Weekend Recap.

This weekend ended up being pretty good...Friday was my ugly christmas sweater party/ housewarming/ girls night. I'll post pics as soon as I find my cord that plugs my camera into my laptop...there's a few things I still can't figure out where they are, even though all my boxes are unpacked. Jody ended up winning the sweater contest, she looked hysterical and hideous all at the same time!
Saturday, I got to meet Pat for lunch in Clarion. We figured out we hadn't seen each other in about a year and a half. But for some reason it feels like it hasn't been nearly that long. Then, I went home and surprised the family and Morgan on her 11th birthday. I stayed for a few hours, then headed into Brookville to see Nicole and baby Adrian. After that, I headed back up to Ohio, and my friend Jason from work brought over dinner, and we ate eggplant parmesan, drank some read wine, watched some T-Pain and 2 Pac videos on Youtube (don't ask), and watched some taped episodes of Jersey Shore. He's SUCH a great guy. He stayed until about 3:00 am, I headed to bed with my laptop and watched a few episodes of Entourage (YAY Netflix!). I didn't go to bed until around 4:30, but that put me right back on schedule to go into work tonight, cause I didn't get out of bed until amost 3:30 this afternoon (GASP! LAZY!).
Tonight, I ran over to Felix's to give him some money for our final bills, and it was weird. I was only there for a few minutes, and then had to leave because of course, I was getting a little upset. Crazy how after just a week apart, I already feel like we're different people than we were when we lived together. After I left, I kind of had an epiphany. I need to stop worrying about how HE's feeling, and concentrate on myself. He's a grown man and can deal with the consequences of his actions. If he regrets it, that's not my problem. I'm not trying to sound bitter, but I guess I just realized it's time to focus on ME.
Tomorrow, I'm setting an alarm, waking up, going to the gym, and getting my life back on track. I can't continue to sit around and feel sorry for myself. It's just going to make me miserable.

Sorry this blog was kind of rushed, I just got back from the grocery store and have to pack a lunch, finish getting ready for work, and head out the door in the next 30 minutes.

Happy 11th Birthday Morgan!!

Morgan, I'll never forget where I was at when I found out mom was pregnant with you. I was in Ocala, Florida with Lauren McKinney (now Gilligan!) at her grandparent's house, the night before we were heading to the Keys. I was 16 years old. I was excited, but didn't realize how much of an impact you would have on all of our lives.

I still feel like you are our family miracle. I never in my life thought I would have a younger sibling, let alone one that is 16 years younger than me. You have been such a joy to everyone..and I'm so thankful you came into our lives.

Happy Birtday, Morgan!! I love you!!

Ugly Christmas Sweaters.

Tonight is Ugly Christmas Sweater/Housewarming/Girl's Night in my new place!!!

And the sweater I found? HORRIBLE. I'll post pictures/details soon!! Have a great weekend everyone!

Crap Post.

Today's post is a post just for the sake of getting in my daily post. I'm having a girl's night Ugly Sweater Christmas Party/ Housewarming tomorrow night, and I'm running around the apartment, frantically trying to unpack the last of my crap and clean up a little bit. I also have to go into work at 9:00 tonight (Boo, long nights...yay overtime!) and still have to do a bajillion things. At least I'm busy. Although, I'd be less busy if I could manage to get my ass out of bed before 4:30 pm. It seems to just take so much effort to face the day lately, when I'd rather just hide under my covers. I know that feeling will pass...hopefully sooner than later.

But anyway, here's my post. Love it.

MTV Trashes it Up to the Next Level.

By far, the biggest trainwreck on television right now, is MTV's new reality show: "Jersey Shore". Somehow I got roped into watching all the episodes consecutively this past weekend while unpacking boxes. It takes a bunch of Italian guidos and puts them in a beach house at the Jersey Shore for the summer. The result is a ridiculous mess of insanity. And I love it.
Here's a clip:



Warning: Once you start watching, you can't stop. It's like a bad car accident that totally puts Real Housewives of New Jersey to shame.

Back to Work.

After a pretty hectic and eventful Thursday through Tuesday, I head back into work tonight. I'll get a few hours of overtime the rest of this week because I'm going in at 9pm instead of 11pm. Good thing, because this move has been expensive and I need to finish up my Christmas shopping!
I'm looking forward to getting back to my normal routine of working, sleeping, working out and repeating. It's been a tough few days. In some ways it's been WORSE than I expected, but in others it hasn't been as bad as I thought.
The apartment is mostly unpacked except for a few things sitting around that I can't figure out where to put because of my limited space. I actually hung some pictures up myself, too. Not sure if they're exactly centered or straight...but what are ya gonna do?
I'm doing my best to remain optimistic, and I'm hoping the worst is over. I'm grateful that me and Felix's work schedules were always pretty opposite, so I don't really have to get used to sleeping alone, because I already do that. The weekends are the toughest, so I'm just doing my best to stay busy. Pat gave me some advice and told me to go out, even when I don't feel like it. There have been times in the last few days that I just wanted to sit at home and feel sorry for myself, but when friends have asked, I've forced myself to go out to dinner, drinks, whatever is on the agenda. I figure if I keep saying no, eventually the invites will stop. So I've been making myself go, and for the most part, I'm glad I have. I've said this alot lately, but I'm really blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. I'm hoping the depressing blog posts will start to get few and far between, so if you're getting sick of reading about Woe is Ashley, stick with me...hopefully that's all going to come to an end.

Happy Music Monday!!!

In honor of Christmas, and the first snowfall (at least not at night while I'm sleeping) in Youngstown, here's my FAVORITE Christmas song/video ever! SUZY SNOWFLAKE!!!