We are back in the work groove and it’s not very fun. It feels like torture being off for so long and having to go back.
Other than a few bumps, our break was splendid. We spent Christmas Eve at our house with Ryan’s mom and siblings (we missed you Christen!). Darren hung out until he had to go home to Skype with his wife and Jeremy came over to stay the night. Ryan and I decided to open our gifts at midnight (which I think we’ll make a tradition). It was fun waiting for the clock to turn to 12:00 before I could rip open my present. 11:59pm was the longest minute of my life. Ryan got me the coat that I’ve been wanting for a few months now and I was very excited! The three of us ended up staying up until 3:30am playing a new video game. We would have stayed up longer but Jeremy reminded us that we had to wake up at 9:30 so we should probably go to sleep.
We woke up late morning and I made waffles for the boys before heading to my mom’s house. The Manuel’s have always been big on Christmas morning. Every year I’m surprised by the amount of gifts under my mother’s tree. Her heart is made of gold I tell you. It was cute to see my mom’s reaction to the iPod Shuffle we all pitched in to get her. She just looked at it a minute and laughed while saying “I have no idea what this is.” J Oh mother, technology has passed you but you try and that’s what matters. Haha. This was also the first Christmas with Jeremiah there. Apparently my sister is extremely in love with this guy (thanks to her little sister pointing her in that direction for months) and we all love him too.
We spent some time with Jeremy at his aunt’s house afterwards so that he could see his momma. His family was very sweet and extremely welcoming. It was funny how I felt at home with his family. I suppose since Jeremy is so much a part of our family, that I already feel a part of his although we don’t know one another. His mother’s words to me were “So you’re the one who takes care of my son.”
Christmas Evening was spent at Warren & Kim’s house which is always a good time. The men enjoyed playing Wii Golf while I enjoyed talking with Kim. Early that morning Jeremy had said to us, “Congratulations on not getting the crap that’s been going around lately.” As Christmas evening progressed, Jeremy’s words came back to haunt me and I started to get body chills and aches. I haven’t been sick in almost 5 years so I’d forgotten what it felt like to be achy. I was confused at first by how I felt but within a few hours I knew I was in for it. By the time I got home around 10pm, my temperature was 99.4 and I was freezing cold. Ryan was exhausted and went straight to bed while I stayed up and played some more video games with Jeremy. I figured that I felt so uncomfortable I wasn’t going to be able to fall asleep anyway.
I spent Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in bed pouting about how I was ruining our vacation. I was coughing so badly that I was gagging and my stomach was so sore that it felt bruised. The coughing also seemed to make my kidneys and lower back hurt severely. I had to miss our family Christmas in Enid which I was really upset about. I still had a fever when I woke up Sunday of 100.5 and couldn’t risk going and getting everyone sick, especially my grandma. This was one of the first years in a long time that I was actually looking forward to going to Enid and I had to miss it. By Tuesday I was so sick of being in bed that I got up and went to the doctor. Seeing as though I haven’t been sick in 5 years, I don’t have a primary care so I went to one of those urgent care places. $80 later I had prescription cough meds and antibiotics. Was it worth the $80? Not really. Next time I’m finding a PCP.
I mainly forced myself to go to the doctor because I bought Ryan tickets to the Barons hockey game on Tuesday night for part of his Christmas gift and I needed to be well enough to sit in some bleachers for 3 hours without wanting to jump over the glass and let the hockey team kill me with their ice skates. The game was really fun. We’ll have to go again now that I’m feeling better and know how to get cheap tickets. I’m pretty sure that hockey is the hardest sport to play. It seems almost impossible to me.
The following days were spent eating at Ron’s Hamburgers, checking out the Plaza District, dyeing my hair fire engine red, going to see True Grit (AMAZING!), Edna’s with Jeremy and Kate (& finally meeting the mysterious Michael), coughing, Joey’s Pizzeria, staying up until 4am, shopping, my mom’s boyfriend Preston coming to town, snow tubing at the Ballpark, coughing, ice skating & Black Swan double date extravaganza, New Years, yelling at some dumb kids in our neighborhood at 4am for driving through the sweet old woman who lives next doors yard twice, coughing, tears, cuddling, dyeing my hair to a reddish/brownish color, our heater breaking, our refrigerator breaking, our bedroom ceiling getting closer to collapsing, coughing, and dreading the day I returned to work.
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| Double Date Photo Booth |
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| This only lasted 4 days. It was Orange in 3. |
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| My momma and her man. We like him. :) |
I really wasn't in a good mood New Years Eve. I was pouty and really quite depressed. I was surrounded by those I love but I suppose you could say I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders lately. The clouds have come back as of late and I’m trying hard to push them away. My husband helps. I adore that man.
I’m making a New Year’s Resolution for maybe the first time in my life. My goal is to save more money by cracking down on our budget and living like we make $10,000 less a year than we do. We've decided this needs to be done. Our house seems like it’s falling apart around us and it’s all we can do to keep our head above water. For now, we have but we won’t for much longer. I don’t want to go into anymore debt and I don’t want to have to worry about where the next house expense is coming from. Therefore, until we are 100% out of debt and have our savings built back up we will be saying “no” to a lot more in life like parties, eating out and going to do things. The sacrifice will be much worth the reward.
I hope everyone had a really good Christmas and spent a lot of time with their loved ones.
Here are some pictures from Christmas and when we went to Chickasha to see the lights two weeks ago.
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| Ugly Sweater Christmas Party |
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Ryan and Jer loved the teeter-totter a little too much. |
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