Been a while.

Wow. I keep thinking to myself, "I need to update the blog" and then something gets in the way - so if you'd asked me a few minutes ago how long it's been since I last wrote, I'd have said about a week. Man does time fly without you even realizing it sometimes.
So a quick update first. Cody and I, along with our illustrious St. Louis Gateway Gator Club president, Chris all went to Gainesville a few weekends ago (MLK weekend) for the annual Gator Leaders Weekend. Basically all the Gator Clubs from around the country gather in G'ville for the weekend and pow wow about the Alumni Association, getting more young alumni participation/involvement, getting more money, volunteering, etc. It was actually way cooler then it sounds on paper. We learned a lot and are quite motivated to implement some of our newfound ideas into our club here. It was a fun weekend too - we went out on the town Thursday and Friday nights to some of our old favorite hang outs. It was neat to see what a different experience each of us had at UF. I forgot how skinny and young all the girls are there - kind of depressing. So we had a great time visiting the old stomping grounds - though we learned we can't drink like we used to be able to. :) Then on Sunday, once the meetings and stuff were over, Cody's family (including his sister and the kids) drove down to visit and go to lunch with us. It was really cool to see them and hang out - we even took them to the stadium and got to run around on the grass. Our "must do" list in G'ville? Go to The Swamp (the bar and the stadium), get subs at Publix (we did this twice), eat at Sonny's (dinner on Saturday), go to Crispers (my goal - not their's - lunch on Sunday) and stay at the Reitz Union (our hotel was there). Then it was back to cold cold cold STL.
Yesterday was Cody's birthday (yea!) so last weekend was "birthday weekend." We had a great time visiting with friends over the weekend - it really makes you appreciate all the friends and support you have in a town that a few years ago you knew no one. Yesterday, his actual birthday, we played it low key. We tried to eat at his favorite Thai place but it was closed on Monday so we did Greek instead. Then we ate Jell-O No Bake Cheesecake - Cody is an alien and doesn't really like sweets or cake so his mom would always make this for his birthday because it's really the only cake he likes - and now that we're here, far away from family, I make it for him. So that was yummy. What a cook I am, huh? The toughest thing I made for his birthday was a no bake cheesecake. :)
That's really about it - more about the feelings on the month to come.