wow...

a lot of stuff has happened since I posted last. Everything was pretty boring until last Thursday (not thanksgiving..the Thursday before). I got a call at work from my dad and he told me that he was in the hospital because he'd had emergency surgery for a perforated colon. I left work as soon as I could and went to the hospital to hang out with him and see if I could get some more info. Well I only found out bits and pieces because he was on so much pain medication he couldn't really tell me what was going on. It turns out that when he'd had a colonoscopy the Tuesday before they had found a mass on his colon and they wanted to admit him right then to remove it, but he said he couldn't do it that day because he needed at least a day to get his affairs in order. So Wednesday he started to feel sick and finally that night it got bad enough that he went to the hospital and that's when they told him they'd perforated his colon when they did the colonoscopy and that they were going to do surgery right then to fix the perforation and remove the mass. We found out a few days later that it was cancer, but that it is stage one and they think they got all of it, but also that he is going to have to do chemo to make sure it's all out of his blood. They put in a mediport for that while he was in the hospital, but we don't know when the chemo will start yet. They finally released him Wednesday afternoon...right in time for Thanksgiving. He is doing better and hopefully will make a speedy recovery. He is staying at Sam's house too because he can't move around very well so we have a full house. I went and saw Twilight and it was so good. I can't wait for them to finish the second one because I freaking LOVE those books. lol Thanksgiving was pretty uneventful...had some turkey and watched tv...the usual. Yesterday I asked Sam to wake up early and go shopping with me today and she agreed so we found out if anyone else wanted anything (and of course they did) so we got a list and woke up at 4:15 this morning to go shopping. We went to Wal Mart first and it was a nightmare! There were so many people and by the time we got there everything we had needed was already sold out. :( After Wal Mart we went to Target and we got there just before they opened so we got in the biggest line ever and made our way in to Target. It was so much better in there. There were no rude people and we were able to get pretty much everything we needed. After we went shopping we decided to stop and get some breakfast at this bar/restaurant near Sam's house. Well when we got there the restaurant wasn't open yet, but the bartender told us we could eat at the bar so we decided that was a good idea. When we walked in there was like one other person (a really drunk guy who decided to make friends with us). Well he stayed and talked to us the entire time, but I wasn't really paying attention to him (except to think about how I wish he would quit leaning into me because he was sitting right next to me). Well Sam told me later that he had been trying to invite me to go to a club with him tonight. lol I was oblivious! After breakfast we just came home and hung out. My dad's sister Chris and her husband Jim came over to visit my dad so we talked for a while. Now I am seriously thinking that I might need to go take a nap. lol

so...

I know I just posted yesterday, but I forgot one very important thing. Twilight the movie comes out on Friday and I have a dilema. I desperately want to go see it as soon as I get off work on Friday, but I just know there are going to be so many people there and I really hate watching movies in a crowded theater, but I also don't know if I can wait! I know...I have issues, but I loved the book so much (I basically read it in a day) and I have been dying for the movie to come out. What should I do?

oh you know...

just the usual. I was eligible for my new every 2 with Verizon so I ordered a new phone on Wed. and it got here on Thurs. I was so excited. I got an LG something or other. lol It's cool and it was FREE! I just had to pay the tax for it. I gave Jess my old chocolate and she likes it I think. On Friday I took Sam and Kody to the airport so they are in Florida right now and they head to Nassau tomorrow. I am so jealous. While they are gone I'm in charge of taking care of the dogs (since I live there). I swear I have gotten a million text messages from Kody checking up on the dogs...he's like a crazy parent. lol The dogs are driving me crazy, but they always do so it's nothing new. Oh, I also got some new stuff on Friday that I ordered from Torrid. I got a new shirt, some slippers, a new wallet (really cute faux snakeskin), and some earrings for $30 inc. shipping. I thought that was a good deal. Friday after work I went to Jessica's house because my mom was in town. I hung out and had dinner, and then we went shopping at Target. By the time we were done with that it was 8 so I went home and went to bed. Saturday I got up and went back to Jessica's house so we could do some more shopping. We went to the mall and Big Lots and got a bunch of shopping done. After that my mom and I went to Sam's house to rest and she stayed the night there with me. On Sunday we woke up super early (6:00...which is early for a Sunday if you ask me) and went to IHOP. It was so good...I'd been craving pancakes for a few weeks so I was happy. After IHOP we went to Wal Mart so my mom could do some grocery shopping and then we left for Alamo. Once we got to Alamo I just helped my mom unload her groceries and then I had to turn around and head back to Vegas. When I got back to town I had to go do grocery shopping of my own so by the time I got home it was 2:00. Not so bad. I then had to do laundry, cook dinner, do homework, and pet the needy dogs. lol Needless to say I am super tired today and I may need to go get a second red bull soon. I am really nervous for this week of work because something always goes wrong when Sam isn't here and it stresses me out. Hopefully everything will be ok though. This weekend Andrea is supposed to be coming down here with Jeremy for state football and she asked me if I wanted to hang out on Saturday so that should be fun....so long as she doesn't turn into the "shopping nazi" lol. j/k Andrea. Well I guess I'd better get back to work as I have a ton of it to do.

