sorry i've been so bad about writing. there's been lots going on, especially in regards to work.
i can't say much since i don't know who all is reading this, but i'll update ya'll as soon as possible (maybe even tomorrow).

thanksgiving was lovely and mellow. my dad was in florida and i still haven't heard from my mom (not a peep from her on my birthday), so we spent a couple of days with steve's family. it was nice not to have to rush around, and we finally caught up on sleep. we've both been fighting off colds, so we really needed it.

we had a really nice time visiting with some friends in A2 yesterday. things were kinda thrown together at the last minute, but i did get to have my favorite dish ever, chicken hyderabadi, at shalimar. mmmm... travis is now a convert, as he even wrapped up the leftover "crack" sauce to take home. mmmm...

we flew to michigan on thursday and back on saturday, and i'd highly recommend doing your turkey-day travel then, if you are able to. there weren't really any lines at o'hare, which was great (to be fair, we were at the northwest/continental terminal, which is usually pretty mellow compared to the united and american ones).

i'm catching up on all kinds of random stuff today, and getting all of our lists ("to do" list, holiday card list, shopping list, wish lists, etc) organized.
i am a big list maker, so this isn't such a bad thing.

i was going to run out to the verizon store to get my phone fixed (for the second time this week -- for some reason it can't hold a charge and they already tried replacing the battery), but it's nastynastynasty out. ick.