Lo' and behold...
Wow. I've been lazy with updates. You'll have to excuse me. Just much has been going on, and it's been my birthday, and other birthdays are coming up, and school is starting up soon, and I've been meeting some people. Etc., etc., etc. Speaking of school, my brother actually left to head back a while ago. I'll miss him, I'm sure.
Oh. Great, but sort of scary news. I've gotten back in touch with my father today. Or, yesterday. He called to wish me a happy birthday and all. I know, I know, it was my birthday so of course he's going to call. But he didn't really call last year, or the year before that. Hence, why I was quite nervous. Okay, admittedly REALLY nervous. "I wanted to chew off my finger nails and play jigsaw puzzles with the remains" type of nervous. But he ended up calling a few hours after my anxiety had died down, and we chatted for a bit. It definitely wasn't as awkward as I was imagining it to be. I was surprised by how different he kind of sounded over the phone, though he still sounded the same for the most part. We chatted about the usual, but the extra nice thing was that we found a main common interest: Photography. When I told him that I was into it and taking a class this year on it, he then revealed that he's really into photography too and that he's actually gone professional with it. Doing portraits, weddings, etc. Color me impressed. :) I never even knew or would've guessed that he was into photography at all, so it was really, really nice to talk to him about that. I don't want to jump on the wagon too soon, but I'm hoping that we'll be able to become closer eventually. I was nearly tearing up the whole time (and a little bit afterwards) that we were on the phone. Just cause I hadn't heard from him in a long while. I've even got excited and hopeful up to the point of me wanting to go visit him and spend some time with him, Iike I've always wanted to do but never had the chance. But I know I have to take this one small step at a time, as not to possibly ruin things too quickly and be let down.
On another note, I did a little online shopping today for school, and I finally bought the Chanel lipstick I'd been wanting for who knows how long now. It was Chanel Hydrabase in Vamp, a deep wine colored lipstick. I've heard a lot of good things about it, and I'm completely excited to wear it. Counting down the days til' it arrives! I'm also excited for this one sandy white V neck t-shirt I ordered. Is it also odd to notice that my eyelashes have possibly grown? I never really paid attention to them all that much before because, well, they weren't bad or anything. I just never thought them to be anything special. But it seems that they're coming along sort of nicely? If that's even possible to the point of being noticeable or if I'm just being dramatic, I have no idea.
So I've kind of been talking to this guy. Well, actually, these two guys. And it's not really a problem... they're both equally nice, but it just got me wondering about how much my interest in a guy depends on intelligence. Not Einstein intelligence but, I don't know..."stimulating conversation", as they say. I know I need to have someone who has opinions, who knows them, and who is really passionate about them. Passionate about talking about them, and knowing about other people. My mother said that I'm picky, so she just might be right.
Well, it's past 8 AM, so I guess I'm going to bed. I was going to detail on my birthday but, let's just say it was super lovely and I couldn't have asked for anything better. Maybe later. Going to check my email then off to bed. Oh geez. Show Choir/Chorus practice in a few days. Yeah. School's definitely starting up soon.
P.S. - Congratulations Michael Phelps on your Olympic gold :)
Oh. Great, but sort of scary news. I've gotten back in touch with my father today. Or, yesterday. He called to wish me a happy birthday and all. I know, I know, it was my birthday so of course he's going to call. But he didn't really call last year, or the year before that. Hence, why I was quite nervous. Okay, admittedly REALLY nervous. "I wanted to chew off my finger nails and play jigsaw puzzles with the remains" type of nervous. But he ended up calling a few hours after my anxiety had died down, and we chatted for a bit. It definitely wasn't as awkward as I was imagining it to be. I was surprised by how different he kind of sounded over the phone, though he still sounded the same for the most part. We chatted about the usual, but the extra nice thing was that we found a main common interest: Photography. When I told him that I was into it and taking a class this year on it, he then revealed that he's really into photography too and that he's actually gone professional with it. Doing portraits, weddings, etc. Color me impressed. :) I never even knew or would've guessed that he was into photography at all, so it was really, really nice to talk to him about that. I don't want to jump on the wagon too soon, but I'm hoping that we'll be able to become closer eventually. I was nearly tearing up the whole time (and a little bit afterwards) that we were on the phone. Just cause I hadn't heard from him in a long while. I've even got excited and hopeful up to the point of me wanting to go visit him and spend some time with him, Iike I've always wanted to do but never had the chance. But I know I have to take this one small step at a time, as not to possibly ruin things too quickly and be let down.
On another note, I did a little online shopping today for school, and I finally bought the Chanel lipstick I'd been wanting for who knows how long now. It was Chanel Hydrabase in Vamp, a deep wine colored lipstick. I've heard a lot of good things about it, and I'm completely excited to wear it. Counting down the days til' it arrives! I'm also excited for this one sandy white V neck t-shirt I ordered. Is it also odd to notice that my eyelashes have possibly grown? I never really paid attention to them all that much before because, well, they weren't bad or anything. I just never thought them to be anything special. But it seems that they're coming along sort of nicely? If that's even possible to the point of being noticeable or if I'm just being dramatic, I have no idea.
So I've kind of been talking to this guy. Well, actually, these two guys. And it's not really a problem... they're both equally nice, but it just got me wondering about how much my interest in a guy depends on intelligence. Not Einstein intelligence but, I don't know..."stimulating conversation", as they say. I know I need to have someone who has opinions, who knows them, and who is really passionate about them. Passionate about talking about them, and knowing about other people. My mother said that I'm picky, so she just might be right.
Well, it's past 8 AM, so I guess I'm going to bed. I was going to detail on my birthday but, let's just say it was super lovely and I couldn't have asked for anything better. Maybe later. Going to check my email then off to bed. Oh geez. Show Choir/Chorus practice in a few days. Yeah. School's definitely starting up soon.
P.S. - Congratulations Michael Phelps on your Olympic gold :)