this is really long :-)
So here, my friends, is an update for you all since I haven’t seen or talked to like any of you in forever. Vacation this year was absolutely crazy. At the beginning, I saw Erin a lot and didn’t work that much. But after Christmas, I was working a ton of nights with patty and was also babysitting during the days. Plus, with the anxious news of my future (unknown at that time) niece or nephew, my entire family was always on edge whenever the phone would ring. My birthday was really quiet and nice. Some friends from school actually drove up to come and visit me for the night, and they went with us to the Mason’s Lodge in Milford with Zach and me and his parents. It was a lot of fun. We got dressed up and danced with a lot of old(er) people. Lol…
then on January 5th, as I was about to head out to see some friends, Patty and my mom burst through the door announcing “CONGRATULATIONS AUNTY TERRI!!” and I was so excited :-D I don’t think I’ve ever been that excited before. I thought they were going to say a boy’s name. However, when they said that her name was Kara Elizabeth, I was so excited that I had a niece. Granted, I would’ve been excited no matter what, but now that there’s a girl I can REALLY spoil her. Lol… she is going to be so spoiled with love and affection by her aunt’s, and Judy already claimed she’s teaching her softball, patty’s teaching her all about soccer… I just have to choose if I wanna teach her volleyball, music, or theater lol. Maybe I’ll overload her with all three :-D
Also over this wonderful vacation, I went on a few dates. No, not with Zach. Because he and I are only friends. We decided that that’s all we would be for awhile. Maybe forever, maybe not forever. Who knows these days? All I know is that he’s been on a few dates and so have I, and we’re both comfortable with that. I’m not saying I want a new boyfriend. Yes, I have a crush on someone, but I don’t want a boyfriend. It’s just nice not being so tied down sometimes. Zach and I of course hang out still. We’re practically best friends. So I don’t really find it weird. I like having a close guy friend who I can talk to and hang out with who isn’t expecting to get laid or get in my pants any time soon. It’s nice…
So these dates… well one was with this kid Jake, and yes Erin, the one from junior year that I dated for a month. It was a total bust though. We wanted to see if there was still any connection between us. And yes I will admit I was physically attracted to him. However, the emotional attraction just wasn’t there. I was okay with that as well. We said that it was probably just a better idea to be friends. So we had coffee, talked, then he drove me home. And we’ve talked online since, but nothing big… then I went and saw Keith at work over break as well when my friend Kathryn visited over break. It was…. Weird to say the least lol. I kind of thought to myself what the hell was I thinking when I dated him. Anne, Becca, Kara, and Megan-do you guys remember him? The little gangster kid from Ashland lol… yeah… that was an interesting guy. But so I went to go see him with Kathryn and it was interesting. He was like wow you look so good, I’ve missed you, blah blah blah, etc… and I was just like yep uh-huh… he isn’t and wasn’t my type. Nor do I think I will ever see myself dating him again. Like, it’s not that he’s short or anything or not attractive. He’s cute, and he’s like an inch taller than I am. But he’s a little wangster or whatever the word is. Like, I am not into the gangster, rapping, type of guy. So that again, was a dud as well. But I did get some awesome new clothes out of the trip to the mall :-) and I got to see Kathryn without her boyfriend, so that was nice as well…
And then there was Nick. I’ve written about him in earlier posts, but this time it was different. The first time we hung out was when my friend Kara visited. He came over when he got out of work at the fire station. And the three of us went to get ice cream, then we went and walked around target. And when Kara was in the dressing room trying on clothes, we stood out there talking. Like, having a legit conversation. It was really nice. And then we walked around the store some more, and he put his arm around my shoulder, and in the car he held my hand. It was really nice and gentleman like. AND he even held the door open for us. Like maybe there are guys who are still chivalrous out there in the world… MAYBE lol :-P… and then we went on another date the Friday before I went back to school. We were supposed to go to the movies to go see “Up in the Air” with George Clooney. But then the movie times got messed up and he had to work at the fire station at 5:30. So instead, we walked around shopper’s world and drove around Ashland and Framingham. And we went to Dunkin Donuts and he offered to buy me coffee and I was like I’m okay, so then he bought me a strawberry coolata. And Erin, you know how much I LOVE strawberry coolattas!!! I didn’t even ask him to get it. I thought he was like getting it for himself. Then we walked outside and he was like here I bought this for