Merry Christmas everyone
i suppose now seems as good a time as any to update. im not tired, don't particularly have to be up early, yada yada.
this weekend went pretty well. it was the family 'vacation' to downtown chicago. my dad decided that since i might not be able to be home for christmas next year, what with the army and whatnot, we should do something special this year. so we stayed 2 nights at the Sheridan downtown, like 2 blocks from navy pier. it was a decently nice hotel, though for what it all cost, it was kinda lacking in my opinion. given that my taste is considerably less than cultured, thats probably saying something. we got down there saturday afternoon and went to dinner at Stetson's for the most expensive dinner i've ever eaten in my life. lets just say that for what the meal cost for the 5 of us, i could probably get 5-6 months-worth of groceries. yeah... but my dad figured this was the one time to splurge on the family and one of the only times we've ever had money that allowed us to do so. we came back from dinner and went swimming for a little bit, dried off in the tiny sauna. no hot tub, which was kinda disappointing. we played some cards, then all crashed.
sunday, woke up and went down to the hotel health club for a workout. got a decent one i suppose. the family went to breakfast/lunch before heading over to navy pier for a bit. i realized i don't think i've been there more than maybe once since high school. we wandered around the pier for a bit, checking out the stained glass exhibit, browsing the little shops, etc. on the walk back to the hotel we ran into the strongest gust of wind i think i've ever encountered. i was literally walking with a 45 degree forward lean in my stride and barely making any headway. we bought movie tickets for later in the evening and my dad and i had a beer while we watched a little bit of NFL. got back to the hotel and played cards for a little longer, watched tv, etc. had specialty burgers from the burger place in the bottom of the hotel for dinner. never had an Ahi Tuna burger before. it was pretty good. killed the rest of the time left before the movies all started (the 5 of us split up into 3 different ones). my mom and i went and saw I Am Legend. it was good, if a little sad and ocasionally frustrating. heh. came back to the room and had a little more family togetherness stuff before calling it a night.
today we went swimming for a brief while before checking out of the hotel. went to portillos for lunch, then i ended up over at zach's for the rest of the day, hanging out with him and his whole family playing Wii. i really am like a part of that family. haha.
the rest of life is mostly ups, with a few significant downs. one of the most notable downs is that two days after taking Korbel to the vet and having to put him to sleep, we took Marble to the vets appointment that we originally schedualed for Korbel (before deciding to take him to the animal hospital obviously) and found out he has a cancerous mass growing in his lower abdomen, a large one. its past the point of us being able to do anything and its making him quite uncomfortable due to the mass pushing his stomach out of place and putting pressure on other organs. we're not planning on doing anything though till after the holidays, but his clock is short :(. makes it seem like everything is changing too quickly. i don't like it.
pretty much the only 'good' news, for the few who read this that havn't heard, is that im in a new relationship with a very cool girl named laura. met her a few weeks ago right at the end of thanksgiving break, she added me as a myspace friend and i met her over her lunch break at woodfield the last 3 days before i left for c-dale again. i dunno. we really clicked. its definatly exciting.
im happy, but cautious. i dunno but im having a lot of trouble trusting any girl these days, despite having reason to. i just wish i could cure whatever makes me so paranoid and jealous. i also wish that my good news didn't cause pain and distress to two others. damn double edged swords. blah. i don't know if/how long this will last but im going to enjoy it while it does.
ok. its quarter after 2 on christmas morning. i should be going to bed. goodnight all. hope everyone has a very merry christmas
Tell me that you're alright,
Yeah everything is alright.
Oh please tell me that you're alright,
That everything is alright.
I'm sick of the things I do when I'm nervous
Like cleaning the oven or checking my tires
Or counting the number of tiles in the ceiling
Head for the hills, the kitchen's on fire!
this weekend went pretty well. it was the family 'vacation' to downtown chicago. my dad decided that since i might not be able to be home for christmas next year, what with the army and whatnot, we should do something special this year. so we stayed 2 nights at the Sheridan downtown, like 2 blocks from navy pier. it was a decently nice hotel, though for what it all cost, it was kinda lacking in my opinion. given that my taste is considerably less than cultured, thats probably saying something. we got down there saturday afternoon and went to dinner at Stetson's for the most expensive dinner i've ever eaten in my life. lets just say that for what the meal cost for the 5 of us, i could probably get 5-6 months-worth of groceries. yeah... but my dad figured this was the one time to splurge on the family and one of the only times we've ever had money that allowed us to do so. we came back from dinner and went swimming for a little bit, dried off in the tiny sauna. no hot tub, which was kinda disappointing. we played some cards, then all crashed.
sunday, woke up and went down to the hotel health club for a workout. got a decent one i suppose. the family went to breakfast/lunch before heading over to navy pier for a bit. i realized i don't think i've been there more than maybe once since high school. we wandered around the pier for a bit, checking out the stained glass exhibit, browsing the little shops, etc. on the walk back to the hotel we ran into the strongest gust of wind i think i've ever encountered. i was literally walking with a 45 degree forward lean in my stride and barely making any headway. we bought movie tickets for later in the evening and my dad and i had a beer while we watched a little bit of NFL. got back to the hotel and played cards for a little longer, watched tv, etc. had specialty burgers from the burger place in the bottom of the hotel for dinner. never had an Ahi Tuna burger before. it was pretty good. killed the rest of the time left before the movies all started (the 5 of us split up into 3 different ones). my mom and i went and saw I Am Legend. it was good, if a little sad and ocasionally frustrating. heh. came back to the room and had a little more family togetherness stuff before calling it a night.
today we went swimming for a brief while before checking out of the hotel. went to portillos for lunch, then i ended up over at zach's for the rest of the day, hanging out with him and his whole family playing Wii. i really am like a part of that family. haha.
the rest of life is mostly ups, with a few significant downs. one of the most notable downs is that two days after taking Korbel to the vet and having to put him to sleep, we took Marble to the vets appointment that we originally schedualed for Korbel (before deciding to take him to the animal hospital obviously) and found out he has a cancerous mass growing in his lower abdomen, a large one. its past the point of us being able to do anything and its making him quite uncomfortable due to the mass pushing his stomach out of place and putting pressure on other organs. we're not planning on doing anything though till after the holidays, but his clock is short :(. makes it seem like everything is changing too quickly. i don't like it.
pretty much the only 'good' news, for the few who read this that havn't heard, is that im in a new relationship with a very cool girl named laura. met her a few weeks ago right at the end of thanksgiving break, she added me as a myspace friend and i met her over her lunch break at woodfield the last 3 days before i left for c-dale again. i dunno. we really clicked. its definatly exciting.
im happy, but cautious. i dunno but im having a lot of trouble trusting any girl these days, despite having reason to. i just wish i could cure whatever makes me so paranoid and jealous. i also wish that my good news didn't cause pain and distress to two others. damn double edged swords. blah. i don't know if/how long this will last but im going to enjoy it while it does.
ok. its quarter after 2 on christmas morning. i should be going to bed. goodnight all. hope everyone has a very merry christmas
Tell me that you're alright,
Yeah everything is alright.
Oh please tell me that you're alright,
That everything is alright.
I'm sick of the things I do when I'm nervous
Like cleaning the oven or checking my tires
Or counting the number of tiles in the ceiling
Head for the hills, the kitchen's on fire!