I went to bed before Luke last night, since I am suffering from my second illness of the season (this one, so far is not as bad as before but more annoying than anything). When he came to bed a couple of hours later, he woke me up by snuggling up to me and asked something to this effect:

"If either one of us has a severe brain hemmorage, do you promise not to leave me?"

I told him "yes," then fell asleep with his arm around me. It's moments like that that get me through life.

So whats up lately... I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving (or Nov 24th if you choose not to celebrate Thanksgiving). I have been quite the busy beaver lately...

Last week I went home to Columbus for 2 days to take part in my dad's wedding. He and Julie looked so happy together. I really like Julie and I am very happy for my dad. Ciara and Collin will probably be next, followed by Mom and Ashley. Seems like everyone in my family is getting married and remarried, except for me. Don't think that will happen until we vote a few assplugs out of office. Can I get an amen from my GLBT family out there?

After being home for one day, work shipped me off to fabulous Sierra Vista, AZ. It's a cuteish little town, nestled snug up against the Huachuca mountains, and fairly close to Mexico. We were opening a new store down there, and they needed my expertise. I got put up in a nice hotel and wined and dined for two days. It was a really cool experience, but was nice being home.

Then after being home three days, Luke and I made our annual trek to the Grand Canyon. It was nice and warm, and really pretty out. I took some awesome pictures which I will post, er, now. I purchased a WONDERFUL XM-RADIO for my car before the trip and absolutely LOVE IT!! I even got Luke to recognize the benefits, as we were able to listen to an entire live-from-London Madonna show in BMP out in East Bumfuck, Arizona.

Now I'm back, back in business. I am also recovering from pneumonia, caused by this fucking cold which has been going on for weeks and weeks, dropping green slime ala "You Can't Do That On Television" down the back of my throat. All is good though, haven't missed a day of work yet. I am off tomorrow - no travelling, no weddings, just me, a couch and probably a day full of watching cheesy Christmas movies and keeping warm under a blanket. Oh, the tough life it is...

So cute!!!

Today, we have one mission. To turn this:



Into this...




We are buying two pumpkins, just in case we mess one up. I designed the template, from the photo above. (I didn't know I had a shred of artistic ability, this proves I have just one shred). I will take photos and post some at the end if everything works out.

Autumn is upon us once again, and in Tucson that means only running the AC/cooler during the day. It's also the time of year that Luke and I begin to discuss our huge vacation we will take next year (since we just paid off Europe last month). So far we have discussed going to:

Puerto Rico
Havana
Some other misc. Caribbean
South America (I really wanna go see Rio de Janeiro)
Toronto/Montreal

I'm easy to please. As long as it gets me away from work for a week, I would be happy going to Sasabe for the week. I guess that doesn't mean much if you aren't from SE Arizona, but it means something to me and at 8 in the morning with no coffee that's the best I can do gawddammit!

So, yesterday Luke and I saw two different movies. First, we went and saw Flightplan. This type of movie always interests me, but definately was not what I expected. Jodie Foster was, of course, fabulous as always in her role as Kyle Pratt, a propulsion engineer living in Berlin. She and her daughter are flying home the body of her late husband, and the plane happens to be one that she just finished working on. It's a great movie, I really enjoyed it. I won't give away any of the details though. Sean Bean is also in it, and I think he's a great actor as well.

The second movie we saw was Corpse Bride. Again, another beautiful movie by Tim Burton. It's amazing when you think back to Nightmare Before Christmas, and see how much more detailed the character movement was in this movie. It was really cute. I definately suggest everyone get off their computers RIGHT NOW and watch these two movies!!

Luke, Jake and Sassy on Mt. Lemmon.

Why not head to Missoula Montana for the Testicle Festival? You can help yourself to a heapin' helpin' of gonads fried for gobblin'.

BLECH

Rednecks will eat anything if you deep fry it and set them down in front of NASCAR.

In other news, yesterday was mine and Luke's three year anniversary. Yes, it has been that long. Seems like yesterday when I first met him. I love him incredibly, and I hope he knows that. We went to Sakura for teppan chicken (me) and sushi (Luke) and fine asian drinks (both of us). :)