Cat Day!

Happy Birthday to my Gramma and my Dad today! Now I actually have to say both of my parents are in their 50s, as he turned the big 5-0 today! Woo!

Speaking of birthdays, my wonderful sis-in-law sent me a belated birthday present yesterday, as well as one for Milo! Though I liked mine best, Milo was pretty sure that his was awesome, and I agreed once I saw pages like these ones (check out the tree, haha!):

Thanks, sis!

Ni hao

Well, an announcement today from the Caldwell house: Nolan applied a few months back to a program to do research and do a rotation in China...and he got it! So in March-April, N will be heading off to the Orient to practice medicine for 8 weeks, while Milo and I sit at home and who knows, enjoy our clean house and cereal and are grateful that he will be in a place with internet and ready-technology. As opposed to last time when communication was sparse and painfully slow. Also last time I feared for his life many times (in Uganda)...where as this time the only thing I fear is his frustration at not being able to use Google there.

Also my dad sent me a picture that I forgot we took while visiting up there a few weeks ago and going to Uncle Tom's cabin. Remember I said the room was literally papered in $1 bills? Well, here's the proof:


Quote of the day, while trying to run a decent query for an audit (obviously it wasn't working, so I had my coworker try to run it for me):
Green, David B:
"internal server error
HTTP 500, QUERY IS F@%*ED ERROR ERROR"
Caldwell, Anneliese:
"LOL
that's what goes through my mind
right before i rip out the cords and hurl this piece of crap out the window"

tuttitastic!

After my GRE on Saturday, Nolan and I (and Jacob!) went to the new Sushi place in our neighbourhood to try out the food. And while Nolan is a bit of a Sushi snob, I thought it was pretty awesome...especially since it was like $3 for 8 pieces! After we finished there (and while the boys were still debating whether or not "octopus balls" were, in fact, just that) we headed over to trusty Tuttimelon for dessert, and decided to make it a big shebang:

By which I mean we got the Sumo cup, and filled it TO THE BRIM. Which was extremely embarrassing to me as the girl behind the counter scowled at us as Nolan kept building up the barricade of mini spoons to fill the wall of yogurt higher and higher. Hhh. Notice here how my side (the mango side) is significantly smaller than the boys' side.

The rest of the weekend I spent pretty much just relaxing and so forth, which was a nice change, and realized that now I can go back to the world of scrapbooking, friends, and other goodness. Also working out, because I've developed a little pudge in the last 4ish weeks and if you don't believe me you can come bury your finger in it and then tell me what you think.

GREat

Well. The GRE is finally over. Weeks of studying and fretting paid off and I got relatively good scores (ok maybe I still suck at math, but I'm proud of the verbal!). Now I'm sitting here typing this and realizing there is nothing standing in the way of me applying for schools...EEE. So Nolan and I (and Jacob, since he's our guest here!) will be heading out to dinner to celebrate...at the new Sushi place on the corner! Which I'm fairly certain is owned and operated by Tuttimelon and therefore destined to be good. And then off to a night of dancing and fun with some friends!

Movetastic

This week at work there has been a special addition to our neighbours in the next building...Playstation testers! So they've set up what is basically a playroom for people to test out their new competitor to Nintendo's all-dominating Wii. I think it's called the Playstation Move or something like that, and although the controllers look cooler than the Wiimotes, my coworker and I agreed the Wii still trumps them by quite a lot overall. Here's a quick shot of the action:


Also I had to post a link to this picture, because it was at once the funniest and most strange thing I've seen in awhile.

Nolan and I got a Groupon for Rosamunde Sausage Grill, which happens to be on our Top 100 list! So we took that goodness and tried out:
#23 - Beer sausage with sauerkraut and grilled onions from Rosamunde Sausage Grill. Although instead of the sauerkraut we got beef chili. MMM. I feel bad that I was so enthralled with eating the giant sausage that I forgot to take a picture. Oops.

Also Harry Potter comes out in theaters 2 months from Sunday!

ALSO we are under 100 days until Christmas! 99 to go!

dog days

Just another Saturday up in Placerville again...loving the heat, but tired of our dumb car that needs more work! Here's to hoping it will sell soon!

ylehsa and I decided to do some yoga earlier, so we popped in Jillian Michael's yoga fitness tape, and THAT was not yoga. It was like...Jillian trying to burn off your bum while throwing in a random chataranga and mountain pose. Lame. But a good workout.

Nolan has recently decided to grow out his mustache, after seeing how lusciously thick it is growing in. And I tell you, I refuse to cohabitate with a someone who looks like a rapist. So I'm working on getting him to shave it. But for now...it's awful.

Labour

On Friday I was supposed to take the car up to Pville for the weekend, with Nolan joining me the next morning via motorcycle (so we could all go for a ride). So Friday morning at 5:45am I'm outside lugging my stuff to our car, and pop the trunk and...almost fainted. On the one hand, I was pleased to find my missing box of wheat thins. On the other hand, it's pretty awful to discover 2 bags of what used to be frozen chicken lying in your trunk completely decomposed and rotting. So what happened was that he was supposed to carry in the groceries last week after parking the car, and he forgot about those 2 bags...so they sat there, during that unusually warm San Francisco weather, and just rotted. And I am pretty sure there was a leak in the bag because it permeated the entire car. I had to drive that thing for 3.5 hours in the heat with the heater on (in case of overheating the engine) and the smell of tiny greasy carcasses wafting around and ruining my appetite for anything. It was absolutely horrifying. After many hours of detailing the car and getting it ready to sell this week, we got rid of most of the stench, but I would still say there is a definite funk in there, masked only slightly by the Pine Sol we drenched everything with. Anyway, Pine Sol reminds me of old people and vomit.

When Nolan did make it up there, we took off on a long motorcycle ride deep, deep into the mountains. To a place that is absolutely ridiculous, with ceilings literally papered with $1 bills (and the occasional BART pass). I'll post that picture when I get it, but for now:


Also, another component of my costume came today! 2, actually. And tell me, do you see anything wrong with this?

Also, when I ordered this I didn't realize I was, in essence, ordering a white person's do-rag.

I see dead people's clothes

Even though Nolan told me never to shop at Crossroads because they sell only dead people's stuff (it was a LIE and it worked), I think I've found some of the best deals ever there. Designer jeans for $30? Check. Cute tunic for $7? CHECK.

It's been yet another hot day in the city, and seriously I just wish it would stay like this all the time. Please? However it's affected my non-white mocha diet because on a hot day, nothing is better than sitting with my feet up sipping on one of those.

This weekend we're heading up to Pville for some hiking, hanging out, and maybe even swimming! Oh and studying, mustn't forget that :(