Happy New Year!!

Wait... What the Hell? What do you mean it's the middle of April?

Yes, as you may have guessed, I've been in a coma. It started late last year, and I've just come out of it. Of course, the first thing I do is let you know. I'm considerate like that.

Is it a coincidence that my coma coincided with all of the best TV shows being on hiadus? No comment...

Ok, fine. I wasn't in a coma. Stuff was just happening. How can I blog about nothing when stuffs hapening?!

Since it HAS been more than 4 months since I blogged, I'll give it to you in point form:

• Visited Sean's family in NB. Had a great time! It didn't snow a single flake while we were there much to my delight & Sean's dismay. Our Nephew has grown soooo much. We have too, only Sawyer grows up, and we grow out...
• Vacationed with my Parents and Sister in Oregon. Again, freakily good weather. Drank lots of wine, ate lots of crab, took lots of Pepto.
• Signed up to read 75 Young Adult/Teen books this year and blog about it. Ooops. Well, I have been reading a freaking ton of YA literature, but the bloggy bit has been on the back burner... scorching.
• Convinced ourselves we were moving out of the country. In our minds we were already there, the apartment was picked, the piss-off letters to jerk-faced 'friends', neighbours & coworkers had been written (by me anyway- I was going out with a bang!), and our hearts were pretty much set on it. Then it didn't happen. Life's sometimes like that. I think we both just needed a change so badly that we grabbed on too soon & too tightly.
• Ate One Hundred corn-dogs is one sitting.
• Ok, I was joking about that last one. It was only 97. (and a dream. a very delicious dream)

So that's a start anyway. There's lots of interesting things to come, so I'll keep ya posted.

Probably.

Why Don't You Go Elf Yourself?

I'm sitting at home.

It's 11am on a Tuesday.

I'm wearing my pajamas.

I haven't showered.

Or brushed my teeth.

I look disgusting.

I feel even worse.

I'm sick, and I'm feeling sorry for myself.

That's right folks, as of last Friday, I've been on vacation. Also as of last Friday (well, if you want to get technical, last Thursday night) I've been sick. Pretty damn sick.

No it's not the SWINE FLU you bunch of paranoids. It's just your garden variety head cold which has now moved into my chest.

I will take this moment to reflect on how revolting our human bodily functions are and also how strangely... fascinating. You probably don't want to know this, but a couple days ago, I blew my nose really thoroughly, and out popped what I can only assume must have been a piece of my brain. The size of a grape.

How does that even happen?

Wait, don't answer that.

Back to me feeling sorry for myself. Well, for the last couple hours I've been laying in bed watching YouTube videos. Yes Mom, I should have been sleeping, but those fricking construction workers building the new stupidly expensive toll bridge (which is another post altogether) decided this morning was a good time to pile drive.

Actually, at first I was really worried because I thought the sound was just in my head, but then I opened the window...

Anyways, as I was saying, YouTube. I love it. Yes, I realize it's been around for awhile, but I've only just recently begun delving it's depths. One of my favourite things to watch when I'm cranky are Flashmobs. For those who don't know, a Flashmob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse (thank-you Wikipedia). I found one this morning that motived me to get out of bed... and on to the couch. Baby steps, people, baby steps. I now plan to eat some tea and toast. And contemplate showering.

So if you're needing a dose of restorative Christmas cheer, click on the video below. You really can't beat hundreds of elves dancing to Bhangra music.

Bracing Ourselves

So, it's been a pretty crappy month all round. Sean lost his Grandmother. My Grandad was in a bad car accident. Everybody's sick. Everybody's broke. Everybody's stressed out and bad shit keeps on happening.

There has to be an end to it, but I'm not seeing the light just yet.

There are things to be thankful for though. Everyone has family nearby to support, console and otherwise prop each other up. We have little people (granted, ours have fur) who look up to us and think we're awesome no matter what. We're also fortunate enough to be able to email, blog and game with family & friends far away which I think reduces suck levels quite a bit.

As my sister-in-law has mentioned in her blog, this Christmas is going to be a lean one. We're really looking forward to it though because Sean & I are hosting Christmas at our place for my family, then we're going to fly to New Brunswick to be with Sean's family. It's been a year and a half since we've seen them, and we can't wait to be back! Finally something to look forward to.