Are you there, Internet? It's us, MegTom!

Hello Friends,

Well, it is now April 18 and for the past two months or so this is what you have heard from us,

"..." 

You know it is bad when your friends tell you that your own blog is looking pretty sad.  Not because your subject matter sucks, or that you lack pretty pictures, or can't write to save your life, career, or justify your newly acquired bachelor's degree.  Nope it's worse than that.  MegTom has basically committed blog neglect.  Why do you ask?  Well, February was cold and icky.  March?  About the same, and we really have no excuse for the first few weeks of April.  Perhaps we can attribute our lack of exciting lives to the weather convincing us that it was better to stay inside and indulge in our form of crack: NetFlix.  But really we have fallen into that experience of daily living that we all dread of matriculating into after college: working at times long hours for mediocre pay, getting stuck in a routine of monotony, integrating the phrase "When I was in college..." into our vernacular, all the while attempting to await patiently for the next exciting phase of our lives to occur.

Now we promise that we aren't going to pull out our violin and guitar and start playing you a sad song.  (Although that would be pretty cool because despite the fact that we both were music majors, we never performed together...well unless you count those sight-singing tests in Music Theory II when we vocally harmonized about neurotransmitters in order to study for our psychology test and work on our music exam at the same time...but it is probably best to keep that serenade off the history books).  In fact this is precisely why MegTom decided to take this year off in the first place, to spoon feed our bodies and minds with overwhelming portions of free time so that we were ready to delve into our next adventure. 

The bottom line is, we realize that we are incredibly lucky.  Lucky to have supportive friends and family; lucky to live in a fantastic apartment that we can truly call home; lucky to have jobs, food, and reside in a country that despite its definitive problems allows us to pursue and exercise our political, religious, and personal freedoms without fear of persecution.  The list could go on and on.  And perhaps the most significant gift is that we have each other to exist in this shared experience. 

So you might say that amidst these past few months MegTom has taken the time to seize little moments.  Such moments include the ability to savor half price wings at Stooges on our designated Wing Wangsdays by smearing our faces in wing sauce and blue cheese in the company of friends;

Wangs.

enjoying the convenience of being able to meet friends at The Tavern for half-priced pizza and novelty beers on the spur of the moment; founding Nat-Cho Wine night, which consists of eating easily two pounds of nachos in sweat pants, while marathoning one of our favorite TV shows on the Netflix while consuming, you guessed it, a few bottles of wine.  Do you notice all of these events involve food?  Yeah, we like food.  Oh and by the way we have a question for all of you out there:

What the deuce is up with potato chip companies thinking that they can sell you half bags of chips?

Note: Bag is only filled to ------------^ bottom of the bottom the tortilla image.

 

But besides food, we have also taken some time to be social and attend social events with our friends still at 'Berg and even hosted our own Ugly Sweater Party.

In twenty years, our children will hate us for this photo.

We even attempted to get out of the apartment by taking a day to explore Bethlehem (which was very pretty despite the fact that it was wicked cold...nonetheless a nice diversion from Allentown), and were honored to come back as alumni at Muhlenberg to host (Meg) and serve as executive chef (Tom) for S.I.N.'s 5th Annual Pancake Palooza.

The crazy-large crowd at Pancake Palooza 2011

Oh and we celebrated Thomas's 23rd birthday by surprising him with an ice cream cake.  Meg is not so sure if Tom has ever been surprised before.  Note anxious facial expression coupled with assumed fetal position on couch:

Tom Cake.

Tom scared and/or scarred for his life.

Tom no longer scared for his life :-).

Tom's Really Awesome Cool gift from Christy...HORSE SHOE (yep caps necessary)!

Okay, so perhaps we have some things we should have shared with you sooner rather than later (as in now) but yep now you are pretty much caught up.  If you want more details, well then you need to be cool and come visit us :-).

As one of our dearest friends put it, right now our lives (not just for MegTom but for others as well!) are analogous to being at an amusement park.  We just finished the thrilling rollercoaster of college, which certainly has its ups and downs and now well, we've gotten off the ride and are waiting in line for the next one.  But while we await our next thrill we might as well have a good time, celebrate our freedoms, and do so in the company of the people we love.  So, cheers to utilizing the season of spring as a time of beginnings and renewals, embracing life, seizing opportunity, and living in the moment while taking the time to cherish the past and embracing our futures, etc. etc. etc.

In the meantime, we hope to continue to share some of our adventures (perhaps the rest of our Colombian one as well as new ones) and rants with those of you who are kind enough to read.

Until then,

MegTom