So much of me is made of what I learned from you...

so i have been very neglectful of my blog this past month, i haven't given it up completely, but who knows, it might come to that.  i just forget to blog, and nothing super exciting it happening, so we'll see!
let's see, i'll  make an attempt:

fun things to happen since jan 25:

• learned i would be house/cat-sitting for my aunt and uncle from july-dec. free rent! and a huge house in dublin to myself! woo hoo! my lease here ends may 1, so i will move to dublin, and live with my aunt and uncle until they leave in july.
• had a nice valenines day with bc.  we went out to dinner at abuelos, it was delicious! bc got me chocolates and flowers, it was very sweet.
• bought a 9 inch netbook from dell.  its super cute and small.  perfect for checking email, facebook, etc.  very portable!
• went to several columbus blue jacket games with friends, we are in the playoff hunt, so its getting exciting!

fun things to come:

• aforementioned cat/house sitting
• BC and I will celebrate our 5 year (dating) anniversary March 24.
• Dancing with the Stars season premiere (guilty pleasure!)
• hopefully playoffs for the jackets
• THE END OF WINTER WEATHER!  hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later.... although as i type this they are predicting snow for tomorrow.

Well, there is your friendly monthly update! Enjoy!

So my weekend in Toledo was bunches of fun, I got to witness my mom win $98 on the penny slots, which was very neat!  It was a nice, relaxing visit!
Unfortunately, this past Friday, I found out that my mom had to take my grandfather to the hospital.  He had been not feeling well for a few days, and he couldn't keep anything down.  They admitted him, and it turned out that he actually had a heart attack.  It was like a silent one or something, it doesn't have the normal symptoms, but because of enzyme levels they can tell it happened.  It was really good my mom took him when she did, because a lot of times people realize too late that something bad happened.  He is doing relatively okay now, but his blood is having some trouble clotting, which may be the cause for some internal bleeding he is having.  They are doing a CT scan on Monday, and then hopefully they can figure out where the bleeding is and why, before they do a heart catherization later that day, which I guess will give the drs a look at his heart so they can see where they stand.  My grandfather had a heart attack a long, long time ago, and I think I took for granted how healthy he has been the last few years (ever since he moved to Toledo to live with us).  I mean, he is 78 years old, he has heart disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and he has had several strokes.  He will probably have to be in the hospital til the end of the week, but it really all depends on what they find out on Monday.  My mom isn't too worried yet, which is good, I made her promise to tell me if I should drive to Toledo to see him.  I just hope they are able to find and fix the problems, I am not ready to say good bye to Grandfather yet.   I was just telling BC's family funny stories about him on Thursday.  My grandfather used to have false teeth, but then he stopped wearing them, but he loves candy and sugar and chocolate, so I always joke to him that a sweet tooth is the only teeth he's got.
So anyway, if you could, pelase pray that he is able to bounce back from this. 

I have been busy getting organized this week.  Even though I moved to this apartment in June I never really settled in, and things were kinda just put places that didn't really make sense.  I have been trying to get things in better places, and in feels really good to be a lil more organized.  I bought a 12 x 12 scrapbook paper storage thingy and I sorted through all my paper into 7 categories and even printed off clear labels to easily identify stuff.  I also organized all my other paper crafts/stationery stuff and my desk drawers with all my school supplies.  The boxes in my closet were moved, I went through my drawers and packed away summer  clothes and stuff I wasn't sure I want to keep, as well as buying tubs to store my xmas stuff and one to hold all my teaching/school stuff.  I also bought a wrapping paper holder that holds all the rolls, as well as bows, scissors, tape, etc.  I really love being organized, but in a small space it is hard to find a place for everything, and messes build up.  I am really trying to start 2009 on a better foot, cleanliness-wise.  I am just sick of little messes everywhere, when it doesn't really take that much extra effort to clean it up.   In my room, I am going to try to keep stuff where it goes, keep my dirty laundry for piling up, and putting clean laundry away promptly.  I know the reason I get messy, it's because I get lazy.  But then, it just takes more work later to fix messes that build up, so why not be proactive and clean stuff up after you use it?  It's so much nicer to live somewhere clean and organized! :)
Speaking of Xmas stuff, I went a little crazy shopping Target's after-xmas clearance sales.  I am so pumped for Christmas in 2009! This is what I got, everything was btw. 50-75% off, as things kept getting marked down:  2 stocking holders that spell "Joy" and "Peace," 2 super cute stocking that are bright pink and bright blue, respectively, and are covered in big sequins, 7 rolls of wrapping paper, assorted bows and ribbon that match wrapping paper,  and lots and lots of ornaments (probably like 45) in an assortment of jewel tones.  Lots of bright pink, blue, orange, lime green, purple, and red.  My mom has promised me one of her extra 6' full-sized trees so I can fit all the stuff I bought.
Changing topics, the weather has been particularly crappy as of late.  We keep having winter storm warnings, and today/last night we got a lot of ice.  Ice scares me more than snow, because is a lot more dangerous, driving-wise.  Tonight I am driving my cousin and brother who both are car-less OSU students to my aunt's house in Dublin for a family movie night.  My aunt and uncle have a huge projector in their basement and they got a popcorn cart for xmas, so we are going to put them to good use.  I just hope the roads aren't too bad this evening.  They live pretty far up in Dublin, and there are lots of dark and windy roads, so I am a little nervous.  Let's all pray for this crappy weather to leave us, and for the ice to melt!
Instead of finishing this post with a complaint about the weather, I'll end with something happy.  Next weekend for MLK weekend, BC and I are going up to Toledo to visit with my family and on Saturday we are driving to the casino in Windsor! It is right across the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit, so it is like 1 1/2 hrs away from Toledo.  Penny and nickel slots, here I come! :)

