When the livin's easy....

*Editor's note: I have no shame in saying that I actually had to refer back to Gnarbarge to remember what I did this summer. Also, I did way more than I actually thought, so I'm probably going to do a Reader's Digest version of this report on my Summer Vacation. Sigh.

Started off the summer by terrorizing my cat.


Annual Dub Date! Froze my ass off at the Cub's game, in July.


Then I decided to "reinvent" myself. The new me lasted for exactly as long as it took me to walk from this apartment to Sean's car. Sorry to all those who got super excited about me drinking beer. You can buy me a vodka drink and we'll call it even.


I went to the zoo for the first time in over 10 years.

Talk about not reaching your potential.


Cheer up, Emo Impala.


Yeah, we bought our cat a leash. What of it?


Joe Hall arrives back in the upper 48.


Streamwood spends all it's money on pyro.



Got to go to the beach at least once. Good enough.


Wedding #1. Totally Goth.

Sean grabbed my boob, of course, when we were trying to take a nice photo.


So instead, I took a nice photo with my boo.


After the wedding we went for some....


at the....


The next weekend, I take "that photo" at Grant Park waiting to be squeezed into a crowd to listen to LCD Sound System at Lollapalooza.


Mere hours before Sean ridiculed me for wearing my sunglasses at night. I do what I want.


I traveled to Vegas for my birthday and in total honesty can say these are the only good pictures I have. I need a personal photographer.

Getting fresh at the Foundation Room.


Drunk.


A brisk weekend on the lake.


Wedding #2.


Birthday #2.


I let someone else have a birthday for once.


Wedding #3. I sort of like St. Louis 0.98% more than I did previously.


Boy is my face red! As usual.


Very DIY centerpiece. I love carnations.


Pretty much my summer, in a nutshell. An action packed 3 months that I'm glad to put to rest...so now I can get some rest.

Next summer I'm going to:

Go somewhere I've never been before.
Plan myself a killer birthday party. In this state.
Take better care of my flowers that I spent a minor fortune on.
Not book every weekend up before the summer even starts.

I hope I get invited to a halloween party. I have a killer costume idea.

The end.