Stuntin like my daddy

" I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich."  ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford

Dad's weekend in Pullman is a wonderful weekend filled with cougar pride, tailgating, drinking, eating lavishly, spending quality time with some of the greatest dads around and overall creating great memories. I can personally say this has been one memorable dad's weekend.

At first, I didn't expect my personal experience of dad's weekend to be that memorable, due to the fact that my father wasn't coming.  And if any of you know me well enough, or even just know me at all, you are aware of the fact that I radiate "daddy's girl". Since I can remember, I have always been a daddy's girl, and found so much comfort in the security he provides for me. One of the greatest feelings in the world is when I hug him, and I can smell "his smell", and I know that nobody on earth loves me more than he does and he shows that every day.

Well anyways.. back to the dad's weekend.

I had planned my entire weekend in advanced............WORK, since I figured he wasn't coming. I would spend the majority of my time working, and the rest with Brandon and his dad.  Well Friday rolled around and I got the best phone call ever. My dad called, and told me that he was coming up for the day Saturday! I couldn't contain my excitement and I ran downstairs to tell Brandon... But I still had one problem... work. So I talked to my manager and explained how my dad hasn't been down here once since I have been going to school, and that it would mean the world for me to see him. So we got it taken care of :) Everything was all set for my Saturday with my dad.

So 730am Saturday rolled around and my dad let me know he was in Washtucna, and that he was getting close to Pullman. I was overwhelmed with excitement as I hurried to get ready. 9 am came and we went to Old European for the best breakfast and orange juice OF LIFE I jumped into his arms and gave him the best hug I could give! So we basically spent the day together at my place, showing him campus, watching some college football, getting my tires fixed, and catching up. It was time to say Goodbye. All choked up, fighting back tears I said my goodbye, and waved him off as the car drove away. :(

About 10 minutes later I get a phone call from my dad. "Hey daddy"..."Hey hunny, are you sure you dont want me to come back?" ..."No.. it's okay I know you need to get back and it was just great to get to spend time with you.".... "well are you sure?".... "yes, I am sure."..."Okay, well i miss you already and love you".. "I miss and love you too.".. we said goodbye. Yes, I admit I shed some tears. I just love my dad okay!

I get another phone call 5-10 minutes after that from my dad... "hey daddy"..."I turned around."..."Why?"...."because I missed you already."

:):):) Biggest smile of my life.

He turned around and stayed a few hours longer. We watched more football, talked more, and went to a delicious dinner at sellas. It couldn't have been more perfect. I said goodbye once more.. and he was off.

If it wasn't good enough that he came to see me, he came back again because he missed me :) I have the world's BEST dad.


So as for tonight... Pullman decided it was about that time for a blizzard, so I feel opposed to sit in it and watch the football game with brandon and his dad. Instead I am sitting here by the fire.. drinking a peppermint patty, and snuggling my shihtzus.

Pullman sure does look pretty in white :) But it's about that time that I send the Mercedes home to Moses and Bring the Camry back to Pullman for some winter adventures. I don't trust the scary winter drivers here and I don't want my dad to pay for another 750 dollars for studs, when the studs he bought for the camry last year are perfectly fine! see ya later cedes. time for some good ol camry bonding time. Since Pullman has snow on the agenda for the next week I need to make the swap asap.... I couldn't even get into my apartment complex up the hill.. I drove up the hill with the wheels spinnin not moving an inch for about 10 minutes.. it was great. So i took another route and BARELY made it up that way...scarrrrrrrrrrry.

 shihtzus first snow :)

Anyways...................I will post another soon.

Time to snuggle some sweet shihtzus

"It's beginning to look a bit like chriiiiiiiistmassssssssss....."

Living the Life I Love

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.”  Harvey Fierstein

So I have decided to post another blog. It's been a reasonable amount of time since my last blog, so I figured it was time for another ramble of the crazy things that go on in my head and my everyday life.. 

