My mom's younger brother Joe is about 15 years her junior.  Joe's first child Aidan was born when he was about 40.  He and his wife Tracy had their second son Liam a couple years ago.  And I gotta say, it's both really cool and kinda pretty weird to be 22 with two boy cousins, one 3-years-old and the other 15-months-old ( Read more... )

...You have the time of your life. I bitched quite a bit about how my Thanksgiving break was going to suck, that it wasn't at all like I wanted it to be, but it all turned out really well. Better than well. It was great. Nothing mind-blowing happened or anything, it was just a very feel-good time with family, and for me, there's not much that ( Read more... )

Okay, today was very autumnesque, but in a pleasant sort of way. However, I made the mistake of leaving for Japanese class with no jacket, just my t-shirt. I walked faster, though, so at least I didn't arrive to class late. Japanese was nice today. My last katakana quiz went well, and we practiced tomorrow's dialogue, which I have mostly down ( Read more... )

Oh, yesterday was a blessed day. My mom and aunt Mary Ann drove up to drop off the Explorer. I figured they would arrive about the time I finished with my laundry, but that was a foolish assumption. The actual arrival time ended up being about three in the afternoon, a little over two hours late. It worked well, though, because I finished my ( Read more... )