Oh my goodness! I have not blogged in a very long time! The holidays have now come and went, and I will be back on a more normal posting schedule as my regular schedule resumes.  Since Dec. 20, I have only been in Columbus like 3 days, so things have been crazy.  From the 20th to the 27th I visited Toledo, and then from Dec. 31-Jan. 4, BC and I were in Cleveland and Youngstown, so I have been living out of a suitcase.  For new years, BC and I went and hung out in Cleveland with our friends Kevin & Jessi.  It was fun, we got in around dinner time and went out to eat.  Well, I wanted to make sure that we wouldn't have to wait a long time, because NYE often has long restaurant reservation lists, so Kevin called a bunch of places and they all were super busy and didn't take reservations.  Finally, he found a restaurant that said they weren't taking reservations, but that there probably wouldn't be that long of a wait.  Well, that night (we stayed til 8 pm) there was not another SINGLE PERSON that came in to eat.  Very strange... it was really weird.  Like how on New Year's Eve did no one else decide to eat there? It wasn't like a trashy place and the food wasn't bad or anything, so it was just kinda funny.  After dinner, we drank all the champagne BC brought, as well as some other stuff, and played Guitar Hero that turned into drunk Guitar Hero, and the ball dropped and we had a New Years kiss, and wa-la, 2009 is here! My new years resolution is to eat out less and make more of my own food at home.  Maybe my next post I will write about the rest of the weekend, but I am tired and have too much to unpack, so there ya go, a lil update,  I am indeed alive in 2009! :) Happy New Year!

Wooo Hooo! I am healthy-ish.  I still have  a runny/stuffy nose, but that is no big deal after the germy week+ I had last week.  It's sad I am so pumped about this, but man did it suck being so sick.  I have been a busy girl, I have subbed for worthington, westerville (x2) and dublin this week.  I am not sure if I sub tomorrow, but I bet if I do, there will be a holiday party to supervise! I will need to be sure to wear red or green too.  I have had a pretty busy week outside of work, too. The roommates and BC and I went over to Joe and Jessie's house for dinner on Monday.  After dinner, we played Taboo!, which is my all-time favorite board game.  I miss playing board games, and will be sure to add board games to future gift lists.  Growing up, my family played many board games, but now that I live on my own, I don't really have many so I need to start getting some.  It's funny, my family is so competitive, that a lot of our games ended due my mom walking off because everyone was fighting over some stupid rule or the score, etc. but I still have many happy memories playing outburst and pictionary and taboo and the rest of them!  I am leaving on Saturday morning to go home for Christmas, and I really hope we can play some board games. :) It's a good way to pass the time on a snowy night!   Maybe we can also have a fire in our fireplace. Apparently Toledo is getting a ton of snow tonight, so it sounds like I might have a white Christmas.  We'll see if it melts by next week.  BC and I and our friends, the Millers, are supposed to go to Zoo Lights @the Columbus Zoo tomorrow, but rain is in the forecast.  Hopefully it passes by us before we go, because walking around in the rain sucks!
I am just about done with my Christmas shopping, I just need to buy some sugar-free candy at a local store in Toledo for my diabetic grandfather with the enormous sweet-tooth.  This Sunday my mom, sister, and I are spending all day making cookies, which is very exciting, too!  My dad, brother, and sister's husband are all going to the Browns' game, so we will have free rein of the house that day.  The roommates are I are making some cookies tonight too, we were going to do it last night, but exchanging stockings and pizza and TV wore us out! So we will just extend the festivities tonight.  Plus I am super-pumped that one of my roommates washed all the dirty dishes in the sink.  I was resigned to having to do that today when I got home, even though most of the dishes weren't used by me, so I was so happy to see a ton of dishes drying on the counter.   Thanks, Brandon! Now I can reach the sink to wash all my dishes that I still have in my room from being sick last week.... oops! 
Well, I think I have sufficiently updated, I probably won't update much during Winter Break.  I will be in Toledo until the 27th, and then I hopefully will spend NYE in Cleveland visiting friends.   I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas and a great start to 2009!!!!

