This past weekend I put together a surprise trip for myself and Carrie, one of my best friends from elementary school to go and fly out and surprise another best friend, Kelsey, from elementary as a somewhat "bachelorette party" weekend. I have been emailing back and forth with Kelsey's fiance for the past couple of months and have been looking at hotels and trying to put together an itinerary. With my meeting going two weeks ago I didn't have a ton of time to really focus and think about how much FUN we were going to have - I just knew that everything was planned and we'd have a great time. Oh my gosh, let me tell you. I just LOVE how I can get together with best friends that haven't been all together for a while and have everything just fall right back where we left off. I just feel so comfortable around these 2 girls and it's like we never miss a beat even though we only get to see each other at MAX 3 times a year.
Anyways, Friday Carrie and I left Austin and landed in Phoenix at about 2pm. Kelsey's fiance picked us up from the airport and took us back to their house where we got settled, made the guest bed, hung out and planned our big surprise! Oh, and Carrie put on some perfume. (This will be important later.) Anyways, we decided to hide behind the kitchen island because Kels would come through the garage door, walk down the hallway and turn into the "grand room" facing the island perfectly. We thought we'd hear the garage door open but Kels was extremely stealth for some reason in her arrival to the house and we only heard the keys in the garage door. Carrie and I freaked out, ran to the island and ducked while Chris leaned awkwardly on the bar with a glass of water in his hand. (He was going to tap my head when Kels arrived for our sign.) So she walks through the door after we fratically duck behind the island, states that "It smells really nice in here, did you clean???" (carrie's perfume) then turned the corner and we jumped up and yelled "SURPRISE." The look on her face was priceless. We caught it on camera - oh wait, no we didn't :) Long story short, Chris made fun of me for explaining to him twice how to work the flip, only to misuse the Flip for the actual surprise. Haha.
Anyways, Kels dropped her bags, had a huge smile on her face and didn't really know what to say. When we were all standing around a little while later she explained it as "confusion." Carrie and I were VERY familiar and of course her house is VERY familiar but the two things put together were not familiar at all....it was a hard concept to grasp at the time.
So that night we went and got drinks and hung out and went and got dinner at this cute little restaurant where Kels and Chris like to go and then we went back to their house and watched home movies that Kels got for X-mas from her mom. They were sooo funny and so much fun to see - definitely kept us up laughing and remembering good times until about midnight!
The next morning we got up, went and got some breakfast at another CUTE place that Kels and Chris go to every Sunday morning, then showered and left for Scottsdale!!! I had booked us a room at the Westin Kierlands and we arrived to a beautiful resort with mountains all around, cactus (squarrel and cholla) and little bunnies hopping in the green grass. Seriously, there were little bunnies and I wanted to take them home with me.
Anyways, we checked in then headed out to the shops close by for some wedding attire shopping as our goal. Kelsey got her entire rehearsal dinner outfit (including an awesome "statement necklace") and belt. We had lunch at a cute little place there, shopped some more and I ended up buying some stuff that I probably did not need. Story of my life.
After shopping we headed back to the hotel, changed, got ready and took some classic self-timer shots before heading to the bar for pre-drink drinks. We got the best dirty martinis I think I've ever had at a bar called "The Rim" in the Westin. Then we took a shuttle to a restaurant called "Ra" for sushi and a giant fishbowl drink...mmmmm..... During dinner it started to POUR! Yes, POUR in the desert in Arizona. Apparently they've been having lots of rain lately, which is unheard of, but I didnt' expect the tsunami that hit us later that evening.
After dinner we hitched a cab to a club called "The Devil's Martini" where we met lots of interesting people (thanks to Carrie), danced the night away and made some really great memories. It's so funny because whenever Carrie drinks, or doesn't drink, she likes to meet new people. So I opened a bar tab and Carrie was the one running to get us refills. Every time she'd come back to the dancefloor she'd have met a new person. We never learned any of their names, just where they were from. When the night ended we had a ton of new "friends" including (but not limited to) Seattle, New York, Arizona, and Las Vegas. There was also a balding rugby player wearing a kilt that referred to himself as "The wall." Carrie thought it'd be a good idea to tell him that that was my nickname back in the soccer playing days...aparently "the wall" thought that meant we should be lifelong friends and wouldn't leave us alone. For some reason our theme song of the entire trip was "Imma Be" so near the end of the night we told Carrie to go request it from the DJ. Basically he just looked at her and said, "NO, I'm not playing that again" and continued to play "Pants on the Ground." We ended up heading back to the dance floor where we closed down the club. They turned the lights on, which REALLY confused us at the time, and told us to leave.
