It's not a party 'til the police show up....

So Friday night was interesting.... We had our supper NINE (yes, I finally figured out how many it was) and it was a lot of fun. Dinner was scrumptious! We had grilled chicken, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes (aka a little piece of heaven), rolls, and then a necterine (I think...) and blueberry cobbler thing for dessert. It all was so delicious! We didn't move from the dining room table the whole night. We had A LOT of laughs, and got to meet and spend time with some new people. The night was going fantastic... that is until I got a phone call....
I had my phone at the table because I was showing everyone a picture that I had on my phone. (That is a whole other story....) So I just left my phone sitting on the table while we continued to talk. Well, all of a sudden my "How to Save a Life" ringtone goes off, so I silence it and notice that the call is an "unknown caller". I apologize and we continue talking. The call goes to my voicemail. Not even 2 seconds later my phone rings again... "unknown caller". At this point I'm thinking "maybe it's someone from school. I should answer it." So I excuse myself and go into the living room to take the call. ......I'll spare you the details (even though I can remember every word) because I have enough trouble sleeping, I don't want to freak you all out. Basically, the guy says some threatening things to me, and I hang up. So I stand there for a second thinking to myself, "What just happened here? Was that for real?" I go into the dining room and sit back down at my chair. Meanwhile no one knows what just occured. Then, my phone rings AGAIN! "Unknown Caller". I was sitting in between both my sisters, and Holli goes, "Who was it?" I said, "I don't know." "Well, should you answer it again?" "I don't want to..." So Holli grabs my phone and answers it. I didn't say much the first time around so she passed for me on the phone and talked to the guy. (Again I will spare you the details of what happened). So while she is talking on the phone I looked over to my other sister (and by that time everyone could tell I was kind of freaked out) and told her what was said during my conversation. Needless to say everyone was concerned, and once Holli hung up on the guy, we called our family friend who is a detective and he advised us to call the police and file a report. So, here we are at 9:45 at night and the police come knocking at these people's home. These poor people!! I had really only "known" them for less than 3 hours, and they are having to deal with all this drama. Anyway, so Hol and I relay the phone conversations and the police officer takes our statement. The night was pretty much over after that. I went home, told my dad about it, just in case the police called in the middle of the night, and I went to bed for a restless nights sleep.
So, then we come to Saturday morning... didn't take much to get myself out of bed, since I really didn't sleep that well to begin with. I wasn't even up 20 minutes before I'm telling the whole thing to my mom (who had been asleep when I got home the night before). Then, I had to hurry and get dressed so my dad and I could go to Verizon... on his birthday mind you... to change my phone number and try and obtain my phone records. One of the ladies working customer service was a real witch, so we walked out with only a new number... no records. (apparently they have privacy laws about people who have their phone number resitrcited.. I see, so they can call and harrass me, but I can't know who it is... makes perfect sense...) So, the police station will turn the case over to a detective and they will have to subpeona Verizon for the records, and then we will go from there. All in all, I got the crap scared out of me, and have been a little on edge the last couple days. Tomorrow my dad is going to the police station to tell them we couldn't get the records and then they will take it from there. Hopefully they can figure something out before I go back to school next week. Until then, I'm pretty much staying in groups and have only given my new number out to a handful of people. If you are reading this saying "Hey... why didn't she call me and give me her new number?" then leave a comment. I may have just forgotten. Forgive me... I've been a little preoccupied.
Alright, well I need to get going. I have a few things I need to do before I leave for small group tonight. Hope everyone had a more enjoyable, less drama-filled weekend than I did. I'll be back hopefully with some good news later this week.
Until.................

What's new??

