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Boston to Baltimore

This week is seriously nuts. Even this post is a traveler–I started it in Boston, but it’s posting now that I’m on the ground in Baltimore.

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Getting up to Boston didn’t go so well–first, we sat on the runway for 45 minutes, and then once we were in the air, we circled for quite some time. It should be about a 30-40 minute flight, and once they said we were beginning our initial descent when we’d been in the air for 35 minutes, I knew something was up. (Me? Most paranoid flyer in the world. I was totally convinced that we’d been hijacked and were going to land somewhere completely different than Boston.)

Once we finally got on the ground, I went to go meet up with Tina and Mal at the Coolidge Corner Club. After such a long day, I desperately wanted a drink, so when I walked in and Mal said Tina had already walked over to the bookstore and he was about to do the same, I was a little bummed.

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But I was there to see Tina, not to drink beer. (I guess.) She was really nervous, but she did a great job.

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I mean, I would be really nervous if there were that many people in a room to hear just me talk about myself, too!

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Mal, her sister and I sat in the front row as her paparazzi.

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“I really like cookies!”

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“And Murphy!”

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After the reading/talk/Q&A, everyone lined up to have Tina sign their books!

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And her mom brought cookies!

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While Tina was doing her thing, I chilled in the back with some other bloggers: Lizzy, Beckie and Corrie.

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Once the signing was over, it was beer time! We went to Publick House, one of Tina’s favorites. (I totally feel like I got the CNC tour last night. Tina pointed out lots of places she’s mentioned on her blog before.)

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I got the moule frites (mussels and fries.)

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By the time I got back to Casa CNC, it was midnight and way past our bedtimes for our early-morning flights. (The car picked us up at 5:30.)

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I got to the airport, walked through the shortest security line ever, and made a beeline for breakfast. I wanted something a little more nutritious than a bagel, but there was only a Dunkin’ Donuts (WITH NO SANDWICHES. THE HORROR.) and a Cosi in my terminal. I noticed the oatmeal at Cosi about 2.5 seconds after I paid.

Now I’m at Fitbloggin’!

Finally Friday!

I’m psyched for this weekend, so this week has gone by sort of slowly despite having lots of fun stuff going on at night, too.

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Last night, after a Junior League event, I met up with Lacey and friends at MXco to celebrate el Cinco de Mayo. I had one margarita and then switched to the Tina creation I mentioned yesterday. It was actually really good! So good that I passed it around the table and made all of my friends try it. I hope nobody was sick or had cooties.

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Tomorrow’s fun plans involve wearing a tight dress, so I had my bagel today so that I don’t feel bloated tomorrow. I had a whole wheat everything bagel, and I put sunflower butter on it when I got to work.

By the way, I don’t think I ever shared a pic of my new haircut. What do you think?

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I mean, other than I take awkward pics of myself. I saw a picture of Reese Witherspoon while I was getting the highlights done and asked for the haircut to be like hers. Maybe it will help me find a hottie like Ryan Phillipe?

So my awesome plans for the weekend include:

  • a hot (literally) yoga date tonight with Miss Selena, where I will be sweating out margaritas.
  • a brunch and biking date with my long-lost friend Emily (confession: after coming home from margaritas last night, I totally stopped into the garage where my bike is locked up to make sure it was still there. The attendant definitely thought I was crazy.)
  • KENTUCKY DERBY PARTIES (um, hi, an excuse to get prepped out and party in sundresses and hats? Clearly this is one of my favorite days of the year.)
  • Mother’s Day with my family in NJ + a trip to Target

What are you up to this weekend??