Woke up this morning....

...feeling like P Diddy.

Ok, not really. Unless P Diddy wakes up exhausted and dreading getting out of bed. I could NOT fall asleep last night! I was laying on the couch, watching Nancy Grace, possibly crying a little over the story of a cleaning guy finding a one hour old baby in a toilet after a circus in South Carolina. Ugh....I'm not even going into that right now. It disgusted me. I turned off the tv and read a little. Started to get tired, turned off the light....then tossed and turned for a good 2 hours.

I could NOT fall asleep!!

Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? Like, it's so stuck in your head, you can't sleep because you keep singing it over and over. Then you fall asleep...only to wake up (to go pee or get a drink) and start singing it again?!?!

I did that last night!

Pink Floyd..."Veeeraaa, Veeeraaa.....what has become of you?"

I don't think I've even heard this song in years. Why was it stuck in my head?

Weird.

Snow no more. Please!!

Yay!! I'm at work today!! Granted it took me 45 minutes to get here this morning...but it was worth it!! The only time I like to be cooped up in the house, missing work, is when it's by my own choice!! Not because I'm stuck there...and unable to leave. That just sucks!! I had to get out of the house yesterday, too!! I was going crazy! So, at about 12, I attempted (and succeeded) in picking up my boys and driving home. First I had to pick up Zac from his nana's, then Gage from his friend's house. Then we went home to check on and feed our poor dog, Beauty. But she was running around enjoying the snow. Idiot. :) I told Leah I would be back before dark. I just had to check on the dog and be home for a little bit. Plus, my phone was completely dead, so I had to charge it!! PLUS, I just needed out!! I was a nervous wreck driving, but it was still nice to be out and about!! Anywaysssss, we left the house at 6, to get back to Leah's before dark. Everytime I started to slide a little, Gage would start giggling. Finally, I was like..."GAGE! Shut up!! I can't concentrate!!" It took us an hour to get there!! Reeeeee-dic-you-lusss! So, when I got to Leah's she said that right after I left, Lucia, her friend, and Jack wanted to play in the snow. So, Dustin told Jack to wait until he got out of the shower and he would take him out. Lucia and her friend went ahead and went outside. They walked out of the front door, around the side of the house (to where the drive way is) and saw a man, leaning over the bushes, looking in their kitchen window! She looked at him and said,"What are you doing at my house?" and he walked away really fast. So she ran inside and told Leah that there was a man looking in the window. Leah asked her what he was wearing. She said he had on a black hoodie, sunglasses, jeans, Converse, and was carrying a pillow case! So, Leah told Dustin and he hopped out of the shower and went looking for the man. He found him in an alley a few blocks away and asked him what he was doing at his house, blah, blah, blah...threatened to shoot him if he saw him on his property again, blah, blah, blah. Haha, you know..the usual. But anyways, how freaking scary is that? A man in broad daylight....creeping around. Probably going to try to break into their cars or something. Needless to say, I had nightmares all night. Dreaming that someone was breaking into the house. Ugh. Overactive imagination, I have. And of course, I told Lucia not to try to be so brave next time. The man could've snatched her up and taken off. Ugh! Scary!!

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

This is how I'm feeling. Cooped up, cabin fever, I need to get away. I've been stuck in my sister's house since Monday night.


This weather needs to stop now. Go away, coldness.
The single digits today? High 25 tomorrow??


Zac has been with his dad since school let out Monday. I can't get him...the roads are too bad.
Leah ventured out yesterday in her 4 wheel drive to go to the grocery store. She took Gage to his friends house. I thought the weather would start to clear up today.
Will this ever end???
I'm go'n craaaazy!!!!!

And.....no cable. Yes, the cable is out. :( No crime shows for me today.
Maybe that's a good thing. I had some weird dreams last night!

Good ole Days

An old picture my cousin Carrie posted on Facebook today.
Abby and Leah in the left bottom corner.
Then Carrie, Jeff, and yep......the fatty in the Porky Pig shirt is porky me. haha.



Awwww, all of us cousins were all so close growing up. And we still are.
I love my family!! :)

Snow day.

I stayed the night at my sister's house last night. Everyone kept saying how bad the weather is going to get. They always say that and it rarely does.

But, to be on the safe side, I stayed at her house...a little closer to work.

I woke up this morning; took a shower, dried my hair, got dressed, then started out the door to get my car started.

Leah said,"Stephanie! You're not seriously getting out in this are you?"
I said,"Yeah. I have to! Patients are coming in. I have to."
She said,"Have you seen it out there?"
"No, but it doesn't matter. I HAVE to go in."
"But have you seen it out there?"
"No. But I HAVE to go in."
"Ok, just be careful. Don't wreck. Don't wreck."

I opened the door and ohh emm gee!! It was a winter wonderland! And it was still coming down.
Stupid me; I go outside in my scrubs and Converse, sinking into the snow. My pants getting soaking wet. Get to the car, step off the curb, and freaking sink down to my knee!

But I'm still attempting this!! I started the car. Blasted the heater/defrost and began tracking back inside.
But then, as I'm brushing my teeth and getting my mascara/eye liner on, my heart starts pounding.
Can I really make it to work? What if I get stuck in the snow like I did the Christmas before last, heading out to my mom's? I was on the side of the road for 2 hours!
Not only that, but I forgot my phone charger last night....I only have ONE bar on my phone!
Oh well. I HAVE to go to work. But man, I have a bad feeling about this!

I go out to the car, get in, turn on the windshield wipers...they won't budge. I scrape the window, my fingers are numb!! I come back inside to get some gloves from Leah and tell her I think I already have frost bite.
Hey, this is Texas. We're not really used to this kind of weather! :)
Ugh, I go back to the car back up to leave....and get stuck. Yes, I drove a whole foot and got stuck. Try as I might...I can't get out. I go forward, I go backward...STUCK!
All that work for nothing. I have to call in.
Damn, my paycheck is going to be mad at me!

So, here I am...cozy in Lucia's bed, with the blowdryer blowing on my (too close for comfort, frost bit) feet.
Just got a text from Brenda at work telling me that we're closed down for tomorrow...see ya Thursday.
Man, my paycheck is going to suck.
Oh well...what are you gonna do?

Wow, that was a long story. With really no great climax. Sorry about that! :)

So as I said in my last post, I brought "Scream" over to watch last night. Lucia said she wanted a scary movie.
I don't think "Scream" is really a scary movie...but I sure did the first time I saw it! So, I figured Lucia would like it! She and Jack both love scary movies.
But I guess I didn't realize how scary it could be for a 9 year old and a 3 year old.

Lucia and Jack "watching" Scream:




hahahahahaha.

They're outside playing in the snow. I guess I'll go take some pics of this crazy blizzard! ;)
Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!!