So recently I have had an insane time balancing school, work, my shihtzus, my relationship, and my cleaning duties at our townhouse. It has been a whirlwind these past few weeks, and I feel as though it was midterm after midterm, after paper after paper, after quiz after quiz, after assignment after assignment...ALL on top of everything else I have put on my plate. Well I honestly think it has settled down slightly...just in time for me to get sick. I have had the constant bodyaches, joint pain, chills, sensitive skin, throbbing headache, awful neck pain, green "nastiness", and the list goes onnnnnnn... Brandon took me to the doctor this morning (thanks baby:)) and I got some antibiotics to help me get better in time for an event we are having at work on Saturday that I NEED to be in perfect health for. Thank you Dr. Garcia! 

Out of the COUNTLESS times I have been in the health and wellness urgent care, or even at my doctors back in Moses lake I have never seen someone who was so insistent on getting to the bottom of all of my problems. I have been diagnosed in moses lake and pullman with both anemia, thalassemia, and asthma. The only one that has ever been somewhat fixed is asthma because all they have to do is prescribe me a steroid inhaler and say see ya later! Well my doctor today looked up my previous bloodwork and saw the current issues I was diagnosed with previously and said "uhhhhhh.... who was your doctor? and why didn't they send you to a blood specialist." I just told him "I saw a girl doctor here, she ran numerous tests, diagnosed me and then said if your organs and bones start to hurt then we can do something..." haha he gave me the weirdest look and set me up with a referral and an appointment with a specialist in Lewiston ASAP.. he wants to see me again to follow up on that and to go further in depth with my other medical issues. yes I know I am a walking mess, but it's doctors that truly care that make me feel better about it! Kameron, one day when you're a doctor I know you will be the doctor "that cares" :) and I can't wait. 

ON a happier note... last week was halloween and yes I admit, I was super uncreative.. and crossed the line beyond scandalous.. but whatever it's pullman get overrr it. You're only in College once! 

The first night I decided to dress up as a sailor which was my "conservative" outfit.. if it can even fall into that category, but for pullman I might as well have been wearing a turtle neck. Okay im just kidding.. Pullman's not "that bad"... but brandon really loved the sailor outfit, and I almost didn't wear the hat until brandon freaked out saying I HAD TO WEAR IT, because it made the whole outfit... haha okay thanks babe, and he wore "mr loooonguinis chef outfit.. which was a chef outfit with a big sausage and two meatballs. It was hilarrrious.. besides the fact that every kid on the baseball team "stroked his sausage"

Night number two we almost just stayed in for the night and snuggled our girls, but we FORCED ourselves to go out and wear costumes merely based on the fact that I spent too much on my costumes to NOT wear them.. so we went out just so we could snap a few shots and have proof that we wore our costumes haha we are lame old people I know.. give me a break. The second night I definitely caved into the pullman ways and wore a revealing nurse outfit.. yeah it was over the top, but hey I rocked it. Brandon wore the infamous packman that we all love so dearly, and we had a fun 45 minutes wearing those costumes.. then we rushed back home to make rice krispies and snuggle our girls while we watched scary movies.. thats more like a perfect night to me :) 

IN ADDITION: I always tend to "update" our relationship on blogs, but after you've been dating this long there isn't too much to update. We have been living together and are still as happy as ever. I notice every day how we still continue to grow in our relationship and become more and more comfortable. I still look back on how things were even not too long ago and I always think "wow look how we've grown..." We are growing as individuals and still growing more and more in love. He still gives me the butterflies, and I still look at him when he's not paying attention and smile thinking about how is it possible to love someone THIS much... nothing is better than falling asleep in his arms at night and waking up in the same place. We truly complete each other, and we are best friends. I am one lucky girl to have found someone who is this dedicated to me, while he still is dedicated to himself and his future. He knows what he wants in life and is determined to balance it all, and that is one attractive quality. Good guys are hard to come around, and I have found my one in a million :) I AM THE LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE! I love you :)

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Albert Einstein