colds, stairs, and cold stares

I've been sick for like a week. I am such a baby when I'm sick, and I've had to suck it up at work because I've been super busy (e.g., I was at 38 hours yesterday evening...a Wednesday), so by the time I get home I am ridiculously exhausted, kind of cranky, and totally pathetic. Reminds me a little of when I had mono during ADAPT, except that was mono and not me just having a sinus infection.

I fell asleep at a relatively decent hour last night but was up for two hours in the morning because cramps woke me up (weird), and then by the time the Advil kicked in I started hacking like my grandmother. Huzzah!

But wait, that's not enough complaining for this post. THIS is what happened this afternoon when I walked down my slippery porch steps:

Yeah, I fell down the stairs and a splint appeared! Haha. Seriously, though, I am terrible at stairs. I fell down carpeted stairs in September. This is what happened the night before I was supposed to go to a former co-worker's wedding:

The next day:

So that's life. Sorry, Joy. I figured the disfigured chick was an inappropriate guest.

Hamilton [after explaining that the ER would give me a splint and pain pills]: Or you could buy a splint at Walgreens and have some wine, which will make it feel as good as pills would, and then worry about it if it still hurts tomorrow.

Is there any question as to why he is basically perfect for me?

for Alissa.

Update...?

I don't even know where to start, considering I'm updating a blog that I had forgotten about since January.

February
-? lived the dream

March
-became certified as a behavior analyst by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board

April
-? lived the dream harder

May
-babysat the twins
-saw Dr. Brian Iwata in Kansas City
-met Hamilton's birth parents
-went on vacation to Minneapolis and Wisconsin


June
-helped train new trainers for the Columbia office
-moved to Illinois


July
-started working at the SEMO office
-became licensed by the state of Missouri

August
-went to Indiana to see my grandparents for the first time since my great-grandmother died last year and for more than a few hours for the first time in several years
-turned 25
-went to Illinois

September
-went to Washington; flights delayed for hours and luggage didn't transfer...ended up having to buy new stuff (August-September)
-sustained a sufficient amount of scarring on my face by face-planting down my stairs

October
-presented three times at a conference for my organization
-attended the Autism Speaks walk in St. Louis with the twins
-got a speeding ticket (haha)

November
-realized that Missouri property tax for my car is more than an entire car payment

Now that we're all caught up...

worst.

Also, yesterday I was at a gas station and saw a woman who sounded exactly like Marge Simpson.

starlight twinkle

New phone case!

Classy!

...Ha!

:)

Quote of the week: "What do they do? Try to get people to not use electricity?" -HHR's mom re: Amish Mafia

Jeopardy Clip I Enjoyed This Weekend

Jeopardy Answer

Blogging...set, go. Because everyone else is doing it.

I present to you:

52 Weeks of Whatever

I got the general idea for this from a friend who is challenging herself and her husband to do one new thing each week. Given that I'm not that clever and I'm boring, I've decided to share some of the less ridiculous things I come up with in the moments that I find humor in life. For the next year I will share at least one thing each week that makes me a little less angry.

Week One (1/1/13 - 1/7/13)
I decided at about midnight one night that I really loved that the PBS Station in Carbondale was playing Les Miserables so I drunkenly called the station and talked the lady's ear off. I then donated $20 to the cause. They sent me a letter but I don't like taking mail out of the mailbox so it's still in there.

Quote of the Week: Actually, I'm pretty sure that of all the people I know, you are the least thug. Even my own mom. -HHR

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Week Two (1/8/13 - 1/14/13)
I started thinking about flash drives and USB ports and how one time I saw a flash drive that looked like an animal. I then spent about twenty minutes taking apart a Wall-E figure that I had in my office. Prying apart poor Wall-E's wheels and using needle-nosed pliers to pull excess plastic away proved to be a bit traumatizing (for me and for him).

GREAT SUCCESS.

It's okay, Wall-E, I'm a little embarrassed too.
Quote of the Week: You can have the wine. I get the cherry SoCo. -Nick