Rest In Peace

Today was one of the saddest days in my entire life. We had to put Cosmo down this morning. Cosmo went to the bathroom three times inside the house just this morning. He couldn't control himself anymore and he didn't know what he was doing anymore. My dad said it was his time so he woke Kristi up at 10am so she could come along to help because I had to go to school. I was balling all morning and I couldn't even control myself but its so hard because Cosmo has been with us for so long.
My dad was terribly sad almost to the point of crying and he said we were just going to drop Cosmo off at the vet and say goodbye. One of my dads old cats Bridget ran away and was never seen again and the other one Barney had to be put down and my dad didn't want to do this again. My sister was extremely sad and said she wanted to stay with Cosmo but my dad didn't think she could handle it.
Today has been a sad dreary day, I could barley control myself at school. I just wanted to burst out crying because I was so upset about Cosmo. I don't want to get another dog because I never want to replace Cosmo.
We picked Cosmo out from Mrs Noah's Pet store on June 3, 1995 in Roselle near the Library. That pet store isnt even there anymore, its been gone for a long time. Kristi would have been around two and half years old then and I would have been around seven years old. Cosmo had such cute brown ears and lots of brown spots on his face and all over his fur back then as a puppy. He was the cutest dog in the whole wide world! Cosmo would have been 16 this June 3rd.
Towards the end of his time he started going to the bathroom in the house every day multiple times a day. He constantly wanted to go outside and then he would come back inside and go to the bathroom on the floor. I know it gets annoying dealing with that everyday but I don't care how much he went on the floor I still loved him very much.

R.I.P
Cosmo Mickow- April 19, 2011

Blanket Delivery!

That's right, my mother finally finished two identical blankets for baby's Lillian and Gwyneth. We went over to visit the twins at Owen and Donna's today and we dropped off the blankets. Instead of the usual granny squares that my mom does she did a different style blanket this time. It looks stunning, I really love it! Now that she has all this free time she's going to start on my blanket. I want a blanket just like the ones she made for Lillian and Gwyneth but I want mine to contain bright flashy colors.
On each blanket she made for the twins she stitched in there initials in the corner so they'll always know which blanket is which. This time we were actually able to tell the two baby's apart because they were wearing separate outfits.

Gwyneth Austin Burritt













Lillian Janice Burritt













If I remember correctly Lillian is in red and Gwyneth is in green.

Pink Eye

Yesterday night Kristi came to my mother saying she had an abnormal amount of eye buggers. She was pretty sure she had pink eye right away, that's the only explanation. Nobody has given us a for sure yes that she does have pink eye but its kind of obvious she does. She's not sure where she could of gotten it from but it is highly contagious. Now that Kristi has pink eye my family is kind of going neat freak for the time being. We want to keep everything clean and make sure we're not using the same towels or hygiene stuff as she is. We're all trying to wash are hands alot and we're trying to stay away from Kristi is basically what it comes down to. Better safe than sorry, am I right?
Today she woke up and her eye was completely swollen shut with gunk. She had to clean it out and even after doing that she could still only open her eye half way. My dad is taking her to the doctor today to see what we can do about this.
Kristi wouldn't let me take a picture of her so you'll just have to imagine her with one eye swollen and very pink. In the words of my sister, "Comere... I'll give you pink eye and you can take a picture of yourself".

Back Again

Today I started back to school already and I am definitely not prepared at all. My Business of Photography class which was suppose to be a morning class got changed so one of its days is a night class and the other is a morning. I was notified of this through email that it had been changed while I was on break. I was very confused about my online schedule after the change. I was confused what days that class was supposed to be on and what the times were. Everything was really messed up on my online schedule. It showed I didn't have class until 6:00 pm on Mondays but just to be sure I woke up at 8:00 am this morning so I could make it to school and get my offical schedule just to make sure I didn't have that class in the morning. Sure enough on my final complete paper copy of my schedule it shows I don't have class until 6:00 pm on Mondays so I woke up early for nothing and drove to school only to pick up my schedule and go home. Now I just wait until 5:30 so I can drive back to school for my class at 6:00-9:50 pm. Better safe than sorry I guess, missing the first day would of been a real pain.
My Monday class is apparently called a split class which I've never had before but that's what the lady called it. It meets on Monday's and Saturday's. Odd, right? I'm so mad that I have to go on Saturdays but there was nothing else I could do. Its only from 9:00 am- 10:50 am so I think I can survive. My school has a very strict class availability, only certain classes are offered during certain quarters at certain times. You never have alot of choices, you basically don't get to choose anything at all. Its all done for you and your booted out the door as quickly as possible. That's one thing I absolutely hate about the scheduling at my school but theres not much I can do about it. I usually let my counsler know that mornings is what I want and would be better for me and I get what I get is basically what it comes down to.
Anyways, my other two classes fall on Tuesday and Thursday and the times are even perfect for once. One starts at noon so I dont even have to wake up early! That class ends at 1:50 and the other will start at 3:00 pm and go until 5:50. Overall I'm happy with my schedule, its not to bad. I think I'll survive and I even have Wednesdays and Fridays off which will be nice for a break in the week.