Back to the hotel we went, via cab in the pouring rain, and got to the hotel where we again decided to try out the self-timer and take tons of pictures. These self-timed pictures definitely look different from the ones we took before going out :)
Middle of the night (actually I think it was 6am) Kelsey got up to go to the bathroom. Somehow she got lost in our room (I give her credit, it was a suite) and ended up in the closet. She was banging around so much that it woke me up. I sat up in bed, saw her standing in the closet and then heard her exclaim, "I'm sooo confused. I really have to peeee." I got up & showed her where the bathroom was. Apparently at this time I fell back asleep for an amount of time that all of us are unsure of, but was woken up AGAIN by Kelsey coming in the side door of the bedroom, hitting the wall and saying, "I"M SOOOO CONFUSED." At this time I was pretty confused because I had JUST (again, time passed) shown her where the bathroom was. This time I got up, put my hands on her shoulders, turned on the bathroom light and pushed her towards the toilet. I waited for her outside of the door because I at this point had to go. She came out, I went in. I came out, she was sprawled on my pillow and my side of the bed. (Note: Carrie was in the other room on her own little bed.) So I tapped Kels on the head and told her to move over onto her side of the bed. She laid there and said, "But it's sooo cold over there." This will make sense later. I then fell asleep. The end.
We woke up the next morning and Carrie said, "Man, so when did Kelsey end up in my bed last night?" Kelsey and I were both adament that she had never been in Carrie's bed and that Carrie must have thought that she imagined her being in there before we all went to sleep when we were doing the self-timer pictures. Carrie SWORE that someone had been in her bed because she had kicked them when she got up to pee in the middle of the night. (Which it turns out that Carrie went to the front door and opened that thinking it was the bathroom.) TURNS OUT that Kelsey left the closet on her first bathroom trip, walked into the bathroom and straight out the other door, got confused and realized she was really tired, laid down with Carrie and fell asleep, woke up when Carrie got back from the "bathroom", walked back into my/our room through the other door, hit the wall and was then led to the bathroom by me for the 2nd time. This also explains why her side of the bed was sooo cold - she hadn't been in it for probably an hour. :) So funny! It was like living in a real-life hangover movie where we were putting the bits and pieces back together through a fogged memory.
There are so many other memories from this weekend but it's kind of hard (and probably not appropriate) to share them all...I absolutely love my friends and miss having all of us in the same city. However, it definitely gives us an excuse to travel more and I can't wait to do it again!
A G/PG-rated picture post will follow.
Next Post: Charlie and his ability to eat an entire tree's worth of sticks :(
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Picture Post!
Charlie at the Austin Pets Alive Valentine's day fundraiser on South Congress :)
Someone stole G's wallet and had credit cards flung on the apartment floor.
Charlie and cousin Lexie taking a nap on the couch.
Fun at the greenbelt...
Sitting pretty in the snow...with a cold butt.
Running at me to play...you can see the snow around his lips where he was biting and eating it!
Sweet puppy getting snowed on!
The snowman stalking pictures begin....
And he's down!
Muddy day at the dog park!
Charlie and best bud Bailey wrestling!
All going for the same stick...
My sweet muddy puppy :)Realization...
So, you know the store HEB? Well their slogan is "Here, Everything's Better." Guess who realized the acronym today in that phrase? Me! Makes me love HEB even that much more because I have a thing for acronyms.
