Well, I'm back to riding the bus again. I forgot to buy my bus pass for Jan before Dec ended so yesterday (my first day back to work in Jan) I had to drive. That was okay with me though, because when I drive I get to sleep an hour later. But today it was up at 5AM again. yay!

My brother has a girlfriend. I'm really glad for him, because I think he just needed to see that someone is attracted to him...I just don't want this girl to get tired of him, or whatever, and break up with him. It makes me nervous. But he's not nervous, he's happy. And that makes me happy. Hey, why not throw caution to the wind...just kidding. I will be holding tightly to my caution...we'll just let him throw caution to the wind. But I'm happy for him. I'll be waiting to meet this girl when I'm in town.

My little baby niece is just growing. I just want to chew her cheeks off! She's sooooo cute! I cannot wait to go back and hold that little baby! I'll never put her down, except when I see that she's about to throw up, then I'll quietly and nonchalantly pass her off to her mother. What?? Heather can handle a little baby vomit. :)

I finally wrote the thank you card to the family that had us over for Christmas Dinner. Let's see...that's about 2 weeks late. Nice. I'll be sure to be on the lookout for the "most courteous" award. geez.

I got my haircut on Friday. Guess what? It's STILL in a ponytail. I just cannot get my sorry butt out of bed on time for all that straightening. But...once I lose 30 lbs I'm getting a short and sassy haircut that I used to have that i LOVED. That's my reward...instead of food. Because normally my reward for losing that kind of weight would be a 30-lb chocolate cake that I get to eat all to myself (thus cancelling out any weight lost, and starting the cycle all over again.)

Yesterday my boss's (do you say boss's or boss' ) anyway. His wife brought their 2 year old chocolate lab doggy by to play for about an hour. It was so fun. We didn't have any patients the whole afternoon so we just shut off the clinic from the rest of the building and played with him for an hour. It was very fun, except when I got home I'm pretty sure Westin thought I was having an affair with another dog. I know he smelled me and thought, "Where have YOU been??" Oh, well. He got over it quickly.

Poor Jules has worked 36 of the last 48 hours. Doesn't that just STINK? I feel so bad for her. She only got like 3.5 hours sleep last night and now it's possible she'll have to work 16 hours today. I really don't know how much longer she'll be able to keep this up. I mean, sure, it's good money, but when it's this extreme it's just not worth it. They are totally taking advantage of the good workers. Who knows how much longer she'll be there.

Lastly, I listened to my ipod on the bus today for the first time, and it really helps lift my mood and start my day in a positive way. I have lots of Christian music on there and all the sermons from church and listening to that this morning was just great! I need to put more music on there!

Ok, well, i forgot my camera cord again, so no pictures yet of my shopping trip, the holes in the ceiling, or the gingerbread people we made over Christmas. Darn! Maybe tomorrow. :)