Ugh, I have caught the dreaded germs that were plaguing BC.  I will update when I feel better.   On a good note,  I saw my mom today.  She was picking up my brother from OSU, so she took us out to lunch.  There is nothing like a mommy hug when you are feeling under the weather.

I will start off by saying, my weekend sucked hardcore.  Let me explain:
Friday started off fine, I worked my last day in 5th grade, and then did some very productive Christmas shopping at Polaris.  I called BC to see if he wanted to hang out.  Well, he has bronchitis and wanted to rest up so he could hang out Saturday.  Kinda a bummer, because we hadn't hung out since the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and we've been missing each other, but it wasn't a  big deal.  The week really had worn me out, so I decided I was going to relax Friday night, cook a frozen pizza, wrap some gifts, go to bed earlier, etc.  I tried doing that... until around midnight.  I wake up in the middle of the night, feeling like garbage.  I felt really weird and just "off."  I also had a splitting headache.  So I head to bathroom, and while I am going to the bathroom (sorry for the upcoming graphic details) I start feeling like I am going to black out, my arm starts feeling numb, and suddenly I realize, I am going to throw up.  So I quickly take the bag out of the trash can and throw up twice.  And I am not a throw-upper. Probably the last time I barfed was when I was like 7, so this is definitely not something I am not used to dealing with.  I don't throw up anymore, but definitely had to make many more trips to the bathroom, and definitely think I had food poisoning.  No more Totino's frozen pizzas for me for a long time!  Also, if there happens to be news of a recall of those pizzas because of salmonella, you heard it here first.  A lot of my symptoms matched that of salmonella poisoning, but it is easy to link nausea, diarrhea and headache to a lot of things.  Anyway, food poisoning alone would make a bad weekend, but oh, it gets worse.
Ok, so back to BC's bronchitis.  We had previously made plans for  Saturday to go to Shadowbox, the sketch comedy show at Easton, with BC's mom and brother, who had driven in from Youngstown just for the show as a belated birthday gift for his mom.  BC and I went out to dinner Saturday (the first time I'd eaten all day) and he had a really tough time not coughing.  Like literally he would cough like nonstop.  He began to think he might not be able to go to the show and we would have to go without him.  As we are driving to Easton his coughing starts getting a lot worse, he is starting to freak out because he is having trouble catching his breath. I also have to mention that on Saturday Columbus got several inches of snow, and people were not handling it well, and the roads weren't very good, so there were accidents everywhere.  I am really scared we are going to get in a wreck because he can't breath.  We end up getting to Easton and parking in the closest spot we can find and he is flipping out that he needs to go to the hospital and he is all worked up so he keeps coughing and coughing.  I am trying to call his mom, who is meeting us there, to hurry because we have to take care of him.  They can't find where we are parked, so I am standing out in the snow trying to direct her to us, meanwhile BC is telling me to call an ambulance.  I am flipping out inside, but am trying to calm and reassure him. They finally get there and we all pile in their SUV as quick as we can.  We find an urgent care in Gahanna on BC's iphone and when we get there, it turns out it wasn't really an urgent care per se, more a dr's office place, and it is definitely closed.  By now BC has calmed down a lot, and is exhausted and just wants to go home to bed.  We start driving to Worthington, and the on ramp to 270 is closed, so it takes twice as long to get there, since we now have to go the long, long scenic route through crazy snow.  We finally get there, put him to bed, and then his poor mom and brother have to drive me all the way home to my house, which is the totally opposite way they need to go, and then they had to drive back to Youngstown that night.  Meanwhile, no one went to the Shadowbox show, and since tickets are nonrefundable BC is out $100+.  He or I are going to see if we can transfer the tix to another night sometime to at least he some use out of them, so maybe Shadowbox will take some pity on us, and bend their policies.
So anyway, that was my craptastic weekend.  Sunday was  a lot better.  I went and visited BC at home, and watched Iron Man to keep him company for a few hours, and then I caught up on Grey's Anatomy with the roommates.  BC's sickness took my mind off of me feeling icky, and my symptoms are definitely lessening, and am feeling almost good as new.  I can't remember ever having such a horrible weekend, like literally nothing went right.  This blog posting is definitely me just complaining I know, but for my few readers, thanks for letting me spill it all!  It makes me feel a little better.  Hopefully I will have something better to write about this week! 

