Anyway, did you all have a nice Christmas holiday? Or for those of you who don’t celebrate, did you have a nice Friday? I had quite a busy weekend. On top of getting a nasty ice/sleet storm on Wednesday, I also spent the entire day on Christmas Eve baking. And I’m not talking about slice and bake cookies. I’m talking I made bread. HOME. MADE. BREAD. That you have to let rise and knead and roll and braid! And it was fantastic, if I do say so myself. (Even if braiding is one skill I NEVER GOT.)

CHALLAH!

Since most of you reading weren’t at our Christmas celebration, I’ll basically fill you in on the gist of it (and I’m sure my mom and aunt will back me up) – I got there early because my sister was only stopping by and I wanted to see her. So I started drinking way earlier than most people. I got wasted, told everyone how wasted I was, talked REALLY LOUD, patted myself on the back repeatedly for my awesome challah (HOLLA!) and then kept telling everyone how drunk I was. IT WAS THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!

Seriously, though, it was actually really nice. There was no drama, the food was awesome (CHALLAH!) and the booze was plentiful. So it was a really nice day. Even better since I didn’t have to drive my mom and grandma anywhere (it was at their house) so I could afford to get wasted and just stay over night. That doesn’t usually happen.

I spent the rest of the weekend with my brother and his family, helping Noah and Skyler break in all their new toys. Since Auntie was too drunk to play with them on Christmas. I got to see all their new toys, their stocking stuffers and have Skyler pretty me up by putting hair glitter gel in my hair. Which I promptly forgot about until I was going to bed and wondered why my hair was crusty.

And we played plenty of Band Hero. Check out the video below. I think my niece is going to be a star! She already knows so many of the words to songs and she’s only four! Takes after her Auntie!

Here is Skyler singing some of the words to Taylor Swift’s Love Story, with my brother rocking out on drums. (And the dog barking like a crazy person in the background. Because she probably saw a piece of fuzz on the carpet.)

So tell me, fair readers, what have you been up to? How was your long weekend? What have I missed in your exciting lives? Since clearly NOTHING has been going on in mine.

I haven’t been unemployed for that long. It’s only been a little over two months. Not long compared to a lot of people out there right now. But let me say, I jumped right into the unemployed life with both feet back in September. That means I relished my days of sleeping in and watching daytime television and going to Target in the middle of the day. Hell, I’ve been there twice just this week.

And now, abruptly, that is all coming to an end. Well, not that abruptly. I have known about it for a week. So I’ve had plenty of time to get re-acclimated with being up during daylight hours and not staying up until 2 AM and being alert for hours on end. I have had time and I have NOT USED IT! Even today, around 2 PM, I got sleepy and debated taking a nap. Knowing full well that a nap would not be productive to me when I went to lay down my sweet head tonight. But I didn’t succumb. I fought through it by finally catching up on blogs.

Actually, I had grand plans for my last day as a sloth. I was going to get up at a reasonable time (I’m not insane people. It’s still my last day of freedom, I wasn’t going to forgo sleeping in) and then I was going to head downtown and do some shopping, maybe buy myself a new outfit for my first day.

Instead, my tooth had another idea. Because last night I started to get a dull ache in my tooth. The tooth I had the most recent root canal on. The tooth THAT HAS NO NERVE. Yes, the tooth with no nerve was aching. The day before I was set to go back to work. When I would no longer have oodles of time in the middle of the day. Oodles of time to say, SCHEDULE DENTIST APPOINTMENTS.

So I called my dentist. They said to call the root canal specialist I saw a few weeks ago. I pleaded with them and told them my situation. I think it went a bit like “I can’t be that girl that has to take time off within a week of starting her new job. WAH.” And they understood. Also, they asked me questions and figured out that my bite was probably uneven and because of that and because I grind my teeth at night (more so lately because of new job nerves) I was probably causing some pain to the bone.

They got me in right then. They fixed the bite (which, I won’t even point out was messed up when the LAST asshat dentist put the crown on) and then she filled it with more of a longer lasting temporary filling. So that I can wait until January 1, when I have dental insurance again, to get the crown filled. And on top of all this accommodating, IT WAS FREE.

Let me just say, I’m SO glad I sent the thank you note. I love this dentist! I wish they did more than root canals. (Case in point, when I came in, I was all “thank you so much for squeezing me in!” And the awesome dentist was all “of course! Thank you for not sitting around in pain.” Love. her.)

After that, I was too tired and too lazy to go shopping. So I came home and caught up on my DVR and just relaxed and enjoyed my last day off. It was a very nice relaxing day.

Now I should figure out what I’m wearing tomorrow and maybe actually get some sleep. So that I can actually be alert and awake for 9 hours tomorrow while I’m at WORK. At a JOB. Because I haven’t done that for quite some time.

Wish me luck!

My friend just sent this video to me. And whether or not you like rap music, or Soulja Boy, this is awesome. It’s Soulja Boy’s Crank That song done to clips from Saved By The Bell. Fucking hysterical.

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The next is my niece Skyler. Singing Ring Around the Rosy. Kind of. She has a little brain fart in the middle and just starts rhyming things with posey. Also notice she only has one decibel level. LOUD. Like her Auntie.

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Ring Around the Rosey from kristabella on Vimeo.

Oh, and tonight I’m meeting Manic Mom and Swishy! Squeeee! Hopefully there will be some good stories to tell.

Knowing my penchant to imbibe alcoholic beverages coupled with my tendency to stick my foot in my mouth, I imagine it will be good times.