Thanksgiving
Ok, so last Saturday we were planning on leaving at 6:30, which meant I'd be waking up at 5:30 to hop in the shower and get all my stuff packed into the car. I had trouble getting to sleep in the first place and finally drifted off at 12:15-ish only to be woken up by someone knocking on my door very early in the morning. I ambled to the door and opened it up to Mackenzie who looked very alert. She started saying how she couldn't sleep so we were going to head out earlier than we'd planned. I asked the time and she looked at the clock in her room...it was freaking 4 am. I gave her my little wtf look but did start getting ready. Of course the boys were still drunk, so that was fun getting them into the car and stuff, but we finally did leave at about 5:30. The car drive down was so long and I only got to drive for about an hour, which really did suck since I love driving that road.
We finally got into Pocatello at 5:45 MST. About 20 mins after reaching my house, my mom, sister and I headed over to my grandma's house so we could all go to Buddy's...which is my favorite restaraunt in the world. :D And I actually got to go twice this week, which was very exciting.
Dad was hunting, so I didn't get to see him til Sunday. Of course, he didn't get anything...we're beginning to think that my grandma saying that she's praying he doesn't get anything is actually jinxing him. He actually had the chance to get one but he got greedy and thought a bigger one would come along...oy vey! lol
Since he didn't come back til Sunday, I had to wait til Monday to see GoF. That kinda sucked. But the movie was pretty awesome. It might be my favorite, but I'll reserve my judgement on that til I see it again. ;) The two biggest things that I didn't like about it were: 1) Bagman not being there, thus making it so the twins couldn't bet and lose all their money so Harry would give them the Tri-Wizard winnings, and 2) Rita Skeeter not being shown as an animagus- totally screws up OotP. *sigh*
On Tuesday I got my massage and let me just tell you....HEAVEN! It was pretty awesome. Then I went and got my teeth cleaned. Everyone knows me there since I've been going since I was about 5, so everyone was coming up and saying hi or looking at the pic of me from around that age that's in my file. Kinda embarassing after all these years. lol Kath and Gary came in that night and my mom and I went to pick them up and drive them to Am Falls.
On Wednesday I got my hair chopped off, like eight inches, and got it layered. It's quite different from what I'm used to but I'm really liking it. Phil and Sarah came in that afternoon and I picked them up and drove them to my grandma's house. Kath and Gary drove in from AF and we all went to Buddy's again. :D Oh, and my grandma's dog had a little blister in his ear so they took him to the vet's to get it fixed. I probably shouldn't laugh, but seeing him so out of sorts from the anesthesia was kinda funny.
On Thursday, watched the parade and games on TV with my dad (I miss that) and then we got ready and went over to my grandma's house to pick her up. My mom kinda lost the keys for a while and she was freaking out, but we finally found them and headed over to AF. I kinda don't like having a holiday dinner somewhere other than my grandma's or our house because if I get bored, I can't go find something to do...and I tend to get bored easily. I was helping to get chairs for the table and kinda reinjured my ankle...that was fun.
I went shopping on Friday with my aunt, mother and grandmother. Apparently, having holes in shirts gives people the wrong impression about you. But they were very insistent that I buy new clothes, no matter that Christmas is right around the corner. Got a cute sweater and shirt. :D We were going to go to the parade that night, but then it started raining. We went to the Continental Bistro instead and it was so good and a lot of fun.
And then on Saturday, the snow came. It was a huge blizzard; we got a lot of snow. And of course, I still had to get some shopping done since I was leaving on Sunday. We went downtown to get a coat for my sister, then we headed over to the mall. I got two pairs of jeans and a pair of shoes. That night, Kari, mom and I had our little annual movie night. We watched "Holiday Inn" and "White Christmas." I just love that tradition!
I should've done all my homework then and now I'm paying for it. But it was really worth it since I don't see them hardly ever. I hadn't been home since June, so I think I earned that little break. ;) We left yesterday at 9 MST and didn't get here til 6:30 PST. It was such a long drive, had to go kinda slow a lot of the way because of snow and icy roads in the mountains.
Got two tests back today...86 on JD and 96% on Corrections! So happy with both of them; didn't think I'd do that well. :D