16 days!

I threw an idea at my best friend, CJ yesterday. I was wanting to surprise her, but I needed her input. I want to make shirts for Black Friday. Hers would be green and mine would be purple, since that's our favorite colors, and it would say something clever on the front and then say "Black Friday 2011" on the back. We finally figured up all the years, and this year is our 5 year.... anniversary? Is that what you would call it? An anniversary? Well....that's what I'm going to call it since I can't come up with a better word. If you have a better word, leave it in the comments for me. 5 years. Wow..... its hard to believe. We've come a long way since that first year. We wasn't at all prepared on our first year. We didn't know what to expect. Huge lines, angry people, snow, rain, 3 hour waits, no sleep, getting lost in the crowd... we enjoy every single second of it now. I am more prepared this year. I have planned much better this time. I have pictures of the things I'm going to buy, that way I can just show CJ what to be on the lookout for instead of saying something like, "Can you help me find a VTech activity ball or the Loving Family Dollhouse rooms... I still need the parents room and try to find the van too." Pictures are much better. It helps me too.
The countdown is ON....16 days until we go shopping!
I am taking a vacation next week. Nothing special, I just need to take it or I lose it. I have next week, Black Friday and the entire week after Christmas scheduled off. Saves me on day care too. I do still have to pay for Lilly even though she's not going to be there. I was upset at first, but the front desk lady explained that the day care keeps the kids on snow days and early outs without charging extra. Not such a big deal anymore. I was putting that money back for Christmas, but Lilly is cheaper at the Y than Zach is. Oh, I also have this Friday off. Its Veteran's Day here and its a Federal holiday, so I stay home in hopes of sleeping in and probably visiting my great-grandpa's grave. He was a veteran and it would have been his birthday as well. I usually pick up my grandma and we take him flowers and sing him Happy Birthday. I won't have Lilly this year though.
I had a weird dream last night, in the short time I actually slept. A guy that I went to high school with and have kept in contact with in real life was in my dream. He wrote some kind of speech and I was going to read it in front of a bunch of people but the speech was horrible and I was booed off the stage. I ran to my house in into my bedroom, but it was my bedroom from the house I lived in when I was 13. There was also a dog somewhere in there and cold coffee as well. I remember Lilly running off with my coffee toward the end of my dream, but by then I was at my grandma's house. Weird.

Back to work

Wow....it feels weird to be back at work.
My sinuses and allergies are both acting up and I feel miserable. I didn't sleep at all last night.....really.... none. My first day back to work on zero sleep. I'm hoping my boss will have a little pity and let me leave. My nose is stuffy and runny, my eyes itch and are watery, I'm sneezing and coughing like crazy and every time I do one of these my stomach cramps up, my throat is sore, my head wants to explode, I'm dizzy, I feel sick to my stomach, I'm achy everywhere and I am just so tired. And I can't take anything. I was crying at about 3 am this morning cuz I was just so tired and I couldn't go to sleep.

Vacation was ok. Didn't do half the things I wanted to. Took Lilly and hubby's nephew to a water park on Wednesday after he spent the night with us. It was Lilly's first sleep over. They had fun with both the sleep over and the water park. We ended up getting rained out and had to leave the park, though.

Didn't get to sleep in at all over my vacation, but oh...hubby sure did. So...yeah....that kinda made me mad.

Went to go see mom and her land that she bought on Saturday. Its ok, I guess. I'm worried about her getting flooded and about getting found by an ambulance if necessary.

I had a dream that I went to a book signing of the Book of Awesome and I saw Neil Pasricha there. I was the first one in line and I was watching him write down some ideas for the blog and one entry was the perfect muffin.

We should know something by the end of this week if we can get the loan for a house or not. We went in and got our credit scores back and I had some outstanding bills....so I paid them...and I'm broke. Of course the lady said that if hubby would get a job, we would have no problem getting the loan. His credit score is really good and he has no outstanding bills.

Well....that's all I feel like writing right now...my head wants to explode.

Its hard to come up with a title sometimes

Wow.... I slept like a rock last night. Apparently we had a big storm. I didn't even wake up when hubby came home. I usually wake up when he comes through the door, when he's watching tv, or at least when he comes to bed.......but I was out. I do feel rested, but I'm still a bit tired. If I wasn't at work, I could lay down right now and sleep a few more hours. I just don't remember being this tired when I was pregnant the last time. I don't like being exhausted all the time, and it doesn't help that I have to limit my caffeine intake.

I keep having dreams about the baby. One dream, I went into labor, but when the baby came out it was like 3 years old. Walking, talking....big. Another dream, I went into labor somewhere...might have been my house.... and I was freaking out over a car seat and I wouldn't go to the hospital until I had a car seat. So, I sent my mom and hubby to my storage building to get a car seat and they bring back a paper car seat. By this time, I was holding the baby, but I wanted to go to the hospital. I got mad that they didn't get the right seat and I took off walking. By the time I made it to the hospital the baby had grown, jump out of my arms and started running away. Another dream, I was holding the baby and showing her off to people I hadn't seen in years. Sometimes I dream its a girl, sometimes I dream its a boy.


I got my blood test results back from where they had the health screening here at work and everything looks better than last year. My good cholesterol went up 3 points to 40 (needs to be higher than 60), my bad cholesterol dropped 17 points to 100 ( needs to be lower than 99...almost there!), and my total went from 175 to 157!! My Glucose went down 3 points to 83 (should be between 65 and 99), and my triglycerides went down 21 points to 86 (should be less than 149). I am so excited about this! I have been freaking out over a year, trying to get everything where it needs to be. My blood pressure is up a bit from last year, but I kinda expected that...ya know...with this extra person in me and all. I did have major blood pressure problems with Lilly and that scared me...I hope its not like that again.


