First, I've been sick. I came down with the beginnings of a cold last Saturday (a few days after babysitting William who was coming down with a cold at the time) and by Sunday evening it was officially in the works. I spent Monday (the Columbus Day holiday) on the couch trying to see if I could nip it in the bud. No luck.
I spent the rest of the week trying to convince the folks at work that I was well enough to be there. After all, what would they do without me? LOL. Seriously though, it's pretty tough to call in sick (I'm not even sure HOW to call in sick there!) when you've only been working there a few weeks. So I toughed it out during the day and came home and crashed in the evenings.
By Thursday I felt the worst was over and on Friday I actually felt almost human. I still have a stuffy nose and a lingering cough but I think it's fair to say I've put the "cold" part of it all behind me. Thank goodness.
So I had to work Saturday morning which made my short week feel especially long for some reason. However, we had dinner with Pat and Steve to look forward to. We ended up going to The Arlington and had lots of fun chatting about the most recent goings on. Pat and Steve recently took a cruise of New England (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, Boston ....) so we heard about that and got the name of a great Irish pub in Quincy Market that Steve says we must visit. It's called The Black Rose and they feature Irish music and a lucky atmosphere.
Back to the Ayers house we sampled some ice wine while we watched Tailgate Warriors with Guy Fieri from The Food Network as the Buffalo Bills tailgaters competed against the Chicago Bears team in a tailgate throwdown. One of the team members from the Buffalo CBNG (Conklin's Bar and Grill) group was Hilton's own Brian Bartalo.
Sadly the Buffalo team lost (we think they got robbed!) but what was interesting was that even though it was filmed in August, they shot two endings. One ending had the Chicago guys winning, the other had the Buffalo team winning. They had to wait until last night when the show aired to see who actually won!
Anyway, we headed upstairs to play a fast-paced game of Mexican Train. As Dave and Steve battled back and forth for first place, Pat and I traded off third and fourth place honors most of the game. Ultimately I was the big loser when I managed to rack up over 500 points in one round (I hate it when you don't have a 3 to open up with!!) Thank goodness I don't take this stuff seriously (grrrrr .... )!
Home by 2 a.m. and we crashed on the couch. We finally got up, had a wonderful brunch here at home and now we're preparing to go visit the mothers and do some "Sunday" stuff (which means grocery shopping, laundry, picking up, yada yada ...)
All in all, it was a fun week. I was hoping to see William but with my cold that wasn't possible. I guess I'll have to get my William fix by enjoying this adorable picture:
This was taken on September 12th when we all got together to celebrate Will's first birthday. He was determined to eat the balloon!
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