Auto is indeed a good dog...
So this has been an odd few days.
Sunday I went home with Noel and Melanie after youth group as usual, but this time I spent the night so they could go out. I pretty much just sat around until I got tired cuz Silvio and Dominic were already asleep. It's kind amazing me how early I've been getting tired lately. I've been going to bed sometime around midnight for nearly a week now I guess. The best part is that I have been waking up at 10 am for every day after. So while I may not always get quality sleep, at least I'm sleeping during normal hours.
So anyways, I ended up staying at their place until Tuesday night when I went home with my parents after homegroup. I always love it when I get to stay with them, especially when it's for a few days. It's like a little mini vacation, even if the kids are screaming bloody murder half the time. It's a change of pace and the house is rather large and fairly open. Lots of windows to let the sun in. On a hill so the breeze is primo. I love it. Unfortunately the air conditioner messed with my throat a bit. Tuesday morning it was a bit sore but it calmed down after a while.
However, when I woke up Wednesday (at home) I knew something was not right. The back of my throat was swollen. Like... that hangy thing that's back there was nearly touching my tongue. I had to gargle salt water which I hate cuz it's nasty. For half the day it hurt like an SOB, but I was exhausted so I went back and took a nap for a few hours (I think). When I woke up it was feeling better, at least because it hadn't been aggravated by accidental snoring or anything. It eased up even more as the day went on and I got my K's back. (Oh yeah, hearing me talk first thing in the morning was pretty funny. I sounded like a hairlip and I lost the ability to make anything resembling the K sound. Always came out like "hhgghhth." Yeah.)
Wednesday night Caitie and I went to B&N even though she wasn't going to buy any books. We got coffee and then started glancing through the aisles, even though Caitie wasn't going to buy any books. We got over to the Fiction section and I took a quick detour to check the Robert Jordan row. They had the third book in! I was pretty stoked since I feared finishing the second one without having the third to dive into. They didn't have the fourth though so I'll have to go back once I'm halfway through The Dragon Reborn and terrified that I'll have nothing to turn to once I'm done. So I did my happy dance and rejoined Caitie where she was glancing at random back covers even though she definitely wouldn't be buying any books. We went slowly up and down a few aisles chitting the chat before a hot pink and black spine called out to Caitie from the bottom shelf. The first sentence on the back cover went something like "Have you ever wondered what the hell you're doing with your life?"
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So after Caitie bought her book and I bought mine we met up with a few peoples at Jack in the Box where I treated my poor throat to a chocolate milkshake. We talked some more after the rest of the people left and some more on the way back to my place. When we got there I remembered yet again that her Christmas present was still sitting on my floor, so I ran in and got it. She was pretty excited about it. Battle of the Sexes meets Scene It? Perfect for her.
She left and I came in intent on reading before I collapsed from exhaustion an hour later. Instead I ended up on my laptop until 2 am... forum browsing... on... somethingawful.com >.< I know. I have nothing to say for myself. Just... just look away. Please.
Also, I miss my boys. Come Monday they'll be back from NC and I'll have more things to do and people to talk to, even though Justin will still be MIA for most of the week. Oh! This also means Closed will be happening soonish. Eek! Oh shit... how will Ruben being in Seattle affect Closed? Yikes. Oh well. The guys are smart. They'll figure it all out. =)
So yeah... That has been the past half week for me. Weird.