Hrmph.. I thought I would get back in the swing of things and start writing a bit more. I figured that people would be able to get to know me more by reading about me because one probably wouldn’t hear most of this stuff coming out of my mouth in a conversation.

This past holiday Adam and I were busy beyond belief. I swear if we weren’t coming, we were going and if I wasn’t at work, I was so dead tired that I wanted to cry, which made the holidays and my emotional rollercoaster make the Mantis at Cedar Point look like a pansy-coaster.
Ok, I must admit, it could have been worse. I could have grown a mole on my chin with some hair, painted my face green and rode a broom to work, luckily, it didn’t get that far.
Bless Adam’s heart though. I bet he could’ve just wanted to choke me ten times over, but no, he didn’t. That is what love is though. Taking the good with the bad, don’t get me wrong, he gets in moods sometimes you would think it was him who was getting that blessed gift from Mother Nature. But, when all said and done, it was a pretty good holiday. Adam’s birthday was earlier in the month (December 10th) and he is now living it up, his last year in his twenties.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t be at Adam’s Birthday dinner so I rigged up a few surprises for him during the day. In the morning, I had one of his co-workers put up a banner in his office. Lunchtime, I snagged some balloons, gift certificates, sweets and a sweatshirt from Adam’s favorite coffeehouse, Espresso Milano. After lunch, I gave him a card with one of the gift certificates and a Godiva chocolate bar. I suppose I was trying to make up for being a crappy fiancé and not baking him his cake on time. (The Chocolate had raspberry filling) Later in the day, I had the admin at our work deliver balloons to him and finally at dinner, I dropped off the present that I had for him in the evening to the dinner spot before I went to work. I hope it meant something to him, it seemed to.

Christmas, though, is a worse story. The poor thing’s (Adam) present didn’t arrive on time. It finally showed up mid-January. I ordered him a lens from Ritz Camera and unfortunately it was back ordered. On the flip side though, Adam gave me a nice gift certificate to Express, my favorite fashion headquarters. As an added bonus, he also got me the one and only Shootsac created by the awesome Jessica Claire!!! I literally cried when I opened it. It was the perfect pattern and everything. Ugg.. It fits my lenses perfectly when I shoot, hugging them ever so gently so they are comfortably at my side. I must say, Adam is getting better and better at his gifts because they are so heartfelt. I couldn’t ask for a better man.

New Years, we were pretty lame. We went to see the movie Marley & Me. I had read the book and it reminded me so much of one of our dogs, Logan, that I just had to see it… against Adam’s will of course. (He isn’t fond of sad movies.) Naturally, I cried, seeing the puppy and watching it grow up. You will have to see the movie because I don’t want to ruin it for you, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. I totally recommend it to everyone.