November!

November is here and I think we are going to get a taste of winter today in Minneapolis! They are calling for a chance of 2-4 inches of snow this afternoon and into the evening. Although I am not thrilled about winter, ever, I am excited to have that first snow fall and walk around the lake. In the mail last week we got a brochure about 3 day snow emergencies explaining the parking. Woah was I confused! THREE day snow emergencies?? What are we doing up here?

I felt bad about starting my blogging with a slightly negative post. I was having a social media rant day!

I had a great start to November this past week and already this week. On Friday, November 1, Alex and I hung out at after I got off work and watched 20/20. It was perfect. Saturday, I woke up early, walked Dallas (of course), did some laundry, cleaned up the apartment a little bit, and didn't turn on the TV once! My friend from work, Mollie, came over and we went to Art Attack in Nordeast. It was such a cool thing. Artist in a warehouse open their studios and you walk through and can buy their art. There was one artist that made things figurines out of wood and they looked like a mix of the Tin Man and the candle stick from Beauty and the Beast. I don’t know why, but it reminded me of my grandpa. It may be because of these African statues he had in their house. Either way, it made me feel like he was with me for the day :) 

After the Art Attack, Mollie and I came back to my house and let Dallas out and fed him dinner. Then we went to meet Amanda Bo out for dinner with some of her friends that live right in my neighborhood. We ate at Buddha Kitchen, which was really good except the service. Her friends are so amazingly nice! It doesn’t surprise me though, Amanda finds the best people. So hopefully I will be seeing her friends again and can form my own friendship with them. We ended up making it a long night out! Mollie and I finally walked back to my apartment around 2:30 or 3:30, I don’t remember if the clocks had changed or not! We had such a good time. Mollie and I had never hung out before outside of work. It was nice to spend time with her and to get to know her better. Such a sweet, smart and innocent woman!

On Sunday I was super tired and ended up napping for longer than I had hoped. Dallas and I snuggled up most of the day and watched football. Of course Alex was working the whole weekend. Amanda and her friend Meg stopped over for a little while that evening and checked out my apartment. It was so nice to have friends over this weekend! It made me feel like I was home again and people knew it was okay just to pop in whenever and have a conversation. It made me really miss Steph and my little neighbor kids.

Yesterday, Monday, I had an interview with St. David’s Center for Children and Adults. I thought it went really well! The building is beautiful and the people I interviewed with were so nice and professional. I would love to stay at Children’s, especially since I am starting to make friends, but I need a job with benefits. This position would only be 30 hours with potential of going into 40, but I will get PTO and better pay. AND I would be able to get back into retail in time for the holidays! I miss my Gap co-workers :( 

Anyways, I have filled you in on what is happening in Minneapolis. This weekend my mom and mother in law are coming to visit. We are going to get some shopping in and hopefully take them downtown to see some cool things. Should be a good time!

<3 NMM

P.S.- GO BEARS!!!