Ugh...the weather!!!

So, I got here to work tonight at 5, having driven in a downpour. Didn't think anything of it, until I heard that it was supposed to start freezing, then sleeting, then snow on top of that, then the temperature is supposed to drop down in the teens overnight!!! As if all of this is not bad enough, the winds are supposed to reach 30 mph, which is just lovely when you are driving cross country, and can barely see the lines as it is!!! So, everyone, I get off of work at 5 in the morning on Monday. Please pray that I make it home safely. :)

Only 11 days until Christmas!!! I just can't believe how fast this year has gone. I started a new career adventure in January, Jeff and I bought our first house in August, and in the middle I was planning our wedding. We got married in October, and here it is the Christmas holidays!!! I guess our parents were right...time moves faster as you get older.

I did not sleep well today. Woke up three times from 6 am to 8 am, having to use the facilities. The third time, I decided I was also hungry, so decided to eat a little something. Finally got back to sleep, only to be awakened by Gus, who is plenty big enough to jump up onto the bed on his own, scraching at the bedframe, wanting to be picked up. He finally gets up onto the bed, and proceeds to lick my face for about 5 minutes. He gives those really wet, sloppy kisses too, complete with sound effects: sluuuuurp, slurrrrrp, sluuuuuurp. Nothing like awakening to a dog licking your face. While all of this is going on, Sparky is growling and barking at me, wanting me to throw his ball. Ugh, just let me get some sleep!!! Unbeknownst to me, I did finally fall asleep amoung all of this commotion, only to wake myself up singing, 'Christmastime is here' from the quartet from Saturday Night Live. Fantastic.

So, currently, I am sitting at work, in Fast Track, with a really hilarious doctor, although I really can't understand what he says half of the time, and I am trying to keep my eyes open. I better, because, no doubt, we will be getting plenty of car accidents tonight. The joys of working in the emergency department.

So, Here I Am

Today, I have just finished shopping for Jeff's Christmas presents. Actually, I started it and I finished it...internet shopping is the best! However, I still have to find and purchase gifts for all of my family, and that is always the hardest part...only Jeff makes me a list of his 'top picks'!

I am sitting here staring at my Christmas tree, and I am thinking, 'they are always so much prettier at night'. Hmmmm...

I am sitting here on this computer, basically doing nothing, when I should be up cleaning my house, doing laundry, washing dishes, any and all of these things. I am just so unmotivated today. I guess what is different than from any other day? What I really want to do is paint my bathroom. It is this hideous dark green and cream color, and I hate it, have hated it since moving into this house. I have all of the colors that I need to paint it, I just know it is going to take more than one day, and I have to go to work tomorrow night, and I don't think I can get it done in time. Bathrooms and kitchens suck to paint. All of the little corners and nooks and crannies. I remove all of the doors on the cabinets, so that I don't get paint on the hangers, so that is additional time...ugh, it makes me tired thinking of all of it.

I really should be calling the doctor also. I have had this pain in my lower left quadrant for the past, oh, two months or so, and it is pretty constant, although it waxes and wanes. The longer it goes on, the more concerned I become, but on my days off, I just do not want to leave the house. This is so sad to me; I am a 26-year-old female, recently married, I should be having the time of my life, but I just don't get excited about anything anymore. I don't want to drive the 45 minutes to the cities, I just want to be home. I miss my mom; haven't seen her in almost a month; I miss my friends, haven't seen any of them since the wedding. I really honestly think that if I let myself become one, I could be an agoraphobic. That scares me.

Anyway, I guess I should go and start cleaning the house. Who knows, maybe I can clean the house and paint the bathroom? Ha, not going to happen.