O Happy Day

I'm finally starting to feel better! I guess it's bound to happen when you take enough antibiotics to cure a small African nation.

Seriously, people.

These are HORSE PILLS. And there's 56 of them! (Well, a little less now since I started them on Saturday afternoon.) Anyway, I knew you wouldn't believe the size of the pill bottle so that's why I was a nerd and took a picture of it.

Would we like to know how much said antibiotics cost? Let me rephrase: Would you like to hand over your first born child?

Just take a look at the picture. It's the top one that cost $50. And that's WITH health insurance! Do you wanna know how much that one bottle would be without insurance? (Please say yes. I'm dying to tell you.) Well, it would cost about $240. Holy crap. Thank you, Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Anyway, after I started feeling remotely better I sat down long enough at the scrapbooking table to decorate this cover to a mini-album. (It comes blank. Well, brown.) It's a cute little book I received as a going away present from all my friends at PMRF where they decorated a few pages with pictures and memories and then left the rest blank for me to be crafty with. It has a lot of pages so I won't be done for a while but I'm excited for my beautiful cover.

And last, but certainly not least, I start my Intro to Massage class tonight! This might be one instance where I say Hooray for Monday.

It finally happened....

I got the stinkin' flu.

Essentially, I feel like I've been run over by a Mack truck. I can't even remember the last time I had the flu. I guess that's what happens when you take a gamble and don't get the flu shot. I'll let you know if I get to feeling any better than death warmed over. My aches and pains are so bad, that it hurt to brush my hair earlier. Jeez. Mucinex helps though. As long as you're willing to go through extensive questioning about your intended use for said Mucinex. (More on that story later.)

In more fun news, I finally got to set up a little area to scrapbook in Tim's apartment. It's humble, but it works.

And soon after I got it all organized, (while jammin' out to the new Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary Thriller cd.... which I love) I was able to finish this page which has been neglected for months.

All in all, not a bad week so far. I'll let you know if I survive the flu.

"No can!"

I have been trying since 2pm today to buy some darn Kokua Festival tickets and Ticketmaster still says, "NO CAN!" (And it's now almost 7:30!) What gives Ticketmaster? Can't a girl just get some Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds lovin'?

Evidently not.

To be continued...

Weekend Update.

I just now realized that I forgot to post about what we did this weekend! Sorry.

Here we go.

This is Bella.

This is Niko.

Tim and I thought it would be a good idea to take the dogs hiking with us up at Hanging Rock this weekend. A nice, fun excursion.

Minus the fact that Bella gets carsick.

In the back of Tim's Mustang with leather seats. As we go around a curve, it slides from the seat down to the floor mats.

Oops.

Here are some pics from the rest of the day. A moderate, 2.2 mile hike up to "House Rock" and back. (So, for you non-math majors out there, that's 4.4 miles round trip.) ;)

And I wasn't sore the next day. Go me!

As you can see, Niko could care less about taking pictures.

He just wanted to smell whatever was behind Rock #2.

We'll be back for sure. (Maybe when it's a little warmer and less windy. Brr!)

Top 5 things I love right now.

1. The new Jack Johnson cd "Sleep Through The Static".

2. My American Airlines miles = free trip to Hawaii (minus interisland airfare). Sweet.

3. This dress at Victoria's Secret. It will be mine.

4. These cute little shoes at Target. (I mean, did you think that Target wouldn't be on the list or what? Look who we're talking about people.)

5. Tim. He constantly surprises me with sweet gestures.

Have a great Valentine's Day.

OH. MY. GOD.

I'm about to pee in my pants I want to go to this so bad! Can someone just fly me to Hawaii for my birthday this year? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease????? I can't take it anymore! Jeeeez.

Jack Johnson, I heart you so much. Why don't you have concerts a little closer to me? Hmm?

It's the new Costa Rica

Tim and I have been thinking about going on vacation for a while. I really want to go back to Kauai for my birthday but it just may not happen. So we've been figuring out what Plan B is. Do we wanna stay in the US? Maybe Mexico?

I said, "I don't really care too much as long as it's warm, and I can roll outta bed and go to the beach." (Because really that's what a vacation is all about to me -- for the most part.)

In the most recent issue of Money magazine there was a short article featuring four places off the beaten path and not terribly expensive for vacationing. So now we are thinking about going to Nicaragua. Evidently, "it's the new Costa Rica."

Or maybe the Dominican Republic? I don't know. What do you think? Suggestions?