What a week, what a week, and what a week to come :)

Boy oh boy do I have fun and interesting stuff to tell you all about.

I should probably start by telling you all that I survived last week. My head did not explode like I had anticipated.

My seven shifts in six days at the restaurant turned into eight shifts in six days…(I ended up doubling Friday AND Saturday)… with that and JHC combined, I think I’ve calculated to have worked 55 hours between Tuesday and Sunday. Yikes.

The golf mailers were all ready to be shipped out by the end of my 16 hours at JHC. 300ish boxes assembled, stuffed with green crinkle paper, three Nike Distance (I guess that’s a good kind) golf balls with the JHC logo on it, and Todd’s (the promotional products manager) business card. I guess the golf mailer is a really big deal for the promotional products section of JHC, since so many company’s like to buy golf balls, shirts, tees, whatever else you can think of with their company’s personalized logo slapped all over it. Anyways, after the boxes had everything in them, they had to be closed up, a waffle sticker had to be thrown on to keep the boxes from opening, they were labeled and stamped for shipment, and were ready to go. Sounds simple, right? Not so much. Wednesday, when I went to the restaurant, I had teeny little invisible paper cuts all over my hands that stung every time I squeezed a lemon slice into my water… (I live off of water with lemon at work)… That was my main accomplishment for JHC this past week. I also did some other smaller things, but that was the big task of the week, and oddly enough, I had a lot of fun with it.

Work wasn’t all that bad either. The majority of the friends that I have in Pittsburgh are friends that I’ve made through work, so going to Walnut Grill is never that terrible. I’m sure I’ve said this before, and I’ll probably say it a few more times, but the people at Walnut Grill are just all so nice, and fun, and laid-back. It’s a good time. Days that I work with Yvonne, Kristen, and/or Jeff are my favorite, but any day is a good day there.

Sunday evening and Monday were my days off from work (both JHC and the Grill). So in celebration of a hard week now over, I treated myself to a nice little stroll through Shadyside (it was beautiful out, by the way), where I bought a new pair of running shoes, and this really cute dress from Banana Republic. I spent entirely too much of the money that I had made that past week, but I seriously couldn’t pass it up. I honestly thought that I deserved it, my old running shoes are now two years old, and this dress was soooo cute (and marked down to $65 from $130… can you say DEAL???)

Sunday night, Yvonne and I went back to work for dinner and a martini. The greatest part of this was that we went in sweats and a sweatshirt, and didn’t feel out of place. I LOVE that. I loved that about Clarion, and I love that I have a place where I’m living now that I feel comfortable enough going to on a Sunday night in sweats. Shadyside is REALLY starting to feel like home.

Monday was fanTABulous. I slept in, took my time doing things ALL day long—was in no rush to do anything. At 4:00, Yvonne picked me up, then we picked Kristen up from class in Oakland and headed to get our nails and toes done. I LOVE having my nails freshly done. They look so pretty! Plus, the color of my toes is WAYYYY classy. I picked it because it reminded me of the color of Dorothy’s ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz. It even looks all shimmery (which is classy… glittery=trashy). We finished off the evening with dinner at the other Walnut Grill(ish) restaurant in Fox Chapel (same theory, basically same food, sort of different name), and the de-virginizing of me to the Coldstone Creamery. OH. MY. GOOOOOOODNESS!!!!!!!!!! Heaven. So great. All in all, it was a great night. Just what I needed to end the week… and to really really really top things off, I’m GOING TO THE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yvonne, Kristen and I ordered tickets at the end of the evening, and I can’t even WAIT. It’s consuming every second of my thoughts. I’ve told everyone. I’m SOOO excited. So excited.

So, basically it’s been a really long week, finished off by a really excellent night. Obviously, cause I’ve just written a novel (as usual). I’ll post pictures from my trip to Coldstone Creamery as soon as Kristen sends them to me, and I’ll be sure to post pictures from the Justin Timberlake concert after I go next Monday. St. Patty’s Day is also this Saturday, so that’s something to look forward to/talk about in my next post/post pictures of. I love St. Patty’s Day. I’m Irish, I love a good time, and my shirts are always fun. No time to make a shirt of my own this year (like I did last year), but I DID find a really good shirt. It’s green, and it has the cheesiest pick-up line on it… it says “Are your legs tired? Cause you’ve been running through my mind all day”. Greaaaaaat!