Hey that last guy was at least a six.

I haven't written in a few days because A: I'm on vacation, B: I didn't want to and C: I'm on vacation. The problem with not writing though is that I have all of these awesome things happening to/around me that I end up having too much to say and so my posts become super long (and a little boring) and I forget half the stuff that I wanted to write about in the first place. So I've decided to write now instead of waiting until I get home tomorrow night. I'm in Vermont right now for those of you aren't Cynthia! or Yon or missed the fact that I typed vacation twice in a sentence (see above). I have so much energy from all of the thoughts zooming through my head right now I keep getting distracted by the episodes of M*A*S*H that I'm watching right now and all of the cool stuff that I keep finding on the internet (because there is so much cool stuff out there besides the porn), it's hard to focus and put this all down.

Alright I'll just start. Today I bought more books. I had the car in Burlington while my mom was at an appointment and since it was raining I did the obvious thing, go to Barnes and Noble. I have purchased so many books this summer I could open up my own bookstore, hey there is a space available in Wynnewood so you never know. Actually I do know, I don't like to share my books with most people, a trait I've inherited from Lance. So I went in and it seriously is the book Mecca of Vermont. There has never been a better Barnes and Noble than the one in South Burlington. It is the best corporate bookstore around. Two stories of book bliss. While I was there I purchased the second Flappers book, I have an unabashed addiction to YA literature, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, my Hebrew Friend has been telling everyone to read this book and since Lance doesn't lend his books to anyone I had to buy my own, and a copy of One Day. I've been seeing this book everywhere and when I went to see The Help with my mom the trailer for One Day played and the movie looks amazing so I'm hoping that the book is as well.

I also went to the Good Will today too. I've become obsessed with finding thrifty things to decorate my apartment with. I started at the car show flea market this weekend looking for empty frames to paint and hang on my wall. I saw the idea of hanging empty frames at art pieces in an article on Hello Giggles and now I have to do it to my own walls. I painted three that I found at the car show white and then I found three more at the Good Will for .99 cents each. I was excited and I think I'm going to paint these one a couple of different colors and hang them on the purple wall in my living room. I'm only in the apartment for nine more months but I think that's still plenty of time to make the apartment cool and pretty. I've also become obsessed with spray painting things. I have a couple of lamps that need to be painted when I get back to the city and them I'm going over to IKEA to get cheap lampshades and a small area rug if I can find one.

I'm also taking home the extra power drill in the garage. I have to hang up the frames and and some shelves to hold up all of the new books that I've bought recently. I picked up a few Faulkner's at the library book sale this weekend for the price of: on the house (that was for you Kyle). Since my book shelves are completely filled I have to put them somewhere else. I love old books so the ones that don't fit in the cases and shelves I am going to use as part of the decor I have going on: mumbly jumbly.

The best thing about this weekend was the visit to the Matterhorn. The greatest little ski bar at the base of Mountain Mansfield. It was first opened by my Latin teacher Ms. Knapp back in the 80s and has since changed hands many times, but it is now a super cool bar where you can get the greatest sushi. I always get the soft shell crab roll, it has the legs and claws sticking out of the ends of the roll. I also went with the spicy tuna martini this time too. It's segments of raw tuna and seaweed tossed in a spicy Thai sauce, topped with caviar and served in a martini glass. So yummy! And of course to accompany this I also had one of Jesse mai tais. 

A delicious drink that smells like coconut rum. 

My sushi. There is next to no real lighting and my phone doesn't have a flash :(

Check back tomorrow. I'll be in transit but there will be a post sometime tomorrow afternoon. 

Vermont. So far.

I have been on a sort of vacation for about a week now and I have done absolutely nothing but sleep and work. A time when I should have all of the free time in the world and I have wasted it doing nothing. I got to Vermont early Tuesday morning and my sleep schedule was all messed up from driving all night so for the next two days or so I was all over the place but then once I got back on track, I became used to my bed and then all I wanted to do was stay in bed, especially the days when it was below zero outside. To fill the small period of time when I was awake, I filled it with watching Futurama. That show is really awesome and I can't believe that it was cancelled once. Merrie hates when I watch Futurama, I think it brings back memories of when her brother made he watch it instead of letting her watch COPS. When shefound out Reno: 911 was cancelled and Futurama was coming back she almost hit me. How could anyone not like Futurama, it has the best title cards of any show ever. Not my fault network television is trying to improve itself. Anyways while I've been in part-time hibernation my sister has been out and about taking photographs (mostly because my dad has been goading her into it).

Even my Hebrew Friend has been using his vacation time better than me. The guy had a very comfortable and relaxing plane ride home from Florida. 

For the rest of my time in Vermont I have a few things that I need to finish up, including re-shelving my parent's library and cleaning out their basement. I have four more days of work, enough time to make rent money and to get the discount clothing from The Mercantile. It doesn't get extremely cold in Philadelphia, but since I have almost no winter clothing and I've stopped stress eating for awhile, I need some new sweaters. If I can avoid Burlington until next week, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I hate going up there, and if I have to I'd rather wait until the tourists have left Vermont and before the UVMers come back. Nine days until Philadelphia!