So last weekend I had my meeting in Fort Worth. Went really well, had it at the new Omni up there and it was gorgeous. Our attendance was the highest it's ever been since I started managing the group. There was still snow on the ground outside on their reception area. Guess it was a tease for the couple of inches that we got yesterday IN AUSTIN! Yes, that's right. We got a couple of inches of snow in Austin and it actually stuck to the ground which is unheard of here. Monday night I went to bed, set my alarm and passed out. I woke up at 5:50 a.m. and went to go pee (this is necessary to know because I looked at my phone at that time to see how much longer I had to sleep.) So I went back to sleep knowing that I had about an hour more to go. I woke up a while later, felt really really rested and just laid there for a little while as Charlie started to wake up and began going ape-shit on the bed. I rolled over, picked up my phone and tried to look at the time and it was completely off and dead. This has happened before - where my phone just shuts down completely. Not because of battery death or anything at all. Just random. So I looked at G and said, "UM, did you set an alarm last night G?" He groggily said, "Nooo." Then he reached over, picked up his phone and informed me that it was 8:45 a.m.! OK. I think the first thing I did was let the F-word fly outta my mouth. I then looked outside praying that it was snowing, which to my dismay it was just raining like a mother. So then I ran, got into the shower, started getting ready and looked out the back patio to see the BIGGEST SNOW FLAKES I had ever seen in Austin. Seriously, they were HUGE and it was coming down fast. This was probably around 9:15. So I checked TMA email (about 12 times in 5 minutes) and there was no cancellation message at all.... I finally got completely ready after taking pictures and videos (because that's what people do when it snows here) and then went down and got into my snow covered car. Yes, I opted to take my own car instead of the new one with heated seats and a great defrost system...won't get into that. So I'm in my closed car, letting the windows heat up with the heater blasting as I fill my lungs with carbon dioxide. I decided to call Sylvia, my best work bud to see if they had *hopefully* cancelled work within the last 4 minutes since I'd checked my email. Well Sylvia's driveway is a huge hill so she couldn't get her car out to go to work yesterday so she was happily sitting at home. I explained my predicament and she advised me to just go back inside and skip work. She said that I KNEW that if I went to work and made that effort TMA would definitely cancel and it would be an entire waste for me. Being the great employee I am (with a huge guilty conscience) I decided to drive to work while it was snowing for the first time in my life. I asked G to put the chains on my tires for me but he declined :) So, off to work I went.
I got to work around 10 a.m. and to make a long story short, received an email from the HR department at TMA around 11 a.m. letting us know that we could go home for a snow day. Sigh. Point: TMA should thank me for going to work yesterday because I'm the reason we closed down, at least that's what I'm thinking.
Texas weather is so odd though. Sunday G and I put on shorts, t-shirts and took Charlie down the greenbelt again behind our complex. I just LOVE it back there. It's a nice hike and once you get down to the water it's so relaxing and just sooo pretty. It was in the high 70's if not 80 on Sunday, G even got a red-neck sunburn. And then yesterday it SNOWS? And today it's sunny and there's not trace of snow or ice anywhere. Saturday we took Charlie along with 6 other dog-friends (and some human friends) to the dog park in my sister's neighborhood. It was awesome because all of the dogs ran around together and got into the muddy pond and swam. I think it really helps Charlie to have other dogs around that like swimming, makes him get into the water easier.
Pictures coming soon...
So last weekend I had my meeting in Fort Worth. Went really well, had it at the new Omni up there and it was gorgeous. Our attendance was the highest it's ever been since I started managing the group. There was still snow on the ground outside on their reception area. Guess it was a tease for the couple of inches that we got yesterday IN AUSTIN! Yes, that's right. We got a couple of inches of snow in Austin and it actually stuck to the ground which is unheard of here. Monday night I went to bed, set my alarm and passed out. I woke up at 5:50 a.m. and went to go pee (this is necessary to know because I looked at my phone at that time to see how much longer I had to sleep.) So I went back to sleep knowing that I had about an hour more to go. I woke up a while later, felt really really rested and just laid there for a little while as Charlie started to wake up and began going ape-shit on the bed. I rolled over, picked up my phone and tried to look at the time and it was completely off and dead. This has happened before - where my phone just shuts down completely. Not because of battery death or anything at all. Just random. So I looked at G and said, "UM, did you set an alarm last night G?" He groggily said, "Nooo." Then he reached over, picked up his phone and informed me that it was 8:45 a.m.! OK. I think the first thing I did was let the F-word fly outta my mouth. I then looked outside praying that it was snowing, which to my dismay it was just raining like a mother. So then I ran, got into the shower, started getting ready and looked out the back patio to see the BIGGEST SNOW FLAKES I had ever seen in Austin. Seriously, they were HUGE and it was coming down fast. This was probably around 9:15. So I checked TMA email (about 12 times in 5 minutes) and there was no cancellation message at all.... I finally got completely ready after taking pictures and videos (because that's what people do when it snows here) and then went down and got into my snow covered car. Yes, I opted to take my own car instead of the new one with heated seats and a great defrost system...won't get into that. So I'm in my closed car, letting the windows heat up with the heater blasting as I fill my lungs with carbon dioxide. I decided to call Sylvia, my best work bud to see if they had *hopefully* cancelled work within the last 4 minutes since I'd checked my email. Well Sylvia's driveway is a huge hill so she couldn't get her car out to go to work yesterday so she was happily sitting at home. I explained my predicament and she advised me to just go back inside and skip work. She said that I KNEW that if I went to work and made that effort TMA would definitely cancel and it would be an entire waste for me. Being the great employee I am (with a huge guilty conscience) I decided to drive to work while it was snowing for the first time in my life. I asked G to put the chains on my tires for me but he declined :) So, off to work I went.
I got to work around 10 a.m. and to make a long story short, received an email from the HR department at TMA around 11 a.m. letting us know that we could go home for a snow day. Sigh. Point: TMA should thank me for going to work yesterday because I'm the reason we closed down, at least that's what I'm thinking.
Texas weather is so odd though. Sunday G and I put on shorts, t-shirts and took Charlie down the greenbelt again behind our complex. I just LOVE it back there. It's a nice hike and once you get down to the water it's so relaxing and just sooo pretty. It was in the high 70's if not 80 on Sunday, G even got a red-neck sunburn. And then yesterday it SNOWS? And today it's sunny and there's not trace of snow or ice anywhere. Saturday we took Charlie along with 6 other dog-friends (and some human friends) to the dog park in my sister's neighborhood. It was awesome because all of the dogs ran around together and got into the muddy pond and swam. I think it really helps Charlie to have other dogs around that like swimming, makes him get into the water easier.
Pictures coming soon...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Busy busy....
I have not been good about updating this thing lately. I have a meeting that I'm leaving for in about, oh, 30 minutes and just realized I have done nothing in the past 2 weeks besides nurse a really bad viral infection, go to work, work late hours, come home, cook dinner or go pick something up because I'm too exhausted to cook, watch the olympics and sleep. Which I've been horrible about getting enough sleep throughout these weeks as well.
Anyways, last weekend was a ton of FUN. After leaving work on Saturday G, Charlie and I went to an Austin Pets Alive Valentine's fundraiser on Congress last weekend and took Charlie. It was so much fun, live music, opportunities to donate to the organization where we got Charlie and free beer. Yes, free beer :) So we hung out there for a couple of hours, met lots of dogs and got to spend some great quality time outside in the beautiful Austin weather we've had lately.
After the APA fundraiser we headed over to Freddies, where dogs are allowed! G and I sat outside and had margaritas, split some nachos and gave Charie a bone to chew on while we relaxed outside. We're trying to teach him to not beg...it's not going so well.
Sunday we slept in and then Courtney and Justin came over to pick up Lexie (we had watched her Saturday night) and all of us hiked down to the greenbelt behind our complex. It was the prettiest walk through the woods. Once we were almost down we could hear the water running and all of us got really excited. We found a secluded spot on the creek (which was pretty deep, running and was crystal clear) and hung out there for a couple of hours. We attempted to throw Charlie in the water hoping he would love it but instead he decided to follow in Lexie's footsteps and be hesitant of the water. We're all going camping in March out at Garner State Park and we're hoping to uncover a love of water in Charlie at that time! I think we'll do it... Anyways, so yeah. We loved hiking down there, being outside, getting some good exercise and spending quality time with the family.
Long story short, I'll upload pictures later. We got some cute ones of Lexie and Charlie sleeping together (on the couch) and then also got some good pictures down by the creek. I'm sure there are other random ones floating around that I'll post as well but that'll have to wait until either Sunday or Monday when I get back from Fort Worth.
Wish me luck on my meeting, this one's rough...it's all business and all about financials, budgets, numbers and membership questions. I'm ready for it to be over :) At least I talked the husband into letting me drive the new car up there!!!!!!
Anyways, last weekend was a ton of FUN. After leaving work on Saturday G, Charlie and I went to an Austin Pets Alive Valentine's fundraiser on Congress last weekend and took Charlie. It was so much fun, live music, opportunities to donate to the organization where we got Charlie and free beer. Yes, free beer :) So we hung out there for a couple of hours, met lots of dogs and got to spend some great quality time outside in the beautiful Austin weather we've had lately.
