Well, well. Fancy meeting you here in 2012!
I'm behind. I'm so behind. I kinda went totally dark during my stay in NJ rather than keeping up or doing anything I'd meant to while I was there.
Before I babble though... I disappear for a couple of weeks and suddenly everybody's leaving LJ? Has the storm passed, now? I do have a DW (same username) but I've never used it and never particularly set it up... Do I need to? :peers into the ether:
Right, anyway.
I love my parents, I do. But... There's something about that house. About the way they are, it sucks out my soul. I've said before I'd rather live on the street than move back, because moving back would be as good as dying, on the inside if not literally. This trip back just proved it.
Not that it was all bad. I adore my brother's girlfriend, Cassie. Adore her. To bits. She was my sanity while she was there.
Mom and I connected about as much as we're capable of, which was nice. Dad wasn't a dick, for once. Well, except for how he had a fight with my brother the day before I left so my brother left to visit a friend in Maryland early. I got to visit with my Auth Ruth and her husband Joe, whom I haven't seen in... Well, for a very ridiculously long time. Since before high school, I think. She had some neat stories about our ancestry, cos she's into doing family histories and things. Maybe when I get the stuff from her I'll share some of the stories she told us. I wouldn't re-tell them very well, unfortunately...
And there's the part where I bought my wedding dress. :g: We had an appointment at Kleinfeld, which was lovely. If anybody watches Say Yes to the Dress, it'll mean something to you to say my consultant was Audrey. She was quite lovely and very attentive. I got a Henry Roth dress (I believe the style is called Camille?)... and he was there doing a trunk show. He poked his head in, and was utterly kind and fabulous and asked all sorts of questions about what I do and what the wedding's meant to be like, and preceded to waive all sorts of fees we would have had to pay (like letting out the cup and the rush order fee...) and let us in on the trunk show sale, so that in the end, we paid half of what we should have full price.
Brilliant!
Keep in mind that this dress doesn't fit me... this was the sample dress. It's a size too small, and a cup size too small. But you can still see how lovely it is, and how lovely a properly sized one will be... What you can't see is the corset back, or the very small train. I think it's perfect. :)
So yes. I am still working on things, but of course I have finally given in and gotten sick... Cassie, Dad, and David have all been sick. With any luck, I've been fending it off just long enough that it won't hit me so badly. I hope...
Before I babble though... I disappear for a couple of weeks and suddenly everybody's leaving LJ? Has the storm passed, now? I do have a DW (same username) but I've never used it and never particularly set it up... Do I need to? :peers into the ether:
Right, anyway.
I love my parents, I do. But... There's something about that house. About the way they are, it sucks out my soul. I've said before I'd rather live on the street than move back, because moving back would be as good as dying, on the inside if not literally. This trip back just proved it.
Not that it was all bad. I adore my brother's girlfriend, Cassie. Adore her. To bits. She was my sanity while she was there.
Mom and I connected about as much as we're capable of, which was nice. Dad wasn't a dick, for once. Well, except for how he had a fight with my brother the day before I left so my brother left to visit a friend in Maryland early. I got to visit with my Auth Ruth and her husband Joe, whom I haven't seen in... Well, for a very ridiculously long time. Since before high school, I think. She had some neat stories about our ancestry, cos she's into doing family histories and things. Maybe when I get the stuff from her I'll share some of the stories she told us. I wouldn't re-tell them very well, unfortunately...
And there's the part where I bought my wedding dress. :g: We had an appointment at Kleinfeld, which was lovely. If anybody watches Say Yes to the Dress, it'll mean something to you to say my consultant was Audrey. She was quite lovely and very attentive. I got a Henry Roth dress (I believe the style is called Camille?)... and he was there doing a trunk show. He poked his head in, and was utterly kind and fabulous and asked all sorts of questions about what I do and what the wedding's meant to be like, and preceded to waive all sorts of fees we would have had to pay (like letting out the cup and the rush order fee...) and let us in on the trunk show sale, so that in the end, we paid half of what we should have full price.
Brilliant!
Keep in mind that this dress doesn't fit me... this was the sample dress. It's a size too small, and a cup size too small. But you can still see how lovely it is, and how lovely a properly sized one will be... What you can't see is the corset back, or the very small train. I think it's perfect. :)
So yes. I am still working on things, but of course I have finally given in and gotten sick... Cassie, Dad, and David have all been sick. With any luck, I've been fending it off just long enough that it won't hit me so badly. I hope...