I'm Allergic to Kansas

I spent all last week visiting Kansas. I haven't really spent a lot of time in Kansas the last few years which was enough to make me forget that my allergies get really bad EVERY time I spend more than a day there. I don't know what it is that floats around in the air in Kansas, but my body hates it. I went to Kansas for my fall break because I needed to get away from everything work and school-related for a bit. It's all been pretty over-whelming.

So I flew in on Saturday, the 10th and by Sunday morning I felt like crap on toast. I pretty much felt crappy the whole week. I couldn't breathe through my nose at all, I was totally congested, my eyes watered like crazy, and one morning my eyes were literally glued shut. It was gross. Friday night my arms completely broke out in hives, so that made my flight back to Utah Saturday an itchy, uncomfortable ride. I drugged up on allergy meds and benedryl to try to get rid of the hives. It worked, but I was too drugged to go to work Saturday night. So yeah, kind of a crappy week. It's almost got me convinced to go get an allergy test done to figure out what all I'm actually allergic to. I say almost, cause that would mean I would have to find a doctor in Utah and I hate finding new doctors.

Only kind of though. I did get to spend some quality time with two of my best friends, Miranda and Serina. I also got to spend an afternoon with my oldest brother which was cool. I probably get to see him the least of all my siblings. I wish he lived closer. I hung out a couple of days with Miranda and her almost 4 year old twins. They both told me I was their best friend at different points and I watched the Care Bear movie with them, so it that was fun too.

So as I've mentioned before, I have pretty much the cutest godson ever. In June his family moved to Kansas so that his 5 half-siblings could be closer to their dad. I can't hold that against them, cause I think it's great that they get to see their dad more, but I sure miss them all a lot. I used to go hang out with them at least every other weekend when they lived here in Utah. So David (the really cute godson) turns one today and I wanted to be there for his first birthday party, so they held it a week early while I was visiting. It was pretty cool. I just wish I had felt better. Here's a few pictures from his party.It was probably one of the largest parties for a first birthday I've ever been to, but it also probably had the best food, so I definitely enjoyed it.

He wasn't real fond of the birthday hat, but I was able to snap a picture before he tried to rip it off.He really liked his chocolate cupcake too.

This was one of the things that I gave David for his birthday. It's a Lightning McQueen ride on toy. He LOVES it. I also got him a Utah Utes hoodie (the one he's wearing in the picture at the top of this post) and some other cute little clothes that he wasn't real interested in.