We had a really great second half of March. Last weekend was Easter Weekend and we didn’t have anything big planned. In fact, we had nothing planned for that Saturday. We woke up and were being lazy, watching an episode of “Modern Marvels”. It happened to be the episode on Beer and they showed the Sam Adams Brewery in Boston. I looked at Alex and said, “Let’s go to Boston!” So we did. We hopped in the car and drove out there and ended up parking by Quincy Market (not exactly sure how we got there). We found a really old pub around the corner – The Green Dragon – and I got pretty drunk off of All Irish Black and Tans (Smithwick’s and Guinness). We walked outside and saw The Freedom Trail on the sidewalk, so we followed it to Paul Revere’s house. We wondered around the neighborhood and took a bunch of random pictures. We ate dinner at a seafood place in Quincy Market and then drove home. It was an awesome little unexpected day trip!

Me by the Paul Revere statue in Boston

Easter Sunday was very low key. We went to Alex’s parents’ house for dinner and then just hung out with the family for a bit. Nora was being terribly cute – we took a bunch of pictures. We went to my parents’ house after that to check in with Amy and David. We got there as they were finishing up dinner and we had a nice time chatting over coffee with Amy, David, and Julee.

Nora on Easter Sunday

This past week at work has been a really hectic one for me. I recently hired two new project manager’s for my department and one of them started on Monday. I’ve been trying to revamp our department documentation so that I’ve got something of a handbook to give the new employees, but it’s a lot of work and I’m probably only 1/4 of the way done. Sigh. My other new person starts tomorrow – which really means that I should go to bed now so that I can be there bright and early tomorrow!

This weekend seemed to fly by too. We went to the Enter the Haggis show at Revolution Hall – I was totally looking forward to that show all month! We met Chris and Jill and a couple of Chris’s friends from Boston at Ryan’s Wake, a bar right down the block from Revolution Hall beforehand. We were planning on getting a bite there, but they didn’t really have any seating. We went next door to Jose Malone’s instead. A Mexican Irish bar was new to us, but they poured a good black and tan and the corned beef and cabbage quesadilla was phenomenal! The Haggis show was awesome – as always. It seemed really short, but that could be because I was drunk and dancing the whole time. We went to WT’s to get a drink afterwards, but left not long after we got there because Alex’s drunkness was really hitting him at that point – he was no longer making sense when he talked – and I was tired. It was a great night – Haggis shows are too few and far between!

Oh, I got a new haircut a couple of weeks ago. I’m not sure what I think about it. Everyone says that they love it, but I feel like I look old. I guess I am old. Maybe I just look my age. I looked at our Honeymoon pictures again tonight and I can’t believe how long my hair was before. I think I like the layers that are in my hair now… I don’t have a flat head on top anymore. I guess I like it… I guess it’s growing on me…

(OMG I can’t stand how fat, old, and tired I look in that 2nd picture! Uuuuuugh…)

Off to bed!

We randomly decided to drive to Boston today. Ended up in the Green
Dragon pub near Quincy Market where I am DRUNK off of a few all Irish
black and tans. Today rocks!