26-5-2008 - *A trip back to Etown to hang out with friends and celebrate my belated birthday* (May 25, 2008)

My mood while writing this blog: Like a kid in a candy shop!

Well, Brandon and I headed back to school today to visit with friends and all. It was good to see my roommates again and all my friends. We decided to go out and celebrate my 21^st birthday finally too—first we stopped at the store and bought me a sash and crown with “finally 21.” I also bought my one roommate—the Meghan girl that was in the hospital almost the whole time with us—something. She loves Corona so I bought her a purse with that on it and a bottle opener that looks like a Corona bottle with the lime floating and all!

Well, we got back and I was trying to unpack some—Brandon made me take a few brakes since I shouldn’t be doing all the crap I am when I just gave birth! HAHA! But my stuff is EVERYWHERE… I swear sometimes I can be OCD and trying to find my things that people packed up in a hurry doesn’t work for me—it wasn’t all orderly like I would pack it. (Side note, I am working over the summer at school in our dining services because I am a student manager, did it last year—make a LOT more this year and am in charge of everyone this summer—and well, we had to move out of our dorm rooms and into the campus apartments. Well, the only day we were allowed to move was May 21^st—the day after I gave birth! So my friends moved the rest of my stuff for me). While I was unpacking I was getting so frustrated and also dealing with my breast pads filling up and leaking… then I would think about Ryllie and with all the stress, I was almost in tears the whole time!

When my roommates got back from work I was talking to one of my closer friends, Erika, while waiting for them to shower. She asked about my baby band and I told her how I am not ready to take it off yet. She was so adorable telling me she understands and shouldn’t take it off until I am ready and how it made sence to her. I love her for that reason! Well, then we all went to TJ Rockwell’s—an amazing restaurant/bar in town. They have this big drink that we all call the ‘fishbowl’ because it looks like that’s what it is. I’ve always wanted one so we all went out for it!

We brought our under 21 friends too and I felt bad after the waitress took our orders, because almost the whole table got up to go in to the bar for the ‘fishbowls’ and other shots. Man that thing was good! I can’t stand the taste of alcohol and it didn’t taste at all! I would call it a Blue Hawiian because it honestly tastes like blue and pineapple. Haha. Brandon bought one too and I would like to say I finished mine before his—me, the girl that hasn’t had even a sip of alcohol in over a year… probably a year and a half since I had a beer. Well, that 32 oz drink was heaven. I made sure to whisper to Brandon a few times, ‘for Ryllie,’ while I made him drink with me. I was thinking of my little man the whole time… feeling weird too—being out having fun and not being with him. /o: But I love him and he will know that!

We got back to the apartment and everyone was saying how mad they were when they visited me in the hospital... my one roommate—which annoys many people including myself—always makes things about her and needs to be the center of attention. When she visited the hospital all she talked about was her day and what all happened… Hello? I just had a baby, you know, the thing that you’re taking pictures of people holding?! Yeah… that just came out of my vagina! Whatever, when she was there I was drouning her out anyways and staring at my baby boy. My beautiful baby boy. (o:

Then across the room I heard Brandon talking to another girl named Megan about the whole adoption, our hospital stay and just things like that. I loved it because it means a LOT to me when I see Brandon’s eyes getting watery about Ryllie and when he really gets into saying how beautiful and perfect Ryllie was. Tear jerking!!

Then my friends were looking after me… they asked when my doctor appointment was and all to see when I could come back to work. I told them the 14^th or something like that but I would be back to work on the 3^rd. They yelled at me haha. But the problem is we have a conference group coming and we’re all working for it—I’m actually scheduled to work all day two of the days. I don’t know, we’ll see what happens. I have at least this week off still.

Ohh, and our friend Dan came—he graduated this past December so we haven’t seen him much. Meghan gave him the picture of him holding Ryllie in the hospital that she printed out. He was SO excited for it. He even told her how he wanted her to send him the digital copy of it so it would be bigger. Haha. ADORABLE. (o: