twilight

oh

my


god.

I'm not sure why I'm like 100 years late on the whole twilight phenomena, but i read the first book yesterday. the entire book. I couldn't put it down! I'm ADDICTED. All I want to do is rush out to the nearest book store and buy the next three so I can devour them quickly.

I've already heard the last book is a bit of a letdown, but I don't even care.

Okay, and also. Whoa on the sexual tension. Its almost like a steamy romance novel! I was pretty close to creaming my pants. Edward is just so dreamy ::sigh::

i would really love to find a twilight themed bar back in chicago. mmmmm

Christmas (a little late)

So for those of you who didn't know, I had to work on christmas. This meant that I was not able to spend Christmas eve or Christmas day with Neill or his family (as his brothers and him traveled back to WV on Wednesday).

However, Neill's family --in their infinite kindness--postponed their Christmas celebration until today! So, after work on Thursday I made my way over to O'Hare and hopped on a flight to Columbus, OH. Unbelievably, my flight left on time! Mom, Jared, Kurt, and Neill came to pick me up in their pimp escalade and we got back to their house around midnight.

After some quick hanging out, I crashed hard and slept late. Yessss. Today was mainly spent eating a HUGE meal (turkey, mashed potatoes, beans, curry chicken, croissants, stuffing, corn souffle), lazing around reading/watching tv/playing dominoes/watching tv/etc., and opening presents!

omg. I'm so relaxed. I can't believe the last time I've spent a whole day doing NOTHING. le sigh. This is the good life :)

Anyhoo, Neill's mom just finished showing neill and I how to make jamaican beef patties (but with turkey). yum.

I hope all of you are enjoying the holidays!!!!!

(As a side note, the only problem with my travels were my new boots. My feet were soooooooooooo hot on the plane. boo.)

Santa brought me an early present!

Meet my new boots! They are awesome. Now I will walk wherever I want and not be afraid of puddles or snow or ice or mountains. Bam.

boys boys boys

my apartment is filled with men right now. Neill is sleeping like a baby in bed and two of his brothers, Kurt and Jayson, are sleeping in our living room. They stayed up to the ungodly hour of like 6 in the morning so I'm thinking I'm going to have quite a bit of alone time on my hands this morning. (Which is cool and everything. I like being alot. But, I don't like having to be alone and quiet).

I feel as though I haven't written an update on here for a while and now too many things have happened. So, all you fools will just have to miss out on the fabulously exciting tales of Mme. Alisha. Key words would be: Wilde, latkes, glug, party, friends, family, presents, Chanukah, Christmas, cookies, and CAKE.

I've been trying to keep up with working out among all of the food and merriment, but man it is HARD to want to go to the gym when the temperature is in the negatives. brrr. Although, I've got to say, once I get to the gym and get all warmed up it feels good. Plus, I want to stay there longer (and thus work out more) simply to avoid going back outside. Yesterday when I was there, I saw a woman meeting with a personal trainer. This is something I've been toying with for a while, but I'm sort of emabarrassed to do it. Ya know? I want someone to show me up to get buff (in this sense or in this sense, not this sense). Whoo. Anyhoo, I could look up pictures like this all day so I'm just going to stop now.

There is laundry to be done!

2nd Night of Chanukah!

Drr the menorah is backwards in the first two pictures. Ooops.