drifting away...

I just thought I would check in and write a quick little post here. It's been almost a week since I've been on tblog, so here's a quick wrap-up of what's been going on.

Tuesday night hubby and I had a blast at the Shinedown and Silvertide concert. Silvertide totally rocked and Shinedown was great too, although I think they were better the last time we saw them.

When we left the show Tuesday night it had started snowing, but they were predicting only about an inch, so I didn't think anything of it. I went home and crawled into bed thinking I had to go into work on Wednesday morning. At 6:00 in the morning my phone rang. It was my mom telling me that we had over 6 inches of snow on the ground and that our boss said not to bother coming in. I was thrilled about that. You all know how much I love my job!

So, I had a nice day at home on Wednesday and was able to get some stuff done around the house that I had been putting off. That night, we were supposed to go over to my mom's house and hang out and watch movies. About 20 minutes before we were supposed to leave, our electricity went out. Apparently someone had hit a utility pole down the street and knocked out all the power for several blocks. We got our stuff together and headed out to my mom's. We got as far as the ramp to the highway and ended up at a dead stop. There was an accident at the end of the ramp. We sat on the ramp for 2 hours without moving. It was completely blocked ahead of us. Finally, the cops blocked off the entry to the ramp and started having the cars turn around and head back down off the ramp. They told us that it was going to be another 3 to 3 1/2 hours before it would be cleared. By then it was after 10:00 and we just decided to stay home. Fortunately when we got there, the electricity was back on!

On Thursday, we had Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house. It was nice and of course the food was good. I think we could have fed about 20 more people with all the food she cooked!

Friday morning hubby had to work, so I went by myself out to my dad's to have a Thanksgiving dinner with him and his wife. My sister and her family were there as well. We had a nice afternoon with them. I woke up that morning with a stuffy head, but it wasn't too bad.

Saturday morning was my nephew's birthday party. My stuffy head from Friday had developed into a full on cold (or something) by Saturday, so it was lots of fun running around Chuck E. Cheese chasing a bunch of kids. He had a great time though, so I suppose it was worth it. After the party, I went to pick up my friend from St. Joseph. A combined group of my friends and her friends went out to dinner at her favorite Mexican place, then we went out on the town for a while. Even though I wasn't feeling the best (and couldn't drink any margaritas) I had a really good time. It was fun to get out and visit with friends.

Sunday morning we got up and went to my dad's church. They were having a fundraiser dinner afterwards so we stayed for that, then came back to the house and all fell asleep in front of the tv for a while. Sunday evening I took my friend to meet up with her aunt, who is taking her back to the airport today. It was a short visit, but it's always great to see her anyway.

And finally, we get to Monday. I had asked for the day off work today, cause I thought my friend was going to still be here today, so since I'm sicker than shit, I decided to go ahead and stay home. I was pretty productive this morning, but now I'm worn out. I dug through my closet this morning and pulled out all the clothes that either don't fit anymore or that will very soon not fit anymore. I got all my warm sweaters out of storage and put back in my closet. I ended up with a pretty large box to give to goodwill and packed away almost 2 boxes of clothes that I won't be able to wear until after the baby is born. I did a bunch of laundry, then laid down with the dog on the couch for a while to rest. Now, I'm trying to make myself eat some lunch and get motivated to clean out another closet!

For those of you that celebrated Thanksgiving last week, I hope it was wonderful. I'll hopefully be able to get caught up with everybody in the next few days!

I know it's only Tuesday, but I'm feeling like it is Friday already.  I have some exciting stuff coming up the next few days.  Plus, I only have to work until noon tomorrow and then I'm off until next Tuesday.  Well, hopefully I'm off until Tuesday.  I haven't quite cleared Monday with my boss yet, but I'm sure he won't have a problem with it.

Tonight I get to go see two of my favorite bands play.  Shinedown and Silvertide are coming to town again.  Both of these bands are just awesome in my opinion.  I just hope I can stay awake.  I've been so tired lately, it's definitely gonna be a tough morning tomorrow.

Thursday is Thanksgiving and we'll be celebrating it at my mom's house with the traditional Thanksgiving meal.  Then Friday I get to do it all over again at my dad's house.

Saturday morning is my nephew's 5th birthday party.  My sis wasn't feeling up to doing a big party at home this year, so we're heading to Chuckie Cheese.  The kids will have a blast and hopefully the rest of us can just sit back, visit, and enjoy the pizza. (They have the best cheese pizza!)

Then after the party, I'm going to go pick up my friend Amy.  We get to hang out for the rest of the weekend before she flies back home to Oregon on Monday.  We've got a big night out planned for Saturday night with some other friends of ours.  Too bad I won't be able to share in the Margaritas!

I have a feeling by the time I get back to work next week I'm gonna be exhausted!

I am so freakin' glad it is Friday.  I'm definitely ready for the weekend.  This week seems like it has just been dragging by so slow.  Today should actually be a very slow day at work, which I'm kinda enjoying so far.  I don't think I've done anything so far that was work related. 

