hi2u
life has been great lately. last december, we moved into a new apartment on bayfront parkway. the view is really nice... pensacola bay and three mile bridge.
(not in picture) if you look to the far right, you see the fish house/atlas. but if you look middle right, you see the port (not that great). when ships are in port, it's sort of neat, but otherwise it looks like a big factory or something. oh well.
i adore my kitchen. i've never had this much space to cook or even store all of my kitchen gadgets. it's great. :D i've been practicing my cooking skillzz.. which are good to fair on a lot of things, and poor to total shit on others. i've gotten really good at things like stir fry, homemade soup, sketti... but i'm still lacking in the made from scratch muffins department.
but living here gives me the opportunity to walk to work. it takes me about 4 minutes to walk from my door to my desk, so that is super nice. the walk is very pleasant too.. it's down alcaniz so i'm passing seville square, hub stacey's, dharma blue, etc. tons of flowers and trees and bumble bees and such. matthew sold his car when we moved here because he also walks to work. having one car has it's challenges, but it's working out well. we rarely drive that much anyway.
work is going well.. they gave me a pseudo promotion (barely an increase in money) but with benefits. this is the first time in my life that i've gotten benefits. it's quite nice. it makes me feel grown up. however, i have to share my office with a 65 year old accountant who loves the fact that he can listen to gospel and rush limbaugh on his computer. all day. and he has the a/c on 55 all day. so i have to bundle up in a cardigan and a space heater under my desk. he keeps trying to save me. and he also thinks that my parents were poor disciplinarians because i "don't respect my elders". i do. the ones who don't impose their religious or political beliefs on me. but i guess it could be much worse.
i'm a vegetarian again. almost vegan but not quite. i sometimes have cheese. i love cheese. especially parmesan. otherwise, almost all of my other food is vegan. tons of fresh veggies and tofu. fresh fruit smoothies. whole grains. it's yummy and tastes much better than the processed crap that i've gotten used to over the years.
i am 25 now. really old. really really really old. not really. but it's the weird age where all you think about is: should i be more grown up that this? omg my "young" stuff is almost over, should i be enjoying it more? is this too old to get sloppy drunk? shouldn't i be making more money that this now? if i wait too long to have babies will they have problems? when will all of the aches and pains that everyone promised start? if i continue to act like a kid, will anyone notice?
i celebrated my birthday in grayton beach at a beach house that had a farmer's market type place under it. it was precious. i can't wait to go back. the shopkeeper lady was so sweet and gave us a huge tomato to add to our pasta. she had all kinds of fruits and veggies and little crafty stuff.
fafi has gotten huge. i think she's at 13 pounds right now... and she's only 11 months old. she's going to be a huge kitteh. she's still pretty bitchy and playful, hopefully she will grow out of that and be a sweet little snuggler.
i'm a student, again. i'm in grad school at FSU getting my MLIS, with a focus in youth services and school media. i'm going to be a school librarian! i want to do middle school. at some little middle school in a quiet seaside town in the middle of nowhere. matthew is thinking about going to medical school. so that is also exciting. he is still really into tennis... playing four-five times a week on two different teams. he is so cute in his tennis outfit. haha. i am so in love with him.
i'm going to be an aunt soon. my baby brother and his girlfriend, devin, are having a baby boy in may. they are planning on naming him zander stone. i can't wait. being an aunt is perfect because you get to do all the fun stuff with them but give them back when they get fussy, poopy, or sick. :P
zack and devin
zander
<3
(not in picture) if you look to the far right, you see the fish house/atlas. but if you look middle right, you see the port (not that great). when ships are in port, it's sort of neat, but otherwise it looks like a big factory or something. oh well.
i adore my kitchen. i've never had this much space to cook or even store all of my kitchen gadgets. it's great. :D i've been practicing my cooking skillzz.. which are good to fair on a lot of things, and poor to total shit on others. i've gotten really good at things like stir fry, homemade soup, sketti... but i'm still lacking in the made from scratch muffins department.
but living here gives me the opportunity to walk to work. it takes me about 4 minutes to walk from my door to my desk, so that is super nice. the walk is very pleasant too.. it's down alcaniz so i'm passing seville square, hub stacey's, dharma blue, etc. tons of flowers and trees and bumble bees and such. matthew sold his car when we moved here because he also walks to work. having one car has it's challenges, but it's working out well. we rarely drive that much anyway.
work is going well.. they gave me a pseudo promotion (barely an increase in money) but with benefits. this is the first time in my life that i've gotten benefits. it's quite nice. it makes me feel grown up. however, i have to share my office with a 65 year old accountant who loves the fact that he can listen to gospel and rush limbaugh on his computer. all day. and he has the a/c on 55 all day. so i have to bundle up in a cardigan and a space heater under my desk. he keeps trying to save me. and he also thinks that my parents were poor disciplinarians because i "don't respect my elders". i do. the ones who don't impose their religious or political beliefs on me. but i guess it could be much worse.
i'm a vegetarian again. almost vegan but not quite. i sometimes have cheese. i love cheese. especially parmesan. otherwise, almost all of my other food is vegan. tons of fresh veggies and tofu. fresh fruit smoothies. whole grains. it's yummy and tastes much better than the processed crap that i've gotten used to over the years.
i am 25 now. really old. really really really old. not really. but it's the weird age where all you think about is: should i be more grown up that this? omg my "young" stuff is almost over, should i be enjoying it more? is this too old to get sloppy drunk? shouldn't i be making more money that this now? if i wait too long to have babies will they have problems? when will all of the aches and pains that everyone promised start? if i continue to act like a kid, will anyone notice?
i celebrated my birthday in grayton beach at a beach house that had a farmer's market type place under it. it was precious. i can't wait to go back. the shopkeeper lady was so sweet and gave us a huge tomato to add to our pasta. she had all kinds of fruits and veggies and little crafty stuff.
fafi has gotten huge. i think she's at 13 pounds right now... and she's only 11 months old. she's going to be a huge kitteh. she's still pretty bitchy and playful, hopefully she will grow out of that and be a sweet little snuggler.
i'm a student, again. i'm in grad school at FSU getting my MLIS, with a focus in youth services and school media. i'm going to be a school librarian! i want to do middle school. at some little middle school in a quiet seaside town in the middle of nowhere. matthew is thinking about going to medical school. so that is also exciting. he is still really into tennis... playing four-five times a week on two different teams. he is so cute in his tennis outfit. haha. i am so in love with him.
i'm going to be an aunt soon. my baby brother and his girlfriend, devin, are having a baby boy in may. they are planning on naming him zander stone. i can't wait. being an aunt is perfect because you get to do all the fun stuff with them but give them back when they get fussy, poopy, or sick. :P
zack and devin
zander
<3