I feel as if I haven't posted in such a long time. Since we got back from Arizona, I've had tons of laundry, house cleaning, and just stuff in general to catch up on. There's so much to write about, that I don't even know where to start.

During my vacation, I seriously think Griffin had more temper tantrums than he's had his whole life. I had such high hopes, that I think that I forgot to take into account how being jet lagged, overtired and 3 years old would manifest. I imagine that our neighbors in the hotel must have thought that there was a serious case of child abuse going on in our room. I'm slightly surprised that a manager never came knocking on our door to check things out.

Our flights both to and from were great. I have to give Griffin some credit and say that he did better than I had expected on the plane. The start of his bad behavior started when we got to the hotel. I wanted him to change into a different shirt. A perfectly nice, cute shirt. He was not having it. He cried and yelled and carried on. Over a shirt. If it wasn't so irritating, it would have been funny to listen to him tell me that it looked "awful", and that my grandpa wouldn't like that shirt.

It wasn't all bad though. We had beautiful weather for 5 out of the 6 days. We went to the zoo, a Native American museum, an aquarium, and we took a ride through Tonto National forest. Best of all I got to see my Grandfather and basically got to know my aunt and her family a little better. So even though we had a rough time with Griffin, I'd definitely go back.

Things seem to have gone back to normal since we've been back. He caught up on his sleep and got back to his regular routine. To think that I was considering making plans for a Disney trip! I think that I'm going to wait a while before we do that.

It's been a busy week, and I'm more than ready to be on vacation. I had another follow up for my nose and sinuses. Which by the way had to be cancelled 2 other times because of the snow! It's healing ok, but I'm slacking on doing my neti pot. Whatever! My car is fixed, and I got it back today. I don't know what I'm more happy about- the damage being fixed or the fact that they washed and vacuumed it! I have to wonder what took longer the body work or vacuuming up the 20lbs of crackers and french fries :)

Between all of that, I've been busy with getting my house cleaned and laundry done. I started packing, and I've paid all the bills. I even managed to squeeze in getting my taxes done.

We did have a sad little moment last night when I went in to check on the hamster. I was getting ready to clean out his cage, and instead I found him dead. I told Ryan, who didn't care, and asked him if I really needed to tell Griffin. He laughed at me, and reminded me that I had to tell him something because Griff would notice when the cage was empty. So I bit the bullet, and did my best to explain it to a 3 year old. It went well, I got a little nervous when he gave me a really sad face, but immediately after our conversation he went and played. I guess he's not as broken up over it as I thought he might be.

So the question has been, will I get another one? As much as Ryan says no, I'm saying yes. I really liked that little rodent. He was so damn cute. He hated to be held, but I really enjoyed watching him. However, I've also been considering a guinea pig. I've heard that they make great pets, and that they love to be held. I'm not sure yet, but we will get something.

Im not one for stating the obvious but, SNOW SUCKS!! I'm a New Englander through and through, and there are many things I love about that. BUT not the snow. Perhaps I wouldn't hate it as much if I didn't have a job that is mandatory to show up at even in the worst of storms. I could handle it more if I got to be snuggled up in my nice warm house, relaxing and watching the pretty white stuff coat the world around me.

Today, I got to sit in my car (because I couldn't open my drivers side door) and watch the hateful white crap ruin my day. I got into a car accident. It's only the 2nd time that I've ever been in accident, and let me tell you, they have both been because of snow. As careful of a driver as I am in it, today I lost control over my car as I was coming down a curvy hill. I began to fishtail, and couldn't get it back under control.

I am soooo lucky though because the incredibly high snow banks prevented me from plowing straight into the trees. It could have been so much worse. Plus, I was the only car involved and didn't hit anyone else, and I am so grateful for that. I ended up being completely stuck in the snow bank, with snow up to my side window. It was hard, compacted snow, so I couldn't get out through my door. Since I live in a wonderful small town, the plow guy stopped to check on me and then called the police for me. The cop came and got all my info for the accident report, he called a towing company, and then stayed there with me.

As far as we can tell the damage was mostly to the front drivers side bumper. It's all cracked and broken. The fog light on that side was completely broken off, and I broke the windshield washing fluid bottle, the blue snow under my car made that obvious. I have an appointment tomorrow to bring it to the shop to get an estimate and I'm sure they'll check for mechanical damage as well.

I am okay. No missing limbs or anything like that. It was really scary though when I realized that I wasn't going to be able to get control back and I was going down that hill. I knew I was going to crash, and I just prayed that it wouldn't be too bad and that it wouldn't hurt. I was able to drive it back home, and I stayed home for the rest of the day. I seem to be a bit sore tonight, so we'll see what tomorrow brings. Again, I'm so grateful that I didn't hit anyone else and that I wasn't seriously injured, but most of all I'm really happy that Griffin wasn't in the car with me!

Getting towed out. Snow banks don't look like they are too high, right??


Until you realize that this was taken looking out my window while I was stuck!


My BFF cop buddy

I found this via Boston IVF's Facebook page. I thought it was really funny, and so true. If you'd like to print one out and post it for all the wonderful advice givers in your life, here's the link:

http://brenbrowning.tumblr.com/

I can't figure out how to shrink it, sorry. You get the point though.