This past year was a great year. I turned 21 and enjoyed the bar scene, became a Puckhead, and have recently changed myself for the better. I had a lot of fun in 2009 but it wasn't what I wanted and it took a great guy to straight out tell me. I don't know what I would do without him and I'll have to figure that out sooner than later, that's a different story in of itself. So, 2009 was fun, I'm hoping to make 2010 all the better.
To end the year my sister and I took a road trip down to Houston to visit our family. The trek down was interesting. Memphis was dead and the hotel was next to an abandoned factory... we think. Beale street was even really dead, then again it was a Tuesday in Winter. Abby and I had determined that everything is closed on Sunday and Monday especially in winter. On the way to Hot Springs, AR we took a 30 mile detour to check out the Louisiana Purchase baseline. This was pretty sweet with the trees parting right where the baseline runs. Hot Springs was fun too, we checked out bath house row and went into one of them to see how people used to bathe. My favorite part was driving through the park, which is a mountain. With Leon, the Neon, I was going around those turns like none other! The only problem was that the passenger was yelling to slow down and is also scared of heights. We had some fun trying to take a picture of us at the top with the timer on my camera. We stayed the next night in Texarkana, TX/AR. It was an odd town on the border of the two states. So of course the following morning we went downtown for the photo op. Finally in Houston we hung out with our cousins, aunt and uncle, cats and dogs. It was definately an adventure.
Come the New Year, 2010! We went over to the neighbors and my best friend Lacee was my first phone call of her New Year and I called her once it hit midnight by me. This year is going to be great!!! The following day all of us went to the museum and saw A Christmas Carol in IMAX. However, durind this excursion, one of the dogs got into my bag and ate my favorite black patent leather heels. These heels are now out of season and I can't get them anywhere. On a better note: Northern Hockey picked up some wins in Minnesota beating Clarkson and then the Minnesota Gophers. This was also the night that Doc and I decided to start to "date." None of the being in a relationship stuff had hit me at all. After Houston we started heading North to Oklahoma City to visit one of Abby's friends, Garrett. We did so much in one day it is unbelieveable! Garrett's Uncle Scott took us around and showed us the OK City Bombing, the OK Land Rush, Toby Keith's home, several big houses, and the OU campus. It was a very fun day and I really wish we had more pictures or photos of Scott. The whole tour in that one day was what made the trip great. After that was the trek back to South Milwaukee. I drove the majority of the way while Abby slept. We made it home safe and I had so much to do in only a few days!
The wedding fever has only just begun. I tried on my bridesmaid dress and it looks amazing! I'm so much more excited about Elsa's wedding now that I have my dress, and it's paid in full! Elsa also gave me a pair of shoes for the wedding that I get to keep. I'm so pumped. Elsa and I chatted for a while, as we always do, in the cold Wisconsin weather and then headed our separate ways. The Bachelorette party was the following night and it was ablast except when I couldn't find parking due to an event at Uhelin Hall and the Bucks vs Bulls game (damn FIBS!). I finally made it and got my reservation sorted out. I got Elsa up on the piano and she got sung to, in traditional Lucille's manner. I also bought her a Jello injector and one of the bouncers gave it to her. This was very entertaining for everyone. After the piano bar we went to Buckhead's that is a dance club but to me it felt more like a sports bar with the dead animals on the wall. Elsa got drunk at the this bar and the Bachelor party found us. She and Dan were cute but broke all the rules for Last Night Out parties. I was upset about this but I met the guy that I'm walking down the aisle with, Blake. He and I chatted the whole night and decided about 3 or 4 times that we disagreed too much and we couldn't walk together. I think that the wedding will be fun anyways. After bar close Elsa went home with her maid-of-honor, Amber, and Blake walked me to my car. I was going to take him to Dan's place but first we had to find Dan. Turns out Dan thought he was walking North when he was really going South. Once I found out where I was, we found Dan and I got both of them home safe. I got home around 3:30am.
Today, I drove back to the UP. I've been waiting to get back since I found out that Lacee was going to be back. I really wanted to be there hanging out with Doc and loving it. The problem is that Doc is moving to New Orleans in 8 days, well 7 now. I can't get over the fact that he won't be in the UP anymore. He came over while I was unpacking and things felt kind of awkward since we were both waiting for something to happen. We both had the first kiss of the New Year and then he said something I never thought I would hear for a few years, "I love you." This kind of freaked me out and I have some thinking to do. I really do Love him but I'm not sure I can bring myself to say it. I hope that stopping by his work and saying that I'm Doc's girl made him feel a lot better. I think I need to get used to being together with him, I have a week to do it. I hope to make the best of it.
The New Year brings lots of hockey in very little time. Northern plays on Tuesday against MI Tech at Houghton. Then a home series versus Bowling Green. Can not wait for the games this semester!
