Vegas!!! ...and other stuff

So OMG Vegas was fun! Not that I expected anything less from the place... its like the party capital of the world. So we got there Tuesday afternoon, and went shopping at the outlets (a lot of my babies have bdays this month... lots of presents to get). Then we got back to the hotel room (we stayed at the Tropicana) and got ready for dinner. I had looked up the best sushi places, so we went to this place at Caesar's Palace... very yummy. It was kinda funny though because we didn't know it was gunna be fancy and Matt was just wearing shorts, a yellow lifeguard shirt, and flip flops...he felt out of place!

So... we went back to the room after dinner to change cuz we were both getting cold. Then, we went to the Hooters hotel and the NYNY hotel to gamble. I only spent like 25 dollars the 2 days we were there, Matt spent like 35 (on gambling that is). We only stayed out until midnight both days... we are such old ppl. We wake up so early that its hard to stay up/out late. No biggie though... less money spent! The 2nd day we went to the breakfast buffet (YUMMY) and just walked around, went to the M&M world store (got David a cup) and went out to dinner at the Harley Davidson Restaurant (yummy brisket sandwich!)... then we went and gambled some and went to hooters at like 11 for hot wings! lol i have been wanting wings for a while now... and it was right next door!

But... when we left the bad part of my week started. On Monday, my back passenger tire had a nail in it, so i had to get a new tire. So I was very surprised to see my tire almost flat when we were getting gas before leaving Vegas!! We filled it up with air, looked for a nail or hole and couldn't find anything. So, we figured they must have put it on wrong or that the new tire was defective or something. We kept checking it every 40 or 50 miles and filled it up twice. We brought it in to the place where i bought the tire and they looked at it. We waited like ten minutes then they called us back to the work area to show me the problem... my rim is CRACKED! So it wasn't the new tire... it was my rim not making a good seal causing it to go flat... and there is nothing i can do about it except buy a new rim... Not Cheap! They are at least $125 for a cheap-o one, which i dunno if it will end up doing the exact same thing! So... I'm driving on my donut now waiting to go to the dealership where i got the car from Monday to see if they have some sort of warranty, and if they'll give me a new one (hopefully!).

So, all in all, i have had a very mixed week. Fun, hectic, shocking, no school, etc all rolled into one. Now I'm off to a 1 yr old bday party... and then work tomorrow and Monday.

My week...

So my week has been pretty good... especially w/ having the new baby here. He is just so dang cute...

Monday Robert and Cassie came home from the hospital. Tuesday I had school all day so nothing exciting there. Wednesday was fun. I went to help Cassie out with the baby. I brought over Authenian Breakfast Burritos (YUMMY) and we just hung out at her house all morning. I had a test in school at 4pm Wednesday, so i left to go study @ 2. So i studied and was feeling pretty confident... until the test was in front of me... OMG it was sooo hard and unexpected compared to our homework and what he told us to study!

So i was pretty bummed Thursday, but Friday was good. I worked and then we (Cassie, Sal, and I) took the kids (Allyson and Robert) to get their pictures done. I had gotten these 'big sister' and 'little brother' shirts for them, so they wore them and just looked cute. Robert slept thru most of the pictures, and ally was just being stubborn as usual, but they turned out ok. I'll post pics as soon as i get them (pick up is next Saturday) and scan them...The baby is still real red, and he has some acne still, but that's ok, its his 1st pics and everyone knows hes only 1 week old in them!

So Wednesday were going to DISNEYLAND! Yay! Me, Matt, Shannon, and Kyle are going to bring David and Capri there. Capri has never been, and Kyle has only gone once as a child (he grew up in Minnesota, kind of a far drive compared to our 15 minutes). We plan on going when they open @ 9, and staying all day. Shannon will take Capri to her moms at nap time, and her mom will keep her so we can go on 'big people' rides. David, even though he is only 4, can go on almost all the rides (excluding Indiana Jones, and he has to have an adult w/ him for Autopia)... which surprised me. So i think my sis will pick David up at like 5 or 6 when she gets outta work, so I can have a break from his energy. Cuz I'm sure by then ill be going crazy, David likes to talk ALOT!

Well, that was my week... no pics for today, i dont feel like uploading, but soon i promise!

Being Alone

Matt and I have been together for 3.5 years... The best years, i think, of my life. I have learned to love with him, and learned that relationships are not easy. No one ever said they were supposed to be easy either. He and I have had our fair share of fights, disagreements, but we have always been there for each other when anything happened. That picture is from out Hawaii trip in 2008... we went there for my 21st birthday, the best birthday present ever! We got to feel like a real family there... living together for a whole week. We got into a few arguments, but it was OK, and it did not affect our vacation at all.

But now we are coming to a new hurdle. Something we have never had to encounter for more than a few days or a week. Matt is (if everything goes OK) joining the navy. This scares me because we have never had to do the long-distance thing. We have always been just a few miles away at most times, except when he goes on vacation w/ his family for a weekend. I know he will come back, but it will be a while. His basic training is 8 weeks near Chicago, and then A-school is after that (not sure how long that is, it depends on what he wants to do). I don't know what it will be like without him. I have a few friends, but they have kids and lives too. They do not just wanna spend all their time with me. I have a feeling that while he is gone I will be spending a lot of time alone... or working... nothing that sounds like fun to me.

