Decided to make a trek down behind the orange curtain this past weekend. We had tickets for both of the Joel McHale shows at the Irvine Improv. How was it? AWESOME! Both guys were really funny! It was a pretty lengthy show and it was just Joel and one opener. Definitely a value for my hard earned money! Staying down there was a good call. I forgot how long it takes to get to/from Irvine. There is always traffic.

On Monday, being the clutz that I am (and easily bruised) I lost my balance while standing on a box in my closet, which caused me to trip, fall, land on and drag my leg down the corner of a wooden box. Now I have a scratch that’s 4 inches long and a MASSIVE purple/black bruise that’s 4 inches long and 3 inches wide (yes, I measured, ‘cause I’m a dork) above and to the side of my knee. It happened 3 days ago and it’s still swollen and hard. GAH!! I guess shorts and dresses outside the house are off the menu for a while.

Today was the birthday of a friend at work, so I made them a chocolate cake from and old family recipe (with cream cheese frosting from scratch). I added pecans to the cake and put chopped semi-sweet chocolate to the outside on top of the frosting. It turned out really well, I wish I would have taken a picture if it. Added to the small batch bourbon and gift cards I bought, they seemed pretty happy. Phew!!

I’ve been in a weird, stressed, melacholy-yet-good mood lately. What does that mean? That means everyone at the office has been having to eat my baked goods. I guess that’s how I deal with some things, baking. In the last few weeks, I’ve made truffle brownies, cookies, cake and rice crispy treats with chocolate chips (that one can’t be considered baking though). I think next week I’ll bombard them with endless loaves of zucchini bread. My cookbooks and recipe boxes are living on my counter!

It’s Weds, so only two more get-ups, yay!! I get my roots done on Friday, so I’ll be starting the week in (hopefully) good shape!
Speaking of my hair, I’m thinking about growing out my bangs. It's been two months so far and hasn't annoyed me too much yet. We’ll see how I feel in a few weeks, lol!!

Well, I've got stuff I should probably be doing....