I have absolutely no plans whatsoever for the weekend and that's the way I like it.  I *might* get motivated to start cleaning up my house a bit cause my bestest friend in the world is coming to visit next weekend and I really need to get things in order before she gets here.  I also need to do some shopping, so maybe I'll get that done.  My nephew is turning 5 on the 30th and his birthday party is next Saturday.  I'm a very bad aunt and haven't figured out what to get him for a birthday gift yet.  Otherwise, I hope to just relax.  I also need to finish up a couple of blog templates that I have promised, but I might just see if I can squeeze them in at work today since I'm really not working anyway!

Did I say how happy I am that it is Friday finally?!?

I have been working my butt off today.  My boss closed on a very big deal today and has pretty much had me running since I walked in the door this morning.  But it all paid off in the end cause I just got a $1000 bonus check!  It couldn't have come at a better time.  I've been really stressing lately about the finances and this will really help out a lot!  Woohoo!

Today is the one year anniversary of the hardtoimagine blog.  It's pretty cool to think that I have been doing this for a year now.  So many things have happened in the last year and all I have to do to remember my life over the last year is to go read through my archived entries (well, if they were all still there it would work easier).  Fortunately, I took it upon myself to copy and paste my entries into a backup file so I will always be able to remember it.

This blog has become a huge part of my life in the last year.  When something exciting happens in my life, or I get really stressed out, I immediately start writing out a blog entry in my head. 

I have made so many great friends here at tblog.  I only wish they all lived closer so I could meet them in person!  I have thought many times about moving my blog, but I just can't do it.  I love the community here and the wonderful people I have met.

So, happy blogging anniversary to me!  I've been slacking a bit lately, but hopefully blogging will be a part of my life for many years to come.

I haven't felt much like writing the last few days.  I suppose that could just be because there is pretty much nothing going on.  My life is very calm right now.  I've been actually getting some things crossed off my to-do list at work.  I'm forcing myself to do all those little projects that I've been putting off for a while now.  I'm trying to get a little ahead of myself now so I am prepared for next month.  It is always busy getting the end of the year stuff done, plus my sis is supposed to be having her baby on Dec. 15th, so I'm sure that will be a bit distracting.

I really need to get motivated to get some stuff done at home as well.  I need to get organized.  My house looks like a disaster area right now.  I just have stuff everywhere.  I can't stand looking at it, yet I don't have the energy to do anything with it.  I tried to start in on it this weekend but didn't get very far before I was worn out.  I really just don't know why I keep so much stuff.  I am a total packrat.  There is no reason a person of my age should have so much stuff!  I wanted to clean out my house this summer and have a garage sale, but I never managed to get that far.  Maybe next spring I'll hit that nesting phase and finally get something done about it!

My day has just started out wonderful so far.  First of all, I woke up late.  Knowing I was late, I rushed through breakfast (had to eat before I started getting sick).  I headed back to my bedroom to jump in the shower, but before I got there the dog started puking in the floor.  I told him to go outside so we both ran to the door to try to get him out before he puked anymore.  As I was fumbling to get his leash on him, it happened again.  I finally got him outside, where he puked 2 more times.  Since hubby had just left, I had to clean up the mess.  So, I grabbed my supplies and bent down to start cleaning up.  Within about 2 seconds I was puking.  I was just so glad I got up and ate breakfast so I could lose it all.  Fortunately the trash can was right next to me or I would have had a lot more to clean up!  I finally finished cleaning up, took a shower, threw some clothes on and got out the door already 45 minutes late for work.  That was just really not what I needed today!

On a lighter (and a little less gross) note, yesterday I took off half a day and went wedding shopping with my brother's fiance.  In less than 5 hours, she found a beautiful wedding dress, the perfect bridesmaid dress, and even met with the florist in the middle of it.  I just can't wait for the wedding now.  She looked so beautiful in her dress.  I can already imagine my brother crying his eyes out when he sees her.  After a day of shopping, we met my brother and the rest of my family for dinner to celebrate my brother's birthday.  It was fun to get together with everybody.  Plus I got to see all the gifts my sis got at her baby shower that she had at work yesterday.  I was scoping them all out to see what she would be handing down to me later!  She got some great stuff!

Today is my little brother's 22nd birthday.  Every time I see him I am so amazed at how grown up he has become.  At 22, he still seems so young to me.  Then I think about all of the things I had done by the time I was 22 and it doesn't seem so young anymore.

With all of the birthdays I have seen him celebrate, his 10th birthday stands out in my mind the most.  We were living in a small town in Northwest Missouri at the time.  He had decided he wanted to have a roller skating party.  To get to the skating rink, we had to drive quite a ways.  So, we loaded up the cars with his friends and headed off to the skating rink.  My boyfriend was invited to go along, so I was having a blast.  We went and skated until our time limit was up, then headed back to our house for cake and presents.  We were in separate cars because we couldn't all fit in one, and our car got back to the house first.  We sat and waited for my mom to get back cause the boys were all with her.  We waited and waited and she never showed up.  Finally we got a phone call saying that she had hit a deer on the highway and she needed someone to come pick her up.  My dad went to get her and the boys.  Her car was a mess and she was quite shaken up.  The boys all thought it was "cool" that it had happened.  We finally got everyone back to the house safe and sound.  It certainly made for a memorable birthday!

