Well hello everyone. What? A post from Betsey? at 3:24 in the morning? What is going on? Actually in Indiana, mom and dad are up for their day, so I thought I should get up too. Okay, not really. I woke up at 2:15 and just couldn't get back to sleep. I've been catching up on some emails and thought I would post to the old Gimbel Family Forum. I thought I would give you all a weekend wrap-up from Team Hawkins. Keep you posted on our exciting lives here in LA. I will title it, Top 10 activities from Team Hawkins during the weekend of September 14 through September 16.
10. Friday drive to Fresno. One of my roommates from my time in Washington D.C. got married and had an open house in Fresno, where she grew up. Fresno isn't really a pretty town, and it is kind of in the middle of nowhere. It wasn't exactly on my top 10 list of places to go in CA, but it was nice to see my friends April and Cord (the bride and groom)
9. In Fresno, Richard and I wanted to find a yummy restaurant to eat at. We have been trying to limit our out-to-eat activities and only try new restaurants, or something that we are really looking forward to. Frankly, this is because we end up eating out at La Salsa all the time because it is close and we are lazy. So, we drove around Fresno for a while and ended up at Red Robin. Man, that place is a gut-buster. Delicious, but the rest of the night, we both felt sick.
8. Saturday was the bowling and cupcake extravaganza for my college friend Emmalee's birthday. I have to say, although it was great to celebrate Emmy's birthday, the highlight was the fact that I won bowling! I even broke 100 (okay, my score was 106, but still...over 100). Richard thinks that with daily practice, I could have a career. I think the best part was that I totally came from behind, with two strikes right at the end and won. I seriously was in last place the entire time.
7. Okay, since the last one really didn't focus on the b-day celebration as it should, I thought I could at least devote two highlights to the birthday party. Emmy is turning 28 on the 18th and apparently 28 is the year of the kitchen products. We gave her a pink cupcake carrier to transport all her yummy treats and her brother and sister-in-law gave her a deviled egg tray, for displaying her deviled eggs. She promised to invite us all over for deviled eggs and cupcakes. Yummy! (by the way, did you know that Casey makes the best deviled eggs? Have her make you some...seriously!)
6. This should really be the best highlight, number 1 from the weekend...but I seem to be following a chronological order rather than an excitement order...so we'll just keep it here. Saturday night we went to a lecture with IRA GLASS!!! That is right people. IRA GLASS! My NPR boyfriend. Richard is slightly threatened. He was discussing radio and storytelling at USC. He talked and shared stories for over an hour and then took questions from the audience. It was a great show and a fun date for me and Richard. Plus it was a cheap date! USC students and staff got in for free! Thank you tuition dollars!
5. We can't ignore the fact that Richard and I managed to squeeze in some very exciting homework this weekend. That is all we are going to say about that.
4. I made Jello! (maybe I am getting sleepy again...this is getting pretty boring!) I found some jello in our pantry and decided to make it. Richard was skeptical and thought that Jello was a lame idea. I convinced him otherwise when I busted out the whipped cream for the top. It was a tasty dessert!
3. Church! Where I said from the stand that I have a mental illness (long story people...this is getting to be a long post. I'm not even going to go into that).
2. Law and Order! The 7th season of L&O SVU is not that great. For every really riveting and exciting episode, there is one episode analyzing Benson or Stabler's psyche. I don't care about them as people! That is the beauty of L&O! You don't have to follow the story line each week, you can just enjoy the 42 minutes of adventure and criminal behavior and then call it a day. I don't care if Stabler has anger management issues and his wife left him! We had to watch two episodes to compensate for the one boring Stabler-based episode.
1. Richard! I love spending the whole weekend with my husband! He is the number one highlight because he is my favorite part of the weekend. Plus he is the best husband ever. I got out of bed at 2:14 and went to the living room. 10 minutes later, he got out of bed and joined me. He is right now sleeping on the other couch. He makes himself miserable for me! Isn't that just so sweet.
Maybe I should try to go back to sleep for a few hours.
8 comments:
I was just going to ask for some family updates. Wanted to see how you and baby hawkins were doing. How rusty's paper is going... that kind of stuff. I think everyone should update us on the blog and tell us what is new. Good stuff betsey. we love you!!
-karl
When Betsey wrote this blog, I was already on the way to school and had been awake for two hours. I believe that the insomnia thing is the worst part of life! I hate being tired then not being able to sleep.
It really is great fun, though, to hear about the details of your week. Ira Glass! That is Awesome! We were noticing that Jeopardy was broadcasting from USC about a month ago, and thought it would be cook to be in the audience. You are all exposed to so much more culture than we are here in little old Decatur.
Last night we had a going away party for the minister and his family who bought the Swygart's house. They were only here for about four years. They are moving on to Nebraska. Anyway, we had a small neighborhood party (no, the Foreman's weren't invited--I was not in charge of issuing invitations), but Chantal Ogg's grandma and grandpa were there. It was some pretty interesting conversation. They talked a lot about what Decatur was like fifty years ago.
Pastor Bruick also brought up the fact that Southeast Elementary School now has a 70% free and reduced lunch student population. That is ASTRONOMICAL! That is like Geyer Middle School's was before it got changed into a Montessori School. Sue Downing has often talked about that too, saying that it is because of all the low-income housing that they are building here, and then advertising all over the country how affordable it is to live here. Blame Ralph Biggs! He's the one building all the substandard low-income housing.
Anyway, it was an interesting night. This blog comment is getting too long, but the devil's in the details. Sometimes they're just too interesting. Thanks for all the great info Betsey. Let's hear from everyone else.
Love, Claudia
Richard is far nicer than Brandon. When I can't sleep, I know better than to wake him. He's not very pleasant in the middle of the night. ;-)
Very nice recap of the weekend. Glad you had a good time in Fresno. K-Fed is from Fresno. That's really all I know about that place. Can't say it would be at the top of my "Things to See" list either. ;-)
xo!
-M
Mom forgot the best part about the neighborhood party, it was in our new GARAGE!
DAd
I know it's Rusty's news to talk about his paper, but he told me it was done almost two weeks ago now. He said he would email me a copy, but he's probably still savoring the feeling of having it done before it has to get critiqued to death by everyone in the world (including us?!?). I'm sure he'll publish when he's ready.
Edward Russell, you need to check in from time to time. I know you're busy, probably working two jobs, but we miss your erudite comments! Tell us about your plans for the next few months.
I had a great conversation with Meridth over the weekend. I'll be happy to catch up on all their news when I'm in California.
Claudia
BETSEY i want to see some preggy pictures
thanks
stacey
Given that Betsey is carrying the baby, sleeping on the couch is the least I could do. Betsey's pregnancy is going great, and it hasn't slowed her down one bit. The baby is a mover, and her kicks are getting stronger and more focused on Betsey's vital organs. We'll post some pregnancy pictures soon!
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