After the APA fundraiser we headed over to Freddies, where dogs are allowed! G and I sat outside and had margaritas, split some nachos and gave Charie a bone to chew on while we relaxed outside. We're trying to teach him to not beg...it's not going so well.
Sunday we slept in and then Courtney and Justin came over to pick up Lexie (we had watched her Saturday night) and all of us hiked down to the greenbelt behind our complex. It was the prettiest walk through the woods. Once we were almost down we could hear the water running and all of us got really excited. We found a secluded spot on the creek (which was pretty deep, running and was crystal clear) and hung out there for a couple of hours. We attempted to throw Charlie in the water hoping he would love it but instead he decided to follow in Lexie's footsteps and be hesitant of the water. We're all going camping in March out at Garner State Park and we're hoping to uncover a love of water in Charlie at that time! I think we'll do it... Anyways, so yeah. We loved hiking down there, being outside, getting some good exercise and spending quality time with the family.
Long story short, I'll upload pictures later. We got some cute ones of Lexie and Charlie sleeping together (on the couch) and then also got some good pictures down by the creek. I'm sure there are other random ones floating around that I'll post as well but that'll have to wait until either Sunday or Monday when I get back from Fort Worth.
Wish me luck on my meeting, this one's rough...it's all business and all about financials, budgets, numbers and membership questions. I'm ready for it to be over :) At least I talked the husband into letting me drive the new car up there!!!!!!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Beans, beans the musical fruit...
Charlie has kept me company this entire week while I've been sick & working from home. He CRACKS me up all the time, puppies are just so random and hilarious.
So whenever Charlie farts he jumps up and immediately looks at his butt and gets all hyper. So yesterday while on the couch working I let out a toot of my own. Charlie was sound asleep next to me at the time but as soon as he heard the toot he hopped up, looked at his own butt, looked at me and cocked his head, then looked back at his butt and ran away. Haaaahahaha. One of the funniest things I've seen in a while! Apparently he thinks that only his little butt makes noises like that :)
So whenever Charlie farts he jumps up and immediately looks at his butt and gets all hyper. So yesterday while on the couch working I let out a toot of my own. Charlie was sound asleep next to me at the time but as soon as he heard the toot he hopped up, looked at his own butt, looked at me and cocked his head, then looked back at his butt and ran away. Haaaahahaha. One of the funniest things I've seen in a while! Apparently he thinks that only his little butt makes noises like that :)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Doppelganger...
So, everyone has started putting up pictures of who they, or others, think that they look like on facebook. G and I were cracking up last night going through people's pictures. Really?? Do you really think you are a spitting image of Cameron Diaz, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Giselle, Amy Adams, etc? I would find pictures and show G the celebrity and then show him the real person. We're horrible but it was honestly one of the funniest things.
So. Yesterday I went into work, left with a ton of work to bring home at about 3:30 p.m. because I was feeling like crap, came home, took my temp which revealed I had a temperature last night and then eventually headed off to bed. I woke up this morning and called the Dr. and decided to go in to just check things out. I didn't know if it was strep or what...I just know that I've had it for almost 4 days and I need something to get rid of it.
So I get to the Drs. office this morning and the guy next to me has a huge knife tucked into his tennis shoe..odd. Then there is an old couple to my right. The guy has on grey pants and a plaid shirt. The little old lady was sitting there with an oxygen tank on. So I'm sitting there and start eavesdropping on their conversation.
Old Man: "Hey, are these pants I have on grey or brown?"
Old woman: "They're grey."
Old Man: "No, I really think they're brown, see they match the plaid in my shirt."
Laura: (Looks at old man. He is wearing grey pants and a grey plaid shirt.) I start to laugh.
Old woman: Laughing says "They're grey, and well sometimes I think my blue pants are black."
Old Man: "Yeah, I've seen you with those on before thinking they were black too."
So after that thrilling conversation I got called back, had my temp taken and sat there and waited in what was obviously the kid's room, with the 7 dwarfs all over the walls and stickers all over the shelves. The PA walked in after about 5 minutes and looked at my chart, asked me a couple of questions, looked at my throat and ears and nose and said, "So, what did you want us to do for you? You have a bad viral infection and there's nothing we can really give you. Did you just want to MAKE SURE you didn't have strep or something????????" I have been sick for 4 days and I'm on the rag - not really the person you want to piss off right now. I looked at her and said, "Well, I've been sick for 4 days, have been running a fever and feel like absolute crap. So I thought I would come in and see the doctor to make sure it wasn't something serious and also to see if I could get something that would make me feel a little bit BETTER even if it didn't cure anything." I think she caught on that I was pissed off and on the verge of tears so she said, "Well sweetie, I could call in a cough syrup with codeine in it that would help you sleep better at night." I looked at her and said, "Yeah, that would be GREAT." She then told me that I was highly contagious and shouldn't go into work until Monday. Bitch.