Not much here. I took a 2 hour drive today. No, it wasn't aimless driving. I know the price of gas right now! I drove an hour away to drop of Christmas gifts (yes, I said Christmas) to my friend and her three kiddos, then I turned right back around and came home. Since then I have been reading my Bible, picking out new music for my playlist (see below for some new additions), surfing some blogs, and putting off starting my paper as long as possible. :) I figure I will probably start writing it Sunday night/Monday morning at the earliest. I had this big idea to start writing it today, but you know what... I don't want to. I'm tired and I want to relax a little bit before I jump into my Spring (not-so-much-of-a) Break.
On my way home earlier today (after dropping off gifts) my friend Robin called me. She was breathless with excitement! She wanted to tell me that she got the summer extern and she was placed in the NICU (her first choice!) which is awesome!!!! She will do amazing there, and has so much to offer those precious little ones and their families because she has walked in their shoes.
Tonight is "Supper 6"...or 8 or 9 or whatever..... the point is the three amigas -or should it be hermanas- (aka me and the sisters) are getting together with a few couples in our Sunday School class to break bread and have a good time. :) Then we might get really crazy on a Friday night and go play Mexican Train Dominoes at some friend's house. I know... we're crazy!
Tomorrow Hol (and maybe Lisa, I'm not sure) and I are going to head out to shop. Holli is desperate for spring clothes and I have no money, so I'll probably be tagging along for cookies and a coffee! :) And tomorrow is my Dad's birthday, so we're going out to eat for that. He'll be XX years old. And he doesn't look a day over XX. :) (No that is not roman numeral, so you can stop trying to figure out what the double X means. I am concealing his age, in case he doesn't want me to tell.) I was in charge of the birthday card this year. For the last few years the three of us girls just get one collective card for our parent's when it is their birthday, mother's/father's day, anniversary (duh).... I did a pretty good job this year if I do say so myself. I'll post what the card says tomorrow after we give it to him, just in case he reads my blog I don't want him to find out until he actually gets it.
Ok, well enough randomness for now. I'll be back sometime this weekend. Have a good one peeps!!
Until.............................

Happy Birthday....

...to my baby, Sydney!! I can't believe the crazy pup is three years old today!

I can still remember when...

- we said goodbye to her momma Brandy

- we could hold her in our arms... standing up

- she could fit in the sink

- she would walk right beside my dad... oh wait... she still does that.

- we could give her toys without her destroying them within 5 minutes

- she would lay underneath the coffee table downstairs

- she didn't know how to go up and down stairs. (Boy has that changed!)

I miss her being that small, and then I love the stage she's in now even though people say she's wild and rambunctious. Those are the people that aren't around her when she lays on my bed and snores, or is so excited to see me in the morning that she can't even stand still, or when she gives me hugs (yes, she does). No one sees those things, so therefore their judgements have no bearing....


I do have to say that her birthday slipped my jamm-packed mind until my mom reminded me of it after clinical today. I promptly came home and sang happy birthday, played ball with her for awhile, and of course... took pictures!!!

Well, there she is... my BIG three year old puppy! Isn't she adorable?

Alright, I'm wiped. One more day before Spring Break officially starts for me. Woohoo!

Enjoy your Wednesday!

Until next time.................................

Where has my head gone?

I had something in mind to blog about tonight, because I knew I would be done fairly early with my paperwork. Now that I'm sitting here though I can't think of what it was. Shoot! I hate when that happens.

I do have more pictures from the Doctor's Dance though. These are Ashley's pics. Same camera... much better result.

(Here is what the picture of me and Robin was supposed to look like.)

(Here we are: The Three Muskateers! Ash, Me, Robin)

(Here we are with Jen, a friend from school.)

Haha.. I just noticed that those three pictures are practically the same except each one has an added person. Too funny!

(Here Robin and I are "getting down" on the dance floor. I have NO idea what I am doing. It looks like I'm eating, but I know I wasn't. Hmm... oh, and that's Maria making a face in the corner, and I have no idea who that guy is in the background.)

Yea, so that's how a camera should take pictures. It seems that in the last couple days I've seen nothing but camera ads everywhere I look. Is it a sign??? I really do like my camera, I just think it's having issues. I will try to resolve them, but if things don't get better all I have to say is "Camera for Sale!".

Alright, well I should get ready for bed. I need to get up at 5 tomorrow. Ugh! I hate early mornings! Only about 9 more months of this and then I can do whatever shift I want!

Stay healthy people! Lot's is going around right now.

Until next time.....................

The Luck of the Draw...

One thing is for certain about Mexican Train Dominoes... it's all about luck! You have no idea what your tiles will be and if they don't have the magic number to get your train started you are in big trouble. This is something my sister Lisa learned today. My sis Holli sent me this picture with the following message...

