4th-O-July Weekend

Ok Ok, i know that i promised i would try to write yesterday but it ended up being very full of things to do and i didn't have time before Alex got home to make an entry worthy of you, the reader.......what it comes down to is that the weekend was amazingly fun. here's a brief summery:

Friday was Gordon's birthday so we went to Wasall to the rocky/biker pub and did some drinking and dancing. It was super fun! It started out with some chatting at Gordon's house before ordering a minibus to pick us up. we needed one for 7 and got one for 6....so it was crowded and illegal but the driver said it would be ok. we made it safely, but the ride was interesting with 2 boys trying their best to fit into the same seat belt.....of course that didn't work at all. It was a very lovely night out so we didn't stay inside very long before making our way out the back onto the patio seating area. we spent the first half of the night out there and eventually got ahold of one of the covered seating areas. Then Jo and Luke joined us. We did lots of dancing the second part of the night and a few shots....LOTS of pictures you can check out on facebook.

Saturday we got to sleep in a bit before preparing the food and house for the 4th of July celebration I sortof made everyone have. The turn out was great, even tho few people dressed up and nobody really knew why they were celebrating an American holiday.....Alex and I made sloppy joe's, potato salad, twice baked potatoes, and red and blue sugar cookies. there was also meat on the grill, salad, popcorn, and cheesecake. and once again, lots of drinks. Alex and his dad built Baggo boards for me to paint during the week and Anna picked up some beanbags for it. I will have to locate the pictures from that night and get them up on here. the boards looked way corny and American and everyone enjoyed playing the game. oooo! there was also an American flag hug up and everything! Most of the people there were family and friends of the family....and Alex's friends. The younger crowd played some drinking games and enjoyed the American music Alex and I put together. It was classic patriotic American stuff and some good old country. Eventually Alex's dad changed it to Bruce Springsteen and some other stuff....and played it very loud at like 3 in the morning.....i felt a little bad for the neighbors. i had some great conversations with a bunch of people and found a few people that are looking into job stuff for me!

Sunday we all slept in and cleaned stuff up. Alex had that day off as well so it was really nice. Graham, Gordon, and Luke came over that night but didn't stay too late because Alex had to be at work Monday at 7 am.

Yesterday was quite interesting. I got my hair trimmed at 1045 and am much more satisfied with it.....no more split ends AND my fringe has been sorted out so its not all over the place. Where i went is just down the street and there was only one hair dresser in that day. no big deal really cuz i didn't have to wait long. However, the weather had been really nice but humid and then suddenly changed to cool and rainy. wellll the weather effects this older lady that was before me getting her hair finished up as i go there....then she nearly fell over and passed out! the only worker left me with the older lady and went down the street to get this ladies husband....the lady ended up laying on the floor for awhile before we helped her walk out. she was very embarrassed and i felt bad. When I returned to the Kubara household I was the only one home for a change - Alex was working, Alan was on a business conference, Paula was working, and Anna had some assembly at school......no big deal really for me. I made myself a nice lunch and then cleaned stuff up around the house a bit. then i got a phonecall from Paula from her work telling me that some stuff had happened at school with Anna and that she would be home soon and probably upset...and wanting to know if I could watch after her a bit til someone else got home. no big deal, i was on it.....but 2 hrs later Anna was still not home so Paula left work and beat Anna home by 20 minutes. the house was very chaotic the rest of the afternoon with things trying to get sorted out so i had to divert Alex up to his room when he came home so he wouldn't ask questions and make the situation worse. luckily Alex and I have to watch his Grandma's house this week so we stayed there last night so we would be out of the way. Graham, Luke, Gordon, Daz, and Clint came over and it was a pretty good night. The cat from next door even stayed the night! Its a big fat black one and I guess they let it in all the time and feed it and it usually hangs around for a few hours and sometimes sleeps over. it even has its own food and water bowl! it was pretty friendly and kept to its self once everyone got there. I would sneak away and bring it treats upstairs where it was napping and pet it. I let it outside at one point because it was acting anxious. at some point someone went outside to smoke and it came back in....well its not a big deal but Alex and i didn't know that....and at about 730 this morning apparently Alex rolled over and got claws in his back from the cat that was laying on top of the blankets next to him....he said it must have been there a long time because for most of the night when he tried to roll over he got poked and he said it was driving him crazy because he didn't know what was poky in the bed. i totally called him a liar like 4 times before checking it out for myself and seeing the cat all sprawled out on the bed. it was sooo funny. he made me pick it up and take it outside since he doesn't really like cats much and it had been poking him all night. ahhhh good times.

Alex had to be at work at 12 today so Ive been hanging out and job hunting some more. Anna came in and asked me to help her take Pepper to the vet for a blood test and to get his thyroid tablets. i did. it was quite the adventure really. because he is so aggressive when you mess with him they have to knock him out to take his blood.....this vet was not very cooperative with us about all of it. first of all, they didn't have record of Pepper or any animal with the last name of Kubara. then, after finally finding his name on some tablets and starting new records, we got to see the vet. he wouldn't believe Anna and i about needing to put him out and insisted on us muzzling him so they could draw the blood. of course he growled and snarled at both us and the vet....he had a take Pepper outside and try it there...but of course it didn't work. he was very against injecting him but eventually did. the shot is supposed to knock him out quick but it didn't after 15 minutes so they gave him a second and then we had to walk him around outside before he finally started to fall asleep. even then he got up and growled when the vet tried to muzzle him. he made the excuse that stirring him up would help promote blood flow and knock him out quicker....it was obvious he just wanted to muzzle him cuz he thought Pepper was sedated enough. but no. then he wanted Anna and I to carry Pepper back into the examination room.....but Pepper is huge and heavy so luckily there was another lady with a dog in there that offered to do it. cuz the vet wouldn't. He drew the blood and lectured us 4 or 5 times about how cruel and traumatic it was to inject Pepper and how we needed to buy him a muzzle and put it on at home before we brought him to the vet next time....because he would be more calm at home. however, that would never work with this dog, hes far too grouchy. After all was done they had to inject him again to wake up. that ended up taking 15 minutes. and then we left......we were both afraid that Pepper wouldn't make the walk home. he was all wobbly and drug his feet from time to time. he nearly tripped and fell over all the curbs......but we made it back and now Pepper is sleeping downstairs.

That was pretty much my weekend in a huge nutshell. tonight Alex and I are staying in and taking it easy. having an 'us' night with movies and whatnot. then Alex works tomorrow night 5 - 10 and has Thursday off. I'm going to go see what I can dig up for lunch and then its back to job hunting. love to everybody!