Visitors!

Whew! The past week and weekend sure have been busy with all of the visitors David and I have had at our place.

Last weekend, Rachel and Jessica decided to make the trip over while Jessica was on spring break. Of course, not to be outdone, Brian and Janell decided to join the party, too. So, with a full house, David and I entertained.

Brian and Janell arrived late Friday night after a little bit of "sightseeing" (yep, did a little extra driving when they missed their exit). After David got off work, we decided to watch some movies and, of course, sleep late on Saturday.

Saturday morning, Rachel and Jessica arrived to bring the party quotient up a noch. After some TV and much lack of decision as to what to do with our afternoon, we decided to make a trip out to Scheel's. Originally, we were looking for ladder golf (sounds dumb, but seriously is one of the most fun games to play outside in the summer), but when we realized Scheel's had a much overpriced version of the game, we decided to go with something cheaper. The game we ended up with is a college favorite and I'm going to leave it at that.

Of course, you know I love my pictures, and I have a few from the weekend, but those will also remain classified. Top secret clearance only - sorry.

Sunday was another sleep in day - for me anyway. When I finally got out of bed at 9, Janell, Brian and David were all up watching a movie and chowing down on some leftover breakfast. Following another round of breakfast (I needed some food and Brian didn't turn down seconds) we decided on a board game. Jessica and Rachel dropped by again and we all went out for supper. Following supper, we had a few mean games of UNO before Rachel and Jessica had to head east back to Iowa.

Janell and Brian had planned to stay until Tuesday morning, so they spent Monday exploring the city of Lincoln and then took me out of supper while David had to work. All in all, it turned out to be a top notch few days.

In other news, David heard from Scheel's and didn't get the job. But, he did talk with his boss at the paper and he mentioned the possibility of David getting some writing opportunities or even his own beat with the Lincoln Saltdogs - which of course, would be awesome!

Anyway, other than that, we're just doing the same old thing. David is working tonight and I'm watching TV and working on Mount Laundry that has taken over our bedroom. Woohoo.

Oh well, tomorrow should be a nice, lazy Sunday - can't wait!

Brutal.

Does anyone else feel like they've been hit by a Mack truck? Seriously, the week thus far has been BRUTAL.

I don't ever remember Daylight Savings Time hitting me quite like this. I just feel like I am totally dragging this week. Maybe it's just a product of being old (stop shaking your head - I know I'm only 24, but ask anyone that knows me and they'll tell you I'm 24 going on 70), or maybe I just didn't get enough sleep leading up to/after the time switch. Whatever it is, hopefully tonight I can "fully recover."

In other news...

David and I finally talked with our wedding photographer. We sent her the list of pictures we wanted for our photo album and picked out a picture for our big wall print. I can't wait to see all it put together. I should also order some pictures before they go down next Tuesday, but I'll have to do some serious "money juggling" to get that done.

David and I have gotten extremely good at penny pinching. In fact, I have become "that girl." You know, the one in front of you at the supermarket that is fishing in this over-stuffed envelope for a coupon that will save her 40 cents off a jar of spaghetti sauce. Yep, I'm that girl.

With the economy and job markets the way they are, it pays to get creative with money management and jobs. David and I spend most of our nights at home, eating in and watching TV, which actually helps to save lots of money. I have also discovered "free money." No, it doesn't grow on trees. But, I have realized that I can sell all of those "college" clothes that I'm never going to wear again. It's like getting $150 for no reason at all!

David has also decided to spring for a second part time job. He's still working on his internship and for the Journal Star here in Lincoln, but was able to squeeze another job into his schedule. He has a job interview this week with Scheel's Sporting Goods. Hopefully, this will help hold us over until his dream, full time job comes along.

Aside from David's packed schedule, this month has actually been pretty busy. Last Saturday I had an appointment with my endocrinologist. Much to my excitement, my A1C has gone down significantly! When he did labs during my first visit, my A1C was 8.8% - much too high for good diabetes management. However, this time around, my A1C had dropped to 7%, and doc is very confident with a few more modifications to my medication, he can have me right at 6.5% where he wants me. To all of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, this is good news!

This weekend, David and I are extremely excited (insert annoyed eye-roll here) about heading over to HR Block to get our taxes done. I'm not looking forward to paying for it, but it will be nice to have the peace of mind that our taxes are done and have been filed with fewer errors than what would have been included if we would have done our taxes ourselves.

The weekend of March 21 is the big one - Jessica Lock is coming to visit! She's planning to head up to Rachel's place in Iowa on Friday night. Then, she and Rachel will head over to our place Saturday morning and spend the rest of the weekend here. I can't wait to be reunited with the JLock - Lincoln, Neb., better watch out!

I suppose that's it for the evening. Hope you all are having a good week thus far (and are feeling better about Daylight Savings Time than I am)!