feeling bummed

well i'm getting sick again, so on top of feeling bummed for other reasons, i have the crap throat and stuffy nose on top of it. i've been meaning to blog about the dinner party we had the other night party being more like "party" but it was a fun gathering of friends. we had planned to cook for mark doliner and amy wheeless since they were in from out of town, but amy had other plans, so we ended up just calling up a few other people and inviting melissa, jeremy, and jessica over for heavy hors d'oeuvres and some drinks. before they came over, amy stopped in and gave us a really cool mixer and a great bottle of wine (thanks amy!). we had a really nice time catching up with people we haven't seen in a while but have known forever. on top of that, melissa brought her wii and guitar hero, and we all totally rocked out to it! i definitely had no desire to play, as i have snobbily decided i'm not a dork like all those people who love the wii and play games with fake guitars, but i have been totally converted. the guitar hero rocks, even if it does make the curtains look like they're swirling after playing too long. people played before and after dinner, and i didn't join in until the end, but i definitely woke up wanting to play again. the food!

me picking melissa's nose

marc and andrew being happy to see one another while grilling

chicken! mmm!

chocolate fondue

we've also had a really messed up sleep schedule recently staying up until 3 and 4 in the morning and not waking up until 11 or even 1 in the afternoon! i'm trying to change this so that tuesday when i have to work at the vet it won't be so painful. last night we went to bed around midnight, but it took me over an hour to fall asleep, and then once i did my sick feeling woke me up off and on all night. i finally moved to the couch at 6am, and andrew made me come back to bed around 6:30... i tossed and turned for another hour or so, and when the alarm when off at 9:30, apparently i was so out that andrew reset it, and i didn't get up till 11 again.

once up, i tried to get motivated to do something fun, but it just kept raining, and even after we went for coffee, we couldn't think of anything fun and affordable to do so we just came home and spent the day at home. i worked (for the one of many countless days) on marc and lora's wedding present. i forgot to document the stages of it, but i think i will take a picture and post it here tomorrow (or the next day) so they don't see it before they actually get it. i'm pretty proud of it though, so i hope they like it. after working on and finishing that, we made a brief visit for a few hours at the red room for my aunt's birthday party where i found out the cause of my illness is my cousin (note to self, kill her later). oh and byron stopped by on the way to work out and brought us another bottle of wine, which i'm sure i'll like since it has "hints of vanilla" according to the back.

watching "what women want" tonight and blogging has made me feel better, but i'm still bummed out about feeling excluded. i know i should let it go, but it hurt my feelings, so i'm laying around trying to be cheerful but feeling sad and sick. bummer!

i guess tomorrow i should do a goodbye 2007 hello 2008 post or something.