I went to WalGreens to pick up the cough syrup, where of course, it wasn't ready. The girl at the window said, "Well, I don't have anything here for you." I said, "well the dr. was calling it in." She goes, "Oh, well I see we have about 4 messages on the line here." I sat there for a silent 20-30 seconds and said, "Well...could you CHECK them??" Good GOD. She did and said it would be ready in 15 min. So then I went and parked my car in the parking lot while it was pouring and sat there crying for about 10 minutes before pulling myself together to go back through the prescription line. Gena called me about 9 minutes into my pity party and got me out of my funk. Blah.
Anyways, then I went home, took some of the awesome cough syrup and got a ton of work done. Seriously, I got so much work done today while being on that cough syrup, I think it's the new adderall.
Charlie has definitely kept my spirits up while feeling like crap this week. He just makes me laugh all the time, and never left my side this afternoon when I got home from Walgreens. He took about a 2 hour nap on top of me while I was doing some work this afternoon, and snored louder than I've head most humans snore. Tonight I was sitting on the couch getting some more work done and I looked up and he had his head completely through a hanger, as those are his favorite toys. He would put his head through the hanger on purpose, then run around like a nut with it on while shaking his entire body...then the hanger would go flying off in a random direction and he'd run up to it again. Just makes me laugh...I tried to get a picture of him doing this but my efforts obviously didn't pay off.
So anyways, after another crappy feeling day today I guess at least tomorrow's Friday! G has to go to Dallas so it looks like I'll be working from home and will be completely by myself with Charlie dog. Hopefully by Monday I'll be feeling 100% again and will be ready to finish everything I need to wrap up before my meeting in 2 weeks. silent panic is setting in as I type this....
Back to getting some more work done...Oh, and just so I can play along-I've been told I look like Jenna Bush...
So. Yesterday I went into work, left with a ton of work to bring home at about 3:30 p.m. because I was feeling like crap, came home, took my temp which revealed I had a temperature last night and then eventually headed off to bed. I woke up this morning and called the Dr. and decided to go in to just check things out. I didn't know if it was strep or what...I just know that I've had it for almost 4 days and I need something to get rid of it.
So I get to the Drs. office this morning and the guy next to me has a huge knife tucked into his tennis shoe..odd. Then there is an old couple to my right. The guy has on grey pants and a plaid shirt. The little old lady was sitting there with an oxygen tank on. So I'm sitting there and start eavesdropping on their conversation.
Old Man: "Hey, are these pants I have on grey or brown?"
Old woman: "They're grey."
Old Man: "No, I really think they're brown, see they match the plaid in my shirt."
Laura: (Looks at old man. He is wearing grey pants and a grey plaid shirt.) I start to laugh.
Old woman: Laughing says "They're grey, and well sometimes I think my blue pants are black."
Old Man: "Yeah, I've seen you with those on before thinking they were black too."
So after that thrilling conversation I got called back, had my temp taken and sat there and waited in what was obviously the kid's room, with the 7 dwarfs all over the walls and stickers all over the shelves. The PA walked in after about 5 minutes and looked at my chart, asked me a couple of questions, looked at my throat and ears and nose and said, "So, what did you want us to do for you? You have a bad viral infection and there's nothing we can really give you. Did you just want to MAKE SURE you didn't have strep or something????????" I have been sick for 4 days and I'm on the rag - not really the person you want to piss off right now. I looked at her and said, "Well, I've been sick for 4 days, have been running a fever and feel like absolute crap. So I thought I would come in and see the doctor to make sure it wasn't something serious and also to see if I could get something that would make me feel a little bit BETTER even if it didn't cure anything." I think she caught on that I was pissed off and on the verge of tears so she said, "Well sweetie, I could call in a cough syrup with codeine in it that would help you sleep better at night." I looked at her and said, "Yeah, that would be GREAT." She then told me that I was highly contagious and shouldn't go into work until Monday. Bitch.
