well hello there

My lack of presence is due to the fact that I have been horribly sick. It was the worst cold I have ever had. Why? Because it came Christmas eve, was VERY present on Christmas day, and just barely decided to leave yesterday. I still have a hard time getting enough sleep because I cough half the night…

Anyway, that is what I have been dealing with. I might have had time to write something short like "merry Christmas" or "look at the awesome presents I got" but it was one of those sicknesses where you feel the need to get up and do something but you end up wandering the house and eventually need to sit back down because your energy is drained. Then you have nothing to do but stare at the television for hours because even though it can't entertain you, nothing else can. = miserable

I actually grew a deeper fondness for Singing in the Rain and Fiddler on the Roof. I LOVE those movies. The humor in Fiddler is just amazing. I guess it means more to me than most since I was actually in the play, once upon a time, but the movie is still amazing.

you know what was the cure for me? the new Rascal Flatts CD. LOVE THEM. I think I shall turn it on right now...

It's quite sad that I was so sick because I didn't take ANY pictures on Christmas, come to think of it, even if I wasn't sick I wouldn't have taken pictures because we seem to have misplaced our camera in the move…so I'll keep looking

Christmas was great, what else can I say? You have to take my word for it since I was foolish enough to not document it with pictures to prove how awesome it was. I guess I will leave the surprises for when I find my camera.

So today I actually get to tackle my list of to-do's that I have been writing up for the past week I have been sick. It does bring satisfaction to finally feel good enough to be productive. It starts to drive you crazy after a while. You might think I'm crazy {and maybe I am} but I've already started coming up with study guides for that huge test I have coming up…oh what's it called? THE BOARD EXAM. Ya, it's in March, like 1 ½ months away. And our board review book is like 1,000 something pages long. So I'm not TOO crazy for getting started…over zealous maybe.

Random thought: I've always been the kind of person where big words don't intimidate me. If I hear a word I don't understand I can usually figure it out based on the context of the sentence. Well, I was watching an episode of "the making of Seinfeld" and the man who was speaking said a literal string of the craziest words I have ever heard. I'm sure he made them up because I have never heard anything like the words that spewed out from his mouth. Has this ever happened to anyone?

Haha I remember this one time I used the word "ruminate" in front of one of Nick's friends and he was like "What does that mean? Speak English!" O_O who doesn't know what that means?! Maybe lots of people, but I think you can figure it out when you use it in context…

Happy Thursday! {get outside and enjoy the frigid weather we're having for once! It won't stay for long!}

Loves, Kristin