The Lion King!

This weekend Adrian, Phil, Bree and I are headed for Minneapolis. We're going to go see the Lion King and spend some time experiencing the night life of Minneapolis. I'm finally starting to kick this cold and I hope it will subside so that I can enjoy the weekend to its fullest! Bree has been sick (no matter how much she has tried to deny it) and I'm hoping that she doesn't decide to stay home. I very rarely see her without Jared anymore and it will be nice to have her all by herself for a while. She is so much more fun when she's not with him. They are both more fun when the other isn't around. I'm sure they don't realize it. They get into lovebird mode and you can't penetrate the barrier. Bree also has a hard time being with other people when he's around. She just lays in his lap and doesn't say or do anything. Its a shame because she's such a fun loving person. In conclusion, I'm really hoping she'll come because I think we'll have a really amazing time. It will also be nice to have someone else with us so that I don't end up being the awful 3rd wheel for Phil and Adrian. They have the exact opposite problem of Bree and Jared. They don't get enough alone time and I feel so bad. They are trying to have a long distance relationship. It has been really nice lately because Phil has been coming home a lot. Unfortunately, when Phil comes to visit Adrian, I'm here and I feel like I get in the way. I offered to not come along for the weekend of debauchery and Adrian seemed to want me to stay home but Phil wants me to come. I tried to find a happy medium by inviting a friend of my own to come so I wasn't constantly annoying them. Hopefully it will work.

We're supposed to get an epic snow storm this weekend and I'm not excited about it. We've been having unseasonably warm weather and I've gotten rather used to it. Having real winter would ruin my happy outlook on the season. Ok...that's not entirely true. But I have loved the 40-50 degree weather we've been having. I haven't actually worn a heavy winter coat yet.

I just got done booking a hotel for this weekend on Priceline through their handy dandy "name your own price" function. There are pros and cons to this process. Good Things: They've never turned down my ridiculously cheap offers. You can pick very specific criteria so that you don't end up in rapeville. Bad Things: You don't know what hotel you're staying at until you can't refund your money. So if the trip falls through or more people decide to come, you're stuck. You have no say over what kind of room. For example: I just booked a room for 4 people that turns out to be a single king room. So now 2 people are out of luck with no bed. I called and asked to have it changed to a double room but that would have cost me an extra $50. You kind of have to get over it though because it is a 4-Star hotel in downtown Minneapolis that I got it for $70. It is 8 blocks from the theater and is surrounded by everything we want to be near. It is one block from the rail that can take us to the mall. So....I can sleep on the floor and get over it. We saved 50% on the hotel room and now won't have to pay for gas once we get there. Sounds like a good trade off to me.

Regardless of any negative details, it will be a fantastic weekend. We will do fun things and have a blast. And then come back and shovel some snow. All's well that ends well. :)