Hmm, I am not sure what to write about today... Not a lot has really happened this week.  I have been subbing in a 5th grade, which has been ehh, not as bad as it could be, but makes me more sure that I like the lil ones best.  On Tuesday, I got a terrible headache around lunchtime, and it lasted like ALL night.  Nothing would faze it: medicine, water, even a 2-hr nap.  I didn't work on Wednesday, so I slept the headache off, apparentely all it needed was about 12 hours of sleep to finally go away.  I am not sure what triggered it, but I definitely can't be devoting that much time to the next one, I will never get anything done! 
Today I went to Target and got a humidifier.  With my headache, I also am a little clogged up, and my mom suggested it would help.  I had a humidifier at my old apartment, but it bit the dust before I moved in to this apartment, so hopefully this one will last awhile.  I am also in the process of addressing and mailing xmas cards.  After Target I went to the post office and bought some stamps, and dodged the man begging for money near the entrance.  It all goes with the territory when you live near the Short North.  Nice, pricey duplexes, surrounded by a lot of people down on their luck. :(
Oh, I thought of something kinda interesting to write about - On Tuesday my fifth graders were identifying bones in owl pellets!!   It was a little gross, but cool too.  My mom swears I did that in school once, but  I don't remember.  They were all so proud when they found all the little rodent skulls, especially the boys.  Today, the boys in my class were all mad because I let the girls pack up first today and Tuesday.  I said it was ladies first, but that if the boys behaved on Friday,  I would let them pack up first.  lol I am trying to teach these 11-year old gentlemen some manners! :)

Per request, I have taken a couple pictures of some of my favorite Christmas cards I am making this year. :)

 





Well, I'm off to bed, I am subbing in 5th grade tomorrow... ugh. On a happy note, BC surprised me tonight at 10:30 at my apt. door.  I hadn't seen him since last Sunday, and when I told him I wanted to hug him to make him feel better (he's sick), he decided to come get a hug on his way home from Gahanna. :) What a wonderful surprise from a wonderful guy.

The turkey was eaten, the naps were taken, the shopping was started.... all in all, a very nice Thanksgiving long weekend.  It was very low-key and relaxing, which was exactly what I needed.  I feel very lucky to be part of a family where no matter how long you are gone, you get home and you can just be yourself. 
On Black Friday, my sister were going to go out shopping super early, but on Thanksgiving night, we decided we didn't really feel like waking up that early, so we went out later in day, and still got some door-busters, but nothing too crazy.  I also helped my mom put out some of her Christmas decorations, and we went to a craft show.  For a trip down memory lane, my mom, sister, and I went to Friendly's Restaurant, which it this chain that serves diner style food and ice cream.  Growing up, there was a Friendly's close to our house, and we would go there occasionally for their Reese's Peanut Butter Cup sundaes.  My sister would get it with chocolate ice cream, and  I would get it with vanilla.  They were very yummy, but the customer service was always horrible.  It took forever to order, and forever for your food to come, and they would never bring your refills, etc.  Consequently, many of the Toledo-area Friendly's closed down, including the one near us.  There is still one left in a southern suburb of Toledo, Maumee.  This is close to where the craft show was, so we went to it afterward.  And while the food was good, wouldn't you know, it took forever to order, and forever for our food to come.  I was almost late to my haircut/highlights appt.  I guess it is true what that they say, some things never change. :)  All in all, a fun visit, except it was dark and pouring rain the whole drive back to Columbus.  I am excited to be home for Christmas too, it is only a few weeks away! I better get shopping... :)

