How Was Your Holiday?

I know I’m late (don’t judge me), but Merry Christmas!!! How was everyone’s Christmas? I hope that Santa brought you guys everything you wanted. Me? I didn’t want much, just Season 6 and & of The Big Bang Theory, and Lorenzo ordered those for me on Sunday after I finished ordering gifts for my nieces. He also got me a sweater, only because he wanted me to have something to open on Christmas Day. I got him Bruce Lee: The Legacy Collection on DVD. He told me a few weeks ago while we were watching The Last Dragon that when he was in college he owned a Bruce Lee collection of movies, but he’d let someone borrow them and she never returned him. Of course he was excited about it, even my Dad was excited when I told him about it.

Lorenzo and I decided in November that we weren’t going to buy each other any gifts this year because we’d already spent so much money getting our cars repaired; I broke the rule and ordered the collection for him. I love seeing his face when I buy him something he really wants, its probably the same joy you feel when you see a kid open a present and its something that they’ve truly wanted. And speaking of kids opening gifts, my sister Morgan was so excited about all of the gifts that everyone sent to her daughter and step daughter. I’m not sure about all the gifts they received, but from the picture that I saw there were two little girls surrounded by pink and a sea of wrapping paper.

My friend Tia is in town for a few days, which I’m excited about, but I just wish I wasn’t still fighting off this cold. I still feel like my body is being held down by cinder blocks but at least I’m not coughing and sneezing anymore. Everyone wanted to go out last night; Lorenzo, his friends, and my brother went to the Uptown Comedy Corner in Downtown Atlanta to see Don DC Curry, Tia went to to see a drag show at Lips Atlanta in Brookhaven and I got drugged up on Nyquil and went to sleep. But I did go try on wedding gowns today; Tia and I went to Brides by Demetrios  this morning. Don’t get too excited, even though I found a style that I like, I wasn’t WOW’ed by any of them. They were very traditional gowns but I think I want something more modern, I want to be excited when I find THE dress. I know I need to hurry, if we are going to have this wedding next year, we need to get on it and I know we are pushing it.

I need to start spending my weekends at other bridal shops trying on dresses to see what designs I like. I know for  a fact that I’m not a fan a big, poofy, tool at the bottom. Some of the dresses I tried on had trains, but I don’t think I want a train either. I’m clumsy, I need a dress I can’t trip and fall over 🙂

Under The Weather

I don’t feel well. 😦 I have a a slight sore throat, my body is aching, I’m congested, and I’ve been alternating between sneezing and coughing so hard over the past few days that I’m surprised I still have a voice. It’s probably nothing more than a common cold brought on by not wearing proper clothing when I leave the house; I have to remember that just because I’m in Georgia and not New Jersey that I still have to keep in mind that its WINTER and I should make sure that I at least wear a coat.

I don’t get sick very often, maybe once every 3-4 years (other than seasonal allergies) so when I actually end up catching a cold I feel like the Grimm Reaper is knocking on my door.  I usually fight through it and I’m fine after a few days but I just hate going through it. What’s  worse than being sick, is having to spending your weekend at military training instead of at home getting some rest. Fortunately for me this weekend wasn’t super strenuous; I also did my best to make sure I didn’t spread any germs to others who have kids at home. I’m sure having a cold when you have young children is the absolute worst.

On Saturday, Lorenzo did some research on destinations for our Honeymoon. Australia was our original plan but I think that it will be winter time there during the time of year we want to travel so we may go with option 2 which is Hawaii. He also received a lot of good information from a coworker about where to go, what to do, and what to avoid. I always value information that will help us make the most of the trip and get the most use out of our money. That night he took me to dinner at a place called Copelands in Marietta. It was my first time going and I really enjoyed it. We had the hot crab claws appetizer, which I thought was amazing and for dinner I had the Shrimp Ducky over rice, while Lorenzo had Seafood pasta. Even though the food was very good, I ended up loving the appetizer more than the entree. I find that being the case more often than not; I know I’ve shamelessly made a meal out of appeti1zers at Bonefish Grill on more than one occasion.

I know there are plenty of other restaurants and attractions in Atlanta that I haven’t visited yet and I’m sure eventually we’ll get around to them. Lorenzo will randomly take me places I’ve never heard of or would never think to go. Like the one Saturday we were sitting around not doing anything and he suggested we go get some barbeque so we ended up downtown Atlanta at a place called Daddy D’z BBQ Joynt. The place was an absolute mess but the food was soooo good.

I should quit daydreaming about food and go find my Nyquil. If I don’t get over this cold I won’t be able to taste anything anyway.