Storms

Ok so last night was probably the scariest night ever! I was home by myself. Josh was working so it was just me and Ellie. I knew it was going to possibly be stormy, but nothing severe. Just a wind advisory. Normally I am running for cover in storms, because a mobile home is just not the place to be. For some reason I was feeling a little brave, so I thought I would just suck it up and stay home. I hate spending the night away from home. It is such a hassle to take Ellie anywhere. So about the time I went to bed it started raining, and the wind started blowing. Nothing major. So being the true scaredy-cat that I am, I layed there and couldn't sleep. 11:00,...12:00,.....1:00 Ok at this point the wind is howling, but I'm really trying to be brave, so instead of leaving to go somewhere safe, I decided the best place for me to sleep would be the floor beside the bed. Just in case a tree was to fall on my bedroom. (Yes, I do realize how crazy I sound). 1:30am So I am on MyFoxStorm.com checking the radar, (the satelite was out)when someone in the chat room says there has been a tornado spotted in Jasper. Ok I am no longer brave.. I am freaking out! I grab my shoes, and my dog, and the car keys, and I decide I am going to Josh's grandmother's old house that is right next door to us. No one lives there, but I have a key, and it is fully furnished with power. So I am scared to even get in my car because the wind is blowing so hard I am expecting a tree on my head any minute. I make it to the car, and drive to the old house, dodging limbs in the road. I finally get in the house, and I go inside, and me and Ellie get in a closet in the bedroom. At this point I hear stuff hitting the house, and the doors to the closet start sucking open and closed, because of the draft in the house. Talk about scared! I am going to die, in a closet, with noone but my dog. I call my mom to tell her bye, and she doesn't answer. That figures. So I keep sitting there, waiting to be blown to pieces, but the wind just keeps blowing. My mom finally calls back, and she says that there aren't any warnings, just a wind advisory. That is putting it lightly! My cousin Sarah and I have decided we would make much better weather people, because we would not just say "wind advisory" we would say stuff like: "It's blowing hard out there! GET OUT OF YOUR MOBILE HOMES NOW!", and "It's raining sideways people!" I think that makes the situation a lot more clear. No guessing whether or not you should stay, or go. Anyways, the wind finally died down, so I went back home, thankful to be alive. Apparently someone must have just reported a tornado because the wind was so bad. There were never any warnings. My power was out the rest of the night, and this morning, so I look like a bum with wrinkled clothes, no sleep, and hair that had to dry by itself on my way to work. Cute. Really cute. Apparently it is still out. We are supposed to have more storms tonight, so I packed my things this morning, and Josh and I will be staying in Trussville with my inlaws! No more being "brave" for me.

weekly post

I had a great weekend this week! Starting with Thursday.. Kristi and I went to the gym, and did Zumba. I don't think I blogged about zumba last week, but it is this dance class that Kristi wanted to try. We did it once before, and we totally suck at it. We have to either be the only beginners in the class, or the two most uncoordinated people on earth! It is hilarious! We try to hide in the back of the class, but that is not enough. We still stick out like sore thumbs. Probably because we are about two seconds behind everyone else, or because we are always moving in the wrong direction or because one of us is doing it right while the other is doing it wrong, and we run into each other. We did a little better this week, but it still wasn't pretty. I still have not lost a single pound. It is quite frustrating! Moving on. Josh and I went bowling with our friends Gary and Sherry on friday, and we ate at the cajun steamer. yumm We ordered so much food and appetizers that I ate the left-overs twice! (yeah I know I was just talking about not losing any weight, but like I said....It's frustrating....I had a weak moment...or two...) On saturday we went to my in-laws, and we all went to a movie (Duplicity) the movie kinda sucked, but it was fun anyways. We also ate Japanese, but no left-overs that night. I pigged out and didn't have enough left to take home. (are we seeing a pattern here?) Sunday I should have got my lazy butt out of bed and gone to church, but I didn't, and I missed a great message. I will definitely be there next sunday. Josh and I watched a movie at home that day, and I'm pretty sure that is all we did. I was also off on Monday this week, because Doc took the day off so I slept late and then went shopping for something to wear on Easter. I don't usually do that, but I just really needed some dress clothes anyways. I tried on several things in the juniors section, before finally coming to terms with the fact that I am not a teenager anymore. I am a big girl now, and I need to start dressing like it. Once I realized that, I finally found something church-worthy. I guess that is it for now. I could go on, but I will stop myself before it gets too boring.

