I'm back!

It's been a bloggy break for me, but I'm back. I know there must have been at least four of you that were freaking out!

D and I spent the last week in beautiful Beavercreek, Colorado. But, before getting to the good stuff, let's travel back in time, to Thursday, July 23, a time when innocence was shattered and dreams were crushed.....

Food poisoning. I'd never had it before, and I hope I never have it again. D and I picked up chinese food from Qin Dynasty, a place close to my mom's house. We'd eaten there several times before without incident, but we made the mistake of ordering a new dish that had shrimp and scallops in it. Ug, I should have known from the first bite that it was bad news, but we kept eating. And we got horribly, horribly sick. And I didn't get over the last of my food sickness related "symptoms" (I won't go into detail) until last Friday. A full week later. Major suck.

To make it even better, when D called to report what happened to us and ask for a refund of our meal (all of about $30), the manager he spoke to was vile, accused him of lying, said they had no record of our order (even though we paid with a credit card and have the records to prove it), and startged laughing as D described his symptoms. This. meant. war.

We've reported them to the BBB and the health department. And I'm advising everyone I know to steer clear of that place. This is no time for poor customer service. Major suck on their part.

But, in happier news, we travelled to Colorado and had an amazing week. There was no TV or internet, and it was kind of refreshing to get away from it all. D's parents and grandparents were there, and we got to stay in his cousin's amazing 5,500 sq ft. mountain home. Seriously gorgeous. The views from the road coming up the mountain were spectacular. We drank wine, played board games, read lots of books, went on hikes.... it was a truly relaxing vacation. We got to go into Breckenridge, which is where my family had a home for years till my folks split. It was so fun! We went to the Alpine slide, which is a totally fun cement slide built into the side of a mountain. You take a ski lift to the top, and you ride a toboggan down, with a stick in the middle to control your speed. Of course, the only real fun speed is FAST :). We had lunch at the Breckenridge Brewery, and sampled many delicious local beers. One of my favorite parts of Colorado was all of the awesome local brews that you can only get in that area. MMMMMMM. :)

During lunch at the brewery, I started talking about some of my Breck memories, including how my family and I always used to eat my birthday dinner at a place called the Hearthstone, and I always got the prime rib. Well, D's folks announced that is what we would do the night before my birthday (because we had to leave CO on my birthday). And Hearthstone didn't disappoint! We had an amazing dinner. We started with baked brie and delicious corn soup, I moved on to the prime rib, D had Colorado lamb shank, and I got a double chocolate cake with a candle for dessert. All in all, a perfect birthday dinner.

Sadly, D and I had to return home on my birthday, so the actual day of was slightly lame. D made it better by buying me the hugest card know to man, and surprising me with Swirll with all my favorite toppings :). The trip to CO was my birthday gift, and what a great gift it was. Now I'm 27 and officially old!

Tomorrow is my next round of MD Anderson tests, so think good thoughts for me. I think after this round I got to drop down to only going in every 6 months. Yay! This weekend I'll be attending my first team in training practice. I'm excited, but I am so desperately out of shape. It's embarrassing. Oh well, I do it for the cause, not the glory ;).