What's Going On...

For your reading pleasure, some Super Fun Highlights of the past couple weeks. And no, no pictures, because that would involve me getting off the couch, finding a memory card, downloading pictures onto the computer, uploading pictures onto this site, etc... and frankly, I am just too lazy right now to go to that kind of effort.

• Snow. And then more snow. And then HATING ALL THE &^%$# SNOW. Our van got stuck and it took half the neighborhood to dig it out. We had to eat interesting foods from the back of the pantry & bottom of the freezer. We could not go anywhere and I was trapped in the house. Instead of being all industrious (for example, cleaning out closets) I was the OPPOSITE of useful and lay around watching a lot of crap TV with Eric.
• Christmas. Wonderful as always. Spent hours putting together enormous dollhouse that we must at some point take upstairs. Or not. Is it okay to have dollhouses in your formal living room? Could that be a new decorating trend?
• New Years. Went to Seattle with the Brothers and had an awesome dinner. Went to brother's friend's fancy apartment to watch the Space Needle fireworks from the balcony. Saw lots of Drunk Girls crying and acting generally foolish (WOOOOOOO! is apparently only word Drunk Girls know). Quietly congratulated myself for not ever being a Drunk Girl.
• Bought Travel Trailer. With air conditioning. Am now ready to become Camping Machine. (well, just as soon as I get some kind of memory foam mattress thing for trailer bed, because dude- I'm not going to be in the wilderness and uncomfortable. It's not right.)
• Worked. A lot-ish. Got yelled at by guy with no legs. Felt bad for guy with no legs until he WOULDN'T STOP YELLING AT ME. Decided that not having legs is no excuse for poor manners. I am still constantly fascinated by the variety of wierdness that a small-town ER attracts. Love my job.
• Got Not-Awesome Stomach Flu. Acted like a big baby for a two whole days. Made Eric bring me endless toast and then did not eat it. Then got awesome fever and watched "The House Bunny" and took lots of drugs. Was just feeling better when...
• Child with Head Injury. Had to call 911 when Grace danced herself into a freaking table & knocked herself unconcious. Within 30 seconds of wonking her head, she had a huge purple goose-egg and I freaked the heck out. And I am not a freaking-out kind of parent, but it was pretty scary to see my child with the dent/giant lump on her head. Had to take child to ER in gross sweaty been-in-bed-with-flu clothes that I had been wearing for two days. Grace has a nice little contusion on her forehead, and possibly a mild concussion, so we had to wake the poor kid up all night long to make sure she still knew her name.
• Got to See Delicious Nephews. Mmmmm, babies. Grace did tons of studying before we went so she could tell everyone apart and she is in LOVE. Ella was more interested in playing with the dog, which is typical Ella. I am super impressed by the mad organizational skilz it takes to effectively feed/bathe/change multiple babies- it's not a small job.
• Floods. I live on a hill, so I'm good, but wow. Crazy, crazy flooding around here. Our town made the National news, making everyone feel Very Important. Unfortunately, when the news reporters pick people to interview around here, they always seem to find the ones with no teeth and/or bras. Maybe it's because they always look in front of the 7-11. Although it may be a relatively accurate representation of a good portion of the population around here, it still sucks. Also, I grew up here (and I own several bras! which I wear!). I'm pretty sure I had figured out by the time I was about 6 years old to never live by the river. Mostly because eventually your house will float away. So who are these people that are all surprised that their house is now located downstream? Just saying.
  
• Ate Sushi. Off a conveyor belt. Have you seen this craziness?? The sushi rolls right past you on little plates and you just pick it up. Do I like sushi? NO!! Do I like foods to roll past me on little conveyor belts? OH YEAH!! I am thinking that ALL restaurants need to convert to a conveyor belt system. It's food and entertainment all in one stop.
  
• Kim & Barry moved into their new house and, in an obvious fit of insanity, wanted The Girls to spend the night with them. (Which has somehow turned into TWO nights- my heartless little children do not miss me and never want to come home.) Because Eric and I are such wild party animals, we plan on spending this evening doing NOTHING. Hooray!!

Exciting, huh? That was a lot of typing. I think I need a nap.