It's been a long time!

Wow...so it's been well over a month since I posted anything. I'm not trying to ignore you! I'm just lazy...and a lot had happened! Every time I sat down to write a post, the task just seem too daunting, so I would quickly think of something else to do. Well, today I'm out of things to do...the apartment is clean, the dishes are done, the laundry is folded and put away, even my knitting "homework" for this Friday's Central Park Hoodie class is done!

So, I'm curled up on the couch, watching Definitely, Maybe, waiting for the maintenance guy to come unclog my shower drain - what better to do than write a super-duper, annoyingly long blog post?

Well, I guess I'm gonna start with from the beginning: TWILIGHT!

It was an awesome weekend! The weather did not cooperate too well, but that wasn't going to stop us! I was a little worried about the crowd at the movie (mostly chatty teenage girls), but they ended up being pretty good. My friend Jill went to a different theater and had a hard time hearing anything over all the talking. The movie was...great! It's just so nice to watch Robert Pattinson...he's, like, the prettiest guy in the world! Oh, and, BEST KISS EVER! We ended up seeing it again the next night! It gets better every time I see it! Here's some of my favorite pics from the weekend:

The snow starts...we got an early start to the night, so we could get to the theater on time.

The crowd in the theater...this was about 45 minutes BEFORE the show even started!

Mom, Jeri, me, Tobi and Michelle after the show...

Michelle and Heather - isn't this a cute one?

Tobi, me and mom showing off our shirts!

Aww, Tobi and Michelle lookin so cute!

And here's the weather after the movie - about 4 inches of the white crap!

Yay! We found the truck! Now we have to dig it out!

As you can see, it snowed a bunch... But that wasn't going to stop us from seeing Edward!

That brings us to the long, yet remarkably fast month of December. I interviewed for a normal 40 hour per week job in surgery - which would have been wonderful, but I ended up not getting it. Too bad, but I'm not too upset. I just have to keep looking for something to come up!

Next was our Stitch and Bitch Christmas party... It was my first time traveling out to Dana and Ryan's new place in Grand Rapids. I was so proud of myself for driving all the way out there - alone! (Not like it's that far...but still!) Anyway, we had fun...lots of good food, good drinks and good laughs! Ryan drunk is a hilarious sight! It was great to see Dana and Ryan and Meghan again! I missed them a lot! We stayed up until about 2am playing Scategories, and then I drove home.

The gang, hanging out at Dana and Ryan's!

Kristina and Sarah having a drink...

I don't know what was so funny, but we all seem to be having a good time!

I think this is a cute one of Sarah, but I don't know what the hell I'm doing in the background...Ben was having fun with my camera at this point...

Next would be the big day: Christmas. It just so happened that it was my only day off that week. However, I got called off Tuesday...but got called in at 9. And then was called off all night on Christmas Eve. Which kinda sucked, because I didn't make double time and a half. Then we drove down to Indiana on Christmas morning - I slept all the way there... We had a good time. The kids loved their presents - both Emma and Ethan got Nintendo DS's. Of course, Kien wanted one too...maybe next year Bean! It was nice to be with my family, but we had to leave the next day because I had to work - again. I took tons of pictures, but I'll just post my favorites here:

Emma cuddling with the puppies...

The boys wrestling with Papa...

Tobi, mom and Emma

Emma and Ethan on their DS's

Mom and Emma

Kien and Papa goofin around

Mom and I both ended up getting some kind of stomach flu Friday night - ick. I was back to work on Saturday. Monday night was our Stitch and Bitch Secret Santa exchange night. I got the Twilight calendar!!! It's so awesome! I don't know how Anna found one - they were sold out everywhere I looked! I stare lovingly at it whenever I can...

Kristina's awesome Campbell's Tomato Soup can beach towel from Claudia (who JUST finished her internship with Campbell's...)

Anna, who happened to be my Secret Santa, being goofy...

Sarah and I like to take pictures of each other taking pictures of each other...does that make sense?

Laura, Dana and Kristina - miss you guys!

New Year's Eve was very boring - I had to work. At least I made double time and a half though...the bills are starting to come in! Thankfully, I'm back to my regular work schedule again!

Well, it's almost 3pm and I have to get a nap in before I work tonight! Thanks for stickin with me on this long post! See you all later!