It was pointed out to me the other day by a good friend just how long it has been since I've blogged. And now I realize why; I've been sitting here with this first sentance written for over 20 minutes. I guess that I have so much to say I don't even know where to start.
As most of you know, but maybe not all of you, my dad's boss gave our family a vaccation. We ate at these extravagent places too. He gave us 200$ gift certificates to two really nice restaurants where the bill went over that. And although the food was good I couldn't believe how expensive it was!! oh but the chocolate souffle....mmmm mmmm mmmm. We were also his guests at the country club and one day we spent under the beach umbrella's. I was drinking a strawberry dacarie, and we all would take breaks in the water to cool off. We also went to see a lighthouse, picked up about 3 lbs. of shells off the beach, stayed out for the sunsets, spent time on the lanai, walked around the different shops in downtown Fort Myers, saw part of an airshow, saw the coolest rainbow that went ALL the way around the sun, played some regular oooooold nintendo and reminisced, and all four of us just had a really good time just being with one another, though admittedly by the end of the week I was really ready for some more and different human contact.
I got it just as I came back from FL too, because on Sunday, the day after we got back, was my uncle's 50th suprise birthday party. It's kind of funny because the 50th birthday is working it's way down the family. My mom is one of 7 and they were all born a year or two apart, so every year or so someone turns 50. But anyway, had a very nice time over there got to see a close friend of the family's that I haven't seen since my graduation trip. And I haven't seen much at all of my family lately since I've been at school and it's not as easy for me to make it home with all the stuff I have to do up there. So I had very much fun. Afterwards I spent the night at grandma's house and had more time to spend with her my aunt and kamero. We watched the newest Wallace and Grommit movie and it was funny. We had a memorial day picnic the next day. That's when we always used to have our family reunions. I am sooo glad that we are all so close that we can get together and have family reunions all the time...but I miss having the big celebration every year. And although the picnic was looovely, I almost wish my parents hadn't been coming or that there wasn't a picnic because then I would have had a chance to ride home with kamero, I was hoping to be able to do that, we always have such a nice time!
My room is officially a disaster..the problem is I need to clean everything OUT before I have room for anything to go back IN. And then I have the dilema of ffinding places to put the things that I only need at school. I've got so much in my room that it makes it look small. I'd like to get the stereo system out of my room because it comes with huuuge speakers and is a huge system and neither the 5 disc CD changer works or the tape player. Pretty much the only thing that does is the record player and even though I don't listen to the records that often I still wouldn't want to lose it.
I miss Callalily so much. hehe I wonder if she's gotten all my postcards yet. *giggles* I got my pictures developed just as soon as I got home and there are some awesome ones of us in there, I can't wait for her to see them! I hope we don't get stuck in jobs that don't let us get to see each other, even if it's only for a weekend or two. If I get the one I'm hoping for I'll be getting paid 8.50/hr with more steady hours than retail. Even if it starts at the butt crack of dawn it will be worth it.
I highly recommend the book "A Seahorse Year" to everyone, but it was this part on page 6 that I knew I loved her writing style. I finished the book last night and it was suprisingly not cliche at all and very realistic, I like cliche endings though and so it'll take me a few times of reading this book to fall in love with the ending too..it really is an excellent book, and I'll shut up about it now so you can go get it from the library before I spoil it all. But still I would like you to read the part that made me fall in love with the book on page six. You need to know that Nan has a son around 16 who ran away and has not contacted any of them, and they're worrried that he maybe even didn't run away that he was taken or is hurt and so they're kind of frantic. Marina is Nan's lover and here is the passage. "Nan parts Marina's thighs with her hand, buries her hands, her tongue, in Marina, as desperately as if this is their last fuck on Earth. Marina shakes, but doesn't come yet. She pulls Nan up beside her in the twisted sheets. Nan is sweating and crying at the same time, and her lips feel rough and hot. Marina kisses Nan with deep purposeful kisses, wanting to draw the poison out, but they are both poisoned, so she can't. They can only pass the poison between them." How powerful is that? whoa, I love it.
As odd as this sounds, and believe me, anyone who knows me it's odd, I hate gardening and yard work, but I think that's what I'm going to do today. Guess I better go take a Claritin and look for some gardening gloves, but first it's a bit of lunch for me. Take care everyone!!!
