I can't believe...

it's almost Christmas...that is so weird. The time has been going by so fast I don't even know how I got here. lol First an update on my dad. He went to the oncologist and they told him there is a nation-wide shortage of the liquid chemo that the put in the port that he has so he can't have that kind because they need it for people with higher stages of cancer. They told him he will have to take the chemo pills (he has to take 8 of them a day) and he just got them on Friday so I guess he started them over the weekend. He has to go 2 weeks on 1 week off and then repeat for as long as it takes for the cancer to be gone. During that time he has to go back to oncologist so they can do some blood tests and find out how he's responding to the chemo. He also had to have the port they put in taken out so Friday I took him to the doctor to have it removed. They were supposed to put him to sleep to take it out, but instead they just gave him a muscle relaxer and numbed his chest. He said it was very uncomfortable, but he is feeling better now. Hopefully the chemo won't be too rough on him. So weekend before last I was forced to attent the gun show with Samantha and my dad. It was the most boring 4 hours of my life I think. I was under the impression that we were going to get in there, find the gun Sam wanted to get for Kody, and get out, but that's not how it happened. My dad was excited to be out of the house and he likes guns so we had to see everything there was to see...boring! That weekend I also went to Disneyland with Jaidyn and Jessica. We left really early on Sunday morning and drove straight to Disneyland. We left at 5 and we made it there before 9. We spent the whole day at Disneyland and we had a good time. After that we went to the hotel and rested for a little while and then we went to dinner at Red Robin. After dinner we just went back to the hotel and hung out until bedtime. Jaidyn wanted to sleep in a bed with me but I was like "heck no!". I know that sounds mean, but that girl sleeps just like her mom did when we were kids...there are limbs flying and it's somewhat dangerous. lol Not to mention I let her lay in my bed with me and she dutchovened me! (you know where you fart and pull the covers over the other person's head...yeah, well she didn't pull the covers over my head, but she did flip them up in the air so her nasty fart came right up in my face!)lol We decided to come home Monday even though we were scheduled to come home Tuesday. The weather was bad so we figured we wouldn't have anything to do in Cali anyways. We ended up stuck in Fontanna for a while, but we eventually made it home. I had taken Tuesday off of work so I stayed home and relaxed instead of going to work. I went to the mall with Jess and her family and we had a good time. I ended up buying myself some christmas presents lol. After that things were kind of a blur because I was so busy. Since I had to leave early on Friday to take my dad to the doc. I took some work home with me and did that yesterday. Other than that I spent the entire weekend on the couch trying to recover from a cold I had developed. I think it worked because I feel better today. I will be heading to Alamo Wednesday night for Christmas. I have to wait for my dad to get off of work and then we will ride up together. I am so excited for Christmas I can hardly wait! I love it so much. It is Colin's first Christmas and everyone will be there so it's sure to be a good time. Well I guess I should get back to work.

well...

the TMA Holiday Party is over and I made it out alive! lol I've been working on this party since Jan and it turned out well. On Friday night Sam and I went to Target to get more gifts for the party and then we had to go home and do a bunch of stuff to get the gifts ready for the party so we didn't get to bed until almost 11...which is pretty late for us. On Saturday we woke up early and we went to Target again...we had to get some more stuff. Then we went to get our nails done before the party. After that we got some lunch and packed our stuff to go to the hotel. We had to stop off at TMA before we went to the hotel to get some things that we needed for the party and then we headed for the hotel. When we got there Sam was able to check in right away, but I had to wait an hour for a room so I had to go to Sam's room to hang out and help her with some stuff. By the time I got a room it was almost 5 and the party started at 6 so I had to haul a and get ready (and I still had to shower!). I was ready in less than 45 minutes including my shower. Then we had to carry a bunch of stuff down to the banquet room (which was tricky in my big old shoes). lol Once there we had to work out a few snags and then we were able to party. I had planned to drink a lot, but I guess since it had been almost a year since I drank last I was unable to drink much (which is a good thing). We had dinner and then we passed out the bonuses and gifts (I got a new ipod) and then we moved on to drinking and dancing (well only the little kids danced lol). After the party ended at 10 we decided we weren't ready to end the night so we found out about a party in someones room (an employee of TMA) so I went back to my room to change my shoes (flip flops are my best friend!) and a bunch of people ended up in my room. One of them was smoking in there, but I was too scared to tell her not to because she seems mean. lol The guy in the room next to mine was really pissed at us and came out into the hall in his striped pj's to glare at us. lol After that we headed to the party and we just hung out and did random stupid things. Finally around 1 a.m. or so I decided Sam needed to go to bed because she was very inebriated so I made her go to bed and I did the same. I woke up at about 7 and I felt fine, but when Sam called me at like 8:30 0r so she said she was dying lol. I decided to spend $30 to have breakfast brought up to my room (can you believe that...$30 for some eggs and bacon!) and then I bought a movie off of pay per view to pass the time until checkout. I ordered the movie The Women which looked cute in the previews, but was somewhat disappointing. :( Finally I got up and took a shower and then went to Sam's room to get them (I had to take them home because they didn't have a car at the hotel). Sam was laying face down on the bed and looking very sad. lol She got up and got dressed and we headed for home. After we got home I did a whole lot of nothing. I have my art final tonight and I'm a little worried about it. I guess there is nothing I can do about it now, but I hate tests so bad. I will be so happy to be done with school for a little while. I am getting so excited for Christmas...I only have 1 present left to buy. I am also excited for my trip to Disneyland with Jess and Jaidyn next week. I know we will have such a good time as long as Jaidyn doesn't "fight" with me lol. My dad is doing much better. He got his stitches out last week and since then he's been feeling pretty good. He isn't in too much pain so that's good. He has an appointment with the cancer doctor so I'm hoping they'll schedule his chemo so we can get that over with...I know it's going to be hard and I'm not looking forward to it. It's such a weird thing to see someone who has always been strong laying in a bed all helpless. Well I guess I have said all there is to say.

I can't wait...

for the weekend to get here. Our company christmas party is on Saturday at Green Valley Ranch and I'm really excited. I always have a good time at our Christmas parties because it's the like one night a year I drink and I have a nice hotel room to stay in and we usually get a gift at the party so it's always fun. I got the cutest dress to wear and now I just need some earrings..and maybe a bracelet. lol I really want Jessica to come to the party with me, but she can't decide if she wants to go. Everyone at work keeps asking me if she's coming with me. The rest of my weekend was pretty uneventful. I sat around most of the day on Saturday except for when Jess and her kids came over for lunch. I was really happy to see the kids...they are so cute. Yesterday Sam cleaned out her other spare room (which she uses as an office) so that she could put a bed in there for me so I won't have to sleep on the couch anymore. Her neighbor offered to let us use a spare bed they had so I got a good night's sleep last night (finally). I bought my mom and grandma's christmas presents today and I really hope they like them. I ordered them from Things Remembered. I now just have to buy my dad, Tyson, and Ryan presents. I know what I'm getting the boys, but I have no idea what to get my dad. He's such a hard person to shop for. I am so happy that I'm almost done with school for the semester...I need a break. I finished and posted this blog a while ago, but I decided I needed to add this to my blog. I just got the grade for my final paper in art and I got the second highest grade in the class (the teacher told me). I am really excited because I thought I had done a bad job so I am way less stressed right now. I just have to get through my actual final and I'm good to go. I guess I should spend next Sunday studying (even though I'll probably be hung over). So anyways...I just thought I would share my good news. :)

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.