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a string of updates which will probably take up the leftover energy i have from this week. heh… not really. i’ve been trying to take it a bit easier lately. treated myself last weekend to some much needed hang out time with the friends. saw the new batman flick and LOVED it. it’s highly recommended in my book. i want to see it again actually. i’ve been slowing down my level of effort at work, but that can only happen for so long. i’m sure next week will resume the craziness.

dad has an interview next wednesday. we’re all praying that god will lead him to where he needs to go soon. i played with my dad’s resume earlier this week and he was happy with the improvements.

went to college station for work yesterday. yep… aggieland. i remarkably escaped without losing any IQ points (i think). hahahaha… just kidding.

had dinner with mom and dad last night… she made my favorite - tuna noodle casserole. mmmm mmm! there’s nothing like your momma’s cooking to give you the warm fuzzies. alan is doing well in cosmetology school. he’s making A’s in all of his classes and is vice president of the student council. i’m mega proud of him. he gave his first hair cut earlier this week i think. mom says that he seems happy with what he is learning and getting to do, so that is good.

while at mom’s last night, i learned some random facts about my birth father (probably more than i’ve ever known about him in the last 25 years) - his middle name, his birthday, what he did in the military, etc. to my mom’s knowledge, he never told his family about my existence. i was the first girl born in five generations and they had no clue. i don’t know if they do now or not, but yeah. for some reason, i felt funny. don’t get me wrong - i’m not looking to contact and/or have a relationship with the guy. he made his decision and he got voted off the “dad” island when he signed over his rights to daddy so that i could be adopted. but for some reason - i had always assumed his family knew about me and that his mom, dad, etc. just turned their backs as well. not the case. and it made me sad and confused for a moment.

i looked like an absolute insane dallas stars fan today. i wore my modano shirt since i wanted to be in “comfy” mode after work. when jeromy got home, turco accidentally got out and i was chasing him down the cul de sac yelling “turco!” so yeah… i’m sure anyone familiar with the team would have sat back and said, “now there’s a real fan!” we’re probably going to do a partial set of season tickets this year. ’twill be fun.

we booked a cruise. we’ll leave port on march 2, 2009 and enjoy 5 days of bliss in the western caribbean. it’ll be something fun to celebrate our first anniversary with and will get us out of the house to make some fun memories. i’m beyond stoked. i really haven’t ever gone on a vacation like this before. it definitely is something to look forward to.

i’m ready for summer to be over. doing tree inventories in june and july has not been fun and i’m sure august won’t be much better. i’ll be the first to admit that i’m a heat wimp… any sign of warmth and i’m a sweaty mess (although not as heat sensitive as neo, who i’m sure is part polar bear or something).

family reunion is this weekend. we’ll be leaving for haskell, texas to see everyone. i’m looking forward to it, as i adore all of jeromy’s aunts, uncles, etc. they have always been such sweethearts to me. it will be a nice time to relax and enjoy good company.

poor sarge was in the hospital most of the day - he had chest pains this morning for work and they had an ambulance take him over. lori sent us a picture of him in the bed with his gown and little tubes everywhere. poor guy. they concluded that he did not have a heart attack, but they still don’t know what is wrong. he got to go home tonight, though, so that is good.

the word “slice” bothers me. a lot. don’t know why… always just has. bleh.

managed to get through a trip at fry’s with jeromy this evening without losing my mind. kind of. that place attracts the weirdest people… one guy in a super bright pink shirt with crazy hair that looked like he had just woken up after a week of sleep… then there was fannie-pack guy who looked like he hopped out of a gym from the 1980s… and then there was tank top guy who had some compressed air thingies wedged up in his bare-skin armpit and i thought how oogie it would be if he decided he didn’t want them and then someone would pick them up with his sweaty armpit germs on them. but these are just the things that i notice when jeromy’s trying to find a 12″ connector cord gizmo on a wall of 24″ connector cord gizmos.

jeromy and i walked into family dollar today to get some laundry baskets. somehow, in less than 10 minutes, we walked out with 5 laundry baskets, 3 rugs, 3 metal star wall hangings, 8 wash cloths, 4 hand towels, 8 regular towels, 2 lamps, and 4 packages of rawhide dog bones. yeah… we’re that good. this is why i hate shopping.