Well hi.
So if you thought I died in Vegas..
You were about half right.
I got back from Vegas with an occasional *cough cough*. You know, those dainty little coughs that come and go.
Well fast forward to last Tuesday, and I was like *COUGH URGGGGJROOOTHSKG COUGH* Phlegm everywhere. Eyes crossed. Fever. Kill me now. That kind of sick. And from there I went into a Nyquil-induced coma whence I emerged today. I dragged my booty back to work, resisted my urges to ram my car into the other lane during my morning commute, because clearly a broken leg or two wouldn’t be as bad as coming into work when I still am battling a chest cold and when my body decided that four days of 20 hours of sleep wasn’t enough because oh-my-goodness I’m still exhausted.
During this coma, I managed to sleep my way through our 2 year anniversary. A day when usually I would write an adorable post about how much I love my husband and we’re meant to be, with butterflies and doves fluttering about. Instead my anniversary will forever be marked by:
but my husband brought me jamba juice, crackers, cake, gatorade, and now getting me french fries. Exactly why we’re been married for 2 years
9:54 PM Jun 10th from Tweetie
There you go, the mark of a wonderful marriage: a husband who indulges your horrendous sick-person-appetite with whatever it is you’re craving because otherwise you’d just rather starve.
Luckily we did celebrate our anniversary properly while in Vegas a few weekends ago. A weekend that involved room service of Jalapeno poppers and Champagne, my first Bloody Mary with breakfast of course, a mani/pedi for me, getting outfitted by a seriously awesome Gap employee, fabulously fancy Chinese food at Fin, the front row at the Beatles LOVE, and Cale doubling up his gambling money before left for our flight home. The Beatles LOVE was AMAZING. I cried. We bonded with the other Beatles-obsessed woman sitting next to us. I almost died from the Blackbird flying 2 inches above my head. It was worth every single penny. Actually, it was worth the entire trip.
The next weekend I flew back to Vegas for a weekend of fun with bloggers. Some I read, some I didn’t. My pre-Vegas-cram-session of reading blogs didn’t end up happening. But by the end of the trip, my faith in humanity was restored. I’m most certainly the textbook definition of an introvert, so flying to Vegas where I did not know a single person “in real life” was without-a-doubt frightening. I was ready to back out. I was literally talking myself up until I was seated in the airplane. I got there and all my anxiety was gone the moment I walked into wishcake’s and my hotel room, helped myself to her wine, and waited for them to come meet me. Everyone was just as nice as I imagined, multiplied by five hundred. I felt a little behind because I missed the group dinner with all the introductions, but spent the weekend meeting everyone and having a good time. I always knew I could stalk their name and other details I missed when I got home. I concentrated on having fun during the short time we had together. It was truly a life-altering experience. I had sunshine paired with a Bud Light at the Luxor pool, amazing pasta at Mario Batali’s, cheap wine at Zefferino, and a tall margarita-dacquiri-something-who-cares-it-was-delicious at the Mirage. There were tons of laughs the entire time. I now know that I have friends all over the United States with whom could have a fabulous time. At any time. And who I fully expect to see next year because we must do this again. And it makes me despise the fact that I’m not called “Steph Corwin” in my “real life”.
Some of the many girls that are my new BFFs. Photo courtesy of the talented and sweet Elizabeth
As if my life hasn’t been exhausting enough, this weekend I am ecstatic to go to Bakersfield to meet my new little brother and sister-in-law, who were born the day Cale and I got back from Vegas. They are both healthy and at home with Cale’s dad and wife. The little boy looks like Cale and his dad, which just makes me so gushy and happy. I am looking forward to spending the entire day trading off holding them and taking pictures of them.
That’s my life in a nutshell. I’m sad that I’ve been out-of-commission the past few days, but if you want to know some good shows to watch while you are sick: Californication and United States of Tara. Though during my bouts of unconsciousness, I did end up having some pretty crazy dreams filled with sex, drugs, and tattoos, most certainly thanks to watching two entire seasons of Californication in the span of two days. Entertaining to say the least.
Tags: Being Married, Love, Memories, Travel
You definitely need to stop half dying when you go to Vegas! That’s a really cute picture! (can I photoshop my face in there and pretend I went?). I hope you have time to stop by when you’re in town
so glad you are back, the internet was lonely without you!
hey guess what? I MISS YOU. seriously, whyyyy don’t i live closer to you guys?! we need to meet up again, late night wine and bonding with you and kerri pretty much made my life. i’m so glad you’re feeling better though! i totally lost my voice somewhere over missourri i think.
xoxoxoxoxo
Feel better my sweet! And enjoy Bako!
I’m so, so glad I got to meet you in Vegas! Wee! Yes!
I’ve missed you Steph Corwin, and I can only hope that I’ll be lucky enough to meet you next year in Vegas! And Happy 2 Anniversary to the both of you!
I can’t even imagine Andrew’s dad having a baby right now. He has his hands full enough with his 20-something children! Wow.
Hope you feel better soon. I’m in a coma myself. But that is just pure exhaustion from trying to get the new house in shape.
xo
i never even got to meet you face to face! i saw you from across the room at zeffs, but still! i’m bummed about that…NEXT TIME!
I hope you’re feeling so much better now! And I wish we had gotten to spend more time together in Vegas.
Next time. And you’d better not get sick next time, either!
Hope all is well now! I had a cough start a week ago Saturday, and by Tuesday (also!) I felt like poop. Not as bad as you but I still stayed home Tuesday and Wednesday. My cough was gross, my throat was scratchy and I sounded like a dude. Sounding like a dude was good enough for me to stay home regardless of everything else!
Hope you start feeling better! You need a nice hot toddy; hot water, lemon, honey and whiskey. After a couple you might not feel completely better but after the whiskey you really won’t care as much.
Wow! First off, bummer that you were so sick
Hope you’re back to normal VERY SOON!
Second, Happy Anniversary! Brownie points to Cale for being such a good husband!
Vegas sounds amazing! I think every blogger who wasn’t a part of it is a bit envious of the wonderful time you guys had and the amazing friends you made!
I’m SO sorry you’ve been so sick!! How miserable!! I hope you’re feeling all better and back to normal soon.
Happy belated anniversary to you and Cale…. it’s a bummer you didn’t really get to celebrate, but how sweet of him to take such good care of you!!
Vegas sounds like SO MUCH FUN for all you girls. I’ve loved hearing everyone’s stories about it and seeing the pictures. So glad you got to go! Who knows, maybe I”ll come one year too
ohhhh, the twins! How fun you get to see them!! I cannot wait to see pictures!! I would say since you are going to be in Bako that we should all try to get together, but I don’t know if that will work out what with father’s day and all : / I’m sure you’re awfully busy this trip too!
I’m sorry we didn’t get to talk more. It was great meeting you though!
I hope you’re feeling all better by now! I can definitely see how Vegas would lower someone’s immune system, haha…
I can’t wait until the next meetup, but I might just be seeing you before then. My lease here is up in January, and every day of this heat is more persuasion to just move to the Bay area for the heck of it with or without law school!
So glad you’re feeling better!
And it looks like you had a fabulous time in Vegas! I’m so jealous! Wow, Love sounds amazing! I def want to check it out! that’s cute you had a bonding experience with other Beatles fans!
And the bloggers trip sounds like such a good time! I’m so jealous I wasn’t there.
Happy belated anniversary! Bummer you were sick on the actual day — but it sounds like your trip together was wonderful. And good thing Cale was so sweet and took care of you!
Oh, one more thing – Congrats on your new lil brother and sister!