My friend has a baby!

I went to go visit my friend Vanessa. She just had a baby a month ago and I wanted to meet him. He was really cute. I have never really been around babies so this hour was a lot for me. I held him. He cried. I fed him. He quit. I held him more and he cried. I tried holding him in every way possible until he was happy. Whew. I was honestly pooped when I left. She changed his diaper. I drew the line there. I really want to save my first diaper change for my own child. So far, so good. Considering how tired I was after an hour and how much I have to learn we pushed back having a child for years. Years. And more years. It was great to see Vanessa though. I had not seen her since college at IU. That was a long time ago. Sigh. I'm getting old.

I went to church with Susie. We went to Grace. Yay! I love Grace. We got to see H'ie, Andrew and Laura. Ah, friend overload. I love it! I am so used to not knowing many people here in Denver so seeing so many people in one day was awesome. Susie and I then went to Mitchell's Fish Market. It is in Clay Terrace and is the best seafood place ever. Oh man is it good. Expensive. Very expensive. Extremely tasty though. It was a fun day.

Sunday I got up early and headed to Upland. I love Upland. I got to see Macy and Madison (my parent's dogs) and had breakfast made for me. I honestly did nothing but eat the whole freaking time that I was in Indiana. I am going on a detox. Anyway, I got to spend some time with my parents before I headed back to Denver. I got to have a quick dinner with Laura at McAlister's. Ah, so good. I got to hear all about her new boyfriend. Yay! I love that kind of stuff.

It was 5:45 and my flight was at 8. Plenty of time to go to the post office and get my rental car fueled up and returned, right?! AH! The post office's drop receptacle was broken but I did not know this until after I bought a $15 stamp for my package. NO! I didn't have time to find another post office. Wah! I had to get to the airport. Oh wait, they moved the airport and I forget how to get there. AH! Where's my Garmin? Oh yeah, Jackson assured me that I would not need it while going home. AH! I am lost and all alone. Ok, call Jackson. I get directions. I cannot find a gas station close to the airport. The rental car is due at 6:30 and it is 6:25 and I'm passing Lucas Oil (not close to the airport). AH! I find a gas station. In the ghetto. Great. I finally make it to the airport and turn in my rental car. I am basically running (as much as I can with a bum knee- do not get me started on that one) to check my bags as they have this 45 minute before departure check in rule. $40 later my bags are checked (Frontier is such a rip off) and I am off to security. I make it through this time without being questioned. Awesome. I get to the gate and have 1 hour to spare. How did that happen!?! Why was I just running through an airport? Oh. Annoyed. I got on the plane and was seated next to a guy hacking his lungs up. The flight is full and I cannot be moved. Awesome. Thanks for flying with us, buddy. It was a long flight with flu bug sitting next to me. I blogged some (see below), I read tax articles, I read a magazine and we still hadn't landed. It was the longest 2.5 hour flight ever. We finally did land and Jackson came with Mac in tow to get me. Yay. Reunited with my little family. I love them.

Jackson and I were both sick this morning. I missed work. Jackson went in for about 2 hours and then went to the doctor. We both have the flu now. Awesome. I am actually warm. I could get used to this. I am never warm and I just cannot cool down right now. I still made it to class tonight, but it was a struggle. I am excited to be back home in bed. I am forcing myself to go to work tomorrow because I hate to even imagine what my desk looks like right now. Sigh. This whole being grown up thing is overrated.