the one with the mirror maze

Scott and I got back from San Antonio today, and despite the fact that I was sick all weekend, it was a great trip. Thanks mom and dad! My sleep schedule is crazy. I woke up this morning at 3:30...wide awake and couldn't go back to sleep. I finally fell asleep at like 8:00 and woke up again at 9:30. Anyway, here I am to tell you about the trip.

Friday: We Left at 11:00 am for San Antonio. Arrived about 4:30ish. We got checked in to the hotel, napped, changed clothes, and headed out. Dinner at the County Line (wasn't as good as we remembered). Trip to CVS to get Puffs plus Lotion and Vicks (don't like the Vicks so much). Headed back to the Hotel, napped (I was sick, so I had lots of these), changed, and then went to a movie. We saw Mall Cop, which was pretty funny. It was in a ghetto theater and I kind of feared for my life on the walk back home at midnight, but we made it and it was fun.

Saturday: Woke up late...YAY!!! We got up, got ready, and started walking the riverwalk. We were looking for a yummy mexican place. Out of all the mexican places on the river...we chose the worst one. It was gross...I won't even describe what my plate looked like. After lunch, we went back to the hotel and relaxed for a bit. That night we ordered room service...pizza and french fries (they were amazing)...and watched Another Cinderella Story on AMC family (this was Scott's idea). After the movie (which I fell asleep in), we went on our carriage ride. It was great. On the carriage ride we passed this place called "mirror maze". We were intrigued, so we stopped by on our way to get dessert. It was silly, but so much fun (pictures posted on facebook). After the mirror maze we went to The Hard Rock Cafe to get dessert...and tshirts. Yummy. Back to the hotel to watch Friends and sleep.

Sunday: Woke up late...YAY!!! Went to lunch at Chili's (wasn't the same without the Monday night friends), walked through the mall, and headed to the Alamo. I didn't know Scott had never been...at least he didn't remember it. So we went. It took an entire half hour of our day. We went back to the hotel, napped, changed, and headed out for the evening. First we went to a different Mexican restaurant for dinner, then we went on the boat tour (it was nice) at night. After the boat tour we went to get fudge (yum), and headed back to the hotel for more napping. We ordered room service...twice...once for creme brulee and milk...and once for those tasty fries I talked about earlier. Watched Friends and slept. 3:30 am I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. I balanced the checkbook and watched Friends.

Monday: Woke up at 9:30ish to get ready...check out by 11:00. Scott went and got the car, while I paid the bill. Drove home...nothing exciting....I'm still sick. Stopped at San Marcos...went to Zales in my pj's. Home...

I want to go back...just so I don't have to come back to the real world of working, and waiting to hear back about the new job. It was fun and relaxing...just what we needed.

P.S. if you read this entire thing...I'm sorry.

The one with the explanation

Well, I had my blog titled as "the one all about brittany", but that sounded kind of conceited after I read it again. Hopefully you can find the humor in the titling of my blog and each entry. If not, sorry. So I changed it so that it didn't look like I was full of myself...just full of my thoughts :-)

On another note, I still haven't heard about the job I interviewed for last Friday, I think I'm getting sick (thank you scott), and I'm tired of seeing cute babies EVERYWHERE! But, I'm going on vacation this weekend and I listened to this great song in the car....

Call My Name by Third Day

It's been so long since
You felt like you were loved
So what went wrong
But do you know
There's a place where you belong
Here in My Arms

Chorus:
When you feel like you're alone in your sadness
It seems like no one else in this whole world cares
And you want to get away from the madness
You just call My name and I'll be there
You just call My name and I'll be there

The pain inside
Has erased your hope for love
Soon you will find
That I'll give you all
That your heart could ever want
And so much more

Chorus:
When you feel like you're alone in your sadness
It seems like no one else in this whole world cares
And you want to get away from the madness
You just call My name and I'll be there
You just call My name and I'll be there

You just call My name
You just call My name
Call My name say it now
I want you to never doubt
The love I have for you is so alive
Call My name say it now
I want you to never doubt
The love I have for you is so alive

You just call My name
You just call My name
You just call My name


The love I have for you is so alive
The love I have for you is so alive
You just call My name
You just call My name
You just call My name


Just a good reminder.

The one with the nap

I am just about to lay down and take a nap...a Sunday afternoon nap, and I was just thinking about being a little kid. See, when I was little my parents would bring us home after church and we were forced to go upstairs to our rooms and lay down to take a nap...even though we were never tired. We had a nap in the car for pete's sake. Anyway, I HATED taking a nap on Sundays. Mostly I think I just didn't like being told I had to take a nap. Here I am an adult who LOVES my Sunday naps...I mean LOVES. It's so weird that when we are kids we hate the things that are so much easier when we are kids. I hardly ever have time to take a nap...or at least I have other things I should be doing, but when I was a kid I had plenty of time to take naps. If only I had appreciated it more then. Why can't we appreciate things when we have them. Why is that it has to be taken away before we can appreciate it??? Stupid.

the one with all the randomness

A co-worker, and friend, kindly reminded me today that I had not blogged in a while. I've thought about blogging, but I feel like my blogs lately have been kind of negative. I don't want to be seen as a negative person b/c generally I'm not. I feel like God is molding me lately and I'm not feeling generally positive. I know God has the perfect plan and I guess am CONSTANTLY having to remind myself of this, but even having that feeling of security in him does not make it easier for me to be positive because I know that what God had planned for me may not be what I want. And, the journey will most likely not be an easy one...trusting is hard for me. I know I need to change my attitude...actually doing it is a harder story. Anyway, this is the type of blog I wanted to avoid. I'm not doing well. Need prayers. End of story.

Good news! Scott and I are getting to go on a vacation! End of January. Can't wait.

Also, while all of my co-workers are starting classes again, I can enjoy the freedom of not having too! It feels very weird to not be in school....very weird. I've been in school the last 17 years of my life and now I'm not.

Furthermore, I have not had any simple or refined sugar for 1.5 weeks now. I want a cookie really bad, but I feel a lot better. Basically, my body produces too much insulin. Simple sugars don't take long for the insulin to break down causing a fast fall in blood sugar levels. When this happens I get this feeling that is really hard for me to describe. Just imagine that every single nerve in your body was SUPER sensitive. Every noise, touch, light, or anything that stimulates sensory nerves makes me very irritable. It's kind of hard to explain b/c it's not a feeling that most people feel. It's not a normal feeling of irritability. It's not something I can control with my attitude. It is physical. Anyway, as long as I'm eating complex sugars and carbohydrates, it takes longer for the insulin to break it down. So far so good. I can still have fruits and other natural sugars, but if there is sugar added to something...it's no bueno. Eventually I will reintroduce yummy treats into my diet in very strict moderation. It seems this has become a life changing decision for me. A good one though.