL! Snow, on October 12th!? What the hell Mother Nature!? It’s kind of been snowing on and off all day. It’s disgusting. Not to mention, I was 10 minutes late into work this morning because apparently all of the other commuters thought we were in the middle of a blizzard. Arg. So not ready for winter yet!
I remember when I was younger I would ALWAYS wish for no snow on my birthday. My birthday is on November 14th – that’s a month away and we ALREADY have snow. This is so unfair. On the bright side, I guess it’s supposed to be in the 60s this weekend, so it will be gone. But jeez, this is just a cruel joke!
So, this weekend was… crazy.
Friday
Adam, my two sisters, Jessica and Katie and Katie’s girlfriend Ana, all went to the 12:15 showing of Paranormal Activity. Oh. My. God. I have NEVER been so scared in a movie EVER! I am going to admit this, so don’t laugh at me. I bawled!!!! Like a baby! I was so scared! I shit you not! I am sitting there in my chair squeezing Adam’s hand for dear life, CRYING! I was really freaking scared. It was the second time Ana and Katie had seen it, but Katie had said the first time she saw it, she cried too – and she does NOT cry you guys! Katie is my tough little tom boy sister! I bawled like a damn baby. I don’t think you are understanding – not like, a tear or even two – STREAMS of tears rolling down my cheeks. And of course, it was towards the end of the movie, so I was super embarrassed when the lights came on. Haha Oh well.
Oh, but the fright doesn’t stop there, oh no. So, that night, Adam and I go to bed and I’m just scared shitless. I fall asleep and I wake up a few hours later because I REALLY had to pee. But, I was too scared to go! Haha Mind you, the bathroom is RIGHT across the hallway from my bedroom. So, what do I do…? I start crying and wake Adam up and tell him I’m too scared to go. He told me “it’s just a movie, you’re fine,” blah, blah, blah… all that crap. Like that even helped! So, I said “Fine! But I’m turning the lights on!” Haha So, I did. I turned on our bedroom light, ran across the hall to the bathroom, turned on the light, handled my business then ran back into the bedroom. I survived. But barely, I’m sure. 
It was the most frightening movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life. It’s “Blair Witch Project-ish” – minus the shaky camera. But it is filmed by a couple who suspect weird things are going on in their home. Go see it if you want. It’s only being shown in a handful of theaters. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT watch this movie alone! Unless you are way more brave than I am.
Saturday
We (my softball team) were supposed to play in a state tournament and long story short, we didn’t. Because of the snow…? Oh no, no, not the snow. Because my stupid ass team wanted me to sign us up – so I did. We all paid for it and then a bunch of people decided they couldn’t play. I was beyond pissed. I had put SO much effort into finding subs for the team and whatnot… only to get a text at 5:30AM (yes, IN THE MORNING!), FIVE hours before I am supposed to be registering our team, saying someone is unable to play. I was DONE at that point. I had worked for like two weeks trying to put a team together when people backed out. So, all of our money went down the drain.. and me, being manager, had to pay extra for the people who didn’t show up. So, I’m out about $40 – all for nothing. That was splendid.
Sunday
Yesterday was Jenna and Bob’s wedding. It was so beautiful. The venue was the Semple Mansion in Minneapolis. So lovely. Steph and I went early to set up the centerpieces. It was stunning in there. (I’ll post pictures as soon as I upload them!) Everything was in the mansion, so it was nice to not have to drive around after the ceremony to the reception. It was gorgeous. The ceremony was held on the second floor. Immediately following the ceremony, we headed to the basement where there is a wine cellar and we had a wine tasting. Yum. I love me some Riesling. After the wine tasting, we headed up to the third floor for the dinner and dance. It was such a nice wedding. Jenna looked so amazingly beautiful. I can’t wait to show off pictures and it wasn’t even MY day! I love wedding. Love, love, LOVE them.
And here we are today. Snowy Monday in Minneapolis…. in OCTOBER. That’s wrong on so many levels!
My eating over the weekend wasn’t stellar. Not horrible, I suppose things could always be worse. But not my best. I ate a lot at the wedding and NO, I didn’t pass up the cake. But I danced my little butt off… so I guess that helps a bit.
Things have been emotional for me lately. The stress of interviewing for a new job, moving and then some personal things going on. I have found myself turning to food every now and again. I’m trying to be good. But I’m not going to sit here and lie to you – sometimes I’m not strong enough and I give into temptations. I guess it’s all just a part of this journey. Friday was particularly bad for me. Let’s just say this: Lots of chocolate. I’m a work in progress. We all are.
I hope you all had a stellar weekend – I’ll be posting pictures of the amazing wedding soon!
Love to you all!
xoxo
Lindsay