Today has been a lazy day.  It is gloomy outside and I didn't have a subbing job today, so I have yet to face the rain.  I am going to my aunt and uncle's house tonight for dinner, so hopefully the rain will be past us then.  Last night I made some more Christmas cards.  I decided a couple weeks ago to make my own cards instead of buying them because I really love scrapbooking.  It is definitely not cost-effective, but it is something that I am really enjoying.  I still have some pages from last summer to scrapbook, so maybe after I am done with my cards I will get back into "real" scrapbooking.  The one thing I hate about scrapbooking is cleaning it all up every night.  I don't really have a dedicated space to work - it's either a common area like the kitchen or coffee table or my room.   In my room the only place to really put anything is my bed, because my room is super tiny.  Lately I have been using my bed, but it is a little more difficult since it isn't a hard surface, but at least it forces me to clean it every night, since I need to be able to sleep there too!  My dream is now to have a scrapbooking room where I can have everything organizing and if I am in mid-project, I can just close the door and keep stuff out.  
I have been thinking lately what I am going to do if I don't get a full-time teaching job next year.  I don't really have a plan B I realize.  I mean, I guess I will keep subbing, but I definitely can't live off subbing for years.  I am trying not to dip into my savings, but that will only last for so long.  I just have to have faith that things will work out.  I think about how if I were to move across the country, either south or west, I would have better luck, but I have no desire to move any farther away from my family.  Even in Columbus, 3 hours away,  I feel too far.  I wish my sister and parents would eventually move to Columbus.  That would be awesome.  Then I would have everyone I love near me.  It is just such a tough time to find jobs, and it seems like all you hear about is that things are just going to get worse.  It is so hard to have faith that things will come together, when everything you hear goes against that.  I feel like I am a really great teacher, and I wish someone would notice that and take a chance on me.  I don't like not knowing what will happen, I feel like everything in my life is up in the air, and that unsettled feeling is not fun.  
The rain must be making me feel blah.  I should just remember that only one more day of work, and then home for Thanksgiving!  I already have my job booked for tomorrow, two 1/2 days@ the same school.  In the morning I am in 2nd grade, and after lunch I am in 3rd grade.  I also scheduled a haircut appt. for when I am home.  I got my hair highlighted a couple months ago in Toledo, so I am getting them done again there.  I haven't investigated places yet down here to go to, and since I am going home anyway, why not?  Maybe brighter hair will give me a brighter outlook on the future! :)  Here's hoping!

This was a great sports weekend for me!  The buckeyes completely crushed Michigan, the Columbus Blue Jackets won, which makes me happy because it means the boyfriend is happy, and finally, today, the Columbus Crew captured the MLS cup in soccer!! :) It is the city's first championship in a long time.  BC and I went to the Crew game that secured their place in the finals, and it was really fun.  Soccer fans are insane!   There is this huge section of crew stadium called the Nordecke, and the team's 3 spirit groups sit, or actually stand and jump, there and wave flags and play instruments, and sing chants.  They are fun to watch, especially considering there isn't a ton of scoring in soccer.
Weekends like these make me happy that I am sports fan.  It is a cool feeling to be walking around the city, and EVERYBODY has on scarlet and grey, and you can O-H and you get back an I-O,  and just the comraderie you feel is awesome.  Sports can really bring a city together, and make you feel good.  My roommates hosted a party for the buckeye game, so that was fun, especially since neither of them is really into OSU football.  Although, one of them might soon have a job at OSU, so I told him he has to  be a fan if they are writing his checks and giving him free tuiton! :)   So we'll see.
I remember growing up in Toledo as a Buckeye fan.  It is a little more dangeous to be a fan of OSU so close to MI.  I would say OSU has a slight majority with fans up there, maybe 65% - 35%.  The rivalry was almost more intense, because you just came into contact with so many fans from both sides.  Frankly, I would be scared to be a Wolverine fan in Columbus, but in Toledo you can definitely get away with it.  At the Dead Schembechlers concert on Friday, they gave a shout-out to Toledo, since the Rockets beat UM, so I was cheering super loud.  The concert was a lot of fun, and definitely got me pumped for the big game.  Even though it was a blow-out, it was still a lot of fun to watch, because of the rivalry.  I remember growing up in the 1990s and MI ,for the most part, dominating us, so when we can get a little revenge you have to savor it. 
I am excited for Thanksgiving, it's so soon!  I only have 2 possible subbing days this week.  Most schools' last day is Tuesday.  I am heading home Wed. sometime, it depends when my my OSU freshman brother who doesn't have a car, is done with class.  It will nice to be home in Toledo, I haven't seen my family since Nov. 1st for my sister's wedding.  There is nothing like coming home where your mom cooks for you, and you can just relax! 

