For a while we threw the frisbee around on the green meadow, and then we lay down in the grass to eat apples and carrots and relax. Then, we wound our way through the western part of the park, and had about an hour left to spend at the Botanical garden.

– Last Tuesday was the only uneventful day last week… we watched the final performances for American Idol and determined that it was clear that Jordin would win.
On Wednesday, we went to the Guerrilla Lit reading, followed by the house, on fire.

So Jess and I just got back from At World’s End, and I was preparing myself to toss in the towel if it didn’t work. While I see that it has already received mixed-reviews, I have to say I feel 100% vindicated.

As it turns out, what I had just suffered was a one day reprieve in the midst of an otherwise month-long vacation. I mean, yes I had work and everything, but the good times kept coming so fast, it couldn’t but feel like a vacation.

– Yesterday was as ridiculous a final act / resolution to the last six months as any… or perhaps a tiding of things to come? Well, I hope not. I won’t go into all of the gory little details here.

In many ways it was a sheer unadulterated Hell of a day. After getting a ludicrously slow start off to work, I happened to use a phone to call Kinkos and confirm my order. They said first that they would not have it finished until 8 PM (I was meeting my advisor to turn it in at 5:30), and that moreover they did not have acid-free paper, though I had been assured over the phone the night before that they did.

– Tonight: Attending the Guerrilla Lit reading to hear Marco and Daniel take on their work.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Late season snowstorm blanketed eastern Iowa with 4 to 6 inches of snow, 1882.

– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
I want one.

The reception was held adjacent to a golf course, actually it was a site Jess and I had considered for our own wedding, and there was quite possibly another two weddings and half a dozen proms being held there at roughly the same time.

Picking up the pace a little…

Our schedule was tight enough that we’d have to get most of our visiting done the next day. We rode out to the Colony Square Mall and picked me up a tie and dress shirt for the occassion.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
For better absorption of iron, eat spinach with orange slices.

– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“We partied every day and I’m trying to figure out how I got anything finished. Today you even have to set a time for partying!”