WOW

I am currently dumbfounded. I have kinda been seeing this guy who as of lately has been a little sketchy. I just called him, he answered the phone, we made small talk for about 3minutes and then he hung up on me!!!!! Mid-sentence! Now I called back and get sent to voicemail after about 3 rings and no reply to texts. I know he's at home so if his phone died he could just go plug it in. Guess you can't get much clearer than that but if you didn't want to talk to me just don't answer your phone! I'm done. That is definately a first for me. wow.

I'm Baaacck

I made it back from MN last night. Hope you all had wonderful Christmas's! Mine was good, although very busy. It was nice to see all my family, yet the snow and wind and cold confirmed that northern MN is not the place for me. :) My flights were good but lots of crying kids, I even got exit rows with extra leg room both ways. I did get delayed a few hours coming back, not sure why since the weather was fine both places. At least by me getting delayed I was able to get a friend to come pick me up rather than having to take a shuttle home. Unfortunately I didn't take a single picture while home so I have nothing to share with you all.

So far I have no plans for the weekend other than running errands and unpacking. :( Most of my friends are still out of town for the holidays. I was hoping to get together with one friend who I haven't seen much of lately but he seems to be blowing me off. :( And the rest who are here are tryng to save some money after the spendy holiday season (probably a good idea but I get bored sitting here by my lonesome!). Ah well, I'm sure I'll find something to do, just extra restless from going from being around so many people to being here all by myself. Plus I have lots on my mind and dwell on it when I am sitting home alone. :(

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas! I'm off for MN bright and early tomorrow morning. Still a little concerned about my ride to the airport since he can be a bit of a flake and is holding true to that this time. I called him twice yesterday and again today (with the risk of getting annoying but I need to know) but have yet to hear back from him. All I want to do is make sure I have a ride so that if I don't I will have time to make other arrangements! I mean really, how hard is a text back?!?! ARGH! So frustrating!

ZZZZZZZZ

Not much to report here. My weekend was rather uneventful. Friday I went out with Dana & Josh for a couple beers. Saturday I cleaned, had coffee with a friend, met for drinks with and old co-worker, then stopped by McDonald's for another drink and in hopes of finding something exciting to do but with no avail. Sunday my stomach wasn't agreeing with me (and no it wasn't a hangover, I only had 2 drinks all night long) so I sat around all day, did a little laundry, and watched a couple bad movies.

I found myself working on my day off yet again but this time it's because I am leaving for MN on friday. It's going to be a short trip (fri-wed with virtually all of fri and wed consumed with traveling) but it's better than spending xmas all alone. Plus I haven't seen my brother or nephew since last x-mas, I guess none of my extended family since then either for that matter. It's going to be the first year in at least 3 that I will make it to my mom's family xmas since my grandma started having it the weekend before xmas a few years ago and even when I was living in Minneapolis it was just too hard. I am going to FREEZE! I think the 34 degrees here is cold let alone when you put a negative in front of it!

Amy got my nephew to talk to me this weekend (he's not a big phone talker). He talked to me for a little while then I asked if he was excited to see me. He replied that he "needed to hang up the phone now." I told him it was ok if he wasn't excited to see me and he said ok and then kept talking. :( Broke my heart but at least he didn't lie. So sad, I am going to be the aunt who he has no idea who she is other than someone who sends him presents. :(

PICS

This past saturday was my company xmas party. It was ok, a little too long for my liking though. It was supposed to go 6-11 but didn't get done until after 12 and you really couldn't leave early. Plus the food was HORRIBLE and drinks were really expensive. Ah well, all the old higher up men in the company thought I was cute, I even got a kiss from one of them. LOL! My co-workers love it.

The rest of my weekend was pretty uneventful. Friday went out with my friend Cori in Olympia. Saturday was consumed by xmas party. Sunday I finished up my xmas shopping, went to dinner with my friend Cori, and then met up with a guy I'm friends with for a few drinks. Monday went out for lunch with same guy, went to the dr, and slept the rest of my day away.

Well here are some pics.

Me and some co-workers


some other co-workers


Stair climb team


Malia & I post-race enjoying the free beer

Made It!

I participated in the stair climb to raise money for cystic fibrosis research that I've been talking about last night. Let me tell you it was a tough one! I think one of the worst parts was that you see what floor you are on at each floor since it was in a real building so you sit there and count them down. I haven't exerted myself like that in a long time though. Plus I seem to have acquired a bit of a smoker's cough from it, can't seem to laugh without coughing. LOL!

Overall I was happy with how I did, I finished in 9 min 33 seconds, was the 2nd female to finish and 22 overall out of about 350. Didn't think I had that in me anymore (especially since I haven't ran stairs since high school!). :) Plus I beat my boss who said he would give me $10 if I passed him (he started 2 people in front of me and we were staggered at 10 sec intervals). Well I passed him at about floor 30 and beat him by almost 3 minutes. Haha.

Sorry

Sorry mom looks like your X-mas colors got vetoed! Hope this one is a little easier on all you eyes.

It snowed here this weekend which I am so not enthused about. But at least none of it sticks. Then the rest of the weekend it spent with crazy amounts of rain (2nd most ever in a 24 hr period) and hurricane like winds (we're talking 80-100mph). YUCK!!! I am starting to wonder why in the world I moved here again. Just keep telling myself it's better than MN, right?

Went to the Nutcracker in Seattle on saturday. It was good but I didn't have much idea what was going on since I'm not really familiar with the story. It was great couple time. ;) Then we met some friends at a pub afterwards which I was WAY overdressed for. Ah well.

I'm doing the fundraising stair climb that I previously mentioned on Thursday. SOOO, last chance to donate if you want. All is greatly appreciated and it goes to a great cause. Here's the link again just in case (probably need to cut and paste it).
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=247038&lis=1&kntae247038=E3D024577B1C4A5FA3277042C4FB63C7&supId=195111262