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I don't know when it is, but it's not today. When I moved here, everyone told me that it would take five years for me to start having allergy problems. It has been four years and nearly three months, so I guess I'm ahead of the game? Oh, how I used to brag about how my allergies went away since I moved here. I didn't know how good I had it. What's worse is that I tend to cry when I get sick, so here I am with my mouth breathing and my face that hurts, feeling pitiful.

Okay, enough whining!

My sister came to stay with me last weekend, which was really fun! We decided we're going to fly to Alabama this Thanksgiving to see my grandfather and family there, instead of going to Beaumont like we usually do. My parents always drive out there anyway, and since Porridge has to work on Thanksgiving day, we came up with this plan. And none of my cousins are going to be in Beaumont for Thanksgiving anyway.

This is a bit of a disappointment because last year was seriously the best Thanksgiving ever. There are seven of us cousins within about a ten year age span. It makes it pretty awesome because we're all still willing to do fun things. Like last year, we skipped our usual Thanksgiving night movie and decided instead to play Sardines! My favorite part was when I hid behind a couch, which unfortunately meant we all had to lie on our backs, stacked on top of each other. My sternum may or may not have been crushed, but it was still hilarious.

Here are some photos from that Thanksgiving on my new flickr account (hey, I got a new flickr account). Unfortunately my camera ran out of batteries so there aren't as many pictures as I would have liked.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91636629@N00/sets/72157594353385921/

I better get my pitiful self to bed, but before I go, here is something you all need to see.

I am so tired!

Last weekend, we went to the Mediterranean Festival on Friday. We didn't stay that long, since the only thing to do there really is eat, and they sold out of the only vegetarian dish (falafel). Then on Saturday my friend Rebecca came in from Dallas. Her husband wanted to watch the UT game on Saturday, so R and I went shopping. All day. I don't know the last time I shopped that much, if ever. Then we got pedicures at Milk + Honey down on 2nd street.

Then on Sunday night, we went to the moon viewing festival at the botanical gardens. I had been wanting to go to this for a long time, since I saw the sign for it in what, May? It was lovely and we ate moon cakes and drank green tea.



This weekend, I went with Natalie and her friend Liz to the City-Wide Garage Sale. It was so much fun! I really liked meeting Liz, and I had a lot of good finds at the sale. I found a few pieces of old jewelry for parts, a tablecloth for my booth at Stitch, and the best thing--Natalie found it for me--a vintage lucite display rack. I think I am going to use it for these new bracelets I'm doing.

Today I've been working on things for Stitch all day. Tracking down promo items, making/pricing jewelry, etc. I did take a break to go to my yoga class, though.

So anyway, it's Sunday night and I'm exhausted! I am sitting here at my computer feeling like I am sort of doing flips for some reason. That didn't make sense at all, I know. Probably like most of this post. I need to go to bed.