I’m back!! I know it’s been awhile since I posted last so here’s the quick and short of the last week. Worked a lot, drank a lot, burned a lot, played a lot. Ok now the stories. Most of you know that I work for ACS and a few of you know that I write policy and procedure manuals for them. Well over the last two months or so there have been some changes so the work we have done is somewhat on hold and headed a different direction. Not a bad thing and actually I really like the people I am working with. Just a learning time for me. SIPOC? What is that?! Spreadsheets oh boy. I enjoy the challenge and will be writing again soon I hope.
Crystal came down from NY this weekend which was a ton of fun. It has been 10 years in September since the first time I met her at Western. Blue hair no more but still the same up for anything personality I loved back then. Friday was a night of drinking at, where else, Rosie’s. I guess we did manage to find our way to RiRa’s and somehow ended up alongside a bachelor party. Oh Russell! (Facebook me, poke me, whatever haha)
Saturday we stocked up on water, beach towels, and a beach umbrella (thank you Walgreens) and headed out to the beach. Emily, Crystal and I all enjoyed playing in the water, collecting shells and sparkle rocks and getting a little burnt.
Ok, some (me) a lot burnt but well worth it! Took my first real dip into the Atlantic Ocean and let me tell you, no it was not warm!
After all the sun we were starving a little dinner and dessert was enough to knock us out.
Today was another great day. We decided to take an hour and a half day lighthouse cruise around Casco bay. Lots of fun, even our local Mainard friend Tyler joined us.
After the cruise us girls decided to grab a bite at J’s Oysters. Now this was fun for a couple of reasons. The first, one of my favorite shows (Anthony Bourdaine’s No Reservation’s) filmed here when they visited Maine, second I love seafood, third it was Emily’s first real seafood adventure, and fourth…did I say I LOVE seafood?? It may not be the nicest place in town but the food was delish! The placemats even tell you how to eat a lobster…or lobstah as me and Emily so lovingly refer to it now!
I had a platter of fresh scallops, shrimp, crab, lobster and oysters. Can you say yum!? Emily was very brave and gave them a try. I was pretty proud considering a newbie was eating it raw with me and she didn’t gag once 🙂 Ya Em, we’ll get you some cooked scallops I’m sure you’ll like them better.
I’m loving the lobstah but I think king crab is still my favorite. One day Alaska I will be back! Or maybe I just need to eat more of it….I’ll try the later and let you know. Next week is Hannah’s first birthday party and I can’t wait for that! More posts and pics to come. Until then. XOXO