This is me being all sad and pathetic. My friend is gone.

See my sad face?

Yep. Amy and the kids are back in Missouri. They are still on the road. They have a few hours left. I’m so sad that they are gone, but I enjoyed their visit so much. It’s so good to be with my best friend. The distance between us, though, is harsh. This time is a little harder to say goodbye, because I don’t know when I’ll get to see her again. That stinks. Really, really.

We had a great time, though. We spent most of the time just being together. We went to church a couple of times, had Thanksgiving dinner with my family at my Aunt Kim’s house, took the kids to the park, left all the kids with my mom and went hiking and out for pizza (that rocked!), watched a movie, and had an ice cream party. It was fun. It was the kind of stuff I would do with a best friend all the time, if I had one in the same city state timezone as me. We tried to fit in as much fun stuff as possible and accomplish a little schoolwork, too. Unfortunately, we didn’t get nearly enough schoolwork done.

So, here I am, best friendless, and working on a research paper that is due on Friday. When I finish this one, I have another research paper due on next Thursday. When I finish that one, I have a psychology paper due on the tenth. While I’m not working on those, I have some reading to do, as well as studying for two major exams. Yep. It’s looking kind of grim. If I can just make it till the tenth, I’ll be through with this semester!

Once the semester is over, I have big plans. Mostly, they involve reading. Reading for pure enjoyment. Reading things that I actually want to read. I’m in the middle of The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis right now, and I’ve also started another one that I need to finish soon. I love to read. I really do. I can’t wait to get into the huge stack of books that is waiting on me. Also, besides all the reading, there is some major cleaning and organizing to be done. Also, some decorating. Chris brought it to my attention the other day that there is not one single framed photo of Owen in our entire house. Not because I don’t love him, but because I have such little interest in interior decorating that I have not framed a picture nor rearranged a piece of furniture since Owen has been born. This house needs help. Especially if it is going to be a suitable destination for Amy, Joy, and Aimee to come visit (wink, wink).

Also, I have some tests that I have to have done. I went to the doctor today, and he thinks I have an ulcer. Ick. I have to have an ultrasound and an upper endoscopy (where they stick a scope down my throat to look at my stomach), but I’m not sure when they’ll be yet. In the meantime, he gave me some meds to help me out.

An ulcer…hmmm. Who woulda thunk it?