5 posts tagged “christmas”

Christmas was pretty good this year. Not awesome, because I have bronchitis. Yeah, that totally sucked the Christmas spirit right out of me. But Matt took really good care of me, so I can't complain there. & now he's sick with a cold. I'm at least better enough to not feel like killing myself at work. Cause that was the worst. I tried one of those Minute Clinics though. It was really cool & I think I will be going there from now on, unless I need a referral for something. Cause I waited for only 1 minute. Then she checked me out the same way my doctor would. It was viral, so she gave me medicine to help the symptoms. Bonus: I got a card in the mail today thanking me for coming by! My doctor NEVER sends me a thank you card. He just wants my co-pay, then he kicks me out.

But Christmas was good. Here is my "made out like a bandit" list:
-JoAnn's giftcard
-Target giftcard (which was spent today on 24 season 2)
-2 Hello Kitty ornaments
-Chococat box
-Guitar Hero II
-New book
-Scrapbook suitcase organizer thingy
-Scrapbook
-Netflix subscription for 6 months
-Entertainment Weekly subscription for 6 months
-2 Spongebob ornaments
-Knitting books
-Handmade ornaments from my grandma
-Handmade scarf
-Scrapbook for the puppies made specifically for them
-Eiffel Tower earrings
-3 Eiffel Tower sculptures
-Eiffel Tower ornament
-Eiffel Tower oil holder
-New tires for my car!
-2 frames for the puppies
& money

I feel very lucky looking at that list. I have a generous family. On both sides, not just my parents. The pups made out like bandits too. They had stockings full of treats and nylabones. Matt also went to Just Dogs bakery and got them gourmet treats. Zoe's 1 year birthday (it made me kinda sad) was on Christmas Day. So he got her a carob melted lollipop that said Happy Birthday. The stick was a rawhide treat! We let Lucy have the big party hat cookie, so that they got equal amounts.

Now I'm trying to get rid of my cough. I'm still coughing up stuff, so I guess I don't want to get rid of it too fast. It's very annoying though. My voice is still kinda scratchy. Anyway, I hope that whoever (whomever?) reads this had a nice holiday season too.

I went to Target after work today and got $140 worth of stuff for $70. So that was pretty sweet. It was pretty picked thru by the time I was able to get there, but that's ok. I still got nice stuff.

My throat is killing me. My voice is all gravelly and sad sounding. & not in a hot "when Phoebe had a cold" way. In a "ew, you sound gross" way. Which totally sucks, cause while I'm done with my Christmas shopping, I still have stuff I want to do. Like make Kris Kringles and finish my grandma's present. & another of Matt's presents. Bleh. I just don't feel like doing it. My throat hurts even worse now because I had to be on the phone all day at work. Of course my boss didn't send me home. If I call in, I don't get paid for the day. If she sends me home, I would get paid for the rest of the day.

But Matt and the puppies are taking good care of me. Well Lucy is doing a good job of chewing on a Nylabone next to me on the bed here. Zoe's in the living room hanging out with Matt. I love watching them chew on Nylabones. They grab one end of the bone in their paws and wrap them around the bottom of it and chew chew chew. I just love how their little paws grasp the bottom of the bones.

My mom gave us a Christmas present early. It's a 6 month subscription to Netflix. I've missed Netflix, so that'll be fun. My first choice on there will be "Little Miss Sunshine". I've heard so many good things about it, I just really wanna see it.

Exciting story of the day: I went to the bank to deposit my paycheck. I requested $40 of it to be given back to me in cash and the rest deposited. I was in the drive-thru line and had been there for about 15 minutes. When I finally got my turn and my cash, I just grabbed it and went on. I went to get a sandwhich and went to grab a $20 to pay for it. I grabbed the first $20 and underneath that was a $100! I was like, Woah! That's not what I wanted!

I checked my deposit slip and she had gotten the amount correct to deposit, so she ended up giving me an extra $80. I didn't have time to go back during my lunch break, so I called them when I got back to work and told them what happened and that I'd be by after I got off work. So I went by there after work and explained to the guy working the customer service desk what had happened (cause I had spoken to a woman earlier). Turns out he was the manager and was really thankful that I brought it back. So I got my $20 and they got their $80 back. Even though I did want to keep it. I just wouldn't have felt right. But maaannn. It woulda been sweet to have the extra $80.

I'm supposed to go to a Christmas party tonight. I'm actually really proud of myself for the Secret Santa gift I got. That's the first time I've ever not done the normal thing of like, Um I don't know what to get. Candles? I just kept walking around the store until something hit me. Not literally or anything. Yeah. If she doesn't like it, eh. I'm impressed with myself, so that'll have to be all that matters. Haha.

We had our Christmas lunch today. It was good and I got to leave early. Which always rocks. I got $30 from our field guys too! & a Hello Kitty alarm from another guy here and a $25 online gift certificate, which I spent all on stocking stuff for the dogs.

Crap though? I was eating and hit the spot where my bad cavity was filled on Tuesday. I thought I was gonna faint, it hurt so bad. I'm betting I'll have to get a root canal on it. I don't think the filling will be enough. I go back for the other side in January, so if it's still hurting then I'll let my dentist know. I just hope it's something that needs some time to get over because it was drilled on.

Oh and last night I got my Christmas present from my Dad. He bought me a new set of tires. :D I really needed them. I'm not joking, I had less than 3mm of tread on them. But I knew I wanted to ask for that for Christmas, so I was trying to hold out. I made it. Luckily. I know I was tempting fate, but it's all good! & my new tires rock!!! Oh yeah. & while we were waiting for my Dad at Sam's we hung out and I played Guitar Hero II that was set up. I'm so excited to get that for Christmas. Cause Guitar Hero was so much fun, so now I have new songs to jam out to.

So my bosses went up to our corporate offices last week and I thought they would cover the affair and the lying. But the flirting is still the same. So I don't know if anything was said to them. Which would be kinda weird, cause I mean, if I'm going to sue, I'm going to sue on those grounds. So wouldn't that be the biggest deal of all? I just don't know what to think. Do I do something? Do I go to the lawyer I found?

The doggies got their pictures with Santa on Saturday. It was fun. I thought Lucy would be scared of death of Santa, so I assumed I'd have to hold her in the picture. She walked over to him and was scared at first, but after she sniffed him she was fine. She sat down in front of him and took 2 nice pictures. Then it was Zoe's turn. I thought for sure she'd be totally fine. She was scared of death of him! I thought we wouldn't be able to get a picture, because I couldn't get her near him! It was funny. I mean, I felt bad for Zoe, cause she was scared, but I couldn't help but laugh.

I spent the rest of the day with my mom. That was nice. It's nice to hang out with her now. Things have changed with her. She's apologized to me for how she was all my life. Which was a big deal. She's better. Even Matt's noticed a change. It makes it nice. She's also been a big help in my problems here at work. She wanted me to say something much sooner. When I didn't cause I was scared to, she didn't fuss at me like she would have. She supported me. It was nice.

I finally started shopping for presents. FINALLY!

I now only have 2 presents to get. One day. I rock.