Oops, somehow posted before actually writing anything. Anyways.
Sadly, my short Christmas vacation is now coming to an end and it'll be back to school for another long five months. I have enjoyed every minute just about, although I haven't gotten near as much sleep as hoped for. I guess I'll need to get used to it sooner or later. I don't know anything new from the doctors as of yet, although the tests and appointments haven't finished yet. I loved meeting my new nephew Noah, and entertaining my other nephew Caedin and niece Sarah. I'll have to post some pictures really soon. Josh even had some fun times here and there with them. It was a bittersweet week up there in a way as our grandpa had died. I don't know how my mom handled it...but then, I kind of do because I grieve in sort of the same way--silently and individually, in my own internal way. We had a great week though and amazingly, no one in the family got into any nasty spats. My nephew threw a few good tamptrums though...try talking reason to a three-year old, impossible! He's definitely hit a selfish stage. (Sheesh, i tried to use ph instead of f) Sarah is just a little doll, although she will be her own troublesome self soon enough. She has quite a personality for a one and a half year old. She reminds me of the teenage version of my sister :-p We even managed to get a good family picture with all adults smiling! Josh got me the newest Lifehouse c.d. which totally rocks!
We had an overall good trip and the flights went well for us. Early morning flights during a busy season are the smart way to go. My sister and her family didn't fare as well getting out of DIA with a LONG security line, thus making them too late to the gate.
Since we got back, Josh worked and I ran errands and relaxed at home if I wasn't at the doctor's office. We also went to the "A Night in Old Vienna" last night at the Longview Symphony and it was one of the best performances I've seen them do with arrangements from Jurassic Park, Phantom of the Opera, and West Side Story. They also did an excellent job with a waltz by Richard Strauss, the Blue Danube, Fantasia of Greensleeves, and my all-time favorite, Radetsky March. The performance was preceded by an excellent dinner at Olive Garden with Caleb Friedlander and the Toads.
This morning, we leave bright and early for Houston to spend New Year's eve and half of New Year's with Mom Toad and Danny. We have had our own little WoW LAN party going on with five desktops and two laptops. You should have seen the trunk of our camry with two large monitors, a big box and three cases. Hehehehe. Such nerds are we :-)
Right now I'm multitasking with the two laptops by playing the game and typing up this post. Just figured I'd add a bit to the blog. And it's a happy day, so I'll avoid the sad posts I could write on two recent deaths--my grandfather and Hunter Cippele. I used to go to school (elementary) with his older brother and his grandmother was my elementary school's principal when I and all my siblings were there. Anyways. Back to the game :-)
Posted by Anna at December 31, 2005 08:42 PM | TrackBack