Another boring weekend

Ok, so obviously I only post after the weekend. My life is just not that exciting. Friday I went to the gym with Kristi, and then we went and ate at Jim-n-Nicks, and after that I went to spend the night at my mother's house because Josh was at work, and I was anticipating bad weather. Since we had waited until we were under a tornado warning the night before to leave our mobile home and then almost got blown off the road, and had to turn around, I thought it might be good to do some precautionary planning. Of course, when you are actually counting on something, it doesn't happen. Not that I'm complaining! Saturday, I went to the gym, and layed around the rest of the day. Josh had to work all weekend, so I didn't do much. I went back to church on Sunday, Josh was working, but my sister and her boyfriend and my niece went too. It was good for me to go. It has been a while. After church, Kristi and I went back to the gym. That was the 5th day in a row! We were exhausted, but we got through it. I was proud of myself. I know this post was boring, but unfortunately so was my weekend! Next weekend should be better. Josh will be off work then. Maybe we will go to the drive-in. That sounds like fun. We will see...

Weekend summary

This weekend went by too quickly as usual. It was fun though. Nicole's wedding went great, and she was beautiful! We had a great time before the wedding, getting our hair done, and fixing our makeup. Girly stuff! I got to see my Cass Cass, and thanks to her, I made it home with no problems! Saturday was fun too! Josh and I went to eat hot wings at some new friends house, with some old friends...Does that make sense? Anyways, we all had a good time together. It is funny to me how, once you get older, and married it is easy to find things you have in common with any other married couple. Even if you are very different people individually, or very different ages you still have the same daily struggles, so it is easy to find things to talk about.
On sunday my sister and I came to birmingham to go shopping for wedding dresses!! Yay! I am so happy for her that she has found someone who she is totally in love with, and who feels the same way about her, and treats her that way! She deserves it! She has definitely gone through a few frogs to find him.
Well that sums up the weekend. Now I am back at work. This is a good week though. Things are picking up. I still have time to twiddle my thumbs, just not as much time. Oh I forgot to mention that I went to the gym by myself last night! It was very boring, but I was proud of myself for going anyways! That is all for now!

Rambling

Today is cleaning day at work. This is good, since we only had one patient today. The other one canceled. Yes the other ONE. This new practice thing is rough. Things are definitely picking up, and I can't really complain because I do love my job even though it is sometimes boring.

Me and Kristi went to the gym again last night. We worked our arms this time, so I have been noodle arms today. Of course I wouldn't tell my one patient that I could barely control my arms. Scalers+shakey arms=lots of bleeding. Ha Ha. Just kidding. I managed to keep things under control. I am just a weak person. (physically) I couldn't lift the same amount of weight as Kristi. It was funny. Her husband was showing us what machines to use to work out our arms. I couldn't do one of them at all. He said we could wait until I was a little more "advanced" for that one. Ha! That was putting it nicely. Oh well, I never planned on being in any weight lifting competitions, so I should be ok.

Today after work I have to drive all the way home to Jasper, so I can pick up my bridesmaids dress, and then drive all the way to Athens. Yuck. I would have had my dress already if I would have double checked what time the alterations place closed. I sent Josh to pick it up, and he arrived about ten minutes too late. It was my fault. I guess I should have been more specific. The wedding is tomorrow. I hope my dress fits. I am scared I won't be able to get home from the wedding chapel. I don't know my way around Huntsville very well, and I have no sense of direction. I don't take directions very well either. I guess I will survive.

