*yawn* - NOW with pictures!

So this weekend went over pretty well. I don't really remember what happened on Friday. I think the Scientist and I cleaned, I'm not sure. Saturday we woke up and started working on getting ready for the party. I was decorating the front yard while my hair was still drying from my shower. We didn't eat breakfast till after eleven (unheard of for him), and lunch didn't happen till past 4:00. Needless to say, we were all kinds of off-schedule.

But things went really well. The house was decorated all up with a fake graveyard in the front, my light-up Halloween houses in the living room, decorations in the kitchen, and lights in the big windows. We had a ton of food. Assorted cheeses and meats, veggies, crackers, about five types of dip, cupcakes, cookies (thanks, mei_x), candy, chips, and drinks out the wazoo. People started showing up at 7:00 to help us set up, which was really appreciated. I put the Scientist's brother Geoff to work icing cupcakes while his sister Jessie and sister-in-law Rose hauled in a cooler. At 7:20 I picked up my friend Krista from the train station and then raced home to put my costume on. I was still putting on makeup when more people arrived. Seems pretty par for the course when it comes to me and Halloween parties.

Anyway, it was a blast. I ended up going as Kaylee from Firefly. fava_bean went as Inara, and the Scientist was a blue hand man. Needless to say, we were the trifecta of geekdom. Debbie showed up as Tinity from The Matrix, and Craig finally went in the costume he was born to be, Stone Cold Steve Austin. fishdoctorpost was Alice Cooper, as always. Krista was a Hawaiian tourist, seeing as how she just got back from Hawaii and I thought she should show off her tan. Also on hand were aj, mei_x, boannan, jasunshine, Valerie, Jen, the Scientist's parents, his two nephews, his boss and two coworkers, his friends Kelly, Kelly, Brian, Ed, Shannon, Ed's brother Joe, and two people I didn't know. The place was pretty well packed.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, and we got a lot of compliments on the food, the decor, the whole thing. Our first party was a success.

On Sunday the Scientist made Krista and me pancakes before he left for work. We got cleaned up, I took her back to the train, and then headed home to clean. After the floors were washed, the carpets vaccuumed, and the garbage thrown out, I crashed out on the sofa feeling a bit queasy. I only had 3 drinks all Saturday night, but combine that with the lack of food, staying up till 3 a.m., and being stressed, I think it did me in. When the Scientist got home from work yesterday we went over to his parents' house for dinner, ate a TON of food, and then came home and passed out while watching Dark City.

Overall, it was a completely exhausting but fulfilling weekend. I'll post pictures as soon as I can. Now there are pictures! More to come as they roll in...

Work song.

Let me set the scene. It's a Monday. In the morning, this office was freezing because not only did they not have the heat on all weekend, but instead had the AC on. People were wearing their coats.

Now it is the afternoon, and the setting sun is blazing through our west-facing windows. People now have fans on, and everyone is lethargic from the heat.

My coworker and I made up a song via IM about our plight.

( Our work song. )

We felt the need to share it for posterity's sake.