Another worry is that when he gets his assignment that it will be somewhere far. Somewhere that I cannot drive to easily. I am hoping for San Diego (only about 1.5-2 hrs away), so I could go down there on the weekends or he could drive up here. But, if its any farther, more alone time. I know that when I am done with school that I want to live with him (if that's what he wants, and it works out), but that is not until December. I really wonder if he will ever want to marry me... He mentions marriage occasionally, but he makes it seem like its in the far away distant future (like 10 years or something), which is hard for me because my best friend is getting married next year, and already has a child... everything I have wanted since childhood.

My whole adult life has been with matt. We met just before my 18th birthday, and haven't been far apart since. Every weekend is spent with him, most meals out are with him. My family asks about him when he doesn't come to a family function, they love him almost as much as i do. I really will miss him, if he really goes through with all of this. I will be very proud of him though, for honoring our country. And for doing something with his life that is very respectable. I just hope and pray that we can remain strong through this.

venting

So... until now, my posts have been happy. But I am a real person, and I live in the same mid-recession america as everyone else. I personally have had no personal problems recently. I babysit for a wonderful family on the weekends, and i clean a house every friday. I am fortunate to work for families who have not been affected by the recession. But, others have.

My sister got fired from her job today. So, people automatically assume it is because of the economy and that she is just part of 'cutbacks' or something. Uh... no... I seriously feel she brought this on herself. She missed a whole week of work last month... is always late, and complains about everything. It really pisses me off because this is the 2nd time in 1 year she has been fired. She thinks just because she makes salary that she can just take advantage of not having a set 40 hour week. She makes good money for what she does (like over 45k per year), and she is only 25 with no college degree.

So, most ppl would thing that that is alot of money for someone. Not for her, she is somehow always broke. She asks me, who makes maybe 1/100th of what she does for money all the time. She wants 5 bucks for cirarettes, or 20 bucks for gas like a week after she gets paid. I really do not get how someone cannot have a budget, and live above their means. I cant even imagine how its gunna be next week when she has no money for anything. I just lie to her and say i dont have any money... because she will get mad if i just say no, and i dont want to fight.

And my poor mom, bless her soul, tries to fix my sister. She has given her over 10-12k in the past 4-5 years which she will probably never get back. Its like the 'bank of mom'. I guess i have too much pride to ask for money from people (other than the occasional dollar or something if i'm short, but never a significant amount). I have always been great with money, and you know what? I am a lot less stressed because of it. I feel bad that David has to live in a house with a stressed out mom, and now an unemployed mom who will be even more stressed in the upcoming days. I pray that she finds a job that she can keep, and that it is closer than her last job (it took her over an hour sometimes to drive 25 miles home-- traffic in the oc SUCKS!). And please pray for me, i really hate being mad, but it happens and i hate bottling my feelings up, thats y i made a BLOG!!!

Off to bed now... i have capri tomorrow while shannon goes off to a job interview... and then off to the recruiters office to try to get matt signed up for the navy... then off to school for my night class... busy day.

god bless

The Snow (Feb.23)

So last week, we went to the snow. We being Matt (the BF), Shannon, my goddaughter Capri (Shannons Daughter) and my nephew David. David had never been to the real snow in the mountains, just man made in the OC. Capri was too little last year to even care about the snow...

This is shannon and capri when we 1st got to big bear... its a little park called Boulder Bay, we just stopped to let the kids play there. Capri had no clue what to do in the snow... it was really cute, all she wanted to do was eat it... her fingers were ice cold in about 15 minutes.

David and Capri... She is mid bite (of snow), and he is just being a cheeseball, with his 80's snow jacket (from a thrift store- its from sears, but way back).

Me, Matt, Capri and David... shannon was taking the pic, so she isn't in the picture. This trip happened to land on 2/23, shannons 22nd birthday! So we had a fun thing to do on her bday that didnt cost much except gas money, and lunch money to feed the little ones (and us, of course)

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So i am totally procrastinating studying for a test in my 'worksite health promotion' class right now... I hate reading my textbooks, and thats what i need to do... yuck! But today was a good day, my uncle and aunt from alabama are here and we had a big family lunch/dinner today... 2 uncles, 3 aunts, 2 step-aunts, 1 step-uncle, grandparents, sister, nephew, mom, BF, and my cousin... wow that was a lot of ppl now that i think about it, more than it seemed (16 including me, i may have left someone out in there though).

First post....

Hello blogworld...

I have recently become an addict to all things that involve blogging. A distant friend had one, so I read hers, got linked to others, and the rest is history. Me? Well, if anyone reads this, I am Meagan. A college senior, majoring in Health Science, due to graduate in December '09... Hopefully. I have a fabulous boyfriend, Matt, and we have been together for 3 and a half years, long time. Well... I have no clue what to write on here. Hopefully i will become inspired one day.

I know... My nephew, the cutest 4 year old on the block... David. He is very out there at times, and gets in to LOTS of trouble, but he is loved by all who know his gentle insides and curious nature. I will probably be posting lots of pictures of him... Maybe i will make this just a recollection of my life... including David and Matt, and all the rest of my friends.

I also have a goddaughter (almost 2) and a godson (due to be here on 3-6-09, only 6 more days!). They are from my 2 best friends, and I love them as if they were my own children, since I have none, being 21 and ambitious. Not to say my friends arent ambitious, i have just decided (with my boyfriend) to wait until we have good jobs and settle down.

I do not work a real job, I babysit, or do housework. I do this whenever I am not busy with midterms or papers. It is just to make some money to go out to dinner on the weekends or to buy the little ones in my life the cutest freakin clothes i can find (for CHEAP... I never pay full price). David has worn skater clothes since i could find them in his size (about 2t), and I love little girls in cute little dresses or skirts, and footy pajamas just make me melt. I love kids, catch the vibe?! Well... getting late...