Vegas Vacation

Yesterday I booked my summer trip to Vegas. I will be staying at the Wynn. It's suppose to be an incredible resort. A large group of my old friends are going to celebrate two 21st. birthdays. The last time I went to Vegas was with my immediate family, my grandma and my aunt and uncle. It was a horrible experience. My parents don't like anything fun. They don't drink or gamble. All they want to do is see show after show of the same crap. Both of my siblings were under the age of 21 so I had no one to do anything with and to top it all off I was about to have a vicious flare of Crohn's were I was bleeding non-stop. I am now in remission so this is my chance to show Vegas what I'm made of. Watch out Vegas, here I come!

Galleria Sale Alert

Today I had to run to the Galleria to return some stuff I ordered from www.neimanmarcus.com and came across a number of fabulous sales. The best had to be at Yves Saint Laurent or YSL for short. I am obsessed with their Tribute Platforms. They had them in a number of colors for $399! It took all my power not to buy a pair in every color. I think my favorite pair were the patent navy blue ones. The blue was very inky, almost a purple blue. They were incredible. So all I can say is that if you have the budget for beautiful shoes, this is the place to splurge.

Douche Bag Dad Award Winner Jon Gosselin

Today I have started a new category on Haute Times in the City. This is a category for the the biggest douche bag dad. What really makes a dad a douche bag you ask? I think the best way to describe a douche bag dad is to use Jon Gosselin as an example. For those of you who are not familiar with Jon Gosselin he is the father from the reality show "Jon and Kate Plus 8". He recently separated from his wife and by recently I mean a month ago. This week he was featured on the cover of practically every gossip magazine, right next to Michael Jackson, with his twenty two year old girlfriend in France. Shameless. I understand breakups are complicated. I know its important to move on with your life but this breakup involves 8 children. How are you going to leave all your children at home with their mom while you are jet setting with your new girlfriend? You must have a lot of balls to think that it is anywhere slightly acceptable to be prancing around Europe with your new girlfriend while your kids are chillin' at home. So for this Jon, you have now been crowned with the title of "Douche Bag Dad of the Week". Enjoy this honor because it will be the last thing that you will be awarded in the next century.

New Doctor

Today I made the trek down to the Houston Medical Center to meet a new Crohn's doctor. My current doctor is close to retirement so I need to find someone that I really like before I am forced to go to whatever doctor at the last minute. I'm always scared to try new doctors because I had a really bad experience the last time I attempted to find a new doctor. You can't blame me though, the last new doctor almost killed me with his lack of knowledge. Lets call the new doctor Dr. T. Dr. T actually spent a lot of time with me getting to know my medical history. He also had a very friendly demeanor, which is rare for smarty pants doctors. Usually doctors, particularly specialists have zero personality, which makes it hard as a patient to relate to. Overall, it was a very positive experience. I'm not a huge fan of the location, which is in Scurlock Towers. It seemed like the entire place was worn out and the decor looked straight out of a bad 80's movie. Yuck! I hope that I will not have to see him anytime soon but it is so important to develope a relationship when you are well so if I do have a flare the doctor knows what I look like healthy. At least this is one relationship where I can't get dumped! Despite having a great experience with the doctor I didn't have the best experience getting my blood drawn. Check out the "wonder woman" look I am rocking above. That is what happens when they poke you so many times that they have to wrap your wrists tightly to keep the bleeding at a minimum.

P.S. The doctor was so cute! Sorry I had to go there. Hahaha.

Playground vs. Office

I think we can all remember a time as a child on the playground and how the dynamics of the playground worked. You had your usual attendees. There was always a bully who would push all the other kids around generally make everyone's life hell. Then you had the popular girls who stood around talking about all the other girls that were not part of the group and trying to flirt with all the cute boys. In their teen years they will be known as "Mean Girls". You had the athletes who seemed to never stop moving. On the outskirts of the playground you could always find a loner plotting the next move on his Dungeons and Dragons game or the next Columbine incident. On the sidewalks of the playground you would find the more studious students reading a book or catching up on school work. I have no shame in saying I was the awkward girl on the sidewalk reading a book waiting to be harassed by one of the mean girls. Its so funny how some dynamics stay the same when it comes to the work place. Whether you like it or not the office is basically the playground for adults. Yes, the confrontations have evolved from minor scuffles on the playground to layoffs in the office. That bully as a child is most likely still a bully in the office place. You have all seen them. They treat everyone like second class citizens and take credit for others work. They are also known as "assholes". Most of the "mean girls" are out of the office environment all together. They either got knocked up by the athlete in high school or stayed home as a "house wife". These women always seem to re-enter the office environment as admins after going through a divorce. By this time their looks have faded and they are no longer the pretty popular girls. They are now the ladies in the office wearing too tight clothing and outdated hair styles. The loner as an adult is probably in the IT department keeping the network running and still playing Dungeons and Dragons every Friday night in his Mom's basement/garage. The athletes end up a sports coach for a middle school. The studious students are usually the true professionals. They are the Doctors, Lawyers, Financial wizards and CEO's of major corporations. The fights are still the same. One person doesn't like the other, they tell the boss and then someone is reprimanded. So basically the office place is filled with adults acting like children who get paid to annoy each other and sometimes actually do something productive.

4th of July Weekend

This weekend has been so jam packed for me. I was lucky enough to be surrounded by incredible friends all weekend. There was a lot of pool time mixed with never ending girl talk. Today I am laying in my bed until 7 pm when guests are scheduled to start flowing in. I am back at my parents house so I am sure the party will be very low key. So I hope everyone has enjoyed the holiday weekend and had a little time to sit back and relax.