Do you know the way to San Jose?
I'm in San Jose right now at my cousin Cristina's house. It's 9:50pm and still about 70 degrees outside. There are some things I miss about living in California. I went swimming at my aunt Claudia's house in Sacramento yesterday for about two hours with Katie, Kelly, Gretchen and my mom. It was really fun; I couldn't remember the last time I went swimming just to goof around. I have the dogs here with me on the trip, we get home a week from today after the girls are back from Camp Ritchie. There's a lot of drama here but so far I'm having a nice time.
I miss Andy. It's weird to think that a year ago yesterday I dropped him off at the airport to leave for Alaska and I started my new job at The Sports Medicine Clinic. I didn't think a year ago that I would be where I am now. At least, in my life, not so much my current location. I'm 22, a student at Western Washington University, I have a job at a family practice clinic in Bellingham, a Friday job at a gastric bypass office in Seattle and a babysitting gig almost every friday evening for the Cheblis. I am still very much in love with Andy and hope that we'll get married in a few years. He's living in Leavenworth without me. I thought I'd have a hard time with it but for the most part, I'm enjoying being on my own again. I wish he could be with me occasionally on weekdays but he's so happy with his job that it's hard for me to ask him to leave that to be closer to me. I asked him last weekend after Adrienne and Dave's wedding how if I was important to him or if he was only dating me because it was easier than finding someone new. He said "Kristen, I wouldn't be driving two and a half hours every weekend to see you if you weren't important to me. It'd be easier to find somebody new but I don't want to" and that made me happy. I really really love him. He is one of the greatest guys I could ever ask for. As cheesy as it sounds, I hope we have a long and happy life together.
With one boy named Lane or Lennox and two girls named Viola and Holland (or Hazel). If I don't write those down, I probably wont remember when I'm actually pregnant.
Mike and Mari's baby is due in a month and that's really crazy. My parents bought a hot tub, which is also crazy. Matt's quit smoking, Katie is madly in love with Cole and Kelly is turning out to be awesome at everything she does, musically or physically or mentally. She is going into middle school for crying out loud and she's in honors English. She's turning into a real person which is really cool to see. It's weird to see my family getting older. When I was little I used to think about what it was going to be like when I was an aunt and it's going to be here in less than a month.
And now I'm thinking about a few years from now when I have my Bachelors and my teaching certification, I'm married to somebody great and leading a happy life. It's going to be freakin sweet. I'm just really excited about where I am right now in my life. The only thing right now that I'd like to fix is to get into shape. I'm doing Weight Watchers so I know I'm on my way, it'll just be a matter of time.
Going to Adrienne and Dave's wedding was a really cool experience. The fact that I hooked the two of them up two years ago and now they're married and have all of these great times ahead of them makes me smile. I hope they have an amazing life together.
Anyway, these are just some ramblings. I haven't written in a while and I want to change that. Being able to read back through things always makes me smile so I'm going to try and fix it.
I'm off to play Wii now. I love Wii.
I miss Andy. It's weird to think that a year ago yesterday I dropped him off at the airport to leave for Alaska and I started my new job at The Sports Medicine Clinic. I didn't think a year ago that I would be where I am now. At least, in my life, not so much my current location. I'm 22, a student at Western Washington University, I have a job at a family practice clinic in Bellingham, a Friday job at a gastric bypass office in Seattle and a babysitting gig almost every friday evening for the Cheblis. I am still very much in love with Andy and hope that we'll get married in a few years. He's living in Leavenworth without me. I thought I'd have a hard time with it but for the most part, I'm enjoying being on my own again. I wish he could be with me occasionally on weekdays but he's so happy with his job that it's hard for me to ask him to leave that to be closer to me. I asked him last weekend after Adrienne and Dave's wedding how if I was important to him or if he was only dating me because it was easier than finding someone new. He said "Kristen, I wouldn't be driving two and a half hours every weekend to see you if you weren't important to me. It'd be easier to find somebody new but I don't want to" and that made me happy. I really really love him. He is one of the greatest guys I could ever ask for. As cheesy as it sounds, I hope we have a long and happy life together.
With one boy named Lane or Lennox and two girls named Viola and Holland (or Hazel). If I don't write those down, I probably wont remember when I'm actually pregnant.
Mike and Mari's baby is due in a month and that's really crazy. My parents bought a hot tub, which is also crazy. Matt's quit smoking, Katie is madly in love with Cole and Kelly is turning out to be awesome at everything she does, musically or physically or mentally. She is going into middle school for crying out loud and she's in honors English. She's turning into a real person which is really cool to see. It's weird to see my family getting older. When I was little I used to think about what it was going to be like when I was an aunt and it's going to be here in less than a month.
And now I'm thinking about a few years from now when I have my Bachelors and my teaching certification, I'm married to somebody great and leading a happy life. It's going to be freakin sweet. I'm just really excited about where I am right now in my life. The only thing right now that I'd like to fix is to get into shape. I'm doing Weight Watchers so I know I'm on my way, it'll just be a matter of time.
Going to Adrienne and Dave's wedding was a really cool experience. The fact that I hooked the two of them up two years ago and now they're married and have all of these great times ahead of them makes me smile. I hope they have an amazing life together.
Anyway, these are just some ramblings. I haven't written in a while and I want to change that. Being able to read back through things always makes me smile so I'm going to try and fix it.
I'm off to play Wii now. I love Wii.