Weekend: Part One

This weekend has been amazing so far. Last night, at Evening of the Arts....wow. I got to read my brain paper, the one I wrote for lit class and posted in here awhile ago, and...well...I just got so many compliments and everything from people that I had never seen before, and it was just such nice praise that it made it one of those nights where you fall asleep with a smile on your face that lasts all throughout the night. All the artwork there was amazing, too. I wish that I had that kind of artistic ability...but I suppose that it was better bestowed upon people who hold art as their passion. After the Evening ended, everyone went up to Applebee's for Mr. Robert Goldfarb's b-day...quite an amusing time really. Joe and I ordered mozzarella sticks and mashed potatoes, the boys skipped down the restaurant, clapping and singing Rob a birthday song since the people who worked there wouldn't, and Rob even made a speech that reminded everyone that we were "gathered to celebrate" Rob's 17 birthday, lol. It was quite a speech, Rob, we all enjoyed it, to be sure. The best part though...lol...was definitely when Joe drove me back up to school to pick up my car. We were sitting in his car, talking, when this police officer drove up, got out of his car, and shone his flashlight at us through Joe's car window. He was really very nice...very redneck-ish, but nice...and after checking Joe's ID, he left. But it was really funny, definitely closed the evening nicely.

Today was also a good day...a family-ish day. Nikki and I went to see the movie Hitch and we went shopping, then we met our dad for dinner. Poor Joe is sick, so I went to see him and we watched Remember the Titans, which is an amazing movie and should be praised by all. I hope he gets better soon...he said he should be better by tomorrow, so...he will be. Trust me. Stupid Dierberg's supervisor gave him a hard time for being sick...he's never sick...sheesh. Anyways...

I am so deliriously excited for play practice tomorrow night...I cannot even tell you...Bye Bye Birdie is going to be such an amazing show, trust me. And after practice is girls' night! Ah and it's been so long overdue. I miss being so caught up in Sarah and Lindsay's lives...school has a way of helping us to lose track of each other, and we all have other responsibilities to give our attentions to. At least we are all doing stage crew...that will give us a chance to see each other every weekend for the next, um, forever. So that's why I'm ecstatic in an uncontainable way. Bring me the musical!

Natalie