Been super busy lately

So the day after my wonderful surprise party, I headed off to Kansas City, MO for work. Not only was I flying (not my favorite thing in the world) but there were tornado warnings out all over the place...awesome. Our flight was supposed to take off at 7:55 p.m. but at that time, we were still sitting in the airport. We had a plane but no crew. The weather that day really screwed everything up. So we're finally sitting on the plane and the pilot comes on to say there's a hydraulic leak and it will take at least 30 minutes to fix it...awesome. Needless to say, we ended up getting to KC about an hour and a half late. Oh well. It was Sunday night so we didn't have anything planned that night anyway.

I was in KC Mon-Thurs. Monday I was fine. Went to some meetings, ate lunch, went out to dinner that night, all good. Tuesday rolls around and in the morning I bought a bagel but wasn't super hungry...I sort of forced it down. So now its lunchtime and I have absolutely no appetite. I think I took two bites out of my sandwich and couldn't eat the rest. I continue my day, go to some more meetings, try to force some food down at around 4:00 since I knew dinner would be late. So I'm back in my room, brushing my teeth and I throw up. Score. I decided I felt OK though and headed on down to dinner. We get to the restaurant (which thankfully was in the hotel) and it just hit me. I don't feel good AT ALL! I decide to skip out on dinner, buy some water and pretzels at the drugstore and retire to my room for the night. I think I was able to eat like 3 pretzels.

Wednesday morning rolls around (my actual birthday) and I feel like complete crap! I had some meetings in the morning, but was always going back to my room in between meetings to rest a little. At lunch I ordered a bowl of minestrone soup and could barely get the broth down. I went to a 4:00 meeting and after an hour, finally went back to my room. I took a two hour nap, nice! It sucks though because I was all excited to go out and get some tasty BBQ and celebrate my birthday with some nice folks we had met. Nope. Went out to dinner at like 9:00 and while I did actually order some fish & chips, I only ate half of it. That was a start though.

Thursday we left. I was feeling better but not 100%. Oh and on the plane I had a window seat with no window. Seriously? That sucked! I may not be a huge fan of flying but I at least like to look out the window. So all in all, for work it was a pretty good trip. Too bad I felt like crap most of the time.

The Friday after we got back, Jim, my brother and I headed up to our cottage for the 4th of July weekend. I was pretty blah all weekend. Too much go-go-going, being sick and not enough sleep caught up with me I guess. We went to the fireworks in town and it was pretty sweet! There really isn't a huge body of water in town so they essentially set the fireworks off over a pond, which is pretty much the entire town. Yeah, flaming pieces of fireworks were falling around us lol.

This week at work has been super busy, but that's good. I also put together my application to go back to school (Master's in Engineering Management) so now I'm just waiting to hear if I've been accepted. I NEVER thought I'd go back to school but I figure if I'm not going to have kids any time soon I might as well accomplish something within the next few years lol.

So tonight we have to do some hardcore packing and cleaning since we're leaving tomorrow to go up to our cottage for a week. I'm so ready for this vacation!

Welcome Spring!

Normally I'm not one to complain about the Michigan winters, and figure if it's going to be cold, it might as well snow. Well for some reason this has felt like the longest Winter EVER and I'm just glad it's finally starting to get warm-ish outside.

it's been forever

I know, I know...it's been forever since I've posted anything, and for some reason it seems like I don't have time, but I guess I've just been preoccupied with life.

Here's what's been keeping me busy...

• my new camera which includes borrowing other lenses to see what works for me and playing around with all the different settings
• figuring out all that photoshop elements has to offer
• class at work which has me getting up earlier than I'm used to
• sitting on my butt and watching TV because I'm too tired since I've been getting up earlier than I'm used to
• working out
• busy weekends
• family stuff

Can I just say TGIF! This week has been brutal! And holy crap it's windy out right now!

Earth Hour

I've never heard of this, but it sounds pretty cool.

On March 28, 2009 at 8:30 p.m., local time, World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour -- Earth Hour -- to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate their commitment to finding solutions. Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event.

Global Warming? Really?

So it's pretty effing cold here today...again. I swear it totally sneaks up on ya too. I had NO IDEA it was going to be this cold today.


(crappy cell phone pic)

It's so cold that when you walk outside, your breath gets taken away. And I feel like there's instant icicles inside my nostrils too...very strange feeling...lol. I seriously can't remember the last time we had a winter that was this cold and had this much snow. I'm not complaining, just simply stating an observation.

So anyway, I sent the picture above to my brother just stating the fact that it IS so cold and below is the picture he sent me.


He would probably kill me if he knew I posted this on here...lol.

He goes to college in Detroit, so he does his fair share of walking around. He told me that this look is his response to the weather. He figured that with the weather so ridiculous, he would dress accordingly - ridiculous. The best part is that he said when he walks by people, he watches their eyes and that generally, they are all staring at him. Apparently they don't realize he can see out of his glasses...lol.

Do those glasses look familiar? Well if you've seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp, then that's where you've seen them. Yes...he's an odd bird.