"i would cry and you would smile, and stay with me, a little while"--michelle branch
so here's my weekend update:
friday:
after work, i had to finish my christmas shopping, even though it was crazy. oh well. that's what i get for waiting so long. after the mall, chris called and met me and we went to rei and to run some other errands, we went to eat at fuddruckers, where i ate too much food, like seriously, i didn't even eat dinner. i was soo soo tired, but i was a trooper, haha. he helped me pick out his parents gift at world market and i went home to sleep and took a nice long nap, after that, he called me later and asked if i wanted to come over, so i got ready and went over to his house and we went to go look at christmas lights downtown and got coffee, heart. we got back kind of late and still wanted to watch love actually, and his mom knew it would be over late so she told me i should stay the night there, that was nice of her, since i was really tired and the movie wasn't over til like 3.
saturday:
i went home and got ready, my mom, the crazy one, decided she wanted to finish some shopping, so i met her at the mall and watched her buy things. after shopping i went home and took another small nap, haha. i was v. tired AGAIN, and had to decline dinner because i was being very cranky and just wanted to sleep, plus it was just really cold and rainy and i didn't feel like going out. he called me later and asked if i wanted to go to omi's, omi had missed his flight to saudi like 3 days earlier and lid and safa were driving up from houston. just in case, i packed a top to go out in because these guys are so unpredictable...but who would go out in 30 degree weather with rain? ...these guys. so we got ready and went out. downtown was dead, and with good reason, it was TOOO COLD! we went to the library, firehouse, bar-celona (and turned right around) and vicci. we got parking spots everywhere (obviously) and vicci was the most crowded place with maybe 100 people MAYBE. the guys at firehouse invited us over for a little bit, i was cold and wet and my hair looked LOVELY by now, but chris promised we'd only stay for a little bit, and he was right. we left like 10 mins later and made a pit stop at whataburger, yum, taquitos! on the way home, he got pulled over...because his tail light was out and it was 4am i guess. it was so exciting for leander cops that they called in backup. lame. anyways, they let him go and asked him to fix it and that was it. they made our whataburger cold, boo leander cops.
sunday:
it was christmas eve, so i got ready and did laundry, etc and then went over to my parents house. i was over there wrapping gifts and just hanging out. my parents and i went to christmas mass at 6, but it was really at 630 and so that was real fun, haha. after church, we came back and had a small dinner. then we decided we would open just one gift, but one turned into all, haha, oh well. i got a few things that i didn't know about...ok, who am i kidding? i got my water filter a long time ago, a cookbook, some pj's, a jewelry box, a dvd (which i think i already have) and a candle thing that you use for putting out the flame, from my aunt...awesome. chris and i had decided to do gift exchange on xmas eve, so when he was done with his family's gifts he called me and i went over there to exchange gifts. we had joked about getting socks and subway gift cards for me because i love socks when it's cold and i eat at subway everyday. he also gave me this really cute bear with a personalized t-shirt, it was so cute, the best part was that i had given him the same bear (yeah i know, stop it). i had also had a bear made through snapfish that was wearing a little sweatshirt with his favorite picture of us on it. so i guess we got each other the same gift? he also gave me a really pretty necklace, most of y'all will see it tonight, it's white gold (good choice) with tiny diamonds and my birthstone in it. it's supposed to be 2 hearts intertwined or something like that. anyways, i love it. after we got excited about our gifts, i went back to my parents house so i could wake up there xmas morning.
monday:
on monday, i woke up late and it felt sooo good! i took my time getting ready and then my parents and i went over to chris' house for christmas dinner, it was us, his family, and 2 other families we knew in saudi. crazy, i know. anyways, i had a really good time and the food was fabulous. the guy i sat next to kept pouring me more wine, and then told everyone i was getting him drunk, boo! i got some really cute stuff from chris' parents for xmas like a little winter set (gloves, hat, etc) and some other little things. anyways, i'm glad my parents got to go because they both had a lot of fun. after dinner, i went back to my parents house to get my stuff because i wanted to sleep at home (i should have done that before, oh well). then i went back to chris' to help him pack...or watch? we separated all of his gifts into 3 piles: paris, no paris, and carryon or something like that, i was really tired. i ended up spending the night there again.
tuesday:
i woke up to breakfast smells so i had breakfast with chris' family and friends, and then went home to get ready. while i was at home my mom called and wanted to have lunch, so i had lunch wtih her at chili's and then went back to chris' to "help" pack, basically i took inventory for everything they packed into a box and was on "puppy watch" the entire day, basically this meant watching chris and his mom pack well and taking naps with their puppies. not too shabby. haha. chris and i went to the mall so he could get an ipod case and then back to his house for dinner. then he came over so we could have a few hours to ourselves and i only cried for like 1 minute (i know, be proud). i'm not really sad, but i'm just going to miss him, i usually cry when he leaves back to oklahoma so this was no different. i know everything's going to be alright, plus today i talked to the big boss and i might get to go to london when i'm in paris which would be really fun. and i'mgoing to see him in like march, which is really only like 2 months away which isn't bad at all.
anyways, today i'm like the only person here out of like 5, and i haven't really done much but talk about going to london, write chris a letter to take on his trip, and make plans for tonight...actually that IS a lot. i also uploaded pics to facebook of xmas, yay. i also ahv to clean the house for the girls to come this weekend and that's it :). chris is leaving in like 30 mins and he's supposed to stop by and say bye before he goes off to houston, i might cry again, we'll see.