Today was a pretty good day.  I subbed for the first time in Gahanna.  The principal peeked in several times, and at the end of the day, came and told me I did a really good job today.  So that was awesome. :)  I just wish it was a little warmer out, it is so freezing out!  The kiddies were cute in their scarlet and grey today.  The whole city is all decked out.  My crazy OSU freshman brother jumped into Mirror Lake last night.  I can't even imagine how cold he was!  Somehow I lost one of my gloves today, hopefully it is like stuck under my seat in my car or I don't know where it could be; I even went back into the school to look in my classroom.  
BC and I are probably going to the hate michigan rally with the Dead Schembechlers tonight.  It is free @ House of Crave.  That band is crazy!  Their songs are so hateful and rude, but oh-so-funny!  People don't follow normal rules of politeness when OSU/UM are concerned. :) 
Last night we went over to Joe and Jessie's for dinner.  The meal was delicious, and everything was homemade by Jessie, even the spaghetti sauce and salad dressing! If you are reading this, thanks so much!! :) It was just nice to hang out with awesome people and relax.  During the course of conversation, I discussed how I am amazed and completely confused as to how bar codes work.  Think about it - it's just black lines!  It truly boggles my mind.  Is there any invention or process that just amazes you? If you were wondering more about bar codes, this article might interest you: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/upc.htm
As most of you know, if you are reading this blog, my sister got married on Nov. 1st.  Her photographer posted some pics as a 'sneak peek' on her blog, if you are interested in seeing them: http://sarahjphoto.net/guesswhat/ It is Britton + Jim 11-1-08.
Well, dinner calls, but I will end with those famous words:

I wanna go back to Ohio State
To old Columbus town,
To the stadium to hear the band,
By far the finest in the land,
I wanna go back to Ohio State
To old Columbus town,
I wanna go back,
I gotta go back,
To Ohio
Ohio, Ohio
The hills send back the cry [O - H!]
We're here to do or die [I - O!]
Ohio, Ohio
We'll win the game or know the reason why!
And when we win the game, we'll buy a keg of booze!
And we'll drink to old Ohio,
'Til we wobble in our shoes!
Ohio, Ohio
We'll win the game or know the reason why!

I am not sure yet what to write about in this blog, my friends convinced to start one, and since I am up early this morning with nothing to do, I thought why not?  I had to move my car to the over side of the street by 8 am because that side is getting street swept (lol, that sounds funny).  Maybe I will go back to sleep, but whats the point now?  I am pretty much awake. 
I am a substitute teacher, so my work schedule varies.  This has its up and downs.  It is nice to be able to make your own schedule, and have the freedom to create 3-day weekends for yourself or say, I am taking a mental health day, and take a random Wednesday off, but the downside (and it's a big one) is that then you don't get paid. Which sucks.  So, I try to work as much as I can.  I am not desperate enough (yet) to take jobs that don't interest me, so right now I am sticking to early elementary.  The little kiddies really entertain me.  You can bet if they say something funny, I will post it here.  My family and friends will appreciate that I can write all my school stories to the internet as opposed to telling them. :)
Okay, that 's all for now, folks, my warm covers are calling me back to bed, i will just "rest" for awhile.  I didn't sleep very well last night, I woke up every few hours, and no joke, had a horrible dream that some mean, nasty street sweepers moved my car onto a busy street and when i went to go retrieve it, there was only like 5 pieces of metal and wire.   It seemed very real! So it was a nice thing to look outside my window and see good ol' Goldie (my car) parked right where I left her. :)
Later I will watch some of favorite shows that I have DVRed.  Jon and Kate Plus Eight, and Top Chef! Yay! There is nothing better than watching your fav shows in your jammies, when you can fast forward through the commercials!