Only a few more days!

Tuesday is election day!! Has everyone who votes early sent in their ballots? I sent mine in last week and Steve got his in earlier this week since he was out of the country. I have my fingers crossed that this election we will take back the White House!


I have to admit that I kinda miss being involved in the election this year. I had so much fun in the 2004 election! I was really into it - I was out protesting, knocking on doors, making phone calls... even was a delegate for John Kerry. I declined going all the way to the convention though. I wish I would have had the time and money to go. Maybe the next election I will! And David will be old enough to vote for the 2012 president! Can you believe it???

Also - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! I am dressed like a pirate today at work. No one else dresed up so I am all alone. :( Oh well... like I care! LOL I dare to be different!!

Woo hoo! Go Pride!

So, in case the title doesn't give it away - the Freshman Pride won their last game. It was against Basha and the score was 42 to 20. It was an excellent game by both teams! The season is over and I have to admit I am kinda sad! They ended with a 6 - 3 record - not too shabby!! :D The Freshman Football Banquet is on Wednesday, November 12.

Halloween is tomorrow! I am dressing up again this year. We will have a little all-day snack/potluck thing here at work. Usually Fridays are Football Fridays, so I threw in a little of Halloween too. Might as well do both, and those that aren't comfortable coming to work in a costume can still dress in their team's jersey or colors! Aileen and Gary are gonna come hang with us tomorrow night. That will be cool! I haven't seen them in a long time. Aileen was April and Gary was January!

Welcome to Sunday

Honey is home! YAY! He's doing good. Still jet-lagged, but getting better each day. I think I am sick. My tongue and throat hurt. :( Yesterday I slept until noon!! We also went and saw Steven play his football game yesterday. They won! YAY! It was the other team's Homecoming though. Felt kinda bad. Then Bob, Jackie, and Steven came over for a bit of dinner before they drove back to Tucson.
Today will be work and school work. Woo hoo! LOL
Off to watch a movie with honey before the work begins.
Byeeeeeeee!

Woo hoo!!!

Almost there!

Steve comes home today!!

Something to make me smile cuz yesterday really wasn't a good day! It wasn't a horrible day, just made me cranky. But I'll start with the good stuff!!
My honey called me about 20 minutes ago and was just getting off of the plane in San Fran! YAY!! He gets into Phoenix at 12:30. I will take him home and then will come back to work. I would have liked to work from home this afternoon but I just have way too much to do that I need to be in the office.
Before I go into my little rampage, I want to thank Jackie for taking my call at 9:00 last night to hear me whine!
So, I got into work a bit later than I wanted to yesterday, but that is okay. I have been very slammed, but again, that is okay. After I got out of staff meeting, I had some angry calls from hubby because he couldn't get a hold of me. In his defense, he was in China, had no sleep, and no idea what day or time it was for me. But it still made me sad. Then I had to walk to the badge shop. Usually I take the shuttle, especially with my knee. But with the cuts, they are down to 1 shuttle and we didn't have time to wait. So we walked there and back. Within about 30 minutes my back and knee both went crazy! I was in soooo much pain! Anyway, I leave work at 3:00 to go to physical therapy. That helped me feel better! Then it was off to go home, get Alex, and go to David's football game against Corona Del Sol.
This is where I start to get REALLY angry!
Aside from David not being able to play (GGGRRRRRRRRR) it was a nasty game. The good news is that Mountain Pointe won and they played an awesome game! The bad news is that the Corona team has got to be the nastiest, rudest, most disrespectful team I have seen. Not only in the Freshman games I have been too, but also including when the boys played in NYS. They resorted to punching and kicking our team. When we had one guy go down on a play, the Corona players WALKED right over him. Then they didn't even take a knee! When our second player went down, they again did not take a knee. Even when one of their OWN went down, only part of the team on the field took a knee. Of course, the PRIDE took a knee on all three. There was one play that they (Corona) were penalized on - pass interference. The guy ran right up and just shoved our player down.. didn't even try to get the ball, just wanted to push him down. On the last play of the game when the whistle blew, instead of going for the ball, they started kicking and punching our line! Since there was only a few seconds left, the refs let the clock run and told our line that it would be taken care of. But the PRIDE won the game with a score of 30 - 14. When I got home I sent an angry email to the staff members in charge of athletics.
Oh and that is another thing! Kinda ironic too if you ask me. But I was at PT and this guy was talking about how his son was part of the Corona varsity football team and was given steroids from others on the team. He graduated a few years ago. Nice - ain't it?
Okay, that is all for now. I'm chatting with my officiating friend. I want his opinion on last night.

Homecoming

Can you believe that I have a baby old enough to go to Homecoming???? Last night was the game. Unfortunately, Mountain Pointe lost. :( Tonight is the dance. David is going with a couple of guy friends. I remember my first Homecoming dance... sigh!

Therapy Thursday

I only need a little therapy today. I am missing Steve... sigh... He made it to Kuala Lumpur safely. He was so excited when I talked to him. His hotel is right next to the Patronus Towers and he can see them out of his room! Man I wish I was with him!! He is now 15 hours ahead of me though... One more week and he's home!
David won his football game yesterday! They beat Pinnacle High School 20 - 7. They actually played good football yesterday! Alex had me cracking up during the game. He became obsessed with the scoreboard because usually there is a little football next to the score of the team who has possession. Well, at one point both balls were lit up and he sat there and stared at it. Then all of a sudden he gasps "They're gone!!" He was just starting at it saying "When will they come back?" It was sooo funny! Then they both came back on and then the one went out so it was correct again and he goes "They winked!" LMAO It was too funny!
Went to the doctor yesterday. He wants me to do more physical therapy. It was working really well, but I hate the time it takes out of my day! The dentist was okay. I hate the dentist... in general, not this one specifically. I have to have a crown done in my one tooth in the very top back of my mouth. ugh! What I thought was a filling that fell out was actually my tooth that broke. :( WAH!
Other than that, all is good. The Backstreet Boys are coming to town next month. Tickets go on sale next week. Steve and I are going to double date with Jackie and Bob! Steve told me to call Jane too to see about getting backstage. So, I shall give her a call later. Feels kinda weird to ask her though...not sure about that. But I know Steve would like to see Nick again.
Okay - I gotta go hunt down my coworker who was supposed to go to lunch with me. He told me 5 minutes about 40 minutes ago and I am hungry!