"This picture sums up Lisa's bad luck at Mexican Train Dominoes today. (Notice she had not even started her train.) Needless to say the entire game ended with me only losing 2 rounds and the final score being 763 to 97."

I bet she had to use a calculator to add up that round. Poor Lisa! Better luck next time sis!

Alright, well I must go study a little more before I go to bed. I'll be back probably Wednesday night or so. Wish me luck with my last week before Spring Break!!!

Until.............

The Doctor's Dance aka "The Ball"

Well, the night is done. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Robin (who was my date because Brian was out of town with the kids, and I was not going by myself) and I rode together. I met her at her house, and she was all sniffly nosed and coughing. I thought I had an out. If she was sick, I didn't have to go! Yes!! Not so fast.... she was still going... Shoot! I guess if I was being honest though I have to say I did have fun, although I have proven once again I have absolutely zero rhythm. It's sad really when people are dancing and all you can do is sway back and forth with an occasional bounce thrown in. Oh well... it's over, and hopefully I won't have to do it again for a very long time.

The food was pretty good. It consisted of a salad, green beans, mixed veggies (steamed), little red potatoes, chicken or beef, and rolls. There was also cake and cheesecake. You gotta love free food!

Ok, so let's go back to the dancing part of the night for a minute. It is quite entertaining when you get to watch your instructor's dancing. You see them all serious and "school appropriate" all week and then when you see them all dressed up and cutting a rug on the dance floor it is quite hilarious. At one point I looked over and my cute little community instructor was dancing next to us. She looked at me and waved and smiled, then said, "I'm so glad you're out having a good time!" ...That's just weird. haha....

Anyway... so we did the mandatory electric slide, YMCA, Shout, blah blah blah.... I felt like I was at a wedding reception.

OK, so let's switch gears for a second... I HATE my camera!!! I'm about ready to post it on ebay or take it back to the store. It is ridiculous. Nine times out of ten I get a crappy picture. It is just not right! I will definitely be figuring this out soon or I am going to throw a serious hissy fit!

Here are a few pictures from the night (atleast some semi-decent ones).

(Krissy and her hubby. The poor guy had a tooth pulled a couple days ago.)

(Ty and Ash)

(Exhibit A of why I hate my camera. This is supposed to be a GOOD picture of me and Robin. Instead I get weird streaky things. Ugh!)

(This is exhibit B. It would have been so adorable had it turned out! They were dancing to their song Open Arms by Journey)

I'll be getting more pictures from Ashley I'm sure, and I'll post those when I do. Her camera is the same as mine and it takes good pics. I don't know what the deal is.

Alright, well I need to go to bed, because tomorrow I have church and I will be studying the rest of the day. Ick!

Until..................

Mexican Train Dominoes!

Ok, when we left the Fundue/Fondue last night and were headed off to "have some fun" I was pretty excited. I had had a grueling week and was ready to have fun. When the words "we can go to my house and play dominoes" were uttered my excitement quickly deflated. Dominoes?? I'm staying up late...without doing anything productive... to play dominoes? Oh boy....
Well we go get a Starbucks (thank goodness... I think that is what kept me going until 1:30am) and headed off to our destination. So we get there and we're sitting at the kitchen table and dominoes are dumped all over the table... and they were pretty! <-(Said in a dreamy trance-like way) So then they start explaining these whacked out rules that I was sure, even though I didn't know the real rules to dominoes, wasn't correct. Then they throw in that it's MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES! Okay, if you have not played this you should. Not only does it use your math skills (some rounds more than others), but it's fun too. You don't have to use your brain too much while playing so you can still talk and get up to go to the bathroom, etc. without having missed anything. It's also kind of fun if you are a strategist or an organizational freak (yes Holli, I know... but you're one too!!!), or if you like pretty colors and patterns. I think pretty much everyone would love this game. I think after my baby shower today I'm going to have to go on the hunt for some double twelve dominoes.
Alright, well I must go. I just wanted to tell you of this new game (new to me atleast) that I had played. It was much fun, and I'm glad I now have something to switch out Greedy Dice with every once in awhile. Oh, do you know how much fun would be had by all if we were to play Greedy Dice AND Mexican Dominoes all in one night?? Oh my!
Ok, for real I have to go now. I need to finish reading something for school and get ready for the baby shower.
Until people..................