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Lets do a little recap of the week and a forecast of the week to come!
shall we?

In no particular order:

Paint your art out
I would recommend this to EVERYONE!

I did it with my mom, sister, sister-in-law, and best friend.

We had a blast. Check out the website... http://paintyourartout.net/

I couldn't stop smiling... it was so unique. I loved it. I wish I had discovered it before a week before I moved 10 hours away. I am sure they have something like this in Denver... but they don't have my mom, sister, sister-in-law, or best friend! But no matter... maybe I can drag Bryan there. haha

Thunder play off game
Lets just say this... it was semi deja vu... because I felt like I was back in the student section at an OSU football game. It was so loud and there was such a sense of comradery. Everyone was there to win. We were all so proud of our team. They gave away blue shirts to everyone... they were sitting on the chairs when you got there... so it was a 'blue out'. The shirt was an XL... so I looked like a little kid- but I did not care! It came down to the last second... and down to one point! My throat was sore this morning... whew.

Grandma
My grandma's birthday was this past week... so we went to see her. She is looking so small. It was weird. I got to say goodbye to her... cuz I won't see her again till Christmas

Packing
I don't wanna talk about it!

Freddie Krueger
Going to go see the movie tonight... and then go home and sleep in my parents big house... alone!
whew... could be rough. Might have to barricade my door! haha

Washington DC
I am going to DC with Bryan's mom next week Monday- Thursday.
I have a monstrous list of the things I want to see. I hope my camera can handle all the pics!
Among the awesome things I plan on seeing are- the DC zoo, the natural history building with the Smithsonian, Arlington, the capital, Lincoln memorial, Washington memorial, and something called the mall (I don't know what it is but Bryan told me to go to it).
The only bump in my road to this awesome trip is... I was told I can't check any of my bags. Um. I check my bag on every trip I go to. That's the point of the service. So now... I have to find shampoo and conditioner that is under that stupid ounce restriction. And I know that hotel gives out shampoo and stuff, but I prefer to put good stuff in my hair. Another minus to checking my bag is that now I can't pack my pillow. I can't remember the last vacation I went in when I didn't bring my own pillow. ugh. That's gonna suck. o well... nothing to do about it!

BRYAN
I will get to see Bryan on Friday the 7th. I can't wait. It will have been about 4 weeks that I have seen him. The first couple days were torture... then it kind of went away... and then it slowly crept back in... that I was alone. Even when you are surrounded with family and people... it sucks not to have that someone with you.

Last day at work
Friday was my last day at work. It was bitter-sweet. I was happy to leave that hospital for certain reasons, but I was sad to leave some of the people. VERY SAD to leave others. I only cried couple times, but got watery eyed several. My girls at work took me to lunch and then there was a 'party' with cake and punch. It was funny to see the people who chose to come say goodbye to me. Some were a surprise and then I was disappointed and hurt when I realized others didn't find me to say goodbye. But I work in mental health and I know that some people handle goodbyes very poorly. They are sad to see you go, but don't want to deal with the emotions with a goodbye so they choose to ignore the loss. They do this by avoiding you and pretend like you aren't even leaving. I had someone avoid eye contact, ignore my hellos, and pretend like I wasn't even in conversations. It hurt me... but I know the reasons. So I had to try not to make it personal.

15 hour drive
We start the 15 hour drive to Colorado in the huge u-haul on Saturday night and Sunday morning. The uhaul leaves Saturday night and the car leaves Sunday. The car will catch up with the uhaul during the day on Sunday and pass it. The car will get to the apartment first and start to get things settled. whew... its gonna be rough.


OK--- broken record. Pics to come when we move and settle.