Holiday Rush Is On!

2 weeks worth of cough syrup and cough drops: $30
Trip to the Doctor yesterday: $110
Cough syrup WITH CODEINE: $0.49 after insurance pay
The first good night's sleep in 2 weeks thanks to the codeine: PRICELESS

Happy Fifth Birthday to my nephew Al! He's now the COOLEST 5 year old that I know. Yeah, probably the only 5 year old I know right now, but that's besides the point.... Unfortunately, his present is still stuck in Amazon.com world - I will be calling them after this to complain that it's been on order for 2 weeks and still not shipped:(

As for the rest of my world? I'm still sporting a lovely cough but after the recent drug acquisition, I'm optimistic that it's going to be gone in a couple more days tops! I had a lovely Thanksgiving, but have been spending my days and nights coughing. Storm Lake was a great place to spend Thanksgiving with Sarah's family. My folks joined us for 2 days of food and lots of Nintendo Wii of course. My mom isn't very good at the swimming events but we did take 1st in the 4x100 relay!

Went to my second 10 year reunion (neither one were my own) and this one was actually a lot of fun! It was neat to meet a lot of Sarah's high school friends and "gain approval"! Like I was worried about that;) When we were finding music for her reunion from 1993-1997, it reminded me of two things... 1) Music in the early 90s (pre-Nirvana Teen Spirit) SUCKED and 2) I'm getting OLD - this because music that she was saying was part of her senior prom made me realize I was a sophomore in college when that same song was popular. Plus we had videos on display that were a riot to watch and compare people now to. Sarah included!!!

As for Thanksgiving... I guess I really never took the time to say Thanks for all that I should be thankful for. Mainly because I was NOT thankful for my cold. Maybe tomorrow's blog!

Sports Thoughts - Kansas played like the Kansas i was expecting but only in the 4th Quarter. So now Missouri is the only hope of a return of National Championship to the Big 12. And if they fall against Oklahoma (the Sooners are pissed after losing to Texas Tech 2 weeks ago), then Ohio State sneaks in which will MAKE ME MAD!!! Big 10 is crappy, plus without a championship game - they sneak in without being tested. Missouri on the other hand has to play Oklahoma for the 2nd time this year after losing the first battle by 10 points. And the Vikings look pretty tough the past 2 weeks. Still need a new quarterback (Donovan McNabb will NOT be returning to Philly next year in my opinion... pick HIM up!!) but looking good on Defense. Plus I won again this week in Fantasy so now I'm 5-7 on the year.

Haiku of the Day
Happy Birthday Al
Hoping for cake and presents
What else when you're 5?

Entertainment of the Day - Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot was found dead yesterday... you remember them, "COME ON FEEL THE NOISE" and if you're still having troubles - here's the video!!

Weblink of the Day - A shooting game that's actually kind of addictive. Once you set it up, it gets more fun. Buy the free gun and free bullets to start.