thanksgiving

well, as you all have noticed, i haven't exactly been the best at posting lately. it's been hard, but i promise to give more updates and better ones at that!

right now i am sitting here in tons of pain... but let me back up and fill you all in on my thanksgiving adventures...

on wed, i flew home to houston. via an unplanned stop in austin. i got to the airport rather early b/c my mom warned me that it would be a mad house. luckily, it was a breeze, but that left me there quite early. so i put myself on standby for the flight leaving at 2. they must have called about 12 names on that list, and not one of them was mine! bummer. but that was ok, my flight was only an hour later. we got on board and the pilot told us to hurry and store our bags b/c the snow was coming and he wanted to avoid delays. we managed to leave chicago on time. however, we got down to houston and had to circle. turns out a large thunder and lightening storm decided to pass right on over houston as we wanted to land. and houston declared at least an hour long ground stop. since we were running low on fuel and didnt have enough to keep circling, we had to make a pit stop in austin. and refuel. we sat on the ground in austin for over 2 hours. we finally made it to houston around 930pm - i think - and i was supposed to be there around 6ish - just in time for dinner. yeah, not quite. oh well...

then back at the house, i enjoyed tons of yummy food (as was the theme for the entire trip home). and then the allergies kicked in. oh yes, terribly this time too. i could not breathe for anything and it brought about wheezing and a tight chest and it made it impossible to sleep. so not fun. i have no idea other than my parent's cats what could have done it, but my allergies have never been that bad at home!

thanksgiving was nice, but small. usually my aunt, uncle, and cousins come down from dallas. but, not this year. it's a long story and i think a few of you are aware of the situation... anyways, it was just the immediate family and that was nice. again, ate way too much, but it is my favorite holiday and so i allow myself to stuff my face. and boy did i ever! YUM!

on friday, we went to the lake to check on the status of my parent's lake house. it's being built in a very small lake community and they've made a lot of progress. it was nice, but i was feeling horribly sick and tired (didn't sleep at all the night before) and it was freezing! my mom put a very tacky green and red wreath on the outhouse door. those of you who know my mom and her sense of humor will know that this is a normal thing and that the red and green one replaced a rather tacky thanksgiving wreath.

finally, i discovered claritin D as opposed to regular claritin. so i upped my dosages and finally got some relief. some. but any relief was a good thing!

and then the flight home. i thought i'd be ok. boy i was wrong! everything was great until landing. and then i really really wanted a drill so i could perform a lobotomy to make the pressure in my head go away. i still have a massive headache from the pain. it shot through my head and down in to my shoulder. i swear it felt like all my teeth were going to fall out. it was so bad. and my ear is killing me. that said, i get to go to my first doctor appt in chicago in a couple of hours. can't wait. give me some good drugs please!!!

it sounds like i didnt have much fun, but i really did. it was good to see the family and so good to eat such wonderful food.

more updates to come! and pictures too! i'll show you pictures of the lake house and my chicago condo once i can... still need to find that pesky cord!