the week where sleep is vital.

With all this snow that just blew in-- I cannot wait for summer.

Short sleeves and longer days. mmmm.

But for now I shall live in the moment

(& enjoy the 6+ inches we are expected to get by the A.M.)

Although, the moment I am living in is quite hectic.

At least in mindset (for now, until tomorrow when it really starts picking up).

It's Valentines Day on Sunday which means my job is at its busiest week of the year.

This will be good in terms of pay (and experience!) but there is so much hype I'm freaked out.

There are so many orders going out--

& so many people are going to be bopping around the shoppe.

But as hectic as it's going to be, I'm kind of pumped for it.

I like the excitement and productivity that will be going on.

It is really fun when there are a lot of people there because it always comes down to everyone just acting goofy.

I feel good when a lot of people are there to get a job done.

So yeah. This week I should be expecting to get out around 2 a.m. Each night.

Maybe earlier, maybe later.

Bring. It. On.

This week Eric and I headed down to Indianapolis for the weekend to hang out with his cousin & her husband. We also caught the Super Bowl get together that her parents were throwing.

It was a really fun weekend and I'm glad we made it because it snowed late on Friday.

We didn't even make it to Indianapolis until 5:30 a.m. that next Saturday morning.

It was unfortunate the Colts lost the game (it was a good one!)

But in the end, Eric & I are from Chicago--not Indianapolis

& we are used to the disappointment that a football team brings to its hometown.

So we were able to walk out of the Super Bowl party with ease.

Us at the party;

Life has been pretty good these past few days :) :)

I'm anxious for the rest of this week.

I stocked up on food and brought it to work today.

I better snag some zzz's unless I'll be dragging tomorrow!

Where are all those snowmen?!

It's always a little sad to see Christmas go...

But then again it's fun to get into the mood of a new year.

I love those weeks of building up the holiday hype.

The stress we welcome in with open arms.

My Christmas Eve and my Christmas Day were just wonderful this year.

For Christmas Eve we went over to Eric's parents house for dinner and gift exchange.

They got me some awesome gifts and seemed to really like what I got them :)

For Christmas Day my parents, brother & sister-in-law, & I

do our gift exhange in the morning

That normally takes about 2 hours to get through.

There are a lot of gifts to go around.

I was so grateful! I got so many great things and all of them are useful.

Another year of good gifts and I got a lot of gift cards! This was very good.

A particular favorite which i have not used is...

my new Crayola Glow Dome courtesy of my mom! See here!

It was such a random gift to get that brought upon great results ha ha ha.

I cannot wait to use it.

Normally we go to my Cousin's house after our family exchange

and do the exchange all over again with my mom's side.

We hadn't had it at our house in years and Eric would be spending the day with my family.

We are a pretty crazy bunch, but I knew he would have no problems getting along.

I was so excited that we were having the Christmas party at our house this year.

I mean, it's always more comfortable to spend Christmas in your own home, right?

I even got a bit dressed up for the occasion!

So all in all we had about 15 people at our house on Friday.

I love when our house is filled with laughter and loudness.

It's such a contrast to the norm.

Here are a few shots from Christmas Eve/Day:

(thank you again, Eric for having to go through the pain in the ass process of converting the file!)

(Christmas Eve --what's up, mermaid legs! ha ha ha.)

(Christmas; Side profile of me sporting a new scarf my Uncle Dave gave me

& of course, my Santa hat!)

(Christmas; an awesome shot Eric took of the festivities!)

(Christmas; our festive wear with a little pizazz on my feet!)

After all the holiday hype was done we retired to Eric's for the weekend & did not do much.

We even slept in until 2pm today.

Which is absolutely disgusting but it was awesome at the same time.

Today was a day of football (bummer, Colts) and Saturday was a day of cleaning.

It was a productive, yet relaxing weekend & it doesn't get much better than that.

Although, with the snow we got, I was a little bummed we didn't make a snowman.

But let's be honest, I cannot stand the cold for more than 2 minutes...(or less)

So it's really my fault. Maybe I will have to throw on 5 sweaters and get crafty.

:)

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Tomorrow I am seeing my friend Adam who is on leave from the Navy.

We are going to lunch with my friend Cady & that should be a great time!

For now I must go to bed if there is any hope of me heading into the gym tomorrow!

Don't forget to drink lots of water! ;)

xx

listening to: (nine) by Ratatat