A new family member joins the clan

Earlier this week my sister had her baby boy. It's very exciting. This is the first time one of my siblings had a kiddo. It's a little weird, but mostly just awesome.

Here is a picture of my cat, Beast, because I haven't gotten pictures of the baby yet. He had to go the hospital today to check for jaundice. It's a little nerve wracking, having someone so little that I love so much. Knowing that I can't do anything to keep him safe is uncomfortable. I kind of understand why some parents are control freaks.

Surprise, I am the new cookie monster

Yesterday something incredibly exciting and disappointing happened. I found some Tazo Focus tea, it was hiding in my Celestial Seasonings English Breakfast tea box. Very exciting stuff. I have been craving a cup of Tazo Focus for months. Literally months. Since last November, or maybe October, can't remember. There is not a store in Casper that carries the stuff. The closest store that has it stocked was Fort Collins, Colorado. I am not willing to drive down to Fort Collins for a four dollar box of tea.

Especially not this tea. It's not the best tasting stuff in the world, it is kind of nasty tasting. But like circus peanuts I occasionally get a craving for it. It's made out of yerba matte, black tea, orange essence and coca peel. Yeah, it's odd. The first sip is extremely chocolaty but after that it's pretty good. Packed full of caffeine, there is an insane amount of caffeine in Focus tea. Well, to be honest, there is a lot of caffeine in most black teas.

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Anyway. I got super excited when I found the tea bags. I immediately went and made myself a cup. It was weird, and not weird how I remembered it. That could have been because I put some milk in it. It might have been fine but the only milk I could find was canned... not the best choice.

It was kind of a let down.

But last night was a ton of fun. My sister took me out for Thankful Thursday at the Beacon, it's a country bar. Thankful Thursday is a weekly event and auction to raise money for various groups. This week was for the Reach 4A Star riding academy, they basically do what my best friend wants to do when she "grows-up" if that ever happens (no she is pretty much already there). The auction is hosted by Radio Rick, a local DJ and radio talk show host. It was a super fun night, I especially like the "bidding" wars. Not that anything got outrageously expensive, but they had a shiny box of Godiva chocolates that could not be sold. Someone ended up buying them and re-donating them, my sister eventually ended up getting them because she wanted the shiny box. It was great.

Cute! Cute! Cute!

I was feeling a little sad earlier and looked at pictures of these little cuties to cheer up.

TGIF... I want candy

I had a really cool inspiring thought for the day... but then I put it somewhere and haven't been able to find it since. I did that with my water bottled yesterday. I accidentally took it home instead of my travel mug, so I got up in the morning and had nothing to put my coffee in (I decided to not take that as a sign that I shouldn't have made coffee that morning, instead I decided that it meant I should go to work later... after I had finished drinking my coffee).

I forgot to take my water bottle with me to work (which is only necessary because we ran out of paper cups) so after lunch I was going to grab it. It had been sitting on my desk all morning, but while eating I managed to pick it up and move it. The problem was that I didn't remember where I set it. Even worse I walked out of my room without it. I ended up walking back up the stairs to try and find it. It took me ten minutes to find the stupid thing. I live in a dorm room that is smaller than a 10X10 storage unit (not really, but almost) I had recently cleaned my room and still could not find the bloody thing. I was incised. Ended up being under a pile of cloths I hadn't put away yet. The stupid thing is that I had looked through the cloths and some how missed it. I don't know how I couldn't see a bright pink water bottle in the middle of my dark cloths.

Anyway. I have been super spacey lately. I can't seem to remember anything.

So happy thing of the day



Is it not the cutest thing ever! Well maybe not ever. But it is super kawaii. Makes me happy. So does candy. I want candy. But I can't have any right now, cuz I am getting sick... *sniff*

So my boss is having vespers at his house tonight and all the kids on campus are invited. I am not sure what the rule of thumb is... Do I go? If I don't go is that really bad? Such an awkward situation. So what do I do?