I feel like I have been in a whirlwind since I got home, wait, since before I left for Rome. After packing up most of the clothing that I owned and traveling to Rome with 3 kickass gals (Mom, Aunt Sheri, and grandma Deeya), I came home sick and left with little to wear until I did laundry.

I have my last load of laundry washing today and then I will be caught up. I know, it has been plenty of time since I got home, but I am busy.
My bag is unpacked but still in my bedroom floor. I spent last Sunday doing laundry and switching out my summer to winter clothes. That is what a girl has to do when she has limited closet space. I could have made more progress if I hadn't taken an extremely long nap. But I don't regret it.

Kickball finals are tonight. We have a tough game at 6:45 that will determine if we make it to the finals. I am pumped up.
Lunch with the family on Sat in Tulsa and then a couples baby shower on Sat eve followed by watching the OSU Cowboys take on Texas in Austin. Goodness, we need this win!
Sunday, I will head to Muskogee for lunch with the family and church family and spend some time checking my fantasy team, also hoping for a win this week since my roomie beat me last week.

The holidays are approaching verrrry quickly and my weekends are filling up. Christmas parties, book exchanges, birthday celebrations, Thanksgiving. What a wonderful time of year.

Rome!

It has taken me all week to find the time to post about Rome. I accidentally left my Rome journal at home so I may have to go back and edit with better details when I have time.


I will give you a quick rundown of our 6 day Italian vacation via pictures. And some quick details:

Who: Heather, Mom (Cindy), Aunt (Sheri), Grandma (Deeya is what we call her)
When: October 23-30
Why: Why not, right?
Where: Rome, Italy

We left Tulsa at 7:45 AM on Saturday morning. I got up around 5:15 that morning so I was already tired and knew I had a long day ahead of me.

Our flight went from Tulsa to Houston to Newark (where we met my aunt) and then 8.5 hours to Rome.
The flight to Rome wasn't full so we were able to get a middle section of seats (3) and lay down and sleep. Apparently, I was the only one in the group that actually went to sleep. I slept for almost 5 hours. And thankfully so, because we hit Rome at 8AM and had a whole day ahead of us.

Our driver was supposed to be at the airport with our names written on a piece of paper. After waiting at the airport for 30 min, we decided he wasn't coming and I called the hotel. She just kept saying, "the car broke." We found another driver, Salvatore, to drive us to our hotel for 60 euro. Finally made it to the hotel and the vacation begins! Deeya is so sleepy she can barely hold her head up.After laying down in the room for a little nap, the sightseeing begins!

I would outline this trip day by day, but I am not sure I would have any more readers! Here are some pics to enjoy!

Our spacious hotel room

The girls inside the Pantheon

What flavor would you like?

Lemon/wild berry for me. Orange chocolate/dark chocolate for Sheri

Vittorio Emmanuel

Spaghetti Carbonara

Sweety Rome, out neighborhood pastry shop

St. Peters Square

Dome of the Pantheon

Sistine Chapel

St. Peters Square

Mailing our postcards

3 generations at St. Peters Square

Peita by Michelangelo

Inside of St. Peters Basilica

My Swiss Guard boyfriends

St. Peters at night

Bridge over the Tiber

At the top of Castel Sant Angelo

Trevi Fountain at night

Colosseo

Deeya and I outside the Colosseum

Roman Forum

Hanging out on the top of a column

Piazza Navona balconey

Being touristy

Inside the Colosseum

Arch of Constatine

Update: Panic Has Subsided

In case you lost sleep over my packing dilemma, I would like for you all to know that I got tons packed last night.

All I have left to pack is my carry-on and my toiletries and items that I will use Saturday morning before I take off.

I am going to Oktoberfest tonight and I have to find something to wear that isn't packed.
Oh and my next obstacle is getting into the batteries that I bought...seriously, I understand that batteries are stolen a lot and they are way overpriced, but come on!

Let Panic Set In....

I am leaving for Rome Saturday morning at 7:45. I have a bag in my room waiting to be packed. It is Wednesday at 9:00 AM and I cannot believe I have let myself get this far into the week and not pack. I should be ashamed.
I pretty much know what I am gonna take. Lie #1.
I don't have much to do to prepare. Lie #2.
I can get it all done and not be stressed. Lie #3.

Tonight is the night that I plan to do the bulk of my packing. I am skipping the gym and heading to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things, coming home, putting on lounge clothes, and getting to it. I hope I can get 85% completed tonight.
Are you wondering what I am doing tomorrow that is keeping me from packing? Oktoberfest with the kickball team. It comes once a year and I would like to have some fun before I leave town.
Are you wondering what has been keeping my from packing earlier this week? A boy. And he took me to Michael Bolton Monday night and it was amazing and he admitted that he liked it.
So, tonight my goal is 85%. I can finish the other 15% Thursday after work/before Oktoberfest and Friday after work. Broken down it will probably be 5% Thursday and 10% Friday. I have all Friday night to prepare but I just don't want to wait til the last minute.

