Were in "now" now...

Its three days after christmas, and I am just enjoying myself.

First off christmas was great. I got to spend the whole day with my entire family. There were a LOT of presents under the tree. We spent a lot of time opening all of those. At about 3 we left for dinner at a family friends house, the Reichles. Though the unseasonably warm weather didn't make the day quite feel like christmas.

Monday Amanda and I left St. Louis and headed back home. The drive wasn't too bad and we ordered our usual chinese food when we got home.

Tuesday I slept in because we didn't have to be in at any specific time. I had an easy day at work where I left early to pick up my brothers from the airport. We went to dinner (brothers in tow) with Amanda's dad and step mom. We had a very good time. Also, we got our "christmas" gift. Amanda and I got an "open bar" at our wedding for christmas.

Later we stayed up late to watch tv and play video games. I crawled into bed a little after 2 in the morning. I am surprizingly awake this morning after doing so.

Today will be long because I have to go to work at Best Buy tonight. Hopefully everything will go easliy enough tonight.

Merry Almost Christmas

Well, technically its christmas, but what does it matter? Amanda and I got up at 6:30 and were on the road by 7. We made good time and Lucky didn't get sick in the car.

We have just been hanging out at my mom's place. It's quite nice, however everyone thinks (including mom) that this place feels like my grandmothers place. Kinda funny. We ordered some pizza and took the dogs for a walk. Though the day seemed to drag on forever. There was no sun all day and its just been slow going. Though its been an enjoyable day. So even though it wasn't 5 we felt like it was time for bed.

Dinner was great. We talked about a lot of things and enjoyed each others company. After which we opened a couple of presents. Amanda and I got a knife from my aunt Kathy and she is REALLY excited about it. I got a new phone, a moto razr v3. It's amazing. I finally have the Mario Brothers theme as my ring tone.


Now everyone is asleep and we are watching the Jackass movie. Don't ask me why...

I love my family.

Busy Busy Busy...

I know its been awhile, but I have been busy. First off I started to feel sick again last thursday night and then threw up. upon which I felt immediatley better and have stayed that way.

As I said, we have been busy. We finished our christmas shopping last week, and have been preparing this weekend.

Saturday we spent pretty much the entire day at Apartment 9 (now G3) and had a great time with everyone. Dinner was good, though salty by Geoff's own confession. We watched "It's a Wonderful Life" and played "Mad" (a card game) a couple of times. Both Amanda and Michelle learned how to play that night. We also exchanged gifts and enjoyed each others company. Eventually I got around to talking to Andrerw, Geoff, Tim, and J about the wedding. It was snowing most of the day and Amanda and I took care on the way home because the streets were a little hazardous. We could have stayed at G3 since they were so kind to offer, but I had to work in the morining so we left. We never went above 50 mph... even on the highway.

Then sunday I went to work, came home, spent some time with Amanda, took a nap, and then got up to go to Brunch with her Dad and stepmother. After which we went home grabbed some laundry and went to her mothers house. We did some laundry, after which we went to her Uncles house to have a little "christmas" with them.

Basically we have just been running around with familiy stuff as of late and we aren't done yet. Friday we have dinner with other members of Amanda's family, then we drive to St. Louis for mine...

It should be fun.

Also, everyone at my office is mad about Tom Hanks playing Robert Langdon, and its worse now that they have seen his hair...


Three different people in 15 minutes told me that seeing this picture ruined their day...

Feeling Better

Yesterday was my first day back at work. It was nice as usual. We got to leave at 4 so that we could get to the HOLIDAY dinner in time.

We all went to the "Peppercorn Duck Club" last night. Its a very nice restaurant that specializes in duck (obviously). Though, it was very difficult to find a place to park initially. Once inside we fared much better. We had to do a little arranging to get everyone at the same table, but once we did it was all good. We talked and drank most of the time. Once we got the food we still managed to trade embarrassing stories. While the food was good, the kicker was the chocolate bar. The women loved it. Not that the guys didn't, but it was much more popular among the girls. Basically they offer you several types of cake, fruits, and other chocolate dishes. At the end they gave everyone a strawberry with chocolate and all the women roses. And then they put our leftovers in tinfoil ducks.


It was a really good night. We were there from 5:40 to about 10, drinking all the while. Some people here are still recovering.

I'm Sick

Well, after taking care of Amanda I got sick, and had to miss work both today and yesterday. I am not particularly happy about it, but dem's da breaks. I guess I will just have to suffer through it with the help of bedrest and tv.

Could be worse...