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See You Next Week (For Real!)
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It’s gorgeous outside and I should be out there riding my bike before Chris comes home from practice and we make the road trip up to the beach house in Maine. Instead, I am worrying myself to death about how insane my google reader has become and the fact that I haven’t posted in days and will soon be internetless for many more days on top of that. This morning I actually asked Chris if we should bring the computer with us in case we can steal a wi-fi signal from somewhere and he looked at me like I had suddenly turned into a martian, saying “Why on earth would we bring the computer to the beach?” He’s totally right. And when the man who can’t tear his eyes from his iPhone long enough to remember to eat thinks you are being over the top anxious about the internet, you probably should take that into consideration and chill out.
So! No internet for me for a couple days, except what I can manage to sneak in from my phone, which means no commenting. I would apologize for being such a bad internet friend with my lack of commenting as of late but, meh, I’m not too sorry, and anyway I will make it up to you all when I come back next week. I love you all! I really really do! I thought I’d be able to catch up with my reading this weekend but there was just no time. On Friday afternoon after I finally finished up my week-long class, the hilarious Noelle Tannenbaum came to visit and we had a blast at the Science Museum after drinking frozen margaritas, watching the Olympics, playing many rounds of Scene It, and throwing back a few beers. It was a late night.
On Saturday, Noelle and Chris and I headed to the infamous Hampton Beach strip to meet up with Aaron and his lovely lady Mara for Ben’s birthday party. It was a blogstravaganza, but none of us felt the need to talk shop when we were surrounded by skeeball and air hockey at every turn. Happily, Noelle and Aaron finally got to meet. Sadly, our festivities had to be cut short because we needed to pick up Ms. Noelle’s sister so they could head back to New York. Next time: full weekend of partying. Promise.
Where am I, you ask? Standing in an area marked DO NOT ENTER to take this picture. Am a rebel!
Saturday evening my parents and sister came down to the city from New Hampshire to go to dinner. I had been complaining recently about their lack of visiting so they made the ultimate sacrifice- driving in Boston- and also treated Chris and I to a lovely dinner. They even kept their complaining about having to walk from a parking spot to the door of the restaurant to a minimum, especially when we promised them that another quick walk would yield cannolis from the North End. Promise people Italian baked goods and it’s amazing how far they will walk!
Now I’m just hanging out, waiting for Chris so we can get on the road and enjoy the first non-rainy day in what seems like months. I’m so excited about spending a few days in the sun and surf you’d think I was born in the Midwest, with nary a coast in sight.
Kidding, Midwest! You’re great too, in a non-ocean way.
Have a happy Monday, people. I’ll think of you when I’m getting my fillings pulled out from salt water taffy!
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Have a wonderful trip!
So jealous! I haven’t been to Maine in a very long time, and I miss the ocean so badly!
I love how everyone else is in mid-bowl while I am bemusedly staring down at the machine that ate my quarter. Have fun in Maine!
Ugh. Could I be any more jealous? Board games and margaritas with Noelle? Skee ball with Aaron? AND a week at the beach??? You are a lucky lady, NPW. Did you get a pony and a Barbie Dream House recently, too??
Also, I have been trying to catch up on my blog reading tonight, after a week of very sporadic reading. I’ve been at it nearly an hour and I still have 134 unread posts. Could everyone just STOP POSTING for a little bit? That’d be great; thanks.
I’ll miss you on the internet, but I’m super happy we got to hang in person again! I don’t know if I’m capable of going to Boston and actually spending any time there… Hope you enjoy(ed) Maine!
Margaritas, Olympics, and the Science Museum sound like an awesome combination. I love that musical staircase and the ball-droppy-chain-reaction-thingie so much.
[...] It turns out that I’m actually kind of good at skee-ball. I was a bit nervous, going all the way to New Hampshire for Beej’s birthday, where I would meet Aaron for the first time, after this long, arduous internet flirtation we’ve had. I knew that skee-ball was going to be involved, and the last I remember, my skee-skills were equivalent to my mini golf skills, which is to say not skillful. But NPW, Chris and I got some practice in while we were waiting, and I scored 300 points not once, but twice! So when Aaron and Mara finally came back from their trip to Massachusetts to put money in their car meter (how did that take such a long time?), we were all on a level playing field. Sadly, I had to leave after only a couple of hours, but when you have that much awesomeness in one arcade (me, NPW, Chris, Aaron, Mara, Beej, Beej’s gal, Beej’s offspring, and Ted, who I didn’t realize was an actual person until I saw him in person) it’s hard to contain it. Because they’re such great hosts, I gave my skee-ball ticket winnings to NPW and Chris so they can put it towards their dream of winning the lobster salt and pepper shakers. You can see photo evidence of the skee ball on NPW’s blog. [...]
Have a great time. Bring me something! Oh, well, okay, don’t bring me anything but lots and lots of new posts.
How do people who live MILES and MILES from the beach manage to spend more time there than I do, and I live 30 minutes from the Pacific Ocean?
Riddle me that one.
Have a GREAT trip! I look forward to photos.
I am also looking forward to pictures. And so jealous about the salt water taffy! Eat a licorice piece for me, okay? Well, only if you like black licorice. I won’t force you to eat one just to prove your internet friendship.
Have a great time!
Hope the beach is good to you. And by that I mean– I hope you get to see a crab do its crazy sideways crab-crawl thingie. Never ceases to amuse me!
Sounds like you’re living it up in your vacation time. Glad the party was fun!
I LOVE SKEEBALL!!!!!!!!!
OK…had to get that out! Hope you are having a great time in Maine–last hurrah before school starts, eh?
Standing in DO NOT ENTER areas is the BEST!
I did it yesterday, but not at an arcade.
I love playing skee ball.
Enjoy the mini vaca!
First of all, have a wonderful time in Maine. I hope you get decent weather…God knows we New Englanders have been on the short end of that stick for most of the summer!
It’s a shame about the pending lack of Internetness…however, what a perfect time for us all to check out what your other readers and commenters are up to in the blogosphere! You know, we have to keep ourselves busy for a few days anyway…
And finally…oh, the Hampton Beach strip…so cheesy, so crowded, so the best fried dough in the world…I was just there myself, though I did manage to keep my girls on the beach and off the strip this time. Skee ball is addictive!
Do you know that I used to think “Hampton Beach” was the same thing as “the” Hamptons….um. no. not even close. I’m embarassed to say I thought that until I was in college. How stupid of a po-dunk maine girl could I have been?
We have a lake. It’s pretty big.
I am afraid of the ocean, a little bit, due to growing up in the Midwest. Nine years living on the coasts improved the situation a bit, but now I’m back in the Midwest, so…
Damn, I wish I’d known you were all meeting in Hampton. I was up the street in York. Maybe next time.
Hope you have the same weather we had last week while in Maine. IE: Perfect!
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