Hackey sack

Just another day in the office. I think I'm mentally still on the weekend because I wasn't my usual busy-body Monday self. I spent most of the day just reading papers - nurturing my inner political junkie... I managed to get a bit of work done in the last three hours, but it's been a multi-tasking ping pong.

What a weekend... not that it was hectic - that might be this coming weekend. :-/ I spent Friday at home, working on my friend Eric's song. He asked me to record violin parts on it last year and it took me this long to finally get to it. I decided, to make it up to him, to add djembe and piano and to put in multiple violin tracks. I ended up having three different violin tracks and the djembe really changed the song. He liked it a lot, so I felt accomplished with my four hours of work. Time flies when you're playing music.

It was a task to get me out of bed at 7:30 in the morning Saturday, but it turned out for the best. My sister had me to zumba with her at 8 a.m. It was fun - and I only needed a 1.5 hour nap to get me back to life. I spent the rest of the day in Ringwood, checking out BJ and Annie's new house and the nearby NJ State Botanical Gardens. The views and the lakes up there are to die for, especially with the changing foliage. They are also taking care of a friend's dog, an adorable Shar-pei named Sam from the Philippines. He's so sweet-tempered, he's like a cat with a smushy face. I played them some music too, to thank them for the delicious cake, which ended with home-made apple pie. I spent the rest of the night at home, and unable to sleep.

Sunday I went to church then went up to Bear Mountain with Rob to check out Oktoberfest. It was full of people, but probably not half the boisterous party of Munich. Hessian Lake was gorgeous so we strolled around, walking off the Saurbaten and pierogies (random!). A lot of walking this weekend... never a bad thing.