Girls just wanna have fun

Our night at the Rodeway in turned out to be amazing after all. I do admit the place was a little run down but it was nothing like the reviews I read. The window in the room made it feel like we were in jail, the mattresses didn't have mattress covers but only one sheet covering them and the room was very tiny with everything packed together. I don't really have any other complaints though because the man was very friendly and unlike most of the reviews I read the room was actually very clean. The room not being clean was one of our main concerns.
We had a little bathroom and sink area, a closet, TV, two beds and even a refrigerator and a microwave. Chandra and I were a little worried before hand but when we got to the room we were relived because it wasn't as bad as we were expecting.
After decorating the room we went and picked up our friend Ceila who thought the surprise was that we were all going out to dinner. We drove halfway to the hotel and then we made her put on a blind fold and we had to guide her into the hotel. When we got to the door she took of her blind fold and saw a bow on the door. She walked inside to a decorated room and was kind of confused. "Surprise, we're staying over night! We planned the whole thing with your family and your sister even packed your bag for you". She was very surprised and we all had a great time that night.
For dinner we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise and they even sang to her there.
Overall it was a fun night but I don't think I'll ever be staying at the Rodeway in again. Next time we'll pay the little extra money and stay somewhere good for another girls night and we'll make sure to read the reviews before we book the room.

Decorating the room


























Room #445













Picking up the birthday girl Ceila.













Blind fold













Cheeseburger in Paradise for Dinner


























We all fit in the closet!













The chocolate cake I made.













Jumping on the beds. A hotel room experience is never complete without some jumping on the beds.













Our lovley view...

Rodeway Inn

So my friend Chandra and I planned a surprise hotel party girls night for our good friend Ceila. Today on April fools is her 22nd birthday so we've planned it for tonight. We're going to surprise her and take her to the hotel tonight but she thinks the surprise is that her sister invited Chandra and I out to dinner with her and her family. She has no idea about the hotel party we've planned.
Now Chandra and I booked the hotel room through Expedia a while back and it seemed great. We looked at pictures of the room, it has a pool and it even showed that it has a free continental breakfast in the morning. This hotel is right in Glen Ellyn so its even close to home as well. We've been really excited about this for a while now and we've been secretly planning all the details with her sister.
Today is the day we're supposed to be going to this hotel and Chandra and I looked up reviews of this place on a few different websites and they are not good at all. What we thought was going to an amazing night of fun things and staying over in a hotel room might turn out to be not what we expected at all. We cant judge until we actually get there and see for ourselfs but what people are saying about this place isnt good. Chandra and I are going to the hotel ahead of time to decorate it before we pick up Ceila so we'll find out then.

A few of reviews I found online:

"Horrible, Worst Hotel Ever!... bad service, no elevators, people made me feel unsafe. The room was terribly dirty and the staff was unfriendly"

"BED BUGS!!!!!!!... ABSOLUTLEY NASTY!! The hotel has a disgusting smell that actually gave me a headache"

"Do not stay here... this was the worst hotel I have ever been to. The hallway smelled like mold and smoke. The room was dirty and had roaches"

"What a Dump!!!! This was the dirtist, nastiest hotel I have ever been to. I highly recommend that you do not go here. Staying on the street would be cleaner...and the smell, the worst!!!"

Chandra and I dont want to jump to conclusions but we might end up staying at one of our houses or anywhere else. Will see how things go when we get there.

Serpentine Belt

Today started out as a perfectly great day. I didn't have work today so I was able to sleep in really late. I woke up around 10 am and I was very excited all day because my friends and I were going to be going skating for the $1 Wednesday skate at Coachlite skate rink in Roselle later on. Unfortunately my one friend had no ride because his car was broke and in the shop so he had to cancel. My other friend Jessica and I were still planning on going by ourselves up until last minute. I'm about to leave in like ten minutes and head to our work to meet up with her when she calls me and tells me she got loaded with homework tonight and wouldn't be able to make it either. This fun roller skating night that I had been looking forward to all week went completely downhill last minute. I was kind of sad because I had really wanted to go. Even more disappointing was that John kept saying, "I have a surprise for you" all day Tuesday. On Monday we were supposed to hang out but he ended up having a million things to do so he had to cancel with me. I thought he meant he had a surprise for me on Thursday when we were going to hang out to make up for Monday when he had to ditch me but no...
Turns out he gave his shift away tonight so he could come skating. He goes to Coachlite and calls me from there and says "where are you? are you guys at coachlite?" I explained to him that Jessica had canceled on me and I wasn't going anymore. The surprise was that he was going to show up and skate with us and I didn't know it. I could of still gone there and met up with him and we could of skated.
So forget the whole skate thing. John says never mind skating just come over to my house and we'll hang out. So I'm driving on the highway and not only do I miss my exit to get off and start heading to John's house but my car starts making all these weird noises. John's really into cars so I call him right away and try to explain the situation. He says he doesn't really know whats wrong but to just keep coming over we'll look at it then. I get back onto the road and start driving some more and all the sudden I have to pull over again because my car is starting to lock up. The AVS light turns on which means theres something wrong with the breaks I guess. I don't know anything about cars but apparently my serpentine belt snapped. My car wont even start back up so John has his friend Joe who's a certified mechanic on his way to find me and there both in separate vehicles trying to track me down. Me being the terrible with directions type of person that I am can barley tell them where I am. I'm trying to explain the area like ten thousand times. Finally John comes and rescues me and takes me home where I still have to pick up the gold car and drive back out the Jess and Carl's house. Now while this is all happening, Kristi's car has also broken down in Wheaten and my parents have to deal with getting her car toed as well. Luckily John's best friend Joe is a certified mechanic and his family owns a toe company so I got off lucky. John and Joe toed my car to AMC where we work and he'll fix the serpentine belt tomorrow morning when he can get the part. We went all over trying to find the belt tonight and nobody had it. It was late so places were closing so we have to wait until tomorrow. My car should be back to normal tomorrow I hope. We couldnt leave my car on the side of the highway over night or the cops would probably pick it up so I guess its a good thing I missed my exit because I was very close to work. John and Joe were able to use there vehicals to get my car into the parking lot at my work.