monday monday.

Well it's Monday and that means two things . . . everyone drags their bums into the office groaning about the week ahead and wishing it were still the weekend behind AND we have 5 days until the next weekend.

This past weekend I headed out on an adventure north with my roommates to the magical Mile High City. While we were planning to be on the road no later than 3:30 Friday afternoon, I looked at the clock at 5:04 and we were barely out of Clovis. Ha. Naturally, being the solo girl on the roadtrip I received the brunt of the blame, but truth be told it actually was not my fault this time. Small victories, people. Small. Victories.

We made it to the great city around midnight and rolled into the sloppiness of a well-begun Halloween party. The only normal conversations I had were with my other-sober roommate and a couple of my old gal-pals from my stint as a city-dweller. I was given THE LAST CUP (as if this were sacred) of Jungle Juice only to find that it was filled to the brim with floaties and, what I later equated to boogers, old mushy fruit. Nothing felt more like college than that moment. As I was leaving the kitchen with my cup-o-goods, I was barricaded by a weird hotdog-smelling person who asked to have a sip of my tonic. Ummmmmmmmmmm . . . is all I could think to say in reply with a stern "you're not serious" look. Thankfully they got the point and bowed out. I wasn't born yesterday.
The night ended with several slices of pizza and me curling up in a sleeping back on my friend's overstuffed chair. And I was the sober one.

The following day, we mosied over to a neighborhood bar for football and mimosas. Not only do mimosas make me verrrrrrrrrrrry happy, but my Huskers beat the Spartans on our home turf. I wish I could describe the euphoria. Then one of my dearest Denver friends and her boyfriend showed up, making me even happier. At this point, the level of happiness in my heart was almost unbearable. Call it a good day.

Other notable events included:
-Taking a well-deserved post-game (shoeless) nerd nap on my friend's couch. I don't normally nap, but this was nothing short of Heaven on Earth.
-Befriending a cat. (Come on, you don't think I could've gone without a cat reference, do you?)
-Having my roommate's little brother ask me if he could call me Mel Mel. Yes. Yes, you can, young grasshopper.
-Stopping for an Oreo/cookie dough blizzard and getting $35 worth of Dairy Queen goodness with my roommates on the drive home . . . our diets start today?

All in all, a fantastic and much-too-quick weekend; however, I'm ready for my favorite pilot to get home so that he's along on these little adventures. The countdown continues.