Feeling human

I think I am mostly over the jet lag. I actually got some sleep last night. I am missing my hubby though. :( He leaves Mumbai in the morning - 11:45 am his time, which is 11:15 pm tonight my time. Then he is off to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is going all the way around the world!!!! Kuala Lumpur will be 15 hours ahead of me... ugh!
I go to the doctor today for a follow-up on my accident. My knee is still bugging the heck out of me. We'll see if he wants me to do more PT. I have mixed emotions on that. It was helping, but it takes so much time out of my days and week!!
I started my next class yesterday - Organizational Behavior and Management. It is the same instructor that I had for my Criminology class. She was good!
I am still playing catch-up at work. Not only did I have a week's worth of stuff to do but the SAP admin was laid off while I was gone! :( She was a contractor but she was really good! I wish she or Terrie would come back. Hopefully if the economy gets better, they can hire Mary back!! Since I know Terrie is loving MN.
Laura comes down this weekend. And my friend Jackie is coming up from Tuscon I think. David has Homecoming this weekend too! AHHHHH! LOL
Okay, back to work!

A few pix of Germany

I'll only post a few, but will post them in order. The only day I didn't take pictures was on my last day, Saturday.


Sunday, October 5
View from hotel room


Cool bathtub



Monday, October 6
Walking around hotel






Tuesday, October 7
Lazy Day





Wednesday, October 8
Tour of Frankfurt







Thursday, October 9
Our day on the Rhine











Friday, October 10
Roman Square and the Mein (I think that is how it is spelled)

I'm baaaaack

Howdy! I'm back! I am so very tired!! I will write more later! But it was a great trip. And Steve made it to Mumbai!

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Wow - this German wine is something else.... mmmmmmm hmmmmmm!

So I went down for a late lunch and decided to order Weiner Schnitzel. Guess what?! It ain't a hotdog! Couldn't figure out why they would charge 18 Euro for a hotdog until it arrived. I pulled out my German dictionary after it arrived and found out that Weiner Schnitzel means breaded veal! LOL Boy was it goooood! The waitress in the lounge was very nice and has been helping me with my German the last couple of days. Very cool!! Steve found me while I was eating and I showed him what I wanted to do tomorrow. Then I decided that I would do that with him Thursday. So tomorrow I am doing a 2 hour city tour of Frankfurt. On Thursday we are doing an all day trip down the Rhine! How cool is that?? Friday we will rent a car and go cruising around... and I want to do some shopping! I don't get paid until Friday though! UGH!
Okay, off to relax some more. I will go down to the pool a bit later!! :) YAY ME!!

Hi Again!

Not much new to report. Yesterday was lazy. We walked around outside the hotel. Steve had to do his social thing for the conference last night, so I dressed up and went to dinner by myself. :) I had more yummy food and the best wines. I was a little tipsy when I got back to the room and spent about 90 Euros just on me! hehe
I haven't done anything yet today. I didn't sleep well last night (probably all the wine). I just got up not too long ago. I had breakfast delivered this morning after Steve left - about 7am. I'll go out this afternoon. Will maybe take a city tour. :)
I have tried posting pix but this connection is so slow that it won't work. I will keep trying though!

Hello from Germany

I got in yesterday, Sunday, at about 9:30 am. We were early! I waited around for Steve before I finally asked someone about their flight. Come to find out that in Frankfurt international flights come into two different terminals. And we arrived in different terminals. I hopped the shuttle and finally found Steve. (He had me paged too... ) We got to the hotel and it is sooo beautiful. Today has been pretty much lazy. Had breakfast delivered (Nutella on toast.. YUM!). Steve will be going down to register for his conference here in a bit. it is 1 in the afternoon. Dinner last night was so totally yummers. And the wine....ooooh yah! I will venture out somewhere tomorrow. Don't know where yet.
Not sure if my updates will be daily. The connection is pretty slow here in the room and I have to use Steve's computer because they charge a lot for internet access. 120 Euro for a week! BTW - my $240 dollars turned into 150,22 Euro. The spa will have to wait until Friday. :) hehe
My next post I will have some pictures hopefully. Again, using Steve's puter so not sure how much I can download onto his.. LOL If I don't post pix I will do so when I return! (if I return..... )

In the morning

I head out to Germany! Amy is taking us to the airport! I am so excited! I will try to post every day that I am there, but no promises! i don't get in until Sunday morning Germany time. YAY! Woo hoo!! Party!!!!! Vacation!!!!! Ahhhhhhh...... :)

A pinch and a punch.....

....for the first of the month, and no returns! Yah, David got me this morning. Then I got Alex. hehe

I'm feeling a bit better today but still a tad overwhelmed. I feel like I have too much to do and not enough time to do it. Things with Steve seem to be better today too.

Tonight is David's football game against Desert Vista High School. This is their biggest rival. He's excited. Go PRIDE!

Mom comes tomorrow! YAY! Then we leave on Saturday morning. I am so excited!! Germany! Wow! Couldn't get a hold of Nussi. Will try Tanja again before I go. I had a dream about her last night. :)