Busy Busy!

So Tuesday night/Wednesday morning I took the red-eye to NY and it sucked...hard core. If I ever have the crazy notion of ever taking the red-eye again I should be talked out of it. Also, during the holiday season there should be 2 lines for security...those who are frequent travelers and those who are not. If you get into the frequent traveler line and you are not a frequent traveler and you hold up the line, people who are frequent travelers should be allowed to heckle you until you leave the line. Thanksgiving was fun. It was great to see all the family again. Of course we were all missing Grandma, but the event went much better than I anticipated.

Friday I hung out with some cool girls. We went to Daisy Dukes and actually rode the mechanical bull. There are pictures to prove it and I may post them on my picture site when I get a chance. After that we went to a comedy show (which I didn't even know Syracuse had.)

Saturday I went bridesmaid dress shopping with my cousins and sister. It was a wicked fun bonding experience...I just wish I had had a camera! Also, Mandi was moving things along rather quickly. We went in and found a dress and got out in under an hour. It was crazy!! Later that night we kidnapped the Parrotte children and went and played pitch with the cousins. Fun times!!

Funny little side story that my mother is going to hate. Back when my grandma died we all had to get a funeral appropriate outfit. I had to go with Mom and it was not a fun shopping trip. I was not going to let her go to this service looking like a frumpy school teacher...Grandma would not have approved. So I found this cute pantsuit that I loved! I tried it on in my size and found it in my mom's size as well. Well of course it didn't fit me...the pants were funny and the sleeves were too short. So I made my mom try it on in her size. It looked awesome! She didn't look like she was trying to be 20...but it made her look much younger. So I made her buy it. When we were at the service Mandi made a comment about how cute the suit was. I told her I made Mom buy it and Mandi said, "MILF." Of course then my mom wanted to know what a MILF was. Neither Mandi nor I were going to tell her what it was in a church, so we just didn't tell her. When I got home for Thanksgiving I found out that my mom had actually googled what a MILF was and was horrified that we would make a comment like that in a church! So later that evening I was hanging out with my sister and I said, "I wonder what mom found when she googled MILF." My sister gets the devilish look on her face and said "Let's find out." So she googled MILF and let me tell you we have never laughed so hard. According to my mom though she only clicked on the Wikipedia page...not anything else.

The trip back to Utah sucked as well. I hate airlines. Period. I hate airports too...especially JFK.

The rest of the week was kind of a blur. Lots of late nights due to the fact that I had band rehearsal and I went to the Billy Joel concert. I found out when I got back to Utah that Billy Joel was playing in Salt Lake on Thursday night. I knew that I had to work on Friday so I wasn't sure if I wanted to go or not. That's when my sister sent me an IM saying I shouldn't be an old woman and just go. So I did. Alone. I'm not sure if that's the most independent or most pathetic thing I have ever done. The 2 songs I really wanted to hear, New York State of Mind and Only the Good Die Young, I didn't think I would hear...and I totally did. Even though there are only like 2 catholics in the state of Utah and probably the same number of New York transplants. But the concert was FANTASTIC!! If you ever have the opportunity to see Billy Joel...I highly recommend it. He played for 2 hours straight...and only didn't sing 1 song...but he still played the guitar on it. And he has no crappy opening act...so that's awesome too. Plus it was amusing to see a bunch of Mormons singing Highway to Hell...because it was like HIGHWAY TO ...., and then watching their reaction as Billy Joel started like porn slapping himself in the middle of the show. Good times all around.

Last night we had a going away thing for one of my friends that's moving away. We had a great time but I realized the number of friends that I have in Utah is dwindling quickly and that's sad. I think I need to go out more.

That is all!