I'm an aunt!

Benjamin Robert Swenk has arrived!

January 15, 2009

8:06pm 6lbs, 6oz, 19 inches

roxigalize

Weird title, huh? That was a word I had to type in as part of the "password reset" process cause I couldn't remember my log in information. And I'm not even hungover, just a brain fart I guess.

Happy New Year! I started 2009 by skiing this morning cause thats right,,I was not hungover. Maybe I learned something last year..or maybe I just didn't have it in my after last Friday's night out. Now i am lounging with a Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale & hoping that eases the feeling of my wind burnt face. I am enjoying the last couple days of vacation before returning to the little toddlers. School starts again in a couple weeks. And hopefully VERY soon,,,I will become an aunt. Jen's due date is January 14 but hopefully Baby Swenk will get here sooner.

As Mikey Trout says, "ALL IS FINE IN 2009"

holy crap.....

.....it's been awhile.

-daycare is still fun but insane right now because i think all the kids realize that christmas is next week.
quote of the week from a 3 year old:
"Can I smell your rice cakes?"

- done my first semester of grad school & enjoying a nice break from homework til mid january. starting out with a 4.0 woohoo!

- on a sad note,,,please keep andy's family in mind & in your prayers. one of his twin nephews (Nolan) was just diagnosed with leukemia this past monday. same type as avery. they are currently living at CHOP as the battle begins...

i will write more later.

Congrats!

Another congratulations to Shmelly & CJ! The wedding was a blast. And now I'm trying to get homework done since I accomplished absolutely nothing over the weekend. Back to the kidlets tomorrow, but then off again on Friday. I'm heading to Boston with Jen & Mike to visit Aud, Kevin, & Nikki. Woohoo! A Halloween party, and hopefully a trip to Fenway & the Sam Adams brewery. Wedding pics are on my facebook, and even a disclaimer for the one where I look really really hammered.

goodnight

so yea the paper writing did officially end there on friday night. ten minutes after i logged off, i got a phone call and met my other set of parents at the all star. i also met my long lost brother:) needless to say, i was not crisp and raring to go for shmelly's bachelorette party. i did however get my second wind after dinner that night. thank you red bull & vodka.

and i'd like to give a shout out to general mills for making those sweet little cereal bowls where all you have to do is add milk. thanks to one of them and a 16oz wawa coffee, i was able to bust out 4 pages of this paper tonight on campus. i've decided that i will do the minimum 6 pager. i meant to write the last 2 pages when i got to the house here, but damn facebook got the best of me.

and good news. my little buddy's nose is ok. just a bruise. and our turkish twins get funnier every day. k-man dances now. we rocked out to some wiggles and jack johnson today.

and goodnight.

homework and a beer

It's Friday night and I'm working on an 8 page paper that's due next Thursday. So far I have one paragraph done. I decided to treat myself to a beer. Tonight I'm drinking Stone IPA, straight from Escondido, California. Just found out from Andy tonight that Paul & Anita visited the brewery while in SD a couple weeks ago. I will insert a jealous grrrrr here. So yeah I like a cold beer while writing a paper. Not sure how much more writing will be done tonight though because I am officially stumped. Maybe its this new Gwynedd Mercy "APA" format. Or maybe its the fact that its been 4.5 years since I've written a paper. Or maybe smoking pot back in the day made it easier. I don't know but I am freakin confused. I actually called the Academic Resource Center to make an appointment to get help with it this week. I think that means the paper writing part of the night is over. I may go downstairs and bike. I should probably get a good night sleep though since tomorrow is Shmelly's Bachelorette Bash. I'm tired from work and glad to have two days off. But my little bud whacked his nose against one of the playground pieces this afternoon. I feel responsible since we were playing hide & seek and it was MY idea. He seemed pretty over it though once I busted out the NEMO ice pack. Gotta love hide & seek though with two year olds. They were in this little herd running all over the playground yelling, "DEBBIE, DEBBIE". I feel like a hero. I'm gonna go now because I just got the Doogie Howser theme in my head.

ouch my head hurts

In an attempt to successfully celebrate Mikey Trout's 40th birthday last night, I think I actually may have drank 40 beers. Not really but thats the way my head feels right now. I think its just the fact that it was Dogfish Head Pumpkin Ale. Mmmm....pumpkin ale. I'm gonna have to wait on planting the mums because I may actually die if I go out in that heat right now.

It's homework time.

Quote of the week from a three year old after using the potty:
"A pooper came out of my buttski"

Hahaha..I couldn't make this shit up if I tried!