I realized this weekend when I was talking about how I gained 40 lbs since the wedding that it’s not necessarily since the wedding that I’ve gained that weight. I mean, I certainly gained some weight on the honeymoon (mmmmm… Guinness and Meat Pies in London…) but I think that it’s really been since my job changed at work and the STRESS began.

Anyway, that’s besides the point.

This weekend was pretty great. Went to see the Sex and the City movie with Dodi and a few of her friends on Friday night. The movie was great and it was fun to hang out with the girls and have some drinks afterwards. Saturday afternoon was the birthday party for Kaitlyn, Alex’s cousin’s daughter. I’ve got pictures posted here. There were tons of babies there, so the pictures are all pretty cute. After the party, we went to Alex’s parents’ house for dinner. We stopped at the preserve for a few minutes before that and I saw a snapping turtle up close for the first time. There are pictures in the birthday party album. So, the album is filled with pictures of cute babies and close ups of a nasty turtle. What an amalgamation… LOL. Later that night, Alex and I saw the new Chronicles of Narnia movie – which was pretty good. Alex said, “It had nothing to do with the book” but that never bothers me. I don’t remember details of books very well and I enjoyed the movie on its own. Eddie Izzard voices a mouse in it and pretty much steals every scene he’s in. The mice were just adorable… They even played tiny bagpipes for a fallen comrade.

Today my big adventure was reintroducing Alex to the Library. He reads a lot – which is great – but he buys all the books he reads and then reads them once – which is an expensive habit. Even more expensive than buying regular books is buying audio books – which he does as well – since those are like $30 each. Obnoxious. So, I brought Alex to the library today. His only comment was, “They could really make this place more popular if they served coffee in it, like at Barnes and Noble’s.” (I actually agreed with him but as he said that really loud in the echo-y library with a ton of people around I had to roll my eyes and sigh really loudly at him.)

We actually both checked audio books out since I found out that I like to listen to audio books while I work out. I enjoy reading so very much but I kind of get addicted to whatever book I’m reading and it prevents me from doing things – like going to the gym (well, it gives me another excuse and I really don’t need another excuse…). When I listen to an audio book, I get obsessed over a story in the same way, but I’m mobile… I can listen while I drive around or get work done or go to the gym. It’s awesome. I discovered this while listening to the audio book version of Dodi’s fav book, Twilight, which was awesome. I can see why she’s obsessed. I wanted to check out the next book in that series, but they didn’t have a print or audio copy in, so I just put a reserve on them and checked out A Great and Terrible Beauty which I found on Amazon.com in the “People who buy this item also buy…” section of the Twilight listing.

Weekend Summary: Sex and the City: The Movie was a movie-length version of one of the regular episodes – great. Girl’s night out nights are hella fun. Babies are very cute. Turtles are very creepy. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was an exciting movie that was a lot of fun – very good. Libraries are awesome places where you can get shit for free but would be made better by coffee shops.