So late...

I'm not sure when it all changed, but somehow, I now stay up till all hours of the night. What's annoying is that I still get up ridiculously early. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I have no curtains. 

Today was a random day, I went for a quick run then banned myself from the internet until I got a few things done around the house.  I was missing Dubai, so I threw on a pair of shorts and a tank top, my usual Friday cleaning outfit. So... I quickly cleaned, did laundry, had a latte, you know, the usual. I had to run down to the store, it's right below me, and get a few things, I must have looked like the neighborhood crazy lady, everyone else was bundled up in scarves, hats and gloves and I was half dressed. 

Peter came over and dropped off a mattress, couch and took Steph and I to IKEA. SO nice! I have no idea why he decided to come help me with all this, but I really needed it! I just was not able to pull it together enough to get anything done, and he didn't really leave it as a choice. He just told me what was happening and where I needed to be and at what time, apparently that's what I needed. 

Tomorrow I plan on spending the day putting together my new IKEA furniture and... going out with a random Austrian guy; I am realizing how fast I talk and how much I use sarcasm... which is often lost on people with English as a second language. Ha! I hope I don't freak out and run away from him at some point. He's a consultant and travels a ton for work... sound familiar? What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result...?

Just one more drink...

Ha! Just got back from a great weekend in Graz. We went down on Saturday morning, the train ride was great! We met at the train station around 9am on Saturday morning and made our way to Graz. After a little confusion we ended up on this old, dirty train to Graz. But, with the three bottles of champagne and great snacks we managed to make it just fine.... We arrived into Graz, made it to our hotel, out to pick up our race numbers and then back into the main part of town. We met Steph and Anika, did some shopping and then went to a long Greek dinner. We sat for hours, eating and drinking too much. Of course, I loved it and had a great time. 
We all had great races, some of us did a half marathon and the others did a 10.5 k. We all felt great. We hopped on a bus to the train station and it was a disaster. There were a zillion people and even nuns were pushing and shoving. I was a sweaty disaster. I can't figure out how I can be so disgusting and others look so normal. Whatever. We drank a ton of wine and champagne on he train ride home, it was so fun! We didn't want the night to end, so we all went to pizza, pasta and wine... just another great weekend!
Of course, I'm still a mess about Andrew, it's so annoying, I just wish I could make it all go away!

Denial and avoidance are totally ok....

I decided I should probably erase my "I'm actually crazy" blogs.... so, when I finish this I will do just that.... Surprisingly we had another great night here in Vienna. Actually, first I should start with the cross country run, it snowed and we lost kids... should I say more? i loved it. 

Next... we went to a "lifestyle party" Do I go to the lifestyle club? No. Do I pay for it? Yes... So, a party???? We definitely decided we were in!!! Of course we ended up taking free shots at our favorite Mexican place... again... Ah, such is life! 

Tomorrow, a friend of mine is delivering free mattresses for me and taking me to IKEA, how did I get so lucky?

Snow Day!!!

I wish... it is totally snowing and SO cold! I can't believe the change in the weather! Last week it was in the 70's, beautiful blue skies and just,well, perfect fall weather. This week it has just been freezing and today the snow started! It was snowing this morning when I woke up and it hasn't stopped. I'm not sure if all of Vienna is getting snow, or just where my school is located, we're a little bit higher up. CRAZY! October? Snow? This is so not Dubai...

No more Tin Tan!

I am officially NOT allowed back to Tin Tan, or whatever it's called, on the weeknights. Last night I met some friends at this pizza place (the best we've found so far in Vienna!) near my house, they had dinner, I drank wine. I am on a very strict budget... Then we decided to go to the Mexican place for a drink, which turned into way more than one, included free shots of tequila with the bartender, Luis, our best friend, and something that lit on fire and lots of delicious wine... Ugh.

I was running around the ring this morning at 5:00 wishing I made more responsible choices on school nights... shots? Really? Oh, and I tried to make a mixed vegetable soup, it was terrible. Vegetables need to live separately in my soup.

Really???

So, after the world's SLOWEST mover, coincidentally paid by the hour, finally gets my washer and dryer all hooked up, I was SO excited to get started that I just poured in the soap and pushed few random buttons in German and it just started right up! I forgot to put clothes in... and it automatically locks and there is no way to open the door. Annoying! Oh well, I am making some dinner, drinking some wine and sitting at the computer while I wait. I'd be doing the same thing with or without clothes in there I guess...

I was laughing earlier today, I was sitting at work talking with this guy I work with and he just says, so, people are talking, they are saying you have no furniture, do you want a bed? I just started laughing. Who is talking about my lack of furniture? I certainly haven't had anyone over to see my empty apartment! It just cracks me up, I cannot believe I have been living like this for over a month! And, to be honest, I don't even care. Sure furniture would be nice, but if I could chose one thing to be working out a little differently right now in my life, furniture would have nothing to do with it.

I can't believe I will be in SF and Seattle in about a week, crazy! I'm excited to get out of here for a while. It is absolutely FREEZING cold. They're predicting snow on Thursday and Friday. I'm running with the cross country team Friday afternoon, so that will be fun! I also think I'm going to join the random Prater guys soccer team. Should be interesting!

U2

One more thing... today I bought U2 tickets. Seems like a pretty normal fun thing to do. Did I mention the concert is August 30, 2010?