hot drinks, sweaters, garbage disposals, and Jamie Cullum

What a weekend! Saturday night, Tanya and I threw a hot drink and cheesy sweater party. There were a lot of hot drinks, but the favorite was clearly Neil's homemade chai. We had a moment of elation on Sunday afternoon as we discovered how little of the assorted hot chocolates were used. More for us-woo-hoo!!

The sweaters at our party were hilarious! Cliff sported a grey with hot pink zig-zags straight from 80s. Jeremy raided his mother-in-law's closet and came out with a white sweater complete with pink flowers. Add to that the fact Jeremy is bigger than his mother-in-law! (I know, pictures are coming soon.) Kim wore a hot pink sweater that fell below the knees. At the bottom stood two Christmas trees, each with cat wearing a santa hat below it. Jessica, a teacher, found herself wearing exactly what she said she would never wear-a Christmas "teacher" sweater with bells!!

As is the trend in our apartment, we had yet another thing "break." The roller coaster toilet, the closet doors, the shower, the kitchen cabinets, etc. This time the garbage disposal decided to throw up....continuously. Repeatedly. We couldn't use the kitchen sink. The only solution we could think of was to plunge it while calling all of the men we know (that would know something about it). In the end, we left a message for our landlord...mysteriously it worked when we returned home from work the next day.

Neil got me the new Jamie Cullum CD for my birthday. It rocks my face off!! If you don't know Jamie, you need to. Especially the song, Twentysomething, off of the Twentysomething album. Jamie has a very witty way of describing those of us twenty-somethings that feel like we are wondering aimlessly through life. Maybe too many options? OR is it a lack of options?

Tonight I had a really fun birthday dinner with Tanya, Jesse, and George. We went to my favorite Mexican restaurant in St. Louis. They make their own chips and salsa! Muy Bueno!! Tanya and I had a very memorable night. George made me a CD which Tanya and I spent the evening listening to and psycho-analyzing and interrpreting through dance. I had an out of body experience (picturing myself doing the dance) which sent me into a fit of uncontrollable laughter which lasted for at least 8 minutes. Tears and all! And for those of you who know my laugh...you understand just how intense that can be!

Thanks to all for a wonderful birthday...my fam, Jen (who decorated my car...yes, I drove around the city with all sorts of stuff written on my windows), Neil, George, Jesse, Christin, J Lo, the mystery person at work who stole my G207, Bec for bringing me a birthday cookie cake, Trish, and last, but certainly not least, my goofy roommate who just laughs at all of the stupid stuff I do.