Issa Disappearing Act

Oh hi, I didn't see you there! Long time no talk, yeah? Okay, so here's the breakdown, I've been hella busy and hella writer-blocked. I keep trying to think of great things to post here but everytime I type them out, the words don't look as appealing as they did inside my head. I promise I'm still alive and I promise I'm still here. I'm not giving up, that's for sure.

I've been working my butt off on trying to become Assistant Store Manager at the company I work for and it's a long process as everything keeps messing up when I get near it...mayhaps it's the worlds way of telling me I'm not ready? It would be nice to run my own store but that seems miles away at this point.

Regardless, I'm here now and I will inform you of the events you may have missed in my life since October, apparently that's the last time I posted anything on here.

First I will say that I had a lovely Halloween with my mother and her boyfriend, we went through Kankakee Haunted Factory, Statesville Haunted Prison (hint, this will be coming up again in the future - stay tuned!), & we went on an awful Ghost Walk/Tour...so not worth the money we paid.

Second, my boyfriend and I celebrated 3 whole years together in November! ♥ Those were some of the best three days I had in my whole life! ♥ We went to a Hawks Game, drank, talked, loved, and spent some time away from our roommates in a lovely hotel with a ginormous King Bed and a Hot Tub, it was fantastic!

Third, I welcomed my sisters new baby into the world on November 28 - not physically, I unfortunately didn't get to visit her until later but I still visited her! My sister had a baby girl named Shelby Marie-Louise Bouvet! My little sister is a mommy now! ♥ (unfortunately, she keeps reminding me that it's my turn soon! Yikes!)

Fourth, I had a lovely Christmas and New Year - thanks for asking! I didn't get to stay up too much past midnight on New Years, thanks to work - but hey, I stayed up until at least 12:02!

Fifth, Valentine's Day was both good & bad for me, it was good because the day before my boyfriend and I - as well as three other couples - went to a Chicago Bulls Game (they won) & drank and then the day OF Valentine's Day my boyfriend and I went to a Chicago Blackhawks Game (where they also won) and then got some time away from the roomies again - have you any idea what it's like living with 5 males?!

Sixth, St. Patrick's Day was decent, spent it working but definitely dressed up for it as much as I could while working! (Will add pictures later - when I find them!)

Seventh, I was dealing with some pretty awful back pain for almost two weeks and finally went to the doctors who prescribed me muscle relaxers and high dosage pain meds for my back pains and for my headaches. Hopefully the high dosage pain meds will help me know what it feels like to not have my head be in excruciating pain on and off all day! (Don't worry I wasn't diagnosed with any diseases, I'm not dying - despite the pain lying to me and making me feel like I'm dying)

Now, we're here where I'm up wayyyyy past my bedtime (I have to be at work by six and it's 1am as I write this...) writing because one, I couldn't sleep, and two, I feel bad for leaving you all hanging! I'm sorry that this post ended up being more of a filler-in/update but the sleep meds kicked in finally! (Ask me how many different meds I'm on now, I dare you!)

I love you all and you will hear more from me - hopefully - within the next couple of days!