Thanksgiving

I know that I have been MIA for a while now. I'm thinking within the next few months I won't be writing nearly as much as I usually do. Life is too busy right now, but it's still fun and amazing! I had an amazing Thanksgiving weekend. I have never been a big fan of Thanksgiving. I mean I always thought it was a very good holiday, if it was celebrated correctly. But my family can, well stress me out. Actually I shouldn't say my family, because that is not entirely true. There are members of my family that I could see everyday and be completely content. There are members that I don't see nearly enough! And it is always good to see Sandra, my Mom, Matthew, Kim, the kids, Stephen, Betty, and a few more. There are just other members of my family that I am glad I only see once or twice a year. I won't name any names, but those close to me know who I'm talking about.


This year wasn't that bad. In fact, it was very pleasant. I, unfortunately, don't remember much of it due to two vicodines and two ativans, but what I do remember of it was great. Since I did take the vicodin I was able to go outside and play with my two beautiful nieces. I payed for it later, but it was worth it. Tyler, my dad, me, and the girls all played "football". lol, it wasn't exactly football, but I guess the girls got the general idea. We played girls against boys. I felt that the boys definitely had an unfair advantage being that two of the girls were miniature people, and the other girl was crippled. lol, in all honesty it didn't matter. No one kept score, and Tyler and my dad were of course easy on us. :) We also of course ate a lot of yummy food. I really wanted to eat turkey, but I resisted. I knew my stomach would be dieing a few hours after eating it, so I chose to pass on the meat.


Friday I went shopping, well online shopping. I am so excited about many of the things I got. Saturday was one of the best days I've had in a LONG time. Tyler and I met Dima and Bill for coffee. It was so good to see Dima. I miss her a lot. We had a lot of fun talking. In fact, two hours passed and it felt like they had just gotten there! My nieces came over after we got home. I gave DooRee her birthday present. It was a Hannah Montana game for the wii. They both had a lot of fun playing it. And then we dragged out the Christmas stuff (well Tyler did) and put up the tree and decorated the house! Putting up the Christmas tree is one of my favorite things to do! It makes me very happy! We played Christmas music and ate apple pie and turned off all the lights except the Christmas tree lights and cuddled on the couch. It was just perfect. Everything just felt so right. Sunday Tyler had to work, but I wrapped Christmas presents and watched Matilda while he was at work. That was a lot of fun too.


It's been a very tough few weeks for me. Spending time with and seeing friends and family helped me so much. Also being a kid again and putting up the Christmas tree and watching children's movies and remembering all the good times of my childhood helped. I start physical therapy for my back and neck this afternoon. My appointment's at two. I'm just ready to get back to normal and healthy. lol. It's funny how easy it is to take our health for granted until we lose it. Now I am definitely not in bad health, I'd just like a new back and neck. lol. Hopefully this physical therapy will clear it all up. I'm tired of being on pain meds and feeling like I am forever walking around in a cloud. I'd also like to get back to being able to actually exercise again!

God's been good to me this year, and I definitely can't complain. I really have so much to be thankful for. Like I said, the last few weeks have been very rough on me both emotionally and physically, but things are starting to look up. Everything always works out in the end. It's just hard remembering that when you are in the middle of the rough times. Don't forget to truly appreciate all that you have!