I'm back on the blog! The reason you haven't seen me for awhile is because I took a week off of EVERYTHING! Seriously. I just needed a break! I took a week off of work, the gym, the computer.. and it feels GREAT! It's amazing how "refreshed" you feel after a good week of goofing off! I'm pretty sure last week made the "best ever" list! I'll start with last Friday. I was SO ecstatic that it was my last day of work before my 9 days off! It was kind of CrAZy since I had a million and one things to finish up at work but I trudged through it. I didn't get out of work until 5 (I usually leave at 4:30) but that was okay. I can deal with a 1/2 hr. of OT, however, the trip home could have been A LOT better! So little did I know (because I obviously just don't pay attention) it was "Light Up Night" in the 'burgh and who would have thought that an event so freezingly festive could cause so much chaos! The streets were PACKED! BTW - This is how I know that I am normal.. Let's just say if I wasn't sane I would've committed several felonies on my way to the bus stop. So I'm standing outside freezing at the bus stop with a bunch of "crazies" standing around me and next thing you know, the 5:15 bus doesn't show, nor does the 5:25 OR the 5:40….. I was SO mad! How can 3 busses just NOT SHOW UP! Damn Port Authority. And figures, I actually had plans that night (for once). We planned to spend the night at Jeff's camp (a nice 2 and 1/2 hour drive that somehow lasted 3 and 1/2 hours! - I'll explain later) so once I got home I had to eat dinner, take a shower and pack for the night. We ended up not leaving our house until 8:30 and Jeff's camp is in Warren County (near Tianesta) so it's a little bit of a haul. Due to the snowrenchel downpour and the 12" on snow on the road we didn't make it up there until midnight (If you ask me I really can't believe we even made it at all!). Matt calls it our "adventure" for the week (even though I thought I was going to die the whole way there). What is it with men having to "test" everything while they're driving? I probably would have been fine if "someone" didn't have to "test" the brakes….. or the snowy roads to see how bad they were…… or the traction control…… or the tires……. ETC.! Men. A woman would have just drove at a nice, safe speed until she reached her destination. Seriously, could there not be any more truth to that statement? Stupid boys again!
The rest of the week I shopped! I LOVE Christmas shopping! =) It is one of my favorite things in the world to do. I spent Tuesday shopping with my mom and my sister at Ross Park Mall. It was really nice and I'm not lying! (It really was nice =) Something "magical" must have happened after I moved out because Kelly and I actually get along now.. Who would have ever thought that would happen? TG is a whole new blog post! I only wish I had some video of "crazy grandma" drunk, playing Nintendo Wii. (Any mental image you come up with will work just fine!) And on that note, somehow, I managed to make it to "Black Friday". After a whopping 3 hours of sleep (yes - I am one of those crazy people) I showed up at JC Penny at approx. 3:45am, waited in line until they unlocked the doors, squeezed my way through the crowd, ran through the store like a maniac, all in a sad attempt to be the first one to make it to "the deals". I always knew I was different. I was so tired my eyes hurt! After a few hours I went and picked up my dad and drove him to the mall to help him shop for my mom. It was so cute to see him buy her some nice things for Christmas (although I picked most of them out and had to lead him the entire way through the mall! OMG if he had to do it himself he would have been there ALL day!) The day actually went well until we were almost home and dad was going to take me to lunch… (don don don daa ..) Kelly called….. crying. She rear-ended a mentally challenged man in the parking lot on her way home from work. The girl really doesn't have lady luck on her side, does she? The is her 3rd fender bender, I think. Maybe it's her 4th? And she's only 20! She's already passed me up! I guess she had a hard time understanding this man and he wasn't very happy with her so the police had to come to the scene and straighten things out. Of all people Kelly… geez, why couldn't you have just hit somebody else?! You could have made it a lot easier on yourself! OR, better idea - Just don't hit anyone at all!
(And then maybe I would have gotten to eat my free lunch! haha..) I took dad home after that. Needless to say, he wasn't in the mood to eat lunch after that phone call. Saturday night was "date night". Matt had made dinner reservations at Monteray Bay on top of Mt. Washington (so sweet). He also bought us tickets to go see Spamalot at the Benedum Center. It was awesome! I wasn't going to say this but I just can't help my big mouth! It's about time Matt has to sit through a play after the hours of racing I've watched! 15 races to 1 play and I still love him. Some men wouldn't go to one at all so I guess I should be lucky I got 1! Haha.. =)
I have more posts to add so stay tuned for "Derik's 1st Birthday" and "Superscratcher" all on the way!
The rest of the week I shopped! I LOVE Christmas shopping! =) It is one of my favorite things in the world to do. I spent Tuesday shopping with my mom and my sister at Ross Park Mall. It was really nice and I'm not lying! (It really was nice =) Something "magical" must have happened after I moved out because Kelly and I actually get along now.. Who would have ever thought that would happen? TG is a whole new blog post! I only wish I had some video of "crazy grandma" drunk, playing Nintendo Wii. (Any mental image you come up with will work just fine!) And on that note, somehow, I managed to make it to "Black Friday". After a whopping 3 hours of sleep (yes - I am one of those crazy people) I showed up at JC Penny at approx. 3:45am, waited in line until they unlocked the doors, squeezed my way through the crowd, ran through the store like a maniac, all in a sad attempt to be the first one to make it to "the deals". I always knew I was different. I was so tired my eyes hurt! After a few hours I went and picked up my dad and drove him to the mall to help him shop for my mom. It was so cute to see him buy her some nice things for Christmas (although I picked most of them out and had to lead him the entire way through the mall! OMG if he had to do it himself he would have been there ALL day!) The day actually went well until we were almost home and dad was going to take me to lunch… (don don don daa ..) Kelly called….. crying. She rear-ended a mentally challenged man in the parking lot on her way home from work. The girl really doesn't have lady luck on her side, does she? The is her 3rd fender bender, I think. Maybe it's her 4th? And she's only 20! She's already passed me up! I guess she had a hard time understanding this man and he wasn't very happy with her so the police had to come to the scene and straighten things out. Of all people Kelly… geez, why couldn't you have just hit somebody else?! You could have made it a lot easier on yourself! OR, better idea - Just don't hit anyone at all!
(And then maybe I would have gotten to eat my free lunch! haha..) I took dad home after that. Needless to say, he wasn't in the mood to eat lunch after that phone call. Saturday night was "date night". Matt had made dinner reservations at Monteray Bay on top of Mt. Washington (so sweet). He also bought us tickets to go see Spamalot at the Benedum Center. It was awesome! I wasn't going to say this but I just can't help my big mouth! It's about time Matt has to sit through a play after the hours of racing I've watched! 15 races to 1 play and I still love him. Some men wouldn't go to one at all so I guess I should be lucky I got 1! Haha.. =)I have more posts to add so stay tuned for "Derik's 1st Birthday" and "Superscratcher" all on the way!
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