Pain

So I have been trying to eat a little healthier for a while now, in a half-hearted attempt to lose some weight for the summer. Well apparently if you are lazy and you don't excercise that doesn't really happen. So after getting frustrated about eating healthy, and not losing a single pound, I decided I should quit being lazy and add excercise to the mix. So I joined the gym with my friend Kristi. We started this weekend. We worked out on sat. and sun. and now I am pretty sure I could be dying. I am SOOO out of shape! Oh my gosh, my whole body hurts! Walking is a big accomplishment at this point. I could hardly make it up the stairs to work this morning. I am glad no one was in the parking lot to see me grab on to the hand rail for dear life, and hobble up the steps. I sneezed yesterday, and thought that every muscle in my stomach was going to explode. How did I let myself get this way? Ha Ha. It will all be worth it later. That was pretty much the main event of the weekend. Josh was in his friends wedding on Saturday, so friday was rehersal, sat. was the wedding, and sunday after my workout I crashed, and layed around and read my book for the rest of the day. I didn't sleep very well last night. Ellie has developed a new habit of wanting to sleep on my head. I don't know what this is about. I tossed and turned all night, and every time I rolled over, she climbed back on my head, and when I would push her off, she would lay on my back, or my legs. We had the whole queen size bed to share, and she wanted to sleep right on top of me. It was kinda sweet that she wanted to snuggle with her mommy, but geez!

Poo On Night Shift

Here I am, sitting on the couch doing nothing, just like every other night this week. I hate night shift. I miss Josh so bad. He had to work all weekend, which meant that he slept all day, every day. Which meant that I did absolutely nothing productive because....Well just because. I guess I could have done something, but it is hard to get ready when all my stuff is in our bedroom, and he is asleep in there. I guess I could have picked out my clothes and stuff the night before, and put them in the other bathroom, but I was lazy and I didn't. So I layed around in my pajamas for three days, and didn't even shower until Josh got up for work every day. Oh! I did shower and leave the house on saturday. I had to go to Athens to pick up my bridesmaids dress from Nicole's house. She was moving the last few things out of her house. I can't believe she is getting married! I am so excited for her. Anyways, after that I made it back home just in time to say bye to Josh. Then I went to the tanning bed, and then Sarah and I made plans to watch a movie together since our men work the same shift togeter. We also thought it would be a good idea to get Ellie and her springer spaniel puppy, Mabry, together for a playdate. This did not turn out so well. Ellie does not know how to play with other dogs. She has not been around other dogs very much, so she is always scared of them. Mabry on the other hand was very excited, but since she is used to playing with a boxer, Ellie did not make the best playmate. We had to keep them seperated the whole time. The journey to Sarah's was quite exciting. Ellie is not the best car rider. She likes to be in your lap the whole time, and she also likes to look out the window, but since she is so tiny, she has to prop up on my arms to see out, so every time I move my arms to turn the wheel she falls down. It is quite annoying. We also went through the Chic-fil-A drive through, because I was feeling like a milk shake, so I had to keep her from trying to jump out the window. Did you know they give out dog treats at the Chic-fil-A drive through? Well I didn't, but they gave Ellie this huge milk bone. Well, it was huge for her. She usually gets small treats. Anyways I let her have the whole thing, and as soon as I pull away, she drops it between the seat and the console. Ugh! So then I have to pull over and turn the interior light on and fish out the treat. Then Sarah calls and says to meet her at Burger King, so I get the bright idea to try out their new mini burgers. Here we go to drive through number two. I drive all the way to burger king make my order, and pull to the window. At this time Ellie is just finishing up with her treat and she is sniffing around, and burying her head between my legs trying to get the crumbs she has dropped. This must have made a fantastic impression on the guy at the window, because he seemed quite amused by Ellie's behavior. I didn't even try to explain the situation. I figured that would only make things worse. Sniffing for crumbs, yeah that is believable.