Double Tree Room 668

Well, I am sitting in bed at the Double Tree Hotel near South Park Hotel being observed for my sleep study. They are going to attempt to wake me up at 6 AM in the morning. Hehe. I splurged the $9.95 to buy Internet access for the night. I wonder if they will let me browse the Internet when I wake up at 4 AM. I wasn't supposed to nap today, but I think I accidentally napped for a little while after my personal training session. My upper body is going to be really sore tomorrow. I will miss Mike, Ra, and Scuro tonight. However, I brought Job and green blanket with me.

Been working on getting participants for a study we are running in my new department. Also been doing some wedding planning. Need to do some more. We are almost done with RSVPs. Right now, we have 124 adults and 20 kids.

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Argh. I am either too sleepy or can't sleep. No happy medium. Oh well. My bridal shower is later today, and I am excited about that. Went to the YMCA yesterday for my first personal trainer appointment and to set up my FitLinxx account.

New Orleans Smells Like Pee

Mike had a NCTA trade show (broadcast industry - I warned him to stay clear of all the naked people) in New Orleans, so I went with him this weekend. He was starting to get in trouble for being away on business trips so often . . . I started a spreadsheet. Anyway, on Sunday, we went on a bus tour which went through some of historic New Orleans and ended in the 9th Ward showcasing some of the disaster left in the wake of Katrina. It was pretty crazy.

After the tour, we took a nap (always the highlight of my day), then we walked around the French Quarter. We found a Lush store and bought some fizzy balls, a discovery that I first made in Los Angeles and have only been able to buy off of Amazon ever since. We ate at a restaurant called Mr. B's Bistro which was awesome. While there, someone mistook me for "Diane from idol." I gave her a confused look and said who? I looked it up on the Internet, and the closest thing I could find is a girl named Diana DeGarmo who was on American Idol (born in 1987 - a baby!).

I stayed in the hotel on Monday, and after Mike got back from the trade show, we went to Luke's which is a not-so-good restaurant near the hotel. Especially compared to the restaurant we ate at the night before, it was more expensive and not as good. Yuck.

I woke up having weird nightmares, so here I am blogging at 3 in the morning.

Yesterday, May 19th, was Tausha's birthday. I usually call and leave her a message on her birthday, but I missed it this year. She is one of my best friends from junior high school in Mississippi.

Rain Barrels

CharMeck is selling rain barrels from $85-$100 which is a little cheaper than you can get them at the local home improvement stores. The drought conditions in Charlotte, NC seem to reoccur annually so I thought this was a good idea.

However, we bought rain barrels from another company called RainBarrel.Net because we thought their rain barrels were a lot prettier.


So this was just a short blog about how Pam and Mike are going a little greener.

My Sleepyhead

All is right in the world again. Mike got home this morning, and he is currently sound asleep in bed. And when I say sound, that means sound - kind of like a little kid pretending he sunk a battleship in the bath tub. Hehe, he is soo cute.

Email Thread I Came Across

From: Pamela Karr [mailto:pam@pamspam.com]

We dinn all the time.

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Subject: RE: Painter

;) you are a dork, its kinda cute

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From: Pamela Karr [mailto:pam@pamspam.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:44 PM
Subject: RE: Painter

Main Entry: 2din
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): dinned; din·ning
intransitive senses : to make a loud noise
transitive senses
1 : to assail with loud continued noise
2 : to impress by insistent repetition -- often used with into


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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:38 PM
To: Pamela Karr
Subject: RE: Painter

No I was thinking more like the dinning room actually

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From: Pamela Karr [mailto:pam@pamspam.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:36 PM
Subject: RE: Painter


How about the dining room?


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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:32 PM
To: Pamela Karr
Subject: RE: Painter



I emailed him about it…we will finish the dinning room tonight


GW

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From: Pamela Karr [mailto:pam@pamspam.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:02 PM
Subject: Painter


Can you get the painter name from Andrew?

Wisniewski-Berry Trip

We went to Grand Rapids, Michigan this weekend to visit Mike's family. It was a great trip! Above are pictures of Mike and his grandparents. If you want to see all the pictures from the trip, click here!