.home.at.last.

.OKAY.

So first off, I want to gove a great big .SHOUT.OUT. to a couple of people.

every time I get on to blog,

Taylor gets on his XBox.

WELL,

we all have our...things...right?

anyways, I have a couple loyal blog readers that taylor plays with...(what winners)... JK.... BANILLA and KEVIN.

tell Taylor to get off Xbox and love me.

ANYWAYS

It was a GREAT Christmas!

Boss might not agree...

anyways, we did LOTS of christmas-y(?) things...like gingerbread houses!
pajamas on Christmas Eve!!

and my personal FAVE

I GOT A CHI STRAIGHTENER!

YES!

It has been a few years since I have been home for christmas...like, really BEEN HOME. done all the christmas stuff. While I was with the big X I avoided my family, all the time. I have spent the last 2 christmas' in B.C, and 2 in South America. thats four Good years I missed.

but my loving Hubby made sure this christmas was AWESOME. it felt so good to spend time with my family, and his, I really feel like I am a solid sister in his big family of boys (and one girl! no knocks Becca!) I felt so blessed to be where I was this year.

at home, with people I love.

.R.

.the.sleep.walker.

.and.it.continues.


I still have so much trouble

.SLEEPING.

I have so many nights when I just lay there and listen to Taylor breathe (or SNORE...gah...lol)

I started taking melatonin,

no dice...

I took some sedatives, and they helped for a while...

but seriously?

WHY cant I sleep?

I was reading over my old blog today, http://www.rachelsrunningstory.blogspot.com/ and thinking about how far I have come since this time last year! woah, im married! im getting older! im living in a different city! I have a new dog! I have some new friends, I have built and burned bridges with old ones. but overall

have I really changed that much?

what do you think?

.x.x. - R

happy birthday hubby

Today my Tay is 21!

It was a fun day, I unfortunately had to work, but I gave him a truly domestic breakfast in bed...

(captain crunch...on a cookie sheet)... is that a point for domestication? shoot.

//\\

and then gave him his gift!

well, I couldnt really give him his gift...its on its way here!

okay dont judge me for what I got him, this is the last thing I would be encouraging...but I had no other ideas... and he wanted them sooo bad

so here they are, this astro professional.... gaming.... headset?... apparrently its like...a surround sound... super... something? it set me back a few hundred dollars...BUT he loves them!

Tay gives up a lot for me. I love giving him things that will make him happy.

happy birthday my Tay!

I cant believe this is my first birthday with him... ha ha it sounds a little rediculous, and I think about it all the time, how quickly we met, fell in love and got married... was It a mistake?

no way.

because,

when you know....you know...

and I KNOW.

.x.x..x.x.x

I love you Tay

.R.

.savior.

The night is deafening when the silence is listening
And I´m down on my knees and I know that something is missing.
Because the back of my mind is holding things I´m relying in
But I choose to ignore it because I´m always denying them.

I´m a bit of a manic when it´s not as I plan itCause I start losing my head and then I get up in a panic
Remember when we were kids and always knew when to quit it
Are we denying a crisis or are we scared of admitting it?

I don´t want to know

.I need a savior.

so lately has been .ROUGH.

work is fine, life is....fine. I love my husband, I love my marriage and bieng married to my bestest best friend...

but im struggling with some BAD LUCK lately.

and its totally

.throwing.my.CHI.

so on Saturday afternoon I started having some pains on my right side, I sucked it up and went to work at Mongolie Grill anyways, but it started getting worse, and worse...and AAARGH! I was in the most intense pain of my LIFE.

that night I went to the hospital, and was there all night, this sounds gross, but I started peeing BLOOD um, YUCK? - my sweet Tay was there practically the whole time, he even pulled some chairs together and slept beside me as I cried and squeeled in pain for probably 6 hours on a hospital emergency bed. - after a long time the doctor came in and told me I had a very severe kidney infection. and I later found out I had eaten the ecoli bacteria! GROSS!

gross

gross

GROSS!

but after I got my first round on IV from the emergency, they sent me home...but not without some baggage... - I had an IV STUCK in my arm fort he next 4 days - they would just unplug the IV and wrap the needle up in a bandage at my elbow and send me off

feeling like

POOP

no im just on some steady anti-biotics...and feeling much better,

I even got to go back to

WORK!

im having a lot of fun working for GoodLife! its a good atmosphere.

but im still feeling sick lately

im starting to gain weight...

(NOT PREGNANT) lol

but im just generally unhealthy...

HURRY AND OPEN brand new fitness club!

gah

.x.x.

.R.

im a .GoodLife-r.

!MOTIVATED!

So I just spent a week getting into the whole GoodLife "Culture"

and really,

im loving it!

the energy is amazing!

these people are so happy and excited to give others the chance to have a new/longer/happier life by joining this awesome gym we are going to have.

I really feel like im going to change lives working here.

it sounds lame..

.like...its a gym right?

but

its also a motivator, a teacher, a release, and so many things I really appreciate in MY life.

my mood is heading up up up.... im feeling good again. thanks GoodLife!

I feel like ive been brainwashed lol

- im heading to Calgary this weekend for the SECOND one in a row,

but im SO excited for this one

im going to the KELLY CLARKSON concert with my bff NATTY! then on Saturday I get to sleep in a little (YES!) and go to a party with my big sister Becka, (on the condition I lend her a dress * eyeroll) and then the MOST important

this is the last time I get to see my little brother for 2 YEARS!

WOAH!

THIS is going to be a big weekend,

.x.x.

R

Elder Scott - .my.weekend. and .my.sisters.

I .love. bieng with my family lately.

you know...people just like...

me?

what do you think?

so this weekend was the big weekend

the one we have been waiting for for...oh about 10 years now.

my dad finally got released as the stake president of our church.

I cant believe 10 years ago he started a brand new stake, and since then has helped hundreds of people through thousands of things....

but

still had time to teach me chem. 30 in grade 12 and run a marathon with me. go try out for Canadian Idol in Vancouver when I turned 16. and walk me down the isle.

Elder Richard G Scott of the quorum of the 12 came to release him and call the new stake pres. and let me tell you,

he is a wonderful man...a hilarious man!

I had the epic experience of spending the whole weekend WITH him. I served him dinner on saturday night before the adult session with my Beautiful sisters

and then he came for breakfast on Sunday morning. its not very often that these men come to the homes of members. there just simply isnt time. but he came to my house and we sat over breakfast, me and him at 6am on Sunday and just... talked

for a long time

South America was the huge topic of discussion... he served a mission in Argentina, we talked about the culture, the people, the language. we really got along very well. I felt so blessed that we could get to know him so well and get so close to him!

all in all on the weekend was a success. Ive been feeling really...off lately (not just from the concussion. but I still get headaches lol ) and this weekend really set me back on track.

.game on.

.x.x.

R

.................................................................................................................................

.I.MISS.

.SUMMER.

something about fall,

something about plants dying... or people being forced to be inside their homes more ... a chill in the air, something about...winter? ....something about this time...

this time of year

makes me so sad...

x.x.x.

.R.