for the sake of it.
Wow. I haven't written for awhile. I guess that's what happens when you know nobody is reading anymore. Don't get me wrong, I know there are people who still read my livejournal but nobody else really USES it anymore and it used to be the fun and easy way to catch up with all my friends in different cities (or countries) and know that they were up to date on what was up with me. Facebook has kinda killed that, and unless I want to BLOG, like actually have a blog with a focus and some kind of website around it (which I've been toying with the idea of but honestly I just can't find the time) then I don't really feel motivated to write.
Facebook is nice, it's nice to keep in contact with people in other countries and it's nice to be able to see photos of my family and friends easily. But when a lot of my friends used livejournal I could read about what's going on in their life like a story.. there was some effort put into it. It was enjoyable. Facebook (and twitter) have taken that story element out of catching up and it's like yeah... I know what you had for breakfast and I know that you're going out for drinks tonight and who with.. but I don't feel like I really "caught up". I'm probably explaining this all wrong but anyway it makes me a little sad.
I keep making myself write here because I like that I can look back and see what I was doing 3 years ago, or 10 years ago (I can't believe I've had this for over 10 years!). So even though it feels kinda pointless sometimes, I don't want to look back on my livejournal from 2012 and just have it all blank. Here goes.
Obviously we are back from Barbados. It was not a relaxing vacation. We were all jetlagged forever, and Marcus was very clingy, and Oli's mum was difficult. I'm glad we're home now and the next vacation we take will be close by and just us.
I'm still awaiting a response from the nursery school we are trying to enroll Marcus in. We won't find out until early March if he's accepted or not. Unfortunately, I have to start work training by mid-March and if Marcus doesn't get into nursery school I won't be able to work. So far my work has been really understanding about it but I've definitely put them in a tough spot.
My birthday is next Tuesday and I'm turning 26. I've been in Japan for almost 6 years. I still don't speak Japanese very well.
I don't think I'm going to do anything for my birthday. Cindy has offered to babysit, so maybe we'll go out to dinner but other than that I just want cake and for Oli to take care of all Marcus things for the day. I already got my birthday present.. a new laptop. I sorely needed one seeing as how the one I had came with me from Canada (nearly 6 years ago!) and was dying. It lasted me a good long while though. I also ordered myself a subscription to Allure magazine because I picked up a few in the airport and they're actually really good, with interviews of people I'm actually interested in. For example the two I picked up, one was of Zooey Dechanel and the other was Rooney Mara.. very interesting actors :o)
And I'm starting to ramble so off I go.
Facebook is nice, it's nice to keep in contact with people in other countries and it's nice to be able to see photos of my family and friends easily. But when a lot of my friends used livejournal I could read about what's going on in their life like a story.. there was some effort put into it. It was enjoyable. Facebook (and twitter) have taken that story element out of catching up and it's like yeah... I know what you had for breakfast and I know that you're going out for drinks tonight and who with.. but I don't feel like I really "caught up". I'm probably explaining this all wrong but anyway it makes me a little sad.
I keep making myself write here because I like that I can look back and see what I was doing 3 years ago, or 10 years ago (I can't believe I've had this for over 10 years!). So even though it feels kinda pointless sometimes, I don't want to look back on my livejournal from 2012 and just have it all blank. Here goes.
Obviously we are back from Barbados. It was not a relaxing vacation. We were all jetlagged forever, and Marcus was very clingy, and Oli's mum was difficult. I'm glad we're home now and the next vacation we take will be close by and just us.
I'm still awaiting a response from the nursery school we are trying to enroll Marcus in. We won't find out until early March if he's accepted or not. Unfortunately, I have to start work training by mid-March and if Marcus doesn't get into nursery school I won't be able to work. So far my work has been really understanding about it but I've definitely put them in a tough spot.
My birthday is next Tuesday and I'm turning 26. I've been in Japan for almost 6 years. I still don't speak Japanese very well.
I don't think I'm going to do anything for my birthday. Cindy has offered to babysit, so maybe we'll go out to dinner but other than that I just want cake and for Oli to take care of all Marcus things for the day. I already got my birthday present.. a new laptop. I sorely needed one seeing as how the one I had came with me from Canada (nearly 6 years ago!) and was dying. It lasted me a good long while though. I also ordered myself a subscription to Allure magazine because I picked up a few in the airport and they're actually really good, with interviews of people I'm actually interested in. For example the two I picked up, one was of Zooey Dechanel and the other was Rooney Mara.. very interesting actors :o)
And I'm starting to ramble so off I go.