Merry Christmas to Everyone!!! Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their day off with friends and family. Thus far, we’ve been having a very relaxing and much needed vacation. We’re getting ready to eat breakfast now (it’s a late one but we’re not having a typically timed dinner) and then we’ll open presents a little later, most of us exchanged Amazon gift certificates via email so there’s not much under the tree. Casey and I are celebrating Christmas in January once we get settled and get our insurance reimbursement. We have high hopes that 2005 and our new home in Virginia will be exceedingly better than the past year.
Wednesday night when we came in and Marla and Meagen came over around midnight and we caught up (haven’t seen each other in a year) and exchanged gifts. Thursday night (Christmas Adam) we went over to John and Alison’s and had dinner at Chili’s, then drinks and Texas Hold ‘Em. John ruled at that game (let’s see how he does when it’s real money;). Alison got me ‘Newlyweds Season 1’ AND Paris Hilton’s book!!!
After getting home at 2am from Alison’s, my mom woke me up at 5:30 so that I could go to work with her and she could show me off. I took a 15 minute nap on the floor of her office before we headed to the hospital. There were a ton of super cute babies in the nursery (even the Mexican ones) and sat in on rounds and report with the rest of the doctors/nurses/social workers – it was hilarious. Then it was pretty boring till we left. Rachel called me and I told her of our changing plans but we’ll still be staying there for the New Year’s weekend. After leaving here we’ll hopefully either get to spend Casey’s birthday OR New Year’s with Matt & Julie! We’re managing to get a lot of visiting in, in a relatively short span of time!
i gave my hair a much needed cut and coloring by the best stylist I’ve ever had – Susan at Studio One (if anyone is interested). As L.A. has taught me, paying more does not equal quality. My hair is still a little brassy because Susan had to correct the multi-colored effects of the last years’ “professional” services and cut off 3.5 inches (it needed it). My hair is now the shortest it’s been in years but is much healthier and is a nice change.