Thanksgiving 2015

Just like that Thanksgiving has come and gone.  Crazy to think it's almost December already and that Christmas is less than a month away.

This Thanksgiving Jerbs and I did our now traditional Sprouts dinner and watched Thanksgiving episodes of our favorite shows on Netflix.  Dinner was actually a little bit of a disappointment this year, it just didn't taste like it did last year or the year before and I'm not really sure why.  I was sick the whole week of Thanksgiving and had only started feeling better that day, so I'm wondering if that had something to do with it.  It doesn't really matter, I'm thankful that I had a Thanksgiving dinner and a place to eat it in and someone to eat it with at all.  I spent a lot of Thanksgiving thinking about how I should be a lot more thankful for how good I have it, so I'm going to work on that.  All in all it was just a nice, quiet holiday.

Jerbs had to work yesterday, which sucked, but at the same time it wasn't retail Black Friday so she was glad about that.  After she got off we put up a Christmas tree!  It's just a little 3 foot one and it's on our dining table and I'm 99% sure the cats will have it knocked over soon, but still!  It's very pretty and festive and it makes me happy.  This is the first year I've put up a tree since the Christmas I was living with my ex, which also makes me happy, because I've missed my Christmas spirit and it coming back is a good thing.  Definitely a good thing.

I'm actually looking forward to Christmas this year and it feels good.

Our cute little tree!

Better(ish) . . . I Think?

I've felt a little better since my last post.  Maybe not a ton, but enough to notice.  I honestly don't know where that little down swing came from . . . it wasn't menstrual, it wasn't a lack of medication, it was just a random thing.  To be honest, something still feels off, not quite right, but I can't figure out what or why.  So for now, I'm just kind of muddling through, until it either resolves itself or I figure out what's going on and how to fix it.

Thanksgiving was good.  Jerbs and I stayed in Flagstaff and did our dinner from Sprouts, and watched Thanksgiving episodes of TV shows on Netflix.  It was stupidly, frustratingly warm and sunny on Thanksgiving, and that kind of sucked.

Then on Black Friday, my best friend from college, Theresa got engaged!  She and her fiance were in town for a little while, so I got to have dinner with them and a few other of their college friends, and it was so nice!  I am so unbelievably happy for Theresa that I can't even put it into words.  She and her fiance just seem so happy and good together, and it's good to see her so content and thriving.  Seeing them together, and seeing her in such a good place, made me really think about some of the things in my life, and made me want to re-commit to some of the stuff I've been neglecting.

I was sick most of this past week, with a milder version of what I had in October, and that sucked.  I'm finally feeling better, but my head still feels stuffy. 

Other than that I've just been working.  A lot.  I'm still having a bit of a love/hate relationship with my second job.  There are just some aspects of it that make me so uncomfortable . . . mostly calling people and telling them their dues declined.  It's just kind of an unpleasant experience that I put off and avoid as much as I can.  But I don't want to give it up, because the extra money is just so helpful . . . and really, the whole billing cycle thing only takes about the first two weeks out of the month, which isn't so bad.  I can suck it up and deal.

One good thing, though, is that MHC is going to pay for me to get my medical coding certification, which is exciting.  I think it'll be really good for me, mostly in the sense of making me more useful for future jobs, and if I don't have to pay for it, why not?  I should be able to enroll in January, and I'll have my certification by July at the latest.  I'm looking forward to it, even if I'm a little worried about how I'll find time to study with everything else I've got going on.

Thanksgiving 2013

This was dinner:

Jerbs and I ordered a pre-made Thanksgiving dinner from Sprouts this year, because we decided we didn't feel like cooking, crockpot or otherwise.  We got a turkey breast (because we definitely didn't need a whole turkey for just the two of us), stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli au gratin, cranberry sauce, and dinner rolls for $29.99.  Plus we got a free pie (apple) that we didn't know about until we picked up our dinner!  I didn't try the rolls or the cranberry sauce but the rest of it was delicious.  I was impressed, especially considering that all we had to do was throw everything in the microwave for a few minutes. The broccoli au gratin was really, really good.

That plate in the picture was actually round 2, which took place after the nap that happened after round 1.

I love Thanksgiving.

Other than eating and hanging out with Jerbs I've just been working on some Christmas shopping lists and stuff.  I'm so excited that I'm off until Monday!  Now if only Jerbs didn't have to work for Black Friday, things would be perfect.

I'm not going Black Friday shopping tomorrow, by which I mean I'm not getting up at a ridiculous hour and standing in a ridiculous line to buy anything.  (Seriously, to get me out of bed for Black Friday, the deal would have to be something along the lines of sex with Adam Levine for a dollar).  But I'm going to go do some shopping at a more normal hour, because it's payday and I need crap.  JoAnns is having some sales I want to hit up on Saturday, so I might get up a smidge early for that, but we'll see.

Anyway.  So that was my Thanksgiving.  Lazy and relaxing with good food--that's just what I wanted!

Thanksgiving With Jerbs

Today I spent Thanksgiving with Jerbs.

It was a beautiful, beautiful day out--sunny and warmish, with a few white clouds in the sky.  Really just perfect weather.

We cooked beef stew in our slow cooker for our Thanksgiving dinner, since neither of us really wanted to invest in a turkey and it was just the two of us anyway.  We took a walk through the woods, to the gas station for snacks and drinks, since it was open.  We watched the rerun of the Macy's parade.  We ate our stew and Jerbs made pumpkin bars for dessert.

All in all not a bad day.

I never, ever would have thought I'd spend another Thanksgiving with Jerbs.  Last Thanksgiving, I wouldn't have pictured this as where I'd be a year later.

I thought I'd be a mess today.  I really did.  I was sure I wouldn't do well, thinking of . . . well, you know.  And yeah, I've had a few bad moments where my mind has wandered to Corey and wondered what he's doing and if he's thinking of me, but I've actually done SO MUCH BETTER than I thought I'd do.

I'm amazed.  Because really, I've just been . . . happy today.

I really.am.getting.better.  I am so thankful for that.  I'll probably write more about it later.

For now, I'm going to go play video games with Jerbs.

Happy Thanksgiving!!