been a long time coming

man i can hardly believe that we havn't been in Virginia in almost a month!

So i have a lot to say and i think it may take a few blogs to say it...So much has happened so far in March...

So for starters, Tony and i finished an assignment in Virginia and had to say goodbye to some fantatic people! But i have all their emails and now that our computer is back up, i can say hello to them all!

So after a 10 hour drive back to Michigan, we got the trailer stuck in the ice and couldn't wake anyone up to help...well we could have, but everyone had to work early in the morning...

so i cried a little -what being over tired and frustrated, it just happened...

after a few tears and encouraging word from my husband we pushed it into it's rightful new home ( for the next couple of weeks anyway.)

I think i woke my mom up to say that i was home safe and then crashed out because tony and i had a flight to catch the next morning at 7am.

We got a few hours of sleep and then jumped on a plane to NYC to bring in Oriana's birthday in style..

Unfortunately, we couldn't get into our hotel until 3 ish and we got in at 11ish, so we met up with sarah for some pizza and some shopping...

Before too long we could check into our hotel and get some much deserved sleep!

After a nap that seemed to last only 5 seconds ( but really a few hours) we got dressed and gussied up to meet our friends for dinner at Tanti Baci...It was O's real birthday so we all met up for some pre-birthday party food and drinks...

it was so great to get to see so many of my friends, esp since i have been living 10 hours away and it is usually a hassle to see everyone - what i mean is that i never have enough time when i am home to get to see everyone AND my family.

So we got to catch up with sarah, mark, trent, ay, oriana...and later ben and sam!!!

We hit a bar afterwards but only for a few drinks...still overtired from our travels, tony and i wanted to be in top party shape for oriana's 30th!

we got some sleep and then tony and i walked around the New york streets for a bit of some shopping, it was such great weather!!

then i sorta' met up with the girls...i misheard some directions and luckily saw sarah waving maddly at me, so i had lunch with the chicks and then back to the hotel to get dolled up!

Then we were off...

we met up with oriana and pals at her place for some pre-party drinks and then off to Rasputin, the Russian dinner club where the festivities took place.

Our driver got a bit lost, but at least we were all in good company and it made for some laughs later on.

we got there, ate our weight in strange Russian Cuisine..( well sarah and i couldn't eat a lot of it, so we made sure to drink our dinner :)

here are some of the pix

The night was a late one...as well it should be for a bunch of best friends hanging out in NYC for the sole reason of celebrating 30 years on this planet.