first off, the thursday prior i got called up to my bosses office without any advance notice. i had just wrapped my training class, and she IMed me saying can you please come upstairs before you leave today? i was slightly anxious and going through my head the things i could be in trouble for. after some chit-chat, she told me that i had actually been nominated and made it through the process of getting an MVP award! this is an internal award that is given to a few people each year, and it has to go through 4 levels of the organization for approval. (from my boss up 4 levels). it came with a nifty polo shirt with my name on it and MVP on the arm, a certificate that i still need to get a frame for, and some bonus money!
i hadn't had my hair cut since january (my birthday present, thanks mom!) so that was one thing i knew i wanted to get done. i started asking my friends where i should go since my regular lady was in a really bad car accident and isn't cutting hair for awhile. i settled on volume salon in webster and made my appt for saturday morning. here is a pre-haircut picture from the friday before. see how stringy-washed out-gross it looks??
friday night i had a great dinner and some wine with family in sugarland. it was nice to catch up! then saturday morning, i got up and picked up my prego friend jennifer and we went to get my hair done. the salon was super cute and the girls there were really nice. i decided to cut off some of the length, add in some low-lights, and get bangs (which i immediately regretted).
after the haircut, we decided to grab some lunch and head to the mall. i had a mimosa with lunch, and kinda wanted another one, so jenn introduced me to the amazing bar they have at the mall off bay area! i got champs in a sippy cup and was very excited.
after the mall, we went to start her registry at target. it was so cute! they give you a little bag full of goodies for the baby, and they were really nice. the only problems were 1) we were both TOTALLY freaked out about the registry. her because, um hello, there's a baby in there! and me because i have a terrible time making decisions at stuff like this. (for our wedding registry, i just let oliver take over.) and 2) there was some sort of plague of mosquitoes in target that were eating us alive. seriously, it was weird.
on saturday am, oliver and i woke up and wanted to do something different, fun, and out of the heat. so we randomly decided to go on a day date to NASA! neither of us had been since we were kids, so we loaded up and drove south. we watched a few shows, walked around, and took the tram tour through the actual NASA training center and to see spaceships. (are they called spaceships? that sounds weird.) although it was crazy crowded, we had a great time.
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| don't feed the interns....i concur. |
after NASA, we drove down to Kemah to have some appetizers and a happy hour before meeting up with some friends. we went to outriggers and sat in the perfect spot--upstairs, so we could hear the live music but it wasn't too loud, and near the railing so we could watch the boats come through. so fun!
this was followed by a pearland emma's trip and a night out with our crossfit gym members--always a good time.
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| not sure why i am making that face on the far right...i was having fun, i swear! |
on sunday morning, oliver and i decided to have people over for some labor day BBQ. we went to the store and got a bunch of stuff, including a new dinosaur squeaker for Harley, and we went to town cleaning the house and prepping food. it turned out that our friends james and rebecca had gotten engaged that weekend too, so i threw up a couple of decorations to celebrate them! all in all, a great weekend was had!!
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| new toy for harley |
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| congrats james and rebecca! |
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| the bride-to-be and her gorgeous ring! |
