niki and eamon get a permanent address

...which i am not sharing on cyberspace.

BUT, we did find a house in silver spring, md, made an offer, went through a series of counter offers, and finally had one accepted. the inspection has gone through, and i'll be back down in the d.c. area on september 15 to close on the house.

things are moving quickly. but eamon and i came back up to mass wednesday morning, so now we can just relax and enjoy the rest of his leave.

and i can get back to wedding planning.

craziness.

my cliche southern new england weekend

this weekend was jam packed as ryan and his boyfriend paul came up to visit. he lives in new york so he was trying to do all of the new englandy things that he misses. pictures to come, but here was the agenda:

friday night: out to olives in providence with some former bacardi girls. i had never been before, but the do an excellent dirty martini. and magically, as the night went on, so did the number of olives in my drink.

saturday: jenn and john brought brooke down for a visit (she is getting huge), and we met up with ryan and paul, and samantha. had an early-ish lunch at o' gils (hooray portuguese food!) before i left them to go to amy's bridal shower. ate way too much food there (amy's dad tim is a professional cook, and supplied all of the food), and was not at all hungry for the cookout at ryan's parent's house. i did manage to force down some of friendly's watermelon roll (yum!). then we headed out to providence to attend waterfire. greg and meg met us out as well, for our cliche summer night in providence.

sunday: tried to sleep in to catch up on much needed rest. while i had lofty goals of cleaning my room, i got sidetracked and got absolutely nothing done. then went with carol to see journey, heart, and cheap trick at mohegan sun.

whew. i need a nap. especially since i'll be picking eamon up in baltimore in less than three days!!!

wikipedia: wishing

In practice

Some cultures have customs in which people are encouraged to "make a wish", such as blowing out the candles on a birthday cake, seeing a shooting star at night, tossing a coin into a wishing well or fountain, or breaking the wishbone of a cooked turkey.

Even though such wishes are not magically granted, the act of formulating a wish can be beneficial. The wisher has an opportunity to identify what they most desire of all the things in the world. Often, wishing is a time for first becoming aware of a previously-unarticulated hope. Once identified, these hopes can become personal goals.

4x100

if you haven't seen the men's 4x100 from last night: watch.it.now.

nbc.com story with video

i take to the sea...