It's hard to believe that November is here already. I've been living in my apartment for just over three months, yet I feel like I've lived there for FOREVER! Haha....so yes needless to say, I feel at home and I'm completely settled in! I even have some "fall" decorations up, which makes it more homey. I'm pumped to start decorating for Christmas though!!! I hope to get a tree in the next couple weeks! :)
It snowed this past Friday....off and on all day. It led to me having to clean my car off for the first time of the "winter" season!! Seeing the snow falling brought so very odd sense of happiness though. It just sort of made me get excited for Christmas. This could also be due to the fact that I was looking forward to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert that I attended the next day! :) I'll get back to the concert in a second...first more about Friday. I worked a nine hour shift on Friday and after cleaning off my car to go home, I arrived to find that I had no power. SOMEHOW our power went out for over 6 hours, though I still don't have a clue why. I'm assuming a transformer went out, but no one knew for sure in my complex. It was fun to meet a few of my neighbors as we stood outside trying to figure out what happened. When I got back home after the power was turned on, I finally broke down and turned my heat on. Because each room in the house has it's own thermostat, I figured I could just hold off on turning the heat on and use lots of blankets at night. So besides one cold morning that I turned the heat on in my bathroom while I was getting ready, I waited until after the first snowfall to turn on the heat. That was my initial plan and I held out on it!!!
Saturday rolled around and Danielle & I took off for Peoria. We met up with Andrew & Eamon to go to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert. It was one AMAZING concert. I knew going into the whole thing that I would more than likely walk away with a headache. The awesome music & incredible light show did exactly what I expected it to...made me want to crawl in a whole and cry! By the time we got to dinner, I had such a terrible headache I thought I was going to get sick. So, before ordering any real food, Andrew got me some water & crackers at the restaurant and I took some Excedrin. I thought it'd be smart to take 3 Excedrin instead of my normal 2, just to make sure it killed the headache. Well...my headache slowly disappeared, but then I really felt sick. For the next 24-ish hours, I had an awful stomach ache. I still don't know what caused it...if it was the pills or the food I ate, all I know is I felt like throwing up all stinkin' day!
Despite the illness, I had a great weekend hanging out with my friends. We enjoyed the concert and the awesome hotel that we got a GREAT deal on (Thank you, Andrew!). Swimming in one pretty awesome pool, enjoying a hot tub and watching ridiculous YouTube videos by the fireplace...yep, doesn't get better than that! Haha....and of course passing out in a big ole comfy bed all to myself was much appreciated as I felt sick.