I went to WalGreens to pick up the cough syrup, where of course, it wasn't ready. The girl at the window said, "Well, I don't have anything here for you." I said, "well the dr. was calling it in." She goes, "Oh, well I see we have about 4 messages on the line here." I sat there for a silent 20-30 seconds and said, "Well...could you CHECK them??" Good GOD. She did and said it would be ready in 15 min. So then I went and parked my car in the parking lot while it was pouring and sat there crying for about 10 minutes before pulling myself together to go back through the prescription line. Gena called me about 9 minutes into my pity party and got me out of my funk. Blah.
Anyways, then I went home, took some of the awesome cough syrup and got a ton of work done. Seriously, I got so much work done today while being on that cough syrup, I think it's the new adderall.
Charlie has definitely kept my spirits up while feeling like crap this week. He just makes me laugh all the time, and never left my side this afternoon when I got home from Walgreens. He took about a 2 hour nap on top of me while I was doing some work this afternoon, and snored louder than I've head most humans snore. Tonight I was sitting on the couch getting some more work done and I looked up and he had his head completely through a hanger, as those are his favorite toys. He would put his head through the hanger on purpose, then run around like a nut with it on while shaking his entire body...then the hanger would go flying off in a random direction and he'd run up to it again. Just makes me laugh...I tried to get a picture of him doing this but my efforts obviously didn't pay off.
So anyways, after another crappy feeling day today I guess at least tomorrow's Friday! G has to go to Dallas so it looks like I'll be working from home and will be completely by myself with Charlie dog. Hopefully by Monday I'll be feeling 100% again and will be ready to finish everything I need to wrap up before my meeting in 2 weeks. silent panic is setting in as I type this....
Back to getting some more work done...Oh, and just so I can play along-I've been told I look like Jenna Bush...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Shawshank redemtion...Chicaaagooooo...you're outta there...
Quote? Anyone. Ace Ventura....one of the best movies of all time. Anyways-this was said several times this past weekend as we surprised one of our best friends up in Chicago for his birthday. Our good friend's girlfriend got a ton of Austin/Chicago/elsewhere friends of Brandon's to fly to Chicago last weekend and surprise him Friday night. Chicago was awesome...and cold! It hurt to breathe. We made a trip to the northface store within the first 30 minutes of getting into the city. Anyways, Brandon's girlfriend hosted an open bar that evening for the big SURPRISE and then we went to a couple of bars that night. Saturday we walked around town, went ice skating at Millenium Park, went to the top of the Hancock building and just hung out. That night we went to get some Chicago style pizza at Giordanos (awesome!) and then went to this bar to see a Dave Matthews Tribute band. In fact, I think that was their name. It was awesome, had a great time with everyone! Sunday we woke up, had brunch, went to the top of the Willis building (formerly known as the Sears Tower) and then went to check out the Shedd Aquarium. Willis building was really cool - they have the see through glass floors now you can walk out on which was pretty trippy. The Shedd was a must-see as well. I love me a good aquarium! I've told G that I want to start the first Austin aquarium and be in charge of the sea otters. We'll see if that happens.
Anyways, had a wonderful time in Chicago. Then got on the plane Sunday night to head home and didn't feel that great. I figured I was just exhausted from the trip but I think I caught strep or some sort of nastyness from someone we were around this weekend or on the plane because I have felt like absolute, dying crap since Sunday night. Monday I woke up with a low fever and sore throat so I stayed home from work. I went to bed last night feeling decent (probably just the 4 advil I'd taken) and then woke up at 3am wishing someone would just come cut my head off. My throat literally felt like someone had taken a blade and just cut the back of it...I didn't want to breathe, swallow and most of all cough. So - I took some more pills and went back to bed. 7a.m. rolled around, got out of bed and had almost a 101 degree fever. So I didn't move all day today either. It really sucks, I have a meeting in 2 weeks and really need to be at work getting some crap done this week. I just took my temp 5 min ago and it's still pretty high, I guess I should've gone to the Dr. this morning :( Hopefully I'll wake up feeling 100% tomorrow morning.
