Back to reality

Thanksgiving is over and it's back to reality now. I'm back to school for few more weeks and T is back at work. Then it's 5 weeks off which I hope to work a bit more. Maybe be able to save some money for our trip to Finland and pay the rent.



Despite us trying SO HARD, we did not make it to midnight madness on thanksgiving. JoeAnn was hungover, me and T were kinda blah and so was Erin. Amanda talked a great game about going to BestBuy at 3am but buckled. A mother of a 7-month old needs her sleep! We had every intention of going but the Eagles were on at 8:15 and we had to go to Billy's to watch it because T's mom didn't have the particular channel it was on...We had every intention of going even though JoeAnn called midway through the game and said she was not able to make it. We had every intention of going as Erin had a handicap sticker for her car so that we could drive there and get parking on handicap place BUT...we did a "quick" drive by, the traffic was terrible so we decided to go park at T's moms and then walk. Yeah...we walked alright! To upstairs and bed! LOL!

I had my Doctor's appointment the Friday after and she still couldn't figure out what's going on. So I'm having more testing done. She said I could have something called "regional complex pain syndrome" which basically means when MRI and X-rays don't show anything and you don't heal and the Docs don't know what you have, that's what they call it. So I will have more testing done.

It was fun seeing her family and spend a holiday with them but there's something to be said about being at home. We have slowly turned this place home, getting our own stuff together and we have decorated etc so that this place looks like us. It's great coming home and lay on the couch, get your feet up and watch some TV. It's great when the cats come over and welcome you home. It just feels like home and it's mostly because T is here.
I still have 1 paper to write for school, one final exam which won't be terrible since we have the questions and answers and one more homework for my Monday's class. Then I'll be done. The school is closed from the 25th until the end of December and my boss isn't working on the week of x-mas so I guess I'm having a 2 week vacation. Great except T is working during that time and I want to work to get rent money. I guess I will study for my comprehensive exam is March...YEAH, right! I'll try but...
T went to the Eagles game today so I'm home alone right now. Her sister-in-law Amanda and Amanda's dad and brother had tix to the Giant's-Eagles game and invited T t go with them...All of them are Giants fans and I guess they wanted an Eagles fan to abuse so T will be at the game today. She is bundled up like she was going to the frozen tundra. Forecast says +few degrees C, snow/rain and possible wind gusts up to 50 km/h... I'll be watching from the comfort of our couch with the cats, make some guacamole and chill...T will be home around 5 I guess. Leaves me good time to write my paper.
I'm done with my x-mas shopping for the most part. T is done until I see something else I wanna get for her, I have my family done, all I need to do is send the presents...We're doing secret Santa with T's brothers and their better halves...which is not all that secret anymore. I got Billy and I already bought his present. JoeAnn got me and apparently the presents are awesome! Presents as in more than one! She told T and T told me they are great! I can't wait!No Idea what it is but it'll be awesome I'm sure! All I know is that it's not a handbag...I made sure people knew that wasn't for me! T, JoeAnn and Amanda were talking about handbags just before we drew the names so I told everybody $500 handbags were not for me!
We moved some furniture around yesterday to make room for a x-mas tree. We went through T's x-mas decorations also to see what we have. We brought some of them downstairs and decorated a little. We're probably gonna go get a tree next week. We decided on a fake tree which I've never had but with 2 cats who love the smell of outdoors we decided it's probably best to have a fake one so that they won't climb up to it. Or try.
We went to a x-mas party yesterday that our friend Oscar and his family threw. It was good times! Good food, good company...First one of the season. I have a work x-mas party tomorrow or is it next Monday and T has 2 parties next week. I'm ready for the actual x-mas though...It will be fun but I will miss my family. It'll be the third x-mas ever that I don't spend with my own family.