12 days till Christmas

So my roommate and I have been getting into the Christmas mood.

Well mainly her and she is slowly breaking my Grinch heart......

Last night we went to go pick out a tree. It was kind of fun, and now I feel fully prepared to have to do it myself someday. As we were walking down the rows of trees, picking them up and looking at them, it felt as if it was a completely normal behavior for me.

It is weird because, while I am not a complete Scrooge/Grinch, I am not a fan of all the commercialism and exorbitant spending that goes into this one holiday. Especially this year with all the financial issues around. I can do simple, but grand has always been distasteful in my mouth. So for the past 5 years my Christmas decorations have included absolutely nothing.

And now, Heather and I are starting do decorate the house. With nice simple christmas decor. And so far it looks great.

And our tree looks and smells awesome by the way.......

Oh, and Christmas shopping.....pretty much done.

Sick Day part Trois

Shoveling 5 inches of snow when you are sick is not fun. No fun at all.

I am completely over this cold.

Now back to drugs and sleep.

Sick Day part Duex

Worse

Worse

Worse

I literally just want to rip off my face and scrap every single sinus cavity out.

The pressure that is being produced by my face is causing me to get light headed and make my brain not function.

It is not fun.

At least I got the ok to not come into work today last night, but I was hoping that I would be better today and not worse then I have been feeling all weekend. I slept all morning and was hopped up on drugs. And still....

I really don't want to have to call into work sick tomorrow, but I might end up having to. Man this paycheck is going to royally suck......

Sick Day

So, I am kinda of, sort of sick this weekend.

And it has been a couple days coming. I started getting a feeling come wednesday that something was coming down the pipes. Early thursday morn, I woke up and my throat was aching. But I didn't want to call into work sick as I was charge that evening and it would have been a jerk thing for me to do. I then felt better on Friday, but yesterday was just a doozy....

I have never felt completely ill like I have in the past, but my throat is burning and really sore (but I still talk normal, no rasping yet). But yesterday it was just so weird in that my body was not reacting to the messages I was trying to send to it. It was if I was drunk, but without all the carefree attitude. Completely uncoordinated body.

Then I put myself into a drug induced coma last night (which I thankfully was able to wake out of to open the door for my roommate who just got back from Honduras.) But last night was a good solid night of sleep. I woke up this morning not feeling the way I have the past few mornings. I throat is at a constant burn now, but at least my face is not conjested and still no rasping.

Here to hoping that I beat it before it got bad.....

Weekend of Thanks....

So, I suppose I should send out the required post of thanks etc......

This past weekend, I was very fortunate in that I got to go out to the Ranch in MT one last time this fall. I just love it out there. There is something to be said about being in the middle of no where. One of my favorite thing about being out there is actually looking at the sky at night and actually seeing millions upon millions of stars. It is almost eerie to see everything without light pollution. Awesome.

The weekend was very nice and relaxing. Not having to focus about going to work was a nice break.

I had a great time with the family too. Thanksgiving dinner was actually on Friday and we had Roast Beef, potatoes, and green beans. One of my all time favorite meals and I wasn't even the one who ordered it! I feel very fortunate in that I do have a pretty close family. And we all like each other. Plus it is always a competition to see who the favorite uncle is....and it should be me, but my brother wins only cause he let them be flower girls in his wedding.....completely not fair. Oh well.....

My life right now is actually pretty dang good all things considered. I have a great job that I am not afraid of losing. (As people always seem to need heart surgery....) My co-workers are awesome as well. I am living with an awesome roommate in an awesome house which I am very thankful to the owners everyday. Plus living here lets me realize how living on my own would eventually turn out. I got to shovel snow last night! Well not !, but it still is fun (wait till I have to do it more than once a week, and we will see if I am still enthused.) I have great friends who know all about my neurotic brain and its ramblings at times. And they still like me for some reason.



And only to throw the word out there one last time: Awesome

Chris's Inappropriate Weekend....

So before your minds start wandering too far, the title was taken from my roommate. Heather labeled this weekend as Chris's Inappropriate Weekend, not me....

And actually, it was not that inappropriate at all. I got many productive things done, such as winterizing the house, and various small projects completed.

The reason why I was apparently inappropriate was mainly due to a few things that I did. First, I have discovered a really fun new band. 3Oh!3 (pronounced 3 oh 3). And they just happen to be two white dudes from Colorado who can best be described as having an electronic rap-hop feel to them. And while their lyrics are not something that I normally would listen to, they are just so addictive and infectious. So, I downloaded their CD and have been listen to it non stop all weekend.

Well, not quite so non-stop as in between I have been taking breaks and watching a show that added to my inappropriateness. I don't know why I like this show, but It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia so inappropriate and not PC at all. So I began my rewatch of the show. And just cause the episodes that I watched dealt with racism, underage drinking, cancer, and abortion, it does not mean that it doesn't have some redeeming qualities. Actually, not so much at all.

So that was my "inappropriate" weekend. I really went off the hook.......

The Forks

So.

I finally got the family forks. Kind of surprising, but hey I was almost half expecting it......

Little Background Info on them:

The forks are from my grandmothers old silverware set, and my dad/his siblings hated getting them to eat with as they are quite heavy. So you could always tell who was not on good terms with the table setter as they would routinely get these heavy ones instead of the lighter ones.

Fast forward a couple years, and the forks started circulating around as a "gift" between the siblings. It didn't matter the occasion, but it was a surprise to find out that you were now in possession of the forks. They have been baked in multiple cakes, put into cement, even soldered into a metal box. They have travelled across the US and abroad. And then they disappeared. No one knew who had them and no one seemed to recall that they existed. The last known person in possession was my sister who obtained them as a wedding present 7 years ago.

And then I opened my mouth. And my sister found them. And sent them to me as a gift from my nieces. Tricky Tricky.....

And current home is now Rochester. At least until I can get them back into circulation.......