Thanksgiving in Utah/Colorado.

I am so blessed to have such amazing friends.

Thanksgiving Part One:  My Place!

Or as we liked to call it "Friendsgiving", happened last Sunday.

My roommate Liz and I hosted at our new-ish apartment.

We decided that we'd make it easy on ourselves and buy a pre-made Thanksgiving meal from Smith's.  Turns out it was all cold food...So, it was a delayed start but we had a wonderful time!

None of my friends showed up (still bitter about that), but any friend of Liz's is a friend of mine so we made the most of it.  

This is my roommate Liz, making her debut appearance on my blog.

It was our first Thanksgiving meal that we prepared and hosted.  We felt so grown up!

The whole crew minus Liz...From left to right, me (eyes closed), Noodle, John, Lacy, and Cassie (who stayed for 5 minutes).

Cassie, Liz and I....And John and Lacy's unplanned pose in the background!

We were so lucky to have a guy at our Friendsgiving to carve our turkey.  I don't think we would have stood a chance if it were just Liz and I.

Liz and her Best Friend Lacy.  She's a doll.

The majority of my meals this past week.  I'm not complaining one bit.

Thanksgiving Part Two:  Rifle, Colorado.

So i don't think I have ever talked about my good friend Kari on my blog.  She is one of the most amazing ladies I know.  I met her online through a military girlfriend/spouse support group (when I was dating a guy in the military in 2008) and we quickly became friends.  We've kept in touch since then through facebook.  She is married, has a husband just recently out of the military, and they have the most beautiful daughter named Piper.  I met Piper and Kari for the first time on my drive out to Utah this past summer.  After 4 years of hearing about her love story, I finally got to meet her husband Aaron this time!  I felt like I already knew him..He was probably creeped out, haha.

She was kind enough to let me spend the holiday with her little family.  I had such a wonderful time.  So many laughs and memories were made in such a short amount of time :)

That's Kari on the left.  In the middle is Katie, Kari's good friend.  We had a fun night.

My living quarters/own guesthouse for the stay, plus a goodie bag!  She spoiled me so much!!

I am seriously in love with Piper.  She is beautiful.
Sidenote:  Everyone always tells me spending a few days with babies is good birth control.  It just makes me that more excited to have a little one of my own in the distant future :)

 Piper and her best friend Pudge.  He is SUCH a big dog.  

Peace out, guys and girls.

Sad.

I need a job so badly.

Getting rejection e-mails on the regz is not the best.

I'm feeling pretty discouraged right now.

I have a confession to make:

I'm living my life vicariously through two elderly people leaving me wrong voicemails.

I get two voicemails yesterday from a man we'll call Jim.

Jim thinks I'm Edna's grandson.  He tells me that his Grandma needs assistance, that she needs to get rid of her cats and one has an eye infection, and that she shouldn't give her car away to the other grandson.

Edna called me twice and left me a two voicemails today.

She's putting her cat down tomorrow and wants her grandson to say his goodbyes.  Also, she's moving out soon and to not let anyone tell him otherwise.

It's like my own personal soap opera, courtesy of voicemails that are not meant to be sent to me.

I almost feel guilty.

Mostly sad, though.

Almost too random.

Who am I?

I'm a big sister.

I'm a daughter.

I'm an aunt.

I'm a friend.

I'm a roommate.

I'm a nurse.

I'm a Penn State grad.

I'm a lifelong learner.

I'm a human being.

I'm alive.

I am happy.

I'm sitting home on a Friday night in my bed.

It's snowing outside.

I feel like hibernating because it's dark all the time now (daylight saving's time is terrible).

Updates on me (I know you're eager to know):

Not much.  Job hunt is going really, really slow.

My brother turned 18 on November 4th and I was so proud he voted for the first time.

Here is my conversation with him on his birthday:

Me: So what are you doing to celebrate for your birthday?
Matt: Gambling my life away. I won $2 on scratch offs.
Me: Do you feel old now?
Matt: Yeah, actually dad signed me up for the retirement home today. I think I have dementia. It happens to the best of us.

I absolutely love that sarcasm runs in the family.

My sister turned 22 on Halloween.

My niece Audrey is now 7lbs 10oz - HUGE .  Haha Just kidding on the huge part.

Cassie and I have been unemployment buddies.  Sadly, I have to say goodbye to her on Monday when she starts her new job.  She has kept me sane for so long!

We voted (Cassie did 2 minutes before the polling place closed).  And sadly our man didn't win.  BUT, I'm done with politics for a while.  It has taken it's toll on me to read people's statuses every day on Facebook.  All the arguments, yuck.

I'm planning on coming home for Christmas -  First time in two years that I'll be able to spend it with my family!  This makes me really happy.

This may or may not be the most random post ever.  Bam.