For as long as I have worked retail, I always felt a little unnoticed I guess. I would always go out of my way to help customers and co-workers and though I have been appreciated I always was a little bitter I guess that I never got employee of the month or anything. Sounds silly, but I just always thought it would be nice to be recognized publicly instead of just privately for my work. I am pretty sure at compusa it was always the top selling computer sales guy who got that award so maybe that's why I never got it. That, and they didn't keep up with it every month. It was more like employee for 3-6 months award. ha. So anyway, when I walk in to work yesterday and see a big blue paper that says team member of the month on my locker, what do I do? I rip it off real fast and think "how embarrassing" haha

I have so much to do in the coming weeks. This baby is coming too quickly. What a change from my first pregnancy, where I just couldn't wait.

Yesterday and today I have searched online and in stores to see if I could find a dress for the wedding. And after coming home with only a black bolero sweater to wear in case I couldn't find a dress with sleeves on it and a bunch of other non-wedding party attire, I am giving up. I hope I can con Grandma into sewing me a dress. If not I'll get Cheryl to do it. How hard can it be to pin a front and a back to me and then sew?? Besides, I should really learn how to sew; I always have this dilemma of a vision of the perfect outfit and then no one has anything like it. It's really quite annoying that of all the dresses out there (unless I want to special order from a fancy catalog, spend  $$$$, and wait 10+ weeks to get it) I can't find anything. And what's with all the mini dresses?? It's about to be winter and no one wants to sell long dresses? I'm excited to pick out the right color though. I will probably just go with a burgundy, unless we decide to get fancy with a pink sash too.

Yesterday Cheryl and them came down to hang out with Kevin and then Will and I came over after everyone took a short detour to taco bell Kevin's pre-dinner, but I did try the black jack taco which was pretty good. After visiting with everyone at Grandma's for a bit we left since Grandma had only planned dinner for them and our cousin Ben; so mine and Cheryl's family  went to a burger joint and came back after and played bananagrams. Then today we all  went out to lunch with Kevin at Mcgraths fish house and then went back to Grandmas until they had to leave to go to the MTC. I am excited for him, and I guess everyone else is too. It will be a long 2 years and I'll have a 4 year old and and a 2 year old soon after he gets back. Crazy! I made him take a picture with Will before he left. It snowed yesterday a little and today it was just windy and cold. I like cold, but not a fan of wind. It is a cool feeling to get your breath knocked out of you by a gust of freezing wind though. As I was driving around yesterday with just Will in the car, I noticed I was on empty, but the light wasn't on so I didn't fill up. After a few minutes I got a strong impression I should fill up the car, but I just didn't want to with a kid in the car and Dave could do it later when he was with me. Then I played out in my mind running out of gas and not having anyone around and being stuck somewhere with Will alone. I looked at the tank again and thinking the light should be on, that it just seemed too low and the car seemed to drive sluggishly all the sudden, I went ahead and got gas. Dave noticed I got gas later and I told him about why I did, and then he told me the gas light had burned out. Good thing I filled up. I said a quick prayer of thanks as I very well could have been in an unnecissary situation.