I cleared 18 inches of snow off my car. Our power was out for 4 days. Un fucking believable. It was very beautiful and very uncomfortable. Over the entire winter we got a ton of snow. It felt like a real winter. I loved it. So many of my patients complained but I loved it. I missed many hours of work. I like being snowed in...when there is electricity and heat in my apartment.
Christmas with the little guys was frightening- a big whirlwind of wrapping paper and unbridled greed. We drove up just after the big winter storm that hit my area- see following pictures. Good family time. As usual we played uecher and got rowdy with mom and dad. Beer and popcorn and buttermilk cookies and movies on demand.....and snow!
Tracy, Bri's sister, graduated from nursing school while we were there. It was a wonderful trip. Great to see where Bri grew up and southern NM in general. Boy, is it desolate in places! And it's crazy how the mountains pop up out of table top flat land. You can see for miles and miles. Very beautiful. We spent an afternoon at White Sands, which was nothing short of majestic. We visited his aunt and cousin's kids in Windmill, a trailer community of about twelve people, complete with church and fire house, in the middle of the desert. And thoroughly enjoyed his father brother and childhood friend playing classic country in the living room during Tracy's graduation party after party. Yes tequila was apart of it. Thank you Mullins!
Bri and i dressed up as assassins dressed as tourists. Then played a couple games with my neighbors. The costume party was the night before. Bri showed up too late to matter if he'd dressed up or not, which he didn't, and i went as the 13 year-old me. Marshall had a costume dance party on the island.
So before November I did this acting gig. Only acted once before in my life. Ok, twice if you count the Schenkel's Dairy and Optical One commercials I did as a kid. So, it's a TV dramatic sitcom shown on the internet, a webisode. The show is called 'The Hive', and it's about these five young women (me being the oldest, thus the mentor) all living in this house together. A former roommate is murdered, we find ourselves being preyed upon...cat fights and sex all mixed in. It's all shot and cast locally. They are editing it now and will release soon. I'll keep you posted.....
