My wayward thoughts and travels.

I came across this site the other day, and I’m currently addicted. Failblog.org. Here are a few of my favorites from the site.

Best Man Fail.

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Stumbled upon this tonight. Cutest girl ever. She has a very creative imagination!

Once upon a time… from Capucha on Vimeo.

I’m back from a week in Grand Jct, house-sitting again. As always, I enjoyed my time there. I hung out with my very mature brother Shane (and his shy fiancée in the back).

I visited with my mom, my aunt and uncle, and awesome cousin Jonah. I ate a lot. I slept a little. I watched a bunch of movies on cable and I drew a multitude of doodles in my moleskin.

What else? My ibook croaked on me. (Which, unfortunately, means all my photos are currently unattainable, so these are all cell phone pics.) Yep. I have an appointment with the Apple store to check it out, I’m hopeful that it’ll be a minor problem. *knocks on wood*

When I finished house sitting I left GJ at 11:30 pm and made it here at 4am. It was a peaceful drive, well lit with the full moon, and hardly anyone else on the road with me. Totally worth it. Several hours later it started dumping snow, and it has been continually dumping for the last few days.

My brother Shawn just handed me a catalog for Thinkgeek.com which has some awesome shirts! I check out the site occasionally but must have skipped the shirts.

From The Princess Bride, one of my favorite movies!

Another Princes Bride reference!

And this shirt is a reference to another awesome movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail! The knights who formerly said Ni! Ni!

Ok. This dad is cool! He draws on his kids lunch bags everyday!
And he is definitely from my generation. :)

Thanksgiving was awesome! I went to three dinners in my hometown (Grand Jct, CO). I hung out with two of my brothers, visited family I hadn’t seen in a while and enjoyed eating until I wanted to throw up.

I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. You get together with family and friends and just eat. Way better than Christmas any day!

Speaking of Christmas, here are the same brothers from above, many, many years ago. :)

You know, I don’t think I have any pictures of me ever sitting on Santa’s lap. I’m going to need to remedy that someday.

Today is Thanksgiving, or it will be by the time I post this. So, I want to take the time to mention a few reasons why I’m thankful.

I am extremely thankful for my family. Over the last few years I have realized how lucky I am to have such fantastic relationships with my three older brothers. We are closer to each other than I could have ever expected.

I am thankful for:
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I want all my friends and family members to know that I love them very much. But, I’m not going to try to show that love this year with gifts. I’m going to enjoy hanging out with you while creating experiences that will stay with me, and hopefully you as well. I’m not going to stress about what to get for who and whether or not I can afford to do so.

In return, I ask that you ignore me on your shopping lists as well. I don’t want or need anything this Christmas, save for visits, phone calls or emails from y’all.

Thanks for being a part of my life,
wayward melissa

Last week, while talking to a co-worker who is lactose intolerant, I said how I was glad I wasn’t allergic to anything. [Enter Murphy and his stupid law here]. BAM.

Saturday morning I woke up thinking a spider must have been stuck in my blanket and bit me all over in anger. I really only had about 7 sporadic itchy bumpy areas. But, by that evening those little “bites” had spread out and shown their true colors. Hives. Itchy, irritating, uncomfortable, dastardly bastards. Ok, no problem, Aveno oatmeal baths and Benadryl and I’m good, right?

Sunday morning I woke with more hives; more huge, red, itchy, exasperating patches of trouble. More Benadryl and Aveno and I was managing ‘ok’.

But, Monday morning was the worst. My whole upper body was inflamed, creeping up my neck where people could see. Then my lips did a Botox injection impression. Can you tell how swollen my lips are here (cell phone pic)?

So yeah, fun stuff. After the lips got swollen, then my hands did and my feet. By nightfall walking was pretty painful. When I got home from my short work shift, I was ready to crash for the night.

But no, my pushy motherly sister-in-law demanded we go to Urgent Care. Which was probably a good thing. My brother took a happy picture of me in the waiting room. Yes, I’m in my Jammies.

The doc gave me a prescription for some steroids and told me to buy Zyrtec. So, I slept good last night. I hadn’t realized how swollen everything was until I woke up this morning and it was pretty much gone. It takes a lot for me to succumb to visiting a doctor, so thanks Marie, I guess. ;)

So, what caused this week of discomfort? Not sure. It started the day after Me Kong. So, was it the new halibut dish I tried? Or was it a delayed reaction to antibiotics from my UTI a few weeks ago? No idea. I do know that I’m sick of being sick, and I’m going to work hard at not tempting Murphy anymore.

I can’t believe I just found this! We (my brothers and I) had this cartoon recorded on an old VHS tape, back in 1987, and watched it constantly. It was on an episode of Amazing Stories, which I always considered the “Twilight Zone” of the 80’s. I believe this cartoon had a crucial impact in my formative years.

Check it out here. 23 minutes of goodness. (It automatically starts.)