Sooo much.

I haven't posted in a very long time, and I apologize for that. This past week has been crazy. Christmas came and went, and I spent the whole time with Adam. He finally met my parents, and they seemed to like him, which is good! We spent an entire 3 days together just going to family Christmas parties. Our families are both so much fun, but I'm glad the holidays are finally over. As a present to ourselves, Adam and I got another puppy. =] His name is Hank and he's a 4 month old, 30 pound Great Dane/Lab mix.












He's the perfect addition to our little family, and we love him. Azzy is learning to get along with him just fine, but she's still the queen bee!!


Amanda just left a few days ago, she and her family came to spend the weekend with us. I haven't had Amanda time in a while, and it was awesome. Her boyfriend, Jason, came with her, and that was pretty cool. They seem to like each other a lot. It was definitely good to catch up with her, even if we didn't get to spend a long time alone. We did go shopping in Decatur, (woo...!) so that was girl time in itself.

Saturday afternoon was a little bit exciting. Illinois weather is very weird, and it was a crisp 50 something degrees outside, after being freezing for a while. This odd warm front brought rain and tornadoes. In winter. The end of December. A tree snapped in half right outside of our house, and we have a hole in the siding above our garage. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, and there wasn't un-fixable damage. The melted snow is causing some problems with the sewer system, which is very unfortunate because we have a lot of laundry to do before we leave tomorrow.


I am being forced to go to Arizona with my family. Over New Years. 1,602 miles from my boyfriend. Over New Years. With my family. In Arizona. Needless to say, I am not looking forward to this at all. I wouldn't mind, really, except I thought I had a choice. Dad asked me if I wanted to go, I said I'd think about it. The next day, I don't have a choice. I even have to get on a plane. If anyone knows me well enough, they know that heights and a fear of free falling make me sick. Airplanes don't fare well with me. And we are only allowed to take one huge suitcase between the 5 of us. One. For my whole family. Basically, this is a big disaster of a "family vacation", and I'm counting down the hours until I am home and with Adam again. (120, give or take 12 hours. I'm not sure when we are leaving to come home.)


Mom and I took Lady to the vet yesterday because she hasn't been eating for about a week. I was really worried that they would find something life threatening like kidney failure or thyroid problems, but they called this morning and all of her blood and urine tests came out fine. We have started thinking it is her teeth that are bothering her, because she is quite old and her teeth are beginning to weaken and rot. They gave her some pain medicine that seems to be working, and she has been snacking on eggs for a few days. We are going to pick up some canned dog food for her so maybe she can start eating again.


I am stoked for school to start again, which is weird for me. But basically, I am going to only have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and I'll be at Adam's Thursday night-Monday evening on most weekends. I'm very excited to start new and fresh this next semester. I don't think it will be near as hard as my first semester. I can only try my absolute hardest, though, and see what comes of it!


I hope everyone had a great holiday, and I'll resume posting per usual. =]
XOXO
Meg