so its been a minute...

...since i last wrote.

i was definitely on the upswing health wise. feeling better every day. and then last night i got sick again. luckily, i went to the doctor today and got a referral to another doctor so i think i am least doing something about being sick, which is good, right?

while a number of things have happened since i last wrote, like:

1. the chicago bears defeated the new york giants
2. the chicago bears defeated the new york? jersey? jets
3. the ohio state buckeyes defeated the michigan wolverines
4. i turned in some job applications
5. i got a phone interview at one job
6. i got a face to face interview at that same job

the most important thing that has happened is my sweetie had her bday. yep it's true, jes turned 27 last friday. we had a great weekend celebrating AND she raked in the gifts yall. that kid is loved for shizzle.

ok so friday day she and i both worked and then i met her in the city where we did a bus tour of uptown manhattan. it was so much fun but way too cold. i will post pictures forthwith. after that we headed home, warmed up and changed and then headed to dinner at rice with pony. jes and i deviated from our normal menu and got the chicken satay (intsead of the veggie potstickers). big mistake. we did get the delish edamame (so salty) for an app and some black rice and the arepas. so it wasn't a total bust.

after dinner we headed to this bar (i love) called "Moe's" in fort greene. yes it is named after the bar in the simpsons. how hilarious is that? i had a great time there chatting folks up as did jes. there were even some delish black forest cupcakes thanks to beth b. (bless you beth). we got home too late and i was exhausted. on saturday we studied some and then picked up ali, hit the key food to get some game day food and came back here to watch the OSU v. Michigan game. as ali said throughout our viewing it was "anybody's game" through most of the game. very on the edge of your seat. luckily the buckeyes prevailed. that night we met up with glennda and kim at rancho alegre for some divine mexican food. we had some great chicken tacos and glennda had this really good chicken mole poblano. yum. after that the kids got some ice cream at hagen daaz (i refrained due to my recent gastrointestinal distress) and then we all headed home. for whatever reason, jes and i have been really really tired. i think its b/c the sun goes down at like 4pm. i *hate* it. on sunday we slept in, studied some and then got a nice intimate dinner at boreum hill food company. they have an avocado and cheddar sammie to die for. basil mayo. and their fries are by far my favorite in the whole world. thus far.

ok enough talk, lets get to the pics, the part yall really want to see, right?


here is a picture of jes and nikki from when she visited earlier this month:



and here is one of nikki and christina. we were freezing at kate's joint in brooklyn. they just opened and their heat didn't work. oh bother.



here is jes getting her bus tour ticket from whoopi goldberg:



now when we passed the american museum of natural history on the upper west, we saw their new additions, the christmas tree dinosaurs. jes and i think they look like snufalupagus from sesame street:



we learned a lot on the tour, like where madonna's apartment is and where rupert murdoch lives. you have to have a net worth of 100 million dollars to even buy in his building. how bonkers is that? here is jes and i freezing our butts off:



these are the black forest cupcakes beth b. made. everyone loved them and many people ate more than one!



here is a picture of higgs, erica and her new sweetie whose name i can't remember. ugh:



here is beth, liz, pony and jes kicking it live one time at moe's:



steph tried to get in most pictures, so here is one with her, jes and pony:



here is liz, jessica, max and mark:



and here is beth with steph and stephanie:



thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate jes's bday. it was such a great weekend.
stay tuned for the picture from saturday.
have a restful and delicious turkey day yall!