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Life is picking up again! Of course I can NEVER have too much going on at once... right?

I went home this weekend for Bill and LeeAnn's wedding. It was gorgeous! This is the photo of all the siblings now!

I think it is safe to say we danced our azzes off and had a pretty outstanding time. Scooter gave a great best man's toast, everyone looked quite dapper, and the band is basically best friends with us now! Party! (We were, however, all saying that it's just such a shame Bill and LeeAnn aren't attractive... sigh.)

So, I flew back to the Chi on Monday morning... by morning I mean the 6:20am flight to Chicago... which means getting up at 4:15am... if any of you have dealt with me early in the morning, you know that "Hap(p)y Holly (4)" does not exist, "Bitchy Silent Holly", however, does. Originally, I was going to fly back Sunday night, but my most excellent date, John, had to fly to the east coast for work Monday morning and he did not know the rents and thought it would be weird if he stayed there without me. Little did he know that once you stay at our house my parents pretty much take you in as one of their own, because after 6 kids, what's one more?... John is really chipper in the morning btw. He says things like, " I am going to go consult the shit out of today!" (with fist pumps and a hug just to patronize me... I threatened physical violence). NOT 'TIL I HAVE CAFFEINE!!

I am not complaining anymore though because in all fairness it ended up working out in my favor. I got bumped from my flight and got TRAVEL VOUCHERS. Woo hoo!!! On the flight back (the 9am one) I was so out of it I fell asleep. I was that person that fell asleep on the guy next to me, but only briefly, once my head hit his shoulder I woke up, apologized, and checked to make sure I did not drool, bc that would be gross. ( I did not, just to be clear).

I got to work and basically had the jitters from caffeine. I was useless.

Speaking of work, this is the e-mail I received this morning:

Subject: CRAZY SQUIRREL ALERT
I need to alert all of you to be on the look out for a crazy squirrel. One of our faculty members reported that upon returning to the office, the scholar discovered a squirrel attempting to access email. The critter had chewed through the screen of the office window. Facilities and IT were called upon.

This is what I imagine the squirrel looked like... I did not see him.

YES. You noticed it. This squirrel is a ginger kid. Only a ginger squirrel would do this.

I am not kidding you. This happened. Evidently the professor did not even notice the squirrel just chillin at his computer for awhile either. HA! Loyola Squirrels are crazy though. They have no fear and live off of McDonald's and cigarettes.

I am also super sore today, but in that amazing, 'I-just-worked-muscles-I- did-not-know-I- had' kind of way. CJ and I started pilates last night. I am in love. I have never done pilates. I tried yoga, but I am not a big fan of sitting still in awkward positions, so this seems to be a great choice for me. Normally I am a runner, and recently, due to some amazing orthodics, I can run again! Hooray!! I have missed it so much! I am up to 6 miles again... I am probably going to over do it and then be in real trouble with my podiatrist, but meh, these dogs aren't barkin yet!

Can we get a hooray for 3 day weekends?? HOORAY! This weekend will be a blast! Mostly due to the fact that the GAA concert is this weekend- Don't make me use the built in Catholic guilting gene I got from my mother... show up, or make a donation :) It's what your mother would want YOU to do.

Pools around the city are opening, cook-outs and beach going will be the theme of the weekend. There is nothing better people. Nothing better. I love food. Actually, I am pretty sure that many of my friends are convinced that if they ever decided to stop cooking for me, I would leave them. I threaten this, but truth be told, I would never ditch you if you became as lazy as I am in the kitchen. I would just not hang around you as much. Or bake you things. ( I bake, I do not cook, I CAN cook, I just don't).

I feel like I could write for days on things that are coming up and currently happening, but this just might be long enough already... and it's summer... so I am sure that I will eventually get sick of battling the university website as I try to update it (which is a pain in the ass) and need to blog. So I will catch you all later. (Yep, all 2 of you.)