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Chris’s Wedding

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Mar 192009

So I have spent a large majority of my time lately working on Chris’s wedding. It is only a month and a week away. I can’t believe it’s here already. And my dress hasn’t come in yet! AH!!

Well I got all of the invitations done (if you haven’t gotten yours yet it’s coming, all the way from NY, that’s why it’s taking so long). I also ordered the tuxes for the little ones (Erik, Sonny, and Gavin). Chris and my mom did the flowers, tables, all of the little girls dresses, hair appointments, nail appointments….I probably could go on but I can’t remember… Ha. I’m glad it’s coming along so nicely. I’m trying to find Chris a photographer though. She was just going to have some friends use my camera to take photos, but I would really like to have someone else do it. We’ve put a lot of effort into this day, and it’s going to be special, so I want pictures, darn it!

I for some reason have this really weird pain in my right thumb. Like it hurts to write. I have no f****** idea why. So my life!

School has been alright. Nutrition still sucks, writing is still the same, and philosophy is almost too easy. I registered for summer though. I’m taking three classes instead of two. Figured what the hell, why not right? Not like I have something else better to do.

Brandon and I are going to a Syracuse Crunch game this coming friday. We got free tickets through UC. Good times, good times. Hopefully we can go to the last binghamton senators game since Brandon’s company has tickets. We’re really getting into hockey. How strange.

SO…..it appears I can’t drink alcohol. Every time I do, I vomit. Not like oh Patti had to much to drink look at her how stupid she is because she’s ralphing…. It’s, Patti had three sips of wine and the next day vomits all day long. I drank on New Years, got sick (that time I probably did have a ‘lil too much). I drank when we were in FL after my dad passed away when we were out to dinner with my best friend Lauren. I had two glasses of red wine. I vomited all night long and the entire next day (was running a fever too). I drank a half a glass of wine on our anniversary. Again, same story. Then about a week ago I was having a really rough day and decided to have a Mike’s. Well I had one, and the next day, was vomiting all day. Brandon’s dad had come to take Erik so we could go out for the day too. We ended up laying in bed the entire day because I felt so sick. Just lovely. Doesn’t look like I’ll be drinking again anytime soon. Guess it’s good I was never really a drinker anyway…. Heh…

SU!

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Sep 302008

I’m excited. I have appointment at SU on Monday to talk to one of the advisors about their part time programs. Yay. Okay it’s a stupid thing to be excited about, as me the girl who has been avoiding grad school like the plague, but I know I can’t avoid it forever. I need to take the plunge. Syracuse has a perfect program for my hopefully future career, so I’m excited. The people that I talked to up there were really nice. Good changes are going to happen in our lives. I can feel it. We just have to remain positive, right? The secret. Haha. That’s a bunch of crap but hey it feels better to be positive and happy anyway, so we can pretend. That’s my motto in life. Just smile and nod and pretend everything is okay and happy when it really isn’t.

Other than that nothing much exciting has happened since, yesterday. My cousin and I have been emailing back and forth. Noah who was born a preemie now weighs a little over 6 pounds, so that’s very exciting. My cousin of course made a crack about her nursing skills. She is too funny.
I have an appointment with my other other Dr. down in Tunkhannock on Thursday. So. Not. Fun. Hopefully he will have some good news. I can use some good news.

I don’t really know

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Sep 252008

Life has still been unexciting. Brandon went with me last tuesday down to my dr.’s appointment in Wilke-Barre for my ovarian vein syndrome crap. The Dr.’s there were pretty bewildered that my previous Dr. would say sorry so sad there isn’t anything that can be done. They also told me that on my test results from my last Dr. that it showed my kidney was swollen. I guess in the land of kidneys, swollen isn’t the state to be. So I got to have an ultra sound done. I called today to see if there were any results, but I guess Thursday is operation day (should I sent flowers or a card in congrats? *rolls eyes*) so he was not in. His secretary left a message for him to call me back though, so hopefully he will.

On a funny note, we thought our dishwasher had broken. When I would turn it on it wouldn’t fill with water. It would just heat up. Brandon tore the whole thing apart, tested the voltage, checked for clogs, nothing. So he fought with GE over it since we were one day (literally) out of our warranty. They said sure fine we’ll fix it. Well the guy gets out here, and it turns out the nob was turned upside down. So when I turned it to what I thought was on, it was really the dry cycle. Oops. Erik likes to pull the knob off. Guess I didn’t put it back on right the last time. Hey c’mon it’s funny! Well me washing an entire full of kitchen dishes by hand wasn’t so funny, but I guess that’s what I get for not paying enough attention to what I’m doing.

So no progression on the halloween costume front. I’ve had a couple suggestions, booger for one from my lovely Uncle Joey. I’m sure in the years coming if Erik saw those pictures he would disown us. My friend Jen suggested we make him a Yankee player. I like the idea, but am having a hard time finding him any pants. I would like to get him a bat to go with the outfit, but he would hit people (not on purpose, he doesn’t understand that it hurts). I still don’t know if he’s quite old enough to be taken out. I have a feeling Brandon will end up eating all of the candy or whatever it is he gets. Lovely!

