turkey day, travel and toothache
Well, hello there LiveJournal. I haven't posted here in quite a while. Just a mixture of procrastination, the holiday, lots of homework and other time consuming things.
So what's new with me?
Well, Thanksgiving was good. I spent the day with my mom and my sister. My mom cooked and of course she made my favorite... butternut squash with lots of brown sugar. Janelle and I watched Elf which satisfied my recent Christmas movie cravings. So it was a good day.
Saturday was Cory's 26th birthday. We decided to spend the day taking a road trip to Connecticut so we could go on a mini-shopping spree at IKEA. Our intent was to buy some Christmas presents but we wound up spending more money on stuff for our house (duvet cover, curtains, a metal rack thingy and lots of coffee for Cory) than on the one present we picked out. Two of the people we would have been shopping for ended up going with us though, so I think we will try to make another trip there sometime in the next couple of weeks. This was only my second time shopping at IKEA. It's so mind boggling. Normally I have a good sense of direction but in this store I have to stop every few minutes to try to figure out where I am and which way I came from. It's like a shopping maze. I love it. The first time we went there, it was a Friday afternoon in early October and there were very few customers in the store, which was nice. This weekend was completely different. The entire parking lot was nearly filled and there were just so many people shopping, which was a little frustrating but I still had fun. Some people might think driving 5 hours round trip to spend 2 or 3 hours in one store is a little crazy, but I had a good time, despite spending more money than I should have.
As we were returning home, just outside of Albany, I somehow made the wrong decision on the Thruway (so much for that good sense of direction) and ended up heading south on I-87. Unfortunately the next exit was about 20 or 30 miles away... which I believe was in or around Coxsackie (for those of you who aren't from around here ... yes, that is actually the name of a town!). So, thanks to me we ended up spending an extra 45 minutes to an hour on the road. I still think highway exits should not be spaced so far apart.
Other random news from my world:
- My sister got into a car accident (she was the passenger, not the driver) with her boyfriend at Crossgates Mall last Sunday. Someone slammed into the front area of the passenger's side, luckily missing the door or Janelle could have been seriously hurt. Phew! Close call. Sometimes I just want to shrink her down to a miniature size, wrap her up in bubble wrap and carry her around in my bag so nothing will hurt her. Though, I suppose being shrunk, wrapped up and stuffed in a bag would be quite uncomfortable.
- My wisdom teeth are killing me. I really need to go to the dentist. I'm such a chicken. Why is it so hard to just pick up the phone, call a dentist's office, make an appointment and go to it? Why? What's even more frustrating is that I know how ridiculous it is being so afraid of making an appointment, yet I still can't snap out of that frame of mind.
- My tacky neighbors (remember them?) are still tacky and still annoying. I will post more about them tomorrow though because it's just too much to get into right now.
- Won $5 on a $2 scratch-off lotto ticket. I'm rich
- Found a dead rat in our (outdoor) garbage can last weekend. A RAT!!! A DEAD one!!! Disgusting!!!
Well, the end of the work day is nearing and I have some work to finish before I leave so I that's all the news for now. I can't wait to get home. I made lasagna yesterday... leftovers! Yay! And Cory got the final season of Buffy on DVD for his birthday so hopefully I will get to see a few episodes of that. I have never seen any of the final season episodes and I don't even really know how the whole series ends, so keep your lips sealed if you know!
So what's new with me?
Well, Thanksgiving was good. I spent the day with my mom and my sister. My mom cooked and of course she made my favorite... butternut squash with lots of brown sugar. Janelle and I watched Elf which satisfied my recent Christmas movie cravings. So it was a good day.
Saturday was Cory's 26th birthday. We decided to spend the day taking a road trip to Connecticut so we could go on a mini-shopping spree at IKEA. Our intent was to buy some Christmas presents but we wound up spending more money on stuff for our house (duvet cover, curtains, a metal rack thingy and lots of coffee for Cory) than on the one present we picked out. Two of the people we would have been shopping for ended up going with us though, so I think we will try to make another trip there sometime in the next couple of weeks. This was only my second time shopping at IKEA. It's so mind boggling. Normally I have a good sense of direction but in this store I have to stop every few minutes to try to figure out where I am and which way I came from. It's like a shopping maze. I love it. The first time we went there, it was a Friday afternoon in early October and there were very few customers in the store, which was nice. This weekend was completely different. The entire parking lot was nearly filled and there were just so many people shopping, which was a little frustrating but I still had fun. Some people might think driving 5 hours round trip to spend 2 or 3 hours in one store is a little crazy, but I had a good time, despite spending more money than I should have.
As we were returning home, just outside of Albany, I somehow made the wrong decision on the Thruway (so much for that good sense of direction) and ended up heading south on I-87. Unfortunately the next exit was about 20 or 30 miles away... which I believe was in or around Coxsackie (for those of you who aren't from around here ... yes, that is actually the name of a town!). So, thanks to me we ended up spending an extra 45 minutes to an hour on the road. I still think highway exits should not be spaced so far apart.
Other random news from my world:
- My sister got into a car accident (she was the passenger, not the driver) with her boyfriend at Crossgates Mall last Sunday. Someone slammed into the front area of the passenger's side, luckily missing the door or Janelle could have been seriously hurt. Phew! Close call. Sometimes I just want to shrink her down to a miniature size, wrap her up in bubble wrap and carry her around in my bag so nothing will hurt her. Though, I suppose being shrunk, wrapped up and stuffed in a bag would be quite uncomfortable.
- My wisdom teeth are killing me. I really need to go to the dentist. I'm such a chicken. Why is it so hard to just pick up the phone, call a dentist's office, make an appointment and go to it? Why? What's even more frustrating is that I know how ridiculous it is being so afraid of making an appointment, yet I still can't snap out of that frame of mind.
- My tacky neighbors (remember them?) are still tacky and still annoying. I will post more about them tomorrow though because it's just too much to get into right now.
- Won $5 on a $2 scratch-off lotto ticket. I'm rich
- Found a dead rat in our (outdoor) garbage can last weekend. A RAT!!! A DEAD one!!! Disgusting!!!
Well, the end of the work day is nearing and I have some work to finish before I leave so I that's all the news for now. I can't wait to get home. I made lasagna yesterday... leftovers! Yay! And Cory got the final season of Buffy on DVD for his birthday so hopefully I will get to see a few episodes of that. I have never seen any of the final season episodes and I don't even really know how the whole series ends, so keep your lips sealed if you know!