BLUEBERRILY FOR TWO

We slept in a lovely amount and then worked on the packages of Aussie goodies we are trying to get sent off to our siblings. In the evening the Picketts came over to cash in their dinner from the 'dinner and a movie' coupon we gave them two years ago for Nikki's birthday. Chili's was delicious and then we did some browsing at the neighboring ROSS. We came back to our apartment for the evening and hung out a bit. We broke out our last four blueberry cheesecake pops to share and visited some more. After they left they rang the doorbell shortly after and had some white briefs at the end of a stick and said, "We found your undies." We sure love the Picketts.

SUBMIT

Well, I did it. I have officially sent off my resume and portfolio to Adobe; cross your fingers that I get it. I really hope I get it. My friend says I should know by next week. I am feeling pretty dumb though. I realized when I got home that I had made a mistake; I sent them a PDF with links in it so that the things that were animated (a video I have on vimeo.com and a couple of animated GIFs on our corporate site) could link out to the URL, but it turns out I sent them the one that didn't have it linked. Boo. Tonight, I was completely drained; between working, trying to get together this portfolio so quickly, and taking care of a sick Tyler, I was exhausted. Luckily, Tyler took care of me: he made me soft mashed potatoes for my sore throat and some yummy pudding to soothe the pain.

HOT EATS, COOL TREATS

Stephanie and her brand spankin' new fiancee came over tonight to flesh out what they would like for their announcement. I offer to all of my friends a design for their announcement, free as a wedding gift, as long as they pay for the printing. The soon-to-be-Christiansen's have some pretty great ideas, although they couldn't decide on a blue. After I messed around a bit to get a rough idea of what they wanted, they treated me to some Chick-fil-a. We then hung out for a bit until Tyler got home from work, then we treated them to some Sonic shakes. Good times with our future married friends.

HUMP DAY

Poor Tyler. Today was the worst of the worst of being sick for him. He coughed so much today and still had to go to school, write a paper, and go into work. After work he went and bought milk and cookies, because that always cheers him up—especially new flavors of Oreos. In other news, I messaged my friend today who works at Adobe. He posted on Facebook a couple of days ago that they were looking for some designers. Both Sydney and I have jumped on the opportunity, for they are in need of four designers in the next month. He seemed optimistic and I told him I'd get him a portfolio link by the end of the week. Better get crackin'—I'm so nervous!

GET IN LINE

I feel like I am on the downhill of my sickness. Tyler, on the other hand, got hit hard today with the sickness. I have had the last three days to rest up and get my body back to normal, but Tyler has been busy taking care of me, going to school, and working long hours. Today was even worse for him because he went into work an hour earlier than he usually does. Once he was home, I made him lay on the couch and watch the Katy Perry documentary on Netflix (that's what I did over the weekend while I was sick) while I made him sweet potato fries and a sandwich. Tyler is way better at these fries than I am—specifically laying them out on the pan so they fit just perfect. I think I did an okay job though, yes?

BEING A BABY

Work was such a blur; my cold is getting worse and worse it feels like. By the middle of the day I felt like the ultimate low-life and couldn't concentrate one bit. I opted to go home and get some rest, taking the latter half of the day to work from home. I got home and got to see Tyler a bit before he had to go to work at 6 p.m. In the evening I laid in bed reading some of my books that Tyler gave me for my birthday. I mostly just looked at the pictures (I'm completely in love with these watercolor illustrations from Shel) and glanced at the words because reading was the last thing my brain could do.

CHRISTMAS SNOT

I woke up this morning in no shape to go to nursery. I felt terrible, tired, achy, full of snot, and highly contagious I'm sure. Tyler was trying to decide if he was going to go, but ended up getting subs for the both of us. We slept the whole day away, only waking to clear our heads of snot. Tyler went into work in the evening and almost ended up needing to not work at all. In the end he stuck around for his full shift and actually started feeling better. I on the other hand feel like I am getting worse. It's such a pigsty around here; might I point out the Christmas plate on the coffee table from my dinner? That's because we are so out of dishes, that we've dipped into the holiday ones we never use. Bah humbug.