I’m not dead, I’m just in Minnestota.

May 1, 2008

I sort of announced it, but not really. I thought I would have more time to write, but that hasn’t been the case. I came here to help my brother. He is moving back to Salt Lake and needed some help closing up his house while his wife and kids were in Mexico sorting out their immigration papers. Luckily, we just found out that all is well, approved, and they are all back on their way home to Utah.

It is a big relief for our family.

Currently, his house is empty except for a couple of camping chairs, a computer table and two air mattresses that we sleep on. Mine has a slow leak and so I end up on a flat mattress every morning. It gives me a new appreciation for my suck-ass bed. It totally feels like I’m camping and I am half tempted to start a fire in the living room and roast some S’mores.

I am having a good time, but I have had very little time to hop on the computer between hauling trash, Good Will runs, Rug Doctoring carpets and meeting with contractors.

I have had time to do some sight seeing, though. I witnessed the largest display of American commercialism on the planet, otherwise known as “The Mall of America”. (It. is. EFFING. HUGE.). And I also spent a lovely afternoon at the Como Park zoo and conservatory. I decided that I could quite happily spend years sitting on the bench next to the water feature in the palms dome.

I’ve wandered around St.Pauls, got great photos of the cathedral and took out a second mortgage to buy stadium food at a Twin’s baseball game. SIX BUCKS FOR A DIET COKE?! GAH!!! It was a blast, though. I’ve never been to a baseball game and we won, so that was a plus. I even bought my brother peanuts and a bag of Cracker Jacks.

Yes, I am that big of a dork.

I have also played with some rocking bloggity people. I don’t know if many of you know it, but my first ever bloggity fans were at Bemidji State University (HI, BSU PEOPLE! I HEART YOU FOREVER AND EVER AMEN!!) and I got to meet some of them 18 months ago when I helped my brother move out here.

The cool thing is that I have new Minnesota blog friends as well and I met two of them this week. The over-thinker (Who is even more hilarious than her pithy comments on this site) was going to take me to a strip club (so how the hell did we end up at Noodles & Co.????)and Gretchen (who is DIVINE and is taking on the task of teaching me how to make rolls tomorrow. I hope they don’t turn out like hockey pucks due to my baking aura).

I get to see sweet Jessie for coffee on Sunday and I am stoked to see her again. She’s like a sister to me. I do have photos of my adventures, but forgot my camera cord. Hopefully, these ladies will write and post and I’ll do the linkity thing so you can read about our adventures. If not, I will write about them in the future becuase these ladies rocked my world and I had so much fun with both of them.

And now, I’m off to meet Tasha and Amber for lunch. (BSU alums and completely lovely people that I heart to death.)

Miss you all. Thanks for still being around.

I’ll post more in detail later because I know that you all LIVE to hear the drivel I have floating around in my brain of fabulousness, right?

I thought so.

Stumble it!

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