yay!

So things are going pretty good. Friday night I went to Target to get the new issue of Cosmo and I decided to look at the TVs because I need to get a big TV for my living room and they had a 42" TV on sale for $650 so I wanted to go back on Saturday and get it. Saturday I woke up with a craving for Starbucks so I went and got a pumpkin spice latte and it was so good. When I went back to Target later I had a not right feeling about the TV so I decided not to buy it and when I got home I researched it a little (because I couldn't remember the brand the night before). I found out that the company who makes them filed for bankruptcy and no one know if they will honor the warranties on the TVs so I guess it's a good thing I didn't buy it. After that I just went home and did nothing...literally. I watched Next Friday and took a nap lol. Sunday I got up and Sam and I decided that we wanted to get our nails done. She is leaving on vacation on Friday so she wanted to get a pedicure too so we went to the salon down the street and got our stuff done. After that I had to go to Caesar's Palace to an art gallery for art class so Sam came with me. After we looked at the art we went to La Salsa and got some lunch (so good!) and then we went in search of an ATM machine so we could get money for the valet. Well we had to go back into the forum shops to find the ATM so we decided we would do a little shopping. We went into the Guess store and I found the cutest purse that was on sale. I wasn't going to buy it since I just bought a new purse, but Sam insisted I should buy it so I did and it ended up only being $40. It is so cute and I'm really glad that Sam swiped it from some lady so I could have it lol. After that we decided we should get out of there before we spent any more money so we went home. Other than that not a lot happened.

there is a bird...

walking around outside my window and it's cracking me up. I know that's random, but whatever. So last week I finally finished cleaning out the apartment, and the keys are turned in so I am done with that place for good! Last week I just worked and went to school...nothing major. I took Friday off of work so I could go to Alamo with Jess and the kids. I think Colin was upset that I was riding with them because I wouldn't let him cry. Every time he tried to cry I told him to stop it and he would just look at me like I was the meanest person in the world. lol We had a good time in Alamo. When I got there I had my mom cut my hair because it was getting pretty long, and I needed to have it thinned out bad! I asked her to take about 2 inches off the bottom and by the time we were done she had taken 5 inches! My hair is now just above my shoulders. I don't mind because I think it looks cute, but she was really upset about it. She didn't mean to take that much and she kept telling me how sorry she was. I was laughing because I wasn't even mad. lol After that we just hung out and waited for trick or treat time to roll around. Andrea and Ryan came up to visit so that helped the time pass faster. Jess got the kids dressed in their costumes and then when Eric got there we left trick or treating. Colin got restless after just a few houses so Jess took me and Colin home and picked up Samantha to finish trick or treating. A little while later Andrea, Jeremy, Ryan, and Brock showed up. Then Jess, Eric, Jaidyn, and Sam. And then Tyson called to come over so we had a full house for a while. It was really fun. After everyone left we all just went to bed. We woke up Saturday and Sam and I headed back to Vegas pretty early. I didn't really do anything the rest of the weekend. I went to Jessica's house so she could dye my hair for me because it was getting pretty bad. Other than that I didn't do a lot. I can't believe that Thanksgiving will be here in just a few weeks. I can't wait! I also can't believe that it's already election day. I am so anxious to see who our new president is going to be!