Charlie has been sooo sweet the past 2 days when I've felt like crap though. I've slept in bed til mid-morning and then moved out to the couch. Charlie has pretty much not left my side the entire time I've been sick, it's been really cute. Although he does get a little warm when he lays up on my neck and falls asleep. Today I was trying to watch something really important (either Anthony Bourdain or Diners, drive-ins, & dives...) and couldn't even hear the TV over Charlie's snoring :)
Tonight G and I were sitting here just talking about him and he kept saying, "I'm so happy we got him" and "He has such a great personality." Just now as I was typing this, G was playing his XBOX and he just goes, "Awww...he's so cuddly..." I looked over to see Charlie just sprawled across G's lap happily asleep. We are very lucky to have such a loving little puppy in our lives right now!
Anyways, I'll end with some pictures of Chicago and of Charlie laying on the couch with me today to keep me warm/keep me company. Keep your fingers crossed that the fever/headaches/sore throat are gone in the morning. I unfortunately really need to go to work!
Me and all the Austin boys - including Brandon, the birthday boy!
The group of us in front of the bean!
Ice skating at Millenium Park!
Chicago style pizza at Giordanos.
Top of the Willis (sears) Tower
Glass floor!
Had to take a picture of the seahorses at the Shedd Aquarium..the seahorses, they're so beautiful and cute. I love em...seahorses, forever!
Last picture of the trip. Did I mention that Chicago was cold??? It was freakin freezing!
Where I found Charlie yesterday afternoon...
Pretty much where Charlie's been the past 2 days while I've been home sick.
My sweet baby kept me warm and kept me company while I haven't been feeling well.
He also decided he really likes sitting on top of the coffee table. Notice all of his toys in the background...I think he's pulled out every single toy in the past 2 days and thrown them around the apartment!
Anyways, had a wonderful time in Chicago. Then got on the plane Sunday night to head home and didn't feel that great. I figured I was just exhausted from the trip but I think I caught strep or some sort of nastyness from someone we were around this weekend or on the plane because I have felt like absolute, dying crap since Sunday night. Monday I woke up with a low fever and sore throat so I stayed home from work. I went to bed last night feeling decent (probably just the 4 advil I'd taken) and then woke up at 3am wishing someone would just come cut my head off. My throat literally felt like someone had taken a blade and just cut the back of it...I didn't want to breathe, swallow and most of all cough. So - I took some more pills and went back to bed. 7a.m. rolled around, got out of bed and had almost a 101 degree fever. So I didn't move all day today either. It really sucks, I have a meeting in 2 weeks and really need to be at work getting some crap done this week. I just took my temp 5 min ago and it's still pretty high, I guess I should've gone to the Dr. this morning :( Hopefully I'll wake up feeling 100% tomorrow morning.
Charlie has been sooo sweet the past 2 days when I've felt like crap though. I've slept in bed til mid-morning and then moved out to the couch. Charlie has pretty much not left my side the entire time I've been sick, it's been really cute. Although he does get a little warm when he lays up on my neck and falls asleep. Today I was trying to watch something really important (either Anthony Bourdain or Diners, drive-ins, & dives...) and couldn't even hear the TV over Charlie's snoring :)
Tonight G and I were sitting here just talking about him and he kept saying, "I'm so happy we got him" and "He has such a great personality." Just now as I was typing this, G was playing his XBOX and he just goes, "Awww...he's so cuddly..." I looked over to see Charlie just sprawled across G's lap happily asleep. We are very lucky to have such a loving little puppy in our lives right now!
Anyways, I'll end with some pictures of Chicago and of Charlie laying on the couch with me today to keep me warm/keep me company. Keep your fingers crossed that the fever/headaches/sore throat are gone in the morning. I unfortunately really need to go to work!
Me and all the Austin boys - including Brandon, the birthday boy!
The group of us in front of the bean!
Ice skating at Millenium Park!
Chicago style pizza at Giordanos.
Top of the Willis (sears) Tower
Glass floor!
Had to take a picture of the seahorses at the Shedd Aquarium..the seahorses, they're so beautiful and cute. I love em...seahorses, forever!
Last picture of the trip. Did I mention that Chicago was cold??? It was freakin freezing!
Where I found Charlie yesterday afternoon...
Pretty much where Charlie's been the past 2 days while I've been home sick.
My sweet baby kept me warm and kept me company while I haven't been feeling well.
He also decided he really likes sitting on top of the coffee table. Notice all of his toys in the background...I think he's pulled out every single toy in the past 2 days and thrown them around the apartment!OK - off to bed....as much as I love lounging with my puppy, I really hope I feel better in the morning. Night!
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