Please ignore this neurotic post. I just needed to write it out so I will feel better. But I don't. I have to sit at this desk all day and think of all the stuff I have to do.

I'm going to Rome!!!! 

Today I got a flu shot. It hurt. Not like I cried it hurt, but it was definitely a "stick" as they call it. And I got sick to my stomach and now my arm kinda hurts. I know I am such a baby, but I don't care. And when people tell me, " I didn't even feel it", I kinda want to punch them. Yes, you did feel a sharp metal object puncture your flesh. Maybe it didn't bother you as much as it does me, but you felt it.


Still staying away from carbs as best I can. The scale says good job. I found a place in Tulsa that sells low-carb bread for around $4.00 a loaf. I think I might get some so I can tackle this craving I am having for a grilled cheese.

Rome is almost here and I have tons to do to prepare. I started making a list. I love lists. You know that.
I will do some shopping this weekend and then I will start packing. Next week is pretty busy with something scheduled almost every night. So I know I need to get a head start so I am not scrambling on Friday night to get stuff packed.

Kickball tonight. We moved to 4th in the rankings. Dinner tomorrow night. Wedding Saturday.

Oh and before I go, let me tell you about my new toys. I got a new Dell hard drive tower since my laptop was stolen. This sucker is fast. I also upgraded to Windows 7. And the best part, went from a 17" monitor to a 23" monitor. Here is the link to the monitor if you wanna see. I could watch movies on this thing.

Weekend Recap

Sometimes I post weekend recaps to remind myself of what I did. Not that I am so terribly busy that I forget, but at my ripe old age, I like to put into writing what I am doing in life right now so that I can look back and reminisce.

Friday, I spent some time alone. Which I was totally ok with. I went to the mall after work and did some shopping and then watched the OSU game alone. I fell asleep on the couch before the game was over and was up at 7:30 Sat morning to head to Edmond to watch the girlies play soccer.

I forgot my sunglasses, pardon the squint

Allison's self-portrait

Allison taking a picture of my shirt. I was representin' my Pokes

Allison taking our pic

Allison taking a pic of baby Megan's cool animal, pacifier thingy

 

 

Jordyn had to stay home from soccer cause she was puking. She had puked 3 times by 10:30. So we didn't even get to see Erin and Jordy :( But here are some cute pics of Jordyn from the last time I saw her.

Had dinner at Tei Kei's Saturday for a friend's birthday and then headed to the airport to do a pick up at 10:30. Finally got to sleep in on Sunday and ate my first Waffle House ever. So much for cutting out carbs...I ate a blueberry waffle and hashbrowns. And I am not sorry about it. It was the best thing ever.

Let that settle in and then went for a 30 min run. Cleaned the house, cleaned my scary bedroom (see below). I was house-sitting for a week and kept dropping stuff off at my house and leaving it there. This was the end result that I had to deal with on Sunday afternoon.

After cleaning and showering, Elaina and I were ready to host our pre Carrie Underwood dinner for Amanda and Jena. The four gals went to Carrie at the BOk last night. Jena has all those pictures so stay tuned. Carrie played til 11 PM and I don't think I fell asleep til about midnight. 6:30 came awfully early.

Last weekend, a group of us hit the fair and then went to The Max in downtown Tulsa. The Max is a new bar that has all kinds of arcade games. I love Skee Ball and that is where I spent all my tokens.

Billy beats Kyle at Street Fighter

Jena and I and the typical kissy face picture

Tyler and Lilia playing something.

Sinus pressure is making my dark circles worse. I wish I could sit with a hot compress on my face all day.

Nothing really that exciting is going on lately. I have been house/dog sitting this week so I am in between homes. I forgot to pack an essential item of clothing last night when I stopped by my house.

Mooseknuckles beat the reigning kickball champs 5-2 last night. Sweet victory. Let's hope for a Poke victory tonight!

Going to Edmond tomorrow to see the nieces play some soccer. Shopping tonight after work to try and find some cute but comfy shoes to wear in Rome. I would love to not look like a tourist, but that may not happen.

2 weeks until Rome!

I have cut wayyyy back on carbs recently and shed about 8-10 lbs. I really really want some pizza though. I am about to go insane for buttered toast as well.

I promise to take some cute pics of the nieces tomorrow so my next post will be less boring.

Cheers to a good weekend ahead!