Yep, still alive....
My computer has decided to hate the wireless network, and won't connect. It needs help. Or a brain transplant.
I'm having this odd sensation of homesickness. Or maybe it's just a severe longing for the holidays to be here. I'm soooo excited for Thanksgiving. I need to be at home, with all the family over, lots of food, fireplace going, random AMC on the TV, pictionary, whatever. The chaos, confusion, and comfort of the holidays. Long sweaters, tea, hugs, being a goof. I neeeed it!!! I am grateful that I was home by Christmas last year, but I think I'm feeling the withdrawls of not having Thanksgiving, too. I *loved* being able to do Thanksgiving with the girls in Cork last year-that was a blast, but I miss the real thing, you know? And it has struck me these last couple of weeks that I've missed Fall as well. FALL!! Crunchy leaves getting everywhere, the trees changing colors, people starting to burn their wood stoves, that chill in the air, blue skies and a light breeze.... Ireland doesn't have Fall like we do. Wet leaves...lots and lots of rain, and I didn't notice the trees changing all that much. (maybe I wasn't paying much attention) The last month of summer made me physically sick, I think. I was tired of the heat, tired of working at the library, tired of not having anything to think about.... Fall is like a cleansing of my soul. I need this. I need the air to come and blow the stuffiness and lingering anxiety from my brain. All the confusion, doubts, apprehension about life...just blow it all away and leave me able to think clearly again.
Ryan and I are driving to Portland on Thursday. Maybe getting out of town for a few days will be good for us. He's been feeling just as pent up as I have... We're going to stay in Lincoln City Thursday night at a hotel that's right on the beach. I*cannot*wait* to be at the Ocean again!!! I just want to sit there and watch the waves. I don't care if I have to wear three coats, a scarf, gloves, boots and an umbrella, I just want to sit there and soak it all in. We've got to be nuts going to the Oregon coast in the middle of October... Friday evening we're driving into Portland and staying a couple of days with his aunt and uncle who live there. We've got nothing concrete planned, but we know we want to hit Powell's, Kathleen of Dublin's, do some shopping, and...maybe something else...I don't know. It's All Up In The Air!! How glorious!
I was supposed to be going to AZ to see Scott this weekend, but his FFA trip is this week, and as it turns out, he'll actually be home this weekend. Unfortunately, after telling me we should wait before I go down there, I made plans, then he told me he was coming home. Yet another reason to be excited for Thanksgiving. I miss my stupid brotherface....
That's all on this end~loves loves loves!!!
I'm having this odd sensation of homesickness. Or maybe it's just a severe longing for the holidays to be here. I'm soooo excited for Thanksgiving. I need to be at home, with all the family over, lots of food, fireplace going, random AMC on the TV, pictionary, whatever. The chaos, confusion, and comfort of the holidays. Long sweaters, tea, hugs, being a goof. I neeeed it!!! I am grateful that I was home by Christmas last year, but I think I'm feeling the withdrawls of not having Thanksgiving, too. I *loved* being able to do Thanksgiving with the girls in Cork last year-that was a blast, but I miss the real thing, you know? And it has struck me these last couple of weeks that I've missed Fall as well. FALL!! Crunchy leaves getting everywhere, the trees changing colors, people starting to burn their wood stoves, that chill in the air, blue skies and a light breeze.... Ireland doesn't have Fall like we do. Wet leaves...lots and lots of rain, and I didn't notice the trees changing all that much. (maybe I wasn't paying much attention) The last month of summer made me physically sick, I think. I was tired of the heat, tired of working at the library, tired of not having anything to think about.... Fall is like a cleansing of my soul. I need this. I need the air to come and blow the stuffiness and lingering anxiety from my brain. All the confusion, doubts, apprehension about life...just blow it all away and leave me able to think clearly again.
Ryan and I are driving to Portland on Thursday. Maybe getting out of town for a few days will be good for us. He's been feeling just as pent up as I have... We're going to stay in Lincoln City Thursday night at a hotel that's right on the beach. I*cannot*wait* to be at the Ocean again!!! I just want to sit there and watch the waves. I don't care if I have to wear three coats, a scarf, gloves, boots and an umbrella, I just want to sit there and soak it all in. We've got to be nuts going to the Oregon coast in the middle of October... Friday evening we're driving into Portland and staying a couple of days with his aunt and uncle who live there. We've got nothing concrete planned, but we know we want to hit Powell's, Kathleen of Dublin's, do some shopping, and...maybe something else...I don't know. It's All Up In The Air!! How glorious!
I was supposed to be going to AZ to see Scott this weekend, but his FFA trip is this week, and as it turns out, he'll actually be home this weekend. Unfortunately, after telling me we should wait before I go down there, I made plans, then he told me he was coming home. Yet another reason to be excited for Thanksgiving. I miss my stupid brotherface....
That's all on this end~loves loves loves!!!