Of course, now that I write it all out it doesn't sound all that interesting.  Guess you just had to be there.  Somewhere I have a picture that was taken that night of me and my boyfriend.  It has always been one of my favorites!

Anyway, Happy Birthday to my little bro!  Even though I may not show it often, I love you to death and I don't know what my life would have been like without you in it.

Well, Halloween has come and gone so I figured it was time to get rid of the pumpkins.  I didn't really have any great ideas for a layout this time and didn't have much energy to put into it, so I picked one of my favorite images from StockStash and just changed my colors up a bit.  It's kinda boring for now, but I'm sure I'll be changing it up again soon.  I kinda have an idea in the back of my head, but just don't have the energy to work on it just yet.

Well, I spent most of the weekend (including Friday) having morning/afternoon/evening /night sickness. Actually Sunday I felt pretty good, but that could be because I didn't move off of the couch all day except to get food and to pee. Ahhhh, the joys of pregnancy. At least all the books and other women in my life tell me that it will all get better in about a month. In the meantime, I just get to be sick. Today actually hasn't been too bad so far. I was a little queasy this morning, but with the help of my Turkey Club from Planet Sub at lunch, I'm feeling pretty good this afternoon. It seems to help if I force myself to eat a little snack every 2-3 hours and eat breakfast first thing when I get up in the morning (even if the thought of eating makes me want to puke).

So apparently my mom, sister, and nephew were out shopping this weekend and my sis found something that she wanted to get me for Christmas or something. She picked up two items and told my nephew that one would be from him and one from his brother (who will be arriving in December). My nephew turned to her and said, "No mommy, one can be from me and my brother and the other one can be from her baby." I thought that was just so sweet! He is pretty excited at the thought of having a new little cousin around.

I promise one day soon I will have a post that has absolutely nothing to do with babies, feeling sick, or being tired...as soon as I can think of something else.

How in the heck am I supposed to work when my mind won't stop running a million miles a minute, and all I want to do is sleep?  I think it's pretty near impossible.  All I can think about right now is baby stuff and sleeping.  I haven't done a damn thing at work today and it's gonna start catching up with me soon.  Hubby had to force me to wake my butt up and pay the bills lastnight and I even made him bring me everything so I didn't have to get up off the couch to do it.  How lazy is that?  At least it is done so that tonight when I get home I can sit back and relax and watch the O.C.  The bad part is, I don't know how much of this tiredness is due to the pregnancy and how much is due to the time change last weekend.  I'm just all screwed up.  I think I need to bring me a cot with a fuzzy blanket and pillow to keep in my office so I can take a nap halfway through the day.  Either that, or I'm gonna have to start going to my mom's house for lunch everyday and sleeping instead of eating!

It's official now!  I'm about 7 weeks along in my pregnancy.  She estimated my due date to be June 22.  So, now we are making the second round of phone calls to absolutely everybody we know!  Our family and friends are so excited for us.  It is just so much fun right now.  Of course it would be more fun without the tiredness and nausea!  My doc said that everything looks great so far.  I go back in a month for my next checkup.

There is still another half hour before I can go home and I am so freakin' tired I'm not sure I can make it.  I haven't done hardly anything all afternoon other than try to keep my eyes open.  I seriously need some caffeine, but I can't have any.  Could someone come over here and hold my eyelids up?  I'm about to lay my head down on my desk and take a nap.  But, I'm sure that someone would actually walk back here and catch me if I did.  Bummer.  I have so much to do tonight when I get home and all I wanna do is go to sleep.

I voted today for the first time.  I really don't know why I never did it before.  But I am proud of myself for getting my butt out of bed and actually doing it.  Ok, so it did take a little prodding from hubby to get me out of bed, but I was still up and ready on time.

After this weekend my life will never be the same.  Saturday afternoon I found out that I am indeed pregnant.  I haven't had it confirmed by my doctor yet, but all the typical signs are there and I took two home tests and both were positive.  I tell ya what though, waiting those three minutes to look at the results was SO hard.

I probably should have waited until after my doctors visit to tell everybody, but I have just been waiting so long for this to happen that I couldn't wait any longer to tell everyone I know. 

I was so overjoyed when I found out that I burst into tears.  Hubby and I have been waiting so long for this to happen, I can barely believe that it's actually real.  Now we are just hoping and praying that the baby will be healthy and that the delivery goes well with no complications.

My little nephew is telling everyone that it is his fault that I got pregnant because he has been praying for us to have a baby.  He told my sister just a few weeks ago that I was going to have a baby and that we would find out really soon.  Coincidence?

I go to the doctor on Wednesday and I am just so excited I can't hardly stand it!  My mom wants to go out and start buying baby stuff at lunch today.  I told her it was a bit early to start that, but she is so excited she wants to start now.