I haven't had much time to devote to blogging here lately. There's been a mess of things going on, and every time I sit down to try and write, I get caught up in more pressing issues. Here are a few things of note:

*The Boy's sister got married in June and Saturday was her reception. It was held at her new husband's father's house in the suburbs, and it was lovely. Really lovely. Even the part where The Boy chose not to believe me until we were practically there when I said, "No, no. We're going to take the Edens. And then get off of on the exit, going the opposite way, I take every single day to work. I know where we're going. It's not going to take us that long." My sense of direction - lack thereof - is infamous so it's not like I totally blame him but for real. Have a little faith, man.

*Speaking of faith, The Boy did a wildly awesome rendition of the George Michael song of the same name for our friend Margaret's birthday party at the American Legion. He's a showman and by the end there were a crowd of ladies swooning. I told them all to back off as he was going home with me. It was pretty sweet.

*I ran a 10K on Sunday. My longest yet. The Boy was totally on board for leaving Margaret's party early solely so he could get up at the crack of dawn with me to cheer me on at the race. He's really supportive of my running and it's nice to have a cheerleader out there. The race was great, my best yet actually. I averaged 11:45 minute miles and finished strong. God I am sore today though.

*We've had Bella with us all weekend. Glinny has had enough. She's good with her, and they play all day and night, but Glinny is not down with sharing The Mama. At all.

*Bella also destroyed my new glasses. And ate all of my tomatoes. And some of the neighbors' tomatoes. And is so tall and scrappy. And sweet and floppy and funny. And fearless. I have never met a more fearless puppy.

*Some member of the construction crew building the McMansion across the street scraped JoJo The Wonder Scion last week, leaving scrapes and bright orange construction paint all along the left, rear-wheel panel. The good news? The plumbing contractor - whose guys were responsible - is fixing it without issue. Still. It'd be nice if everyone could leave JoJo alone now. This past year he's been broken into and crashed into. He's had enough, thanks.

*Tomorrow night I'm headed out for a private wine tasting with my friend Rachelle. Alpana Singh herself invited Rachelle to it and I'm going as her guest because Dallas, Rachelle's boyfriend, is not so much into the wine. Thanks, Dallas! Love you! Go Braves!

*This weekend is my best friend's bachelorette party. Singing will be involved, as will lots o' food. And a large group of girls cavorting around the general River North area. I don't expect to surface until late Sunday night.

Posted by Erin at 08:36 PM | filed under: Odds and ends