What a weekend!

Good Afternoon!

Well, where do I start? I had such a wonderful weekend. It started on Friday night at Carrabba's where 15 of my closest friends (who are in town) and their significant others/friends, Robert and I celebrated my birthday with a nice dinner. Carrabba's is one of my all time favorite restaurants. Even though I worked there and it's a chain restaurant, it is sooo good! Robert and I also held our rehearsal dinner there and we always celebrate special moments there. I had the Sirloin Marsala, which was so yummy. I rarely treat myself to steak when we dine out, so this was a nice treat. I got some great presents from friends and family. Robert bought me a dozen of assorted flowers which happened to be the most beautiful flowers I have ever received! There were white roses, red roses, pink roses and some kind of yellow flower that reminded me of lilacs. I also got a new digital camera, a cookbook, new wine glasses (there's a story that goes with those), and lots of wine and my favorite, Three Olives Cherry Vodka (I can't find it in stores).

After dinner, we attempted to head downtown to McNellie's Public House to meet with with some of my high school friends who were in town for the reunion. We never made it. Parking was a nightmare because of Diversifest. The headliner band was The Flaming Lips so everyone was out that night (btw, if you ever get a chance to see the Lips play, don't pass it up! they are so much fun to see). So Robert and I went home and crashed.

Saturday I head to the pool with Sheila. We went down the slides over and over again! It was so much fun. However, I think I inhaled half of the pool water every time I came down from the slide. I couldn't stop sneezing!

Then it was off to my 10 year reunion. Kristin and Deana: you didn't miss anything:( Christina P. says " hi" to you both. It was from 7-10 at the Renaissance hotel. Out of the 980 odd people I graduated with, there were only about 40 people there (with their spouses/friends). There was no DJ, only some guy playing music off his computer from iTunes. It was nice to see some old faces, but other than that, I probably could have gone without going. Oh well, you never really know. I still had a good time.

On Sunday, I went shopping with Sheila. She is interviewing with ESPN and we needed to find her a power suit. Luckily, she loved the first one she tried on and it was done and over. For those of you who don't know, I really hate going shopping:) I wasn't feeling very well (no, not hungover) all day so I went home and took a nap after shopping. Then my mom and David took Robert, Angie and I out to dinner at Mimi's. It was fun catching up with Angie and having dinner with everyone.

When I woke up today, I felt worse than when I woke up yesterday. I went to the doctor...I have an ear infection, sinus infection and some kind of bacterial virus. He thinks that I caught the virus from the pool I went to. Who knows. It sucks being sick when it's 100 degrees outside!

Sorry for the long post, but I had so much to write about! No recipe today:( Maybe after I use my new cookie cookbook!

Ciao!