susan's life shows no signs of slowing down. in fact, the last couple of weeks have been even busier for her than ever. it's gotten so bad, she's had to pay me to write this blog update.
here is what she's been up to:
jules- new condosusan helped julie move into her new, fabulous condo in uptown. according to susan, the place is an amazing improvement over the closet jules was living in. congratulations jules!!
saire and mark- summer partysusan and aaron went to mark and saire's summer party where they stayed up late and told goofy stories around the bonfire. the evening started off weird when mark greeted aaron with 'i can see that you cleaned up for the party', leaving susan and aaron wondering when mark had seen aaron not-cleaned-up. before long, though, everyone was laughing and drinking, some more than others, as they took turns telling childhood stories around the campfire. mark's story about his worst day ever was a clear winner with the crowd.
susan did mention that sometimes she feels really sad when these sorts of storytelling situations occur, since they bring up so many bad childhood memories for her. telling those stories usually brings the party down, so usually, she just keeps her mouth shut and feels like an outsider (struggling to get past all the crap that happened in her childhood in order to find the good stories that are appropriate to tell).
all in all, though, she spent the entire ride home 1. talking about how fun the party was, and 2. drunk.
lenka's baby showeras if susan doesn't have enough to keep herself busy, she decided on saturday morning (of last weekend) that she was going to knit some baby socks for lenka, in time for the baby shower the next day. believe it or not, that actually worked out very well, lenka was very pleased with the gift.
the shower was very fun and extremely well hosted. susan wouldn't have put this on her blog, but since i am reporting this for her, i'm happy to inform- she won a game which required her to suck 5oz of water out of a baby bottle before anyone else could. who knows how she trained for the game, but she did walk away with a beautiful set of fall plates for her efforts.
she also mentioned that this shower and a few other baby situations are starting to prepare her for the thought that she may be getting pregnant herself in the next few years. she states that her feelings when thinking about maybe having a baby soon have gone from feelings of trepidation (are we ready yet?) to one of anticipation (i finally get to be pregnant, something i've wanted for so long). she cautions friends and family against any sort of pressure, claiming that they waited 10 years to get married and can hold out as long as they have to with the baby too.
ywca- recommittedsusan and jules have cancelled their membership at the y
mca and have signed up at the y
wca (mostly because of location convenience). they have renewed their committment to working out regularly, and have set the following goal: by the end of the year, they want to be able to run for 20 minutes straight, together.
lori- yumminess dinnerlori invited jules and susan over for a little salmon and brocolli dinner. it was superstupendous. lori is a terrific cook. she also treated them to blackberry and blueberry shortcake. Mmmmmm.
then they hung out and played with lilly and chit-chatted. lilly doesn't sit still for long, see:
here are
some fun pictures of the doggy and here is a
little video of the claw.
kickballthe kickball game on wednesday went pretty well for susan and aaron. they are planning something a little evil for the next game (let's just say- to get even with the 'baby' team), so stay tuned. here are
some pics of the game.
and then there's labor day weekend...
amanda's bachelorette partywhen susan told me about amanda's bachelorette party, she got very excited. she said it was the raddest b-party she's been too in a long time.
amanda's sister set up a pole dancing instructional class for all the girls. they were instructed to wear a push-up bra, stretchy shorts/pants, and high heels.
unfortunately, susan says that what happens at pole dancing class, stays at pole dancing class.
shockingly, i spoke with an insider who stated the instructional subject matter went into the realm of lap dancing. susan doesn't know this, but i was able to get a look at some of the pictures from the event.
check them out here.
i heard there is a very provocative video that was made, but i haven't seen it- yet. word on the streets is that amanda has paid steeply to keep it under wraps, since rumor has it, she let completely loose and charmed the hell out of that mirror (and pole for that matter).
alen tarik has been bornlenka's baby shower (mentioned above) must have really impressed the baby in her belly, cause he decided he wanted to meet the world a little sooner than planned (he was expected sept 14). susan and aaron got the call on saturday afternoon, and dropped by shortly thereafter to meet the newborn child.
he is beautiful, tiny, and very quiet (mainly because he was sleeping).
mommy is doing very well, though not sleeping much, and daddy is as same as ever (silly but completely devoted).
check out
some pictures here and a
little video here.
congratulations lenka and tarik!
the illusionist- no illusion after allaaron and susan went to see the latest edward norton flick on sunday, and she tells me they were terribly disappointed. the makers of the film probably thought they were being so clever, but the film has already been made a hundred times and was super predictable. bummer, cause edward norton usually picks better films than this to be in.
other craziness:susan has also cleaned the whole house, the garage, and the car, reorganized and archived her music and photo collections, shopped like a true affluent for gifts and other items, and is now in need of another 4 day weekend to recover from the last few weeks.
next on susan's list:depending on the weather, today could be the state fair or the science museum, then a little bbq party at heidi's house.
more blogging to come:
susan has lots more stuff she is planning to post soon, including some interesting sites she has stumbled across. stay tuned.
