Oliver

Oliver went shopping today! Okay, I went shopping for Oliver...how crazy would I look carrying around a stuffed dog in the mall? I'll show you his new outfit later (it's very appropriate for Hawaii). But in the spirit of the holiday season, this is Oliver's current outfit. I should have gotten the Santa hat too, but Andy convinced me otherwise. Gosh darn him! LOL...Oliver is super cute just the same.

Greeting from Hawaii

Yes, I am in Hawaii. I arrived a few hours shy of 24 hours AFTER I was supposed to have gotten here. I was delayed in Texas for mechanical issues. We left 45 minutes after we were supposed to. So I then ran to my connecting flight to Hawaii from Seattle. The airplane attendants were nice enough to move me to the front and the pilots even got on and said for everyone to stay seated and let all of off so we could try and make our flight. Well 5 of us missed the flight and stayed the night in Seattle courtesy of Alaska Airlines AFTER running back and forth all over the airport from one end to the other and getting on shuttles to different terminals. The next day we were scheduled for a 9:05 AM flight and what do you know? Delayed for 3 and half hours! They then decided to put us on another flight. I finally arrived at 5:45 PM in Hawaii. I was so thankful to finally be here after that adventure.

The last two days have primarily consisted of me getting unpacked, going grocery shopping, and running errands. Andy took the week off to hang out with me. I am also enjoying watching Andy play the new Call of Duty game (he's not very good yet so I mainly watch him die a lot).

The rain as subsided for now. Hawaii has millions of dollars in damages from flooding. I did happen to make it out of Kansas in the nick of time. It is cold and snowy there (nice to see, but I hate to drive in snow and be in the cold). It was 82 degrees today and I wore flip flops. Andy's family is also experiencing snow. I think I'm happy being here and away from that!

Everyone have a great Wednesday!

Time

Time?

Time to leave
Need more time
Running out of time

I feel like my life is being run by time these days. I'm stressing out about how much I need to get done before I leave back to Hawaii. I'm at least mostly packed.

I'm also a little disappointed because I applied for a job and it sounded like I had a really good chance to get it. The person that worked there said that nobody had come close to filling the position. But I called today and the director had put paperwork in for someone else. BUT the lady also said that personal had forwarded my application on for another position. That's a good thing but I was still disappointed.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Memed

I've mentioned her before and now she's gone and memed me. Michaele said I gotta do this before I get home to Andy. Now is a good time, so here we go.

There are rules of course:
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog. Done
2. Share 7 facts about yourself, some random, some weird. Done
3. Tag 7 people (if possible) at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. I don't have 7 blog friends, so I'll tag just one.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs. Done

1. I have a birthmark on my right thigh that I used to absolutely hate. I wouldn't even want to wear shorts because I didn't want anyone to see it. I don't mind it anymore.

2. My favorite hair products are FRIZZ-EASE by John Frieda. It keeps the frizzies away.

3. I often don't brush my hair because I tend to just pull it back in a bun.

4. I love going to the movies. I'm happy that Andy does too. I've never had someone to go with like I do now.

5. Ice Cream is my favorite dessert.

6. I'm a lotion freak. I put it on all the time and am always on the lookout for lotion that keeps me moisturized. My current faves are Lay It On Thick by Bath and Body and Gold Bond Ultimate in Aloe.

7. I'm currently in the process of watching Harry Potter Weekend on TV because even though I have the DVD's, whenever it's on TV, I gotta watch.

I'm going to meme...Ashleigh

My jaw dropped

First: Andy is back in Hawaii! I'm very excited about it. He got home about 4:30 am my time.

Now on to the craziness. Today the whole school went to Topeka to watch the ballet, The Nutcracker. It was very good. But on the way out back onto the bus, we saw a church holding signs. The signs said "God hates Obama" and "Fag Santa". I just couldn't believe it. How could a church be so hateful? How can people think that those were appropriate signs to be holding up? All kinds of schools from the surrounding area were there to see the ballet. Kids shouldn't be subjected to that hateful thinking.

On his way

Last night (1: 55 and 2:06 am) I got an email from Andy. He's in Greece right now. I don't know when he'll be back in the U.S. or in Hawaii, but very soon I'm sure. I had been thinking he was leaving his secret place since I got an email that said he'd call me soon and winked at me. It was so exciting to hear from him and to know he'll soon be home. Here's a picture of Greece from his hotel room.

Short-timers?

My time is becoming short and soon I'll be heading back to Hawaii. And just as my year came to an end last year, I keep getting asked the same question. "Do you have short-timers? I would". I say the same thing as last year, I have a lot of stuff to get done and don't have time to get short-timers. I just think it's funny. Am I excited? Am I ever!

Andy's pinky finger is still very swollen and bruised. Do you think he went to see the doctor? Of course not. I asked him to send me a picture of it so I can show all of you and I can see it too. But his time is short and he can't seem to find time to do that (even though he just sits around all the time).

By the way, did you see Jupiter and Venus next to the moon. I took some pictures but it didn't look very good. I'm going to go out in a bit to see if I can get a better one. Andy said he got some good pictures but again, he doesn't have time to send it to me =).

I hope everyone had a good Monday back to work.