Sundays are for Blogging

And coffee, and time wasting. Except this week, when I got distracted by doing my taxes. Oops. But now that I've been shut in my house for two days (thanks to Ice-Mageddon '11), I decided I probably had time to get around to making progress on one of my goals for the year: Blog once a week. Which will probably turn into once a month, but at least I know myself...
But I really should do this weekly, so that I can further avoid posts like this one, where I recap the past two weeks with little rhyme or reason.

Topic the First: I Miss My Boys
The boys left for Seattle on the 21st, after living with Scott and I for close to two months. I'm an only child, and have lived without roommates my entire adult life (except that first year of college, living in the dorm, which is probably why I never wanted another one). So I was a little apprehensive, but optimistic. Who wouldn't love having two of the funniest, like-minded people on the planet sharing living space and being a nest of friendship and video games? Thankfully it was during my annual "I'm not working for two weeks" break over the holidays, so it was like we were all on vacation...and we didn't get a damn thing done. And I love it.
I'll also add that I'm pretty sure we got crazy lucky. Brian and I are probably the same person. Seriously. Our brains were split at birth and separated so we wouldn't terrorize any one set of parents. Tim and Scott are such good friends and keep each other laughing for hours on end. Put the two together, and we all re-discovered great friendships and confidants that I know we're all grateful we got to remind ourselves of.
So when the day came for them to leave, I ran home for lunch, new attendance policy be damned, to see them one more time before (in my mind) they were gone forever. It was hectic, as they were scrambling to make sure all was done before hopping on a plane. But they made a few minutes for me to be a dumb girl. By that, I mean cry like an idiot while saying goodbye. I was shocked. Literally. I had no idea how much their leaving would affect me, which made me feel both sad and awesome.
So they've been up in Seattle for a couple of weeks, and have (as of today) found a place and begun moving. I'm so proud that they actually made the trip, and have taken the steps to settle in and make a life that's amazing for them.

Topic the Second: I Take On Too Much
School started in mid-January, and, as fate would have it, on the same day I went back to work. I've gotten used to the hectic schedule of working full time and going to grad school. It sucks, but I'm making it work, with varying degrees of success. So this semester, I added the Roller Derby factor. I knew it would be a lot of time, but joined up right before the first bout of the season, and therefore into a ton of work and extra time demands. It's cool, I'll figure it all out, but I'm a little crazy right now.

Topic the Third: Ice, and Working from Home
Lucky for me, I had this handy little laptop that I'd checked out from work in December for the Chicago trip. So, when the entire city got iced in this week and my driveway turned into a slippery slope of doom, I was able to plug in and get some stuff done. I'm not a fan of working at home, but I am a major fan of not having to use sick or vacation time because the weather goes left and my employer refuses to close for any reason ever. Unfortunately, I'm getting stir crazy. And after "working" all day, I don't want to re-motivate and be studious. Add to that, Scott is working for the next five days for the Super Bowl, so there is no one here to keep me accountable but the dogs. So in my head, if no one sees me smoke, eat, or drink too much, then it doesn't count. Right? Right?

But I digress...thanks for reading this far, if you did. I'm pretty sure most of this was pointless, and yet another excuse to not study.

And also, Holy Shit I forgot we took these pictures. Camera dump!

Leaving the Mountains


And looking forward to ten hours of nothingness:


Scott was Cah-Learly excited. He's a good liar.


And now...the signs of hilarity....
Bennett, Colorado, Kansas, Kanorado?








Oh, and this little guy...


And some pictures of Sabbath playing in the snow. Because we didn't get enough of it in Colorado. It was pretty surreal...we went to bed, exhausted at 3am when we finally got home, and woke up, to this...


And dude...look at his fecking eyes...


That is all.