RAIN SUCKS

Well I made it home safely, although not on time at ALL. Everything was going well until I got to the airport...haha. When I got to FAT and went to check in my baggage I found out the flight was delayed and I was going to miss my connection so I was rebooked for a different flight. Great I was going to make it home...or so I thought. So I went to LAX instead of SanFran and all was good even though I got in a bit late I was still going to make it to my next flight, even though I did only have 10 minutes to run to the opposite side of the terminal. Well when I get to my terminal what do I find out? My flight is delayed due to mechanical problems. GREAT. I was suppose to be able to make my ORD connection, but nope we left later than we were targeted to leave. So after waiting 3+ hours after the original departure time we finally got in the air. However this meant that I, and everyone else on my plane had missed their connections in ORD. This made for many angry passengers when we finally arrived. Luckily my Aunt Patti lives in Chicago and we have christmas there every year. So my stepmomster was still there and picked me up from the airport and drove me to meet my grandparents in St. Joe. I was so glad that I didnt have to stay in Chi overnight even though the airline was going to put me up in a hotel. I finally made it home around 3am, even though I was suppose to be home at midnight. Oh well. Although I made it home, my luggage didnt make it home with. My luggage was still bound for Grand Rapids, since thats where I was originally suppose to go. So the next morning it was put on the plane I was suppose to take after getting rebooked due to the late arrival at ORD. So I had to go pick it up in GR after the family christmas party on monday. It made it safe and sound though, even if it STILL needs to get unpacked. I also got to open my stepmomsters and sisters presents when I got to St. Joe which was cool. The stepmomster got me a cool jacket (which was a bday pres), a cool purse thing, a super sweet John deere shirt, gauchos, and a sweatshirt. Prolly something else in there too but i cant remember off hand. The sister got me a sweet sweater from equador! Oh I also was able to go up to the mountains and go boarding wiht my cousins Kole and Philip. My aunt Karen bought me some sweet mittens while we were up there. Christmas was pretty good this year. The best part was probably coming home and seeing everyone, even though I got home late it was nice since I was able to see stepmomster afterall since I originally wasnt going to get to.
Christmas with the fam was good. Got to see everyone which was nice since I hadn't seeen them since I left at the end of July. Gracie was SO excited to see me. When they arrived in the morning she came in my room and woke me up! Haha its fun to be woken up by a 6yr old. She had to show me all her Hello Kitty stuff that she got for christmas. I LOVE THAT KID! Got some pretty cool stuff from the fam for christmas. A coffee grinder, cloths, and other misc stuff. I think my grandma is going to get me a 4 cup coffee pot with a timer on it as well. That will be nice for work in the mornings since I always forget to turn on the coffee pot when I wake up and then don't have time to make coffee before I have to leave.
Christmas with Nicki's fam was fun as well. Nicki and mom got eachother DVD players for their rooms (well I helped with buying the one for mom). I think mom was pretty excited about her presents that Nicki and I got for her. I think Nicki enjoyed hers as well, even though she knew she was getting all 3 Harry Potters since we bought them for eachother when we were together. Although she didnt know she was getting Indiana Jones and was happy to get that. I got some pretty sweet presents as well. Movies that I wanted, John Deere monopoly, clothes and other fun stuff.
So far I've gotten to hang out with a few friends, although not many yet. Got to chill with Andy, Jake, Ben and Josh on Mon night. I also saw slurps when I went and got my new super sweet kick butt phone. I missed those guys even though we havent been as close as we were in HS lately. It was still nice to see them again. I also was able to FINALLY go to yesterdog and met up with Amber there. I LOVE yesterdog! Hopefully I will get to see Kim and Ryan tomorrow night after work and Josh on Fri or Sat night. I also was able to see a lot of my Bdale friends last night cuz they were having a reunion of all the highschool graduates from CF (and basically church too)so that was fun. Found out I have a class with my friend Lindsay next sem, so that should be fun.
Other than that I have just been working for the most part. Yesterday I worked 10-3 at the ski place then played around on my skis with Jen for a bit. That was a good time and it was nice hanging with her again. Today I worked 1030-8, yeah long day. I also discovered that I have a bruise on my lower shin. Yeah not a good thing when you are in ski boots all day. Really doesnt feel good when you are skiing since there is constantly pressure on that part of your leg. I survived though and hopefully it will go away soon. Tomorrow I work at 930 til whenever I get out. Actually that is basically my schedule for the next week until I start J-term.
Still finalizing the music video stuff that I start filming on the 7th. That should be kick ass though since one of the scenes is a party scene so I'll prolly drink some after filming.
Well this is long enough now and most people probably won't read it as it is so I think it is time to say farewell for now. I'm sure I've missed something but I'll get over it.
Adios my friends
Rika