it's not a too-mah

woo - hoo! (if you're cool, you can imagine that 'woo-hoo' like when phoebe said it during monica's 30th birthday, when monica was super drunk)

it's my first head-ache free day this week. what could be causing them? let's make a list:
a) drinking hot tea every morning
b) being back at school full of very loud tiny people
c) a tumor
d) only mystery diagnosis could know for sure

my prediction is the noisy classroom; i'm going to test my hypothesis on monday.
in the meantime, i followed chris' advice, drank a large glass of wine, watched john oliver, and went to bed early. now i feel pretty awesome and am torting my dobos.

ps. upon further reflection of the new scrubs on youtube, i'm leaning. definitely leaning towards liking it. i laughed. out loud. at - of all characters - cole. he skeeves me right out - but i *like* it. gew.

the jury is out

on the new version of scrubs. i loved it once and syndication is like a cuddly blanket of laughs, but this new one is just not making me feel snuggled (metaphorically speaking). i mean, it's kinda funny and i still like the old cast ("i broke my ba-jingo bone") but it's like hanging out with a really old friend and thinking "were we really best-ies?" maybe i need to watch it more often. or maybe i need a hobby. blerg. i totally need a hobby.

yes, this is all i've got. fascinating.

you're going to be exhausted just reading this

so, christmas with michael's family was like a being the child of a helicopter parent (haha, chris, that reference was just for you). we were busy every. single. moment. as i told michael as we drove away, "i think that was successful. we saw nearly every family member, friend, & acquaintance in the state of california; ate more food than should be allowed [seriously, i've gained like 6 pounds]; and drank every night." by comparison, my parents house is like a secluded spa (we slept until 10 this morning!)

a brief itinerary (and no, none of this is made up)
Mon: drive to ca, unpack slightly, hang with mom louann, take a walk, hang with father mike
Tues: spend all day at the getty museum, visit sister amy, have dinner with michael's friends
Wed: mentally prepare for maximum capacity of 6 siblings-in-law, go to oma's to bake cookies, [here i spent 2-3 hours planning. damn you work!], grocery shop, have big dinner at mike&ana's, visit more of michael's friends/shop with him at target/help wrap his presents/watch bruno
Thurs: wake up EARLY, drive to the mountains to spend the day with mom l's boyfriend's family, eat/drink, follow around an adorable baby, feed some horses, meet a donkey, take a nap underneath a desk, eat/drink some more, play taboo, drive home, go out with michael's friends, finally sleep
Fri: have yummy christmas breakfast, open presents at mom l's house, go to mike&ana's, open more presents, prepare food, eat/drink, talk with 30-ish family members, eat/drink, play left.right.center (aka 'oh shit!') multiple times, eat/drink, try to find a position in which my stomach doesn't feel like it's going to explode, head back to momma l's, play games/read for my own sanity, sleep
Sat: oh, did you think because christmas was over the fun would end? because no: wake, try to fix l's computer, go to oma's for closet-raiding (yay cardigan!!), grocery shop, back to l's to prepare food for POST-christmas party, really fix l's computer, eat/drink more, power nap, talk to 20-ish family members, put on temporary tattoos, go see synchronized-to-music christmas lights, collapse
Sun: say goodbye, pack up, go to father mike's to fix his computer, eat a ridiculous lunch [see below], drive to my parents, play wii, sleep

so, uh, i'll have something witty to speak about when i recover.

yes, this is seriously what we ate:

is it wierd that, when i get to the end of eating my meals, i divide the remain food into equal portions? for instance, i make sure to have about the same amount of sandwich to chip ratio or equal parts of tomato, carrots, & lettuce for each bite of salad. michael says, yes definitely (with no hint of sarcasm)

thoughts?


also, i've missed you all

hold up, wait a minute

so, when I said "oh yeah. i'm back." i meant it more like, "oh yeah, i will be back...sometime...in the future.... when i'm damn good and ready!"

now that i'm a little old married lady, i'm spending less time thinking about color-coded schedules & flower arraignments and more time just staring into space. so it's about that time to get back in the blogging mood. but if i do this (and by this, i mean force you to read mundane things about my life) i expect some comments dangit! you all know by now that my biggest joy in life is hearing about how amazing people think i am (why do you think i teach young children? oh you think my earrings are pretty?! thank you!!)

we'll reverse it back to august when my mind went beserk and i had to put you lovely readers on hold. it was about that time that the following things happened (obviously told in picture form - i gotta throw you guys a bone!)

we got our marriage license & choose our ceremony site

there was also my 2nd shower, thrown by my amazing sister. it included:
babies, amazing decorations, yummy sandwiches, 1/2 naked men, lots of laughter, beautiful flowers, my ladies, & eventually tuckered everyone out

speaking of laughter & games...one in particular highlighted just how little i know of michael. some examples: how many times a day do you fart (10-20); name & type of animal of your preferred pet (a squirrel named snuggles); what did you want to be when you grew up (stunt man or fluffer [look it up])
i had to eat a piece of gum for each wrong answer - though i haggled for 1/2 pieces. as you can see, i didn't do too great. & i love the picture where caton looks totally disgusted!

that night we went out for a night on the town. as we're walking -> neeners says "come on!" i say "woo!" christa says "john, wtf?" krissy says "uh?!" ashley says...i don't know what she's doing?


but no matter where we went it got Way. Too. Frickin. Loud.

so we danced like crazy, because - really - those people don't know us & will never ever see us again.

and then we found a bar with reasonable noise levels and everything went well. maybe too well :)

and that's part one of my pre-wedding extravagnzas. stay tuned for more including Flagstaff Bachelorette, the Wang Wedding, and Thursday Night Frickin AWESOME Night in Flagstaff. Plus some other notes here and there.

i won't say i'm back, but it's possible