Weekend Review

This past weekend started with a real bang. Friday night, I get home from work and Beezy had fixed my favorite dinner... Fettuccini Alfredo. I was very happy and ate way more than I should have. After dinner, I went into our bathroom that's off the master. The bedroom is set up a little odd because the wall that has our television doesn't have any power outlets so we had an extension cord plugged in that had yet to be put under the carpet. Silly me. I come out of the bathroom, flip the light out and my eyes hadn't adjusted. Needless to say, my foot got caught in the cord, I tripped and hit the ground. Now this is where it gets really interesting.

The next thing I know Beezy is on top of me touching my face trying to wake me up. Apparently, when I fell my head hit the end of the bed and I knocked myself out. Yep. Out cold! So when he heard the thump of me hitting the ground he didn't know what the noise was. He comes to the bedroom which is completely dark and finds me face down in the carpet. To say he was freaked out is an understatement. When I went down my knee apparently took a major hit cause it was very red and swollen. We even had to ice it.

 

After all of the excitement Friday night, Saturday was a breeze! I did wake up feeling very sore. I took it easy in the morning and sat down to take down the last of our Christmas decorations. I had taken everything down except our last tree, the Beach tree. Sadly, we wont get to see it again till next year. I'm pretty for sure Tesco was sad to see it come down because he loved sitting under and beside them.

 

We also went to his cousin's house and he played poker. Their kids have two tropical pet turtles that I'm obsessed with. I think they are the cutest little things! His cousin's wife was showing me everything they have to do for their glass case they live in and it's a ton of work! Because their tropical they have to keep it hot and humid so they have to spray it with water twice a day. They have to turn the lights off and on twice a day because they have differentiate night and day etc. It was a lot! I still think their super cute. I want one...

On Sunday, I went out and found my engagement party outfit! I was lucky enough to find a dress and shoes literally within 5 minutes of each other. I don't want to share my dress until the party but check out the shoes that I got to go with it...

Now it's back to another week of work!

Scary Island Meets the ER

It all started Friday evening.

Friday evening we converged at Fat Patty's (a local restaurant that has amazing food) and laid out our plans for Saturday: a day at the lake on a boat.

Once Saturday morning rolled around, we blew up our floats, grabbed the food and headed out onto our 14 person pontoon party boat for our 8 hour adventure. The morning started out nice, the weather was warm, the breeze was cool and the discussion of Teen Mom was had. After we decided that Farrah wasn't liked and Maci was the favorite. We ate lunch on the boat, did a little swimming (at least until the meniton of snakes) and did a little fishing.

And then the rain hit...

Once the thunder and lightening started, our fun day at the lake turned into, Scary Island Part 2 (since we experienced part 1 a few months ago). So our eight hour adventure turned into six but by this time everyone was either red from the sun or had to take a poop (basically just me)  so it was back to shore we went! It continued to rain off and on all night. 

This is where you could say the evening got a little interesting...

After getting the lake water off of us we celebrated Josh's belated Birthday. As LeAnna said, it was either the best or worst Birthday party she's ever attended. See what happened was Kristin and LeAnna had got him these really awesome shooting sparkler candles. Little did anyone know that they'd end up setting off the hotel fire alarm. Oops. 

Once we got the fire alarm situation under control we set back to watch a movie and enjoy a little champaign. Sounds pretty harmless right? Wrong! Long story short... Josh ended up slicing his finger open trying to get one of the corks out. He sliced it so deep that we ended up in the ER at midnight. 

The best part about the trip to the ER was the fact that there was all of us sitting in the lobby talking to each other via our iphones thru facebook status updates. Then we see this guy who will remain face less... 

This guy was a total creeper. First of all, the two signs (incase you can't read them) are for the bathroom and vending. They were side by side. This dude couldn't decide which one to do first. He stood there debating whether or not to get his snack or take a poop for at least a good 5 minutes. Ultimately he decided on the poop first but we're still not a 100% sure about whether he took a snack in with him. We also saw a Tom Selleck worthy stash but sadly no picture was taken of it. 

If you're wondering how Josh ended up....well he walked away with some parting gifts of stitches and the tools that were used to heal his wound. 

 

All in all, it was a fabulous weekend! Now it's back to my new found love of yoga and whispering, "Chaturanga" as I do the moves during class. 

Falling into a Manhole

Nope, not even kidding. Yesterday, I fell into a manhole. You know what I'm talking about right? We've all seen them...

It's the hole down in the ground that water companies use to shut off water, read meters, etc. 

So after a week of rain, the grass needed to be mowed. I went outside, started the lawn mower and started getting the grass cut. I was on the last patch of grass and then BAM! The next thing I know I'm down in a manhole. 

Outside of my house there's a manhole in the corner of my outer front yard, the part that's near the curb. The last time the water company came to check the meter or who knows what, they apparently didn't replace the cover all the way. So what happens when the cover is somewhat off and you place your foot on it while pushing a lawn mower? It will teeter totter the rest of the cover and you'll fall straight down into the hole. 

The manhole was about 3 feet deep. I was taking a step back so my lawn mower was coming at me and then BAM, I was in the disgusting manhole, with it's rusted inside which had cut and scratched up my right leg. Thank GOD that my lawn mower didn't continue to run me over as well and that no cars hit me (since it's so close to the curb). 

So once I was able to get out of the manhole, get inside, try to stop the bleeding on my leg and call someone I called the water company. FIRST of all, it took me 2 minutes to get through the automated system before I could even get the option of waiting for a real human being. SECOND once I did get a human being and ask to speak to a supervisor, I was put on hold for another 8 minutes bring this phone call to 10 mins without getting anywhere. 

Finally the girl came back on the phone and tells me that since it's Monday, that all of the supervisors were on conference calls with all the other supervisors. Um... excuse me?!? Didn't you just hear me say that I fell into one of YOUR manholes and that I'm bleeding?!? She asks me to hold AGAIN. At this point, all of the niceness that I had left in me went out the window. I was mad, hurting, bleeding and needed to get out the door to seek medical attention. 

Then a supervisor named Cindy with customer service skills as a wet rag, asked me what the problem was. Well Cindy, someone from your company neglected to cover a manhole completely and I fell into it and I'm going to need to seek medical attention. Her response, "I can't tell you if you need to go to the doctor or not." Um, I don't need you to tell me, I KNOW. Then she told me that the claims (or some similar department) would be calling me later in the day and that they'd send an emergency crew out to make sure that the hole got covered. Greeeeaaaat. Well I've gotta bounce to the E.R. now. 

So I go to the doctors and they are in shock. I tell them what happened and they can't believe the response from the water company. They immediately get back into a room and give me a tetanus shot, clean up my leg, treat it and wrap up the cuts.  I get back home and guess what!? No call from the water company and the manhole hasn't changed. 

 

Um....water company, you haven't heard the last from me. I will be calling you and your negligence will not be forgotten or swept under the rug. Have you ever looked into one of those holes? They are NASTY! Rust filled and a cess pool for every bug and or rodent.