So 15 days and counting till I return to work. That is if they don’t take out both of my kidneys or something. One can only wish.

I love this picture btw. Drake is using Logan as a pillow. They are too funny.

Max

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Sep 222008

My cat passed away on Friday. I had him for almost 9 years. He just passed away unexpectedly. He was fine before we went to bed, and when Brandon got up, he wasn’t. Every time I took him to the dr.’s they said he was in great condition. He was always healthy. Never had any problems (besides stress, he used to pull his hair out).
Well anyway, the day he passed away I laid in bed and cried most of the day. He is the only thing that has been constant for me in my life for the past 8 years. Literally. He has moved everywhere with me. Has gone through 4 relationships, the good and the bad. Lived with my parents, my sisters, my nephews when I did. Lived in 2 different states. I moved him I think like 8 times. I never could go anywhere and leave him for too long. When I moved into my first apartment in Cortland, I wasn’t allowed to have cats so my parents said they were just going to keep him. I couldn’t bare it and went and got him a week later. I kept him in the apartment even though I wasn’t allowed. He was my Max. God I miss him. So much. I feel so bad, I didn’t get to spend much time with him. For the past 20 months my life has been Erik. Max used to sleep with me and always be with me before Erik came around. Then when Erik arrived he was just kind of there. I took advantage of that, and now I miss him more than I can say. He’s been the only thing, person, anything that has been there for me constantly the past 8 years. Everyone else has come and gone in my life, including my family. There is a spot in my heart he will always have. I can’t get another cat. No one will ever replace him. I wish he was still here.

Apple

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Sep 172008

Well, nothing really exciting has happened. We spent the weekend at the lake, and helped Brandon’s grandfather put together a shed. That was a fun filled day! Honestly, it wasn’t that bad. Brandon got a bit tired afterwards but he survived.

Then on Sunday we went to meet Scout, my mother-in-laws new horse. Erik was not so fond of the horse. I don’t think he liked the height. Well, Lyn doesn’t plan on getting rid of the horse anytime soon, and she promised Erik she would have a horse for him to ride once he got big enough. So, at least we will have pictures of him very young on a horse. Even if he was screaming. Ahem…

I like my mac, but the more stuff I do with it the slower I’m noticing it get. Granted, I do have the white one, so I guess the “lowest” model. I think it was the more expensive white one if that counts. Brandon and I tried to import stuff off of our camcorder and it about killed it. It was interesting.
I really don’t have many friends. It’s getting worse as the days pass. Marisa kind of forgets about me, Amy hates me and won’t talk to me, and Mary is in Hawaii. I talk to Lauren and Katie on and off, but they both live quite far away. That’s….about…..it. I suck. Oh well. At least I have my dogs that follow me around everywhere. Haha. They’re both Mom’s boys.

Housewife

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Sep 122008

So I have taken to being a housewife like a fish in water (I hate that analogy, like white on rice? Stupid too…) I have gotten so much done around the house it’s amazing. I even started to paint some of the spots around the house that Brandon speckled and left. I made a dinner schedule so we knew what we were eating (which it rolls around to 630 in our house and that’s when we start thinking about making food). No laundry, no dishes, house is completely clean, and it’s great. It makes Brandon and my life so much less stressful. Brandon’s great but he’s not a “cleaner.” So I work 10 hours and am away for at least 12, so by the time I get home I’m exhausted. Then the house is a mess, and Brandon and I argue about it because he has so much more time at home than me. I also get almost zero time with Erik so it makes me even more annoyed that I have to spend the little amount of time at home cleaning. Anyway, me working isn’t a good thing for this family, in any way.

I really hope that it works out for Brandon and me to move, so pray for us, or send juju, or whatever it is you like to do for good wishes. We are extremely grateful for what we have, don’t get me wrong. I’m very lucky that I got to have a good job and got such a good career opportunity, but doing my job and having a family do not work well together. Brandon hates his job though, and so do I, and our child is being raised by his sitter. Life is really really stressful for us when we are both working, so I’m going to be hopeful that it will all change, soon.

Outside playing

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Apr 082008

Today was the first truly beautiful and warm day we’ve had this year so Erik, Logan and I went outside to play (and work). While I dug up the front garden, Erik played in the yard.

Surprisingly, Erik was more interested in the grass than the dirt. He enjoyed playing with the yard tools and snuck down the driveway a few times to visit with Logan chained up in the back yard.

Every neighbor that walked by the house stopped to say hello to Erik which was a lot of fun. Erik even met a few neighborhood dogs!

While digging in the garden, I found a worm for Erik to play with. When I first pulled it out of the still frozen ground it was not moving but soon came to life in Erik’s hand. He quickly threw it to the ground in amazement and disgust and shook his hand as if to say “YUCK!” Eventually he was okay playing with it but wanted nothing more than to give the worm back to daddy.

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