peace.
friday:
after work, i had to finish my christmas shopping, even though it was crazy. oh well. that's what i get for waiting so long. after the mall, chris called and met me and we went to rei and to run some other errands, we went to eat at fuddruckers, where i ate too much food, like seriously, i didn't even eat dinner. i was soo soo tired, but i was a trooper, haha. he helped me pick out his parents gift at world market and i went home to sleep and took a nice long nap, after that, he called me later and asked if i wanted to come over, so i got ready and went over to his house and we went to go look at christmas lights downtown and got coffee, heart. we got back kind of late and still wanted to watch love actually, and his mom knew it would be over late so she told me i should stay the night there, that was nice of her, since i was really tired and the movie wasn't over til like 3.
saturday:
i went home and got ready, my mom, the crazy one, decided she wanted to finish some shopping, so i met her at the mall and watched her buy things. after shopping i went home and took another small nap, haha. i was v. tired AGAIN, and had to decline dinner because i was being very cranky and just wanted to sleep, plus it was just really cold and rainy and i didn't feel like going out. he called me later and asked if i wanted to go to omi's, omi had missed his flight to saudi like 3 days earlier and lid and safa were driving up from houston. just in case, i packed a top to go out in because these guys are so unpredictable...but who would go out in 30 degree weather with rain? ...these guys. so we got ready and went out. downtown was dead, and with good reason, it was TOOO COLD! we went to the library, firehouse, bar-celona (and turned right around) and vicci. we got parking spots everywhere (obviously) and vicci was the most crowded place with maybe 100 people MAYBE. the guys at firehouse invited us over for a little bit, i was cold and wet and my hair looked LOVELY by now, but chris promised we'd only stay for a little bit, and he was right. we left like 10 mins later and made a pit stop at whataburger, yum, taquitos! on the way home, he got pulled over...because his tail light was out and it was 4am i guess. it was so exciting for leander cops that they called in backup. lame. anyways, they let him go and asked him to fix it and that was it. they made our whataburger cold, boo leander cops.
sunday:
it was christmas eve, so i got ready and did laundry, etc and then went over to my parents house. i was over there wrapping gifts and just hanging out. my parents and i went to christmas mass at 6, but it was really at 630 and so that was real fun, haha. after church, we came back and had a small dinner. then we decided we would open just one gift, but one turned into all, haha, oh well. i got a few things that i didn't know about...ok, who am i kidding? i got my water filter a long time ago, a cookbook, some pj's, a jewelry box, a dvd (which i think i already have) and a candle thing that you use for putting out the flame, from my aunt...awesome. chris and i had decided to do gift exchange on xmas eve, so when he was done with his family's gifts he called me and i went over there to exchange gifts. we had joked about getting socks and subway gift cards for me because i love socks when it's cold and i eat at subway everyday. he also gave me this really cute bear with a personalized t-shirt, it was so cute, the best part was that i had given him the same bear (yeah i know, stop it). i had also had a bear made through snapfish that was wearing a little sweatshirt with his favorite picture of us on it. so i guess we got each other the same gift? he also gave me a really pretty necklace, most of y'all will see it tonight, it's white gold (good choice) with tiny diamonds and my birthstone in it. it's supposed to be 2 hearts intertwined or something like that. anyways, i love it. after we got excited about our gifts, i went back to my parents house so i could wake up there xmas morning.
monday:
on monday, i woke up late and it felt sooo good! i took my time getting ready and then my parents and i went over to chris' house for christmas dinner, it was us, his family, and 2 other families we knew in saudi. crazy, i know. anyways, i had a really good time and the food was fabulous. the guy i sat next to kept pouring me more wine, and then told everyone i was getting him drunk, boo! i got some really cute stuff from chris' parents for xmas like a little winter set (gloves, hat, etc) and some other little things. anyways, i'm glad my parents got to go because they both had a lot of fun. after dinner, i went back to my parents house to get my stuff because i wanted to sleep at home (i should have done that before, oh well). then i went back to chris' to help him pack...or watch? we separated all of his gifts into 3 piles: paris, no paris, and carryon or something like that, i was really tired. i ended up spending the night there again.
tuesday:
i woke up to breakfast smells so i had breakfast with chris' family and friends, and then went home to get ready. while i was at home my mom called and wanted to have lunch, so i had lunch wtih her at chili's and then went back to chris' to "help" pack, basically i took inventory for everything they packed into a box and was on "puppy watch" the entire day, basically this meant watching chris and his mom pack well and taking naps with their puppies. not too shabby. haha. chris and i went to the mall so he could get an ipod case and then back to his house for dinner. then he came over so we could have a few hours to ourselves and i only cried for like 1 minute (i know, be proud). i'm not really sad, but i'm just going to miss him, i usually cry when he leaves back to oklahoma so this was no different. i know everything's going to be alright, plus today i talked to the big boss and i might get to go to london when i'm in paris which would be really fun. and i'mgoing to see him in like march, which is really only like 2 months away which isn't bad at all.
anyways, today i'm like the only person here out of like 5, and i haven't really done much but talk about going to london, write chris a letter to take on his trip, and make plans for tonight...actually that IS a lot. i also uploaded pics to facebook of xmas, yay. i also ahv to clean the house for the girls to come this weekend and that's it :). chris is leaving in like 30 mins and he's supposed to stop by and say bye before he goes off to houston, i might cry again, we'll see.
peace.