So, I was talking to a friend yesterday and I was reminded about all the times I got pulled over. I have never gotten a ticket, even though I did deserve it at least once. The first time I got pulled over, I was going 95 mph in a 70. I was pregnant and a bit late for work. The cop pulled me over, held me up for another 20 minutes and finally let me go with only a warning. The second time.... different car.... my license plate wasn't visible. I had just bought this car from a friend, there was no way to put the plate where it needed to go until I went and got some screws, so I just put it up in my window. Well...it fell, so I got pulled over. My windows didn't roll down in this car, so me and my stupidity opens the door while the cop is walking over. He pulls his gun.............. I shut my door. When he finally gets to my car I tell him that I can't roll my windows down and he tells me I should have waited. Didn't get a ticket then either, just a small heart attack. The third time I got pulled over I was on my way to take a drug test for a job I was trying to get (working at the Toyota plant building transmissions........I miss that job). The cop was on the opposite side of the road, there was traffic in between us and even some big rigs.....and he pulls me over because he could smell pot. Now, how in the world could he even think that it was me with all that traffic and him even being on the other side of the road? I tell him where I'm going and that he's free to search my car.... I told him if he finds a dirty diaper to let me know. He didn't search.....I wasn't smoking any. I figured he could tell that my car didn't smell of pot when he came to talk to me. He let me go. How weird is that? On my way to take a drug test, and I get pulled over accused of smoking drugs! LOL!!!!


Been thinking about what all we can do for our vacation. Hubby had the great idea of taking a train ride. None of us have ever been on a real train, so I'm excited and hope that we do get to do it. The shortest ride is 2 hours, I hope Lilly will be able to hold up for 2 hours. I was wanting to go to an aquarium in Ohio, we are undecided about that. Kings Island is out of the question now. Bowling, movies, museum and water park are still on, though. Maybe even a paddle boat and mini golf day.

Ugh...Monday.

Relay went well. It wasn't as good as it was last year....it seemed a bit unorganized. The ceremony wasn't as teary eyed as years before. I didn't bring my camera today to see if I could put some pics up, I'll try to remember tomorrow. There wasn't as many luminary bags as there was last year either. Last year, they were everywhere and it was such a beautiful sight, but this year there was "holes." Lilly's father brought her and her sister down for a bit. They were there long enough to do the Jupiter Jump and for me to take some pictures of Lilly on the capitol steps with the words HOPE and CURE wrote out in luminary bags. Lilly decorated a bag, too. Hers had a drawing of a person, a butterfly, and the alphabet. We left Relay a bit early because I was in pain. We left at 10:30. I was wanting to stay longer, but I couldn't sit there anymore, I needed to stretch out and lay down. Missed the chicken dance and they scavenger hunt. Next year, I will try to stay the whole 24 hours.

What is up with these rubber bracelts shaped like stuff? Its apparently all the rage with the kids. Lilly got one a month ago from a cousin...it was shaped like a mermaid. I bought her some at Relay...a star, guitar, ice cream cone, and a drink.... when we went out for my b-day we found 2 in the window seal...an ant eater and a porcupine. They are shaped like anything and everything you can think of. There's clothes, food, animals, dragons, castles, even the alpabet. These things are everywhere.

Birthday was ok. Lilly slept in 'til 9. I woke up way before she did, but kept going back to sleep. I figured if she was going to let me sleep, I was going to take it. Her and hubby left to go shopping, so I stayed home and did laundry and caught up on my DVR. He called me like a million times while they were out. First to ask me what I wanted....I didn't know...I didn't really want/need/have room for anything. Then, he called to tell me that his cousin is in for a little while. Then, he called to tell me he locked his keys in my trunk and his sister was bringing him home to get my keys. I locked the door and when he showed up to get my keys he knocked on the door. I started laughing and yelled through the door for him to use his keys to get in. I did that for like 5 minutes. He called one more time, but I don't remember why. They had fun out shopping together. They got me an ice cream cake that we have yet to jump into. I also got my first birthday balloon ever. Yes, that's right...I have never had a birthday balloon...at least one that I can recall. I never told them that, they just got me one. I love it. I've had balloons...just not birthday balloons. They got me a few more things...I love it all. Went to IHOP for dinner...... I had forgotten how awesome IHOP is. We have decided to make that our new place...at least until we try everything. I even got a bit of a foot rub last night too!!!


I have Lilly for the next 2 weeks!!! Then, she's going camping for a week and a half with her father's mom. Her father is going almost a month without seeing her. He and his girlfriend and their kid took off yesterday. I don't know where they went, I'm just happy I have Lilly for so long.

Next week is vacation!!!!!!! A very much needed vacation. Some good family time and some good rest. We're not really going anywhere, like the beach or anything. We are staying home and just going to do stuff. Movies, bowling, water park, museum, visit family. Fun, fun, fun. Hubby said something about going to Kings Island, but then he said we can't because I'm pregnant.....didn't think about it until just now, but we're going to have Lilly....we're not going to be able to get on a big roller coaster.......I'm sure I can still do little rides........I don't know. I'm going to have to look up the rides.

**EDIT** Ok...so I looked it up and the only rides I can really do is the merry-go-rounds and like one with a train. There's some I could do if I was like a foot shorter. I can't even ride the little kids rides. So....I guess we could still go, I'll just stand and wait for them and take pictures. I don't know.

I'm officially another year older and supposedly another year wiser.