you. I was just thinking wow, I didn’t even ask for it and he bought it for me. What a nice and sweet guy. And the fact that he remembered that I love them makes it even better :-) So, we drove back to my house, and he held my hand as best he could because he drives a standard, so he was always shifting and stuff. But then he was like just you hold it and I’ll hold your hand and you can shift for me. Yeah, that didn’t work so well. So, instead of driving on like windy back roads and stuff, we drove on straight back roads. He said it was because there was less kids on the roads there, but I was thinking that it was because he didn’t have to downshift as much and he could then hold my hand lol… then, when we got home he was walking me to the door, and he gave me a hug and we were about to kiss…. And then my mother pulled into the driveway… THANKS MOM FOR RUINING THE FREAKING MOMENT!! Ughhhh… so I didn’t get to kiss him and I was really upset… well not UPSET, but kind of disappointed because I was REALLY looking forward to it lol… so I was like I cannot go back to school without kissing Nick first… so I devised a plan :-)
I called Katie and told her all about the day, and she said she would come out and visit on that Saturday night, and we would go to the charity basketball game at Ashland High School that the fire department was having. So she got to Milford, and we headed to the basketball game. Nick didn’t know we were coming, so I told my friends Kevin and matt that we’d be there and to not tell nick. When we walked in, the two of them saw Katie and I and we ran into the bleachers before nick could see. We got there right as the second half was starting so it wasn’t long before the game was over. When it did end, we stood out in the lobby and I talked to nick’s mom and matt’s dad. When nick came out of the gym, he just got this really big smile on his face. It made me really happy that I could just show up and surprise him at something so small and he’d be so happy to see me. We went in and started just playing basketball and throwing the ball around for awhile. I actually had like a weird flashback to playing basketball in middle school and it was really weird. The guys were actually impressed when I knew how to play. It was funny. Because I only told them about playing volleyball. So, after awhile, the janitors had to kick us out because it was almost 9:30 and they had to close at 10. Matt came up with the idea that we should all go to papa gino’s since none of us had really eaten. So, the boys get into their cars and Katie and I get into hers. And so we’re at papa gino’s eating… boring I know… and yes I’m telling you everything about that night lol… and Kevin comes up with the idea that we should go down to the Train Station and drive around in the parking lot. Well the boys would race in the parking lot and Katie and I would either try to keep up or just stand off to the side near her car and laugh-which we ended up doing lol. Then matt had to go home, so we decided to take a trip to the Ashland State Park... where Katie and I have encountered wonderful experiences with nick and our friend Evan before lol… but anyways… we went to the park and turned on Kevin’s music (because he has a huge sub woofer in his trunk which was awesome)… and then Katie and Kevin go off to talk to give nick and I “some alone time”… which turns out to be the best part of the night… no mushy details on that lol. Besides the fact that we made out for a good half an hour, then sat in his car and talked and kissed some more. Then, the 4 of us got into a snow ball fight. Then we saw it was almost midnight and we all had to go home. This made me sad because I didn’t want to leave. And then nick kept hugging me and holding me and telling me how much he just wanted me to drive home with him so we could cuddle in his bed together… which I am a huge sucker for lol…
So that was my wonderful vacation… and then I got back to school and started classes. Haha… which are going really well. I have two theater classes one right after the other one. And this guy I have is nuts. Like Mr. Mc Callum would probably hate him. His teaching methods are so weird and out there. And he’s really bad at explaining what he wants us to do. But it’s okay because he’s always got hilarious stories to tell us. And I have my communications and anthropology classes which are good too. I’m getting ready to go to communications now actually. And then half way through the semester I pick up my gym class which is Frisbee and I am sooooooo excited for it!!
Lol… but right now would definitely have to be my highlight of the semester…. BECAUSE I made the semester dance group called POPS! It’s so much fun and practices are wicked intense. We have 4 dances that we’re performing, and they’re all wicked fun. We started learning our dances last night at rehearsal and it was seriously the most fun. We don’t practice on the stage yet so we’re all really cramped for space, and the floor of the cafeteria we’re in isn’t that great for your knees, but it’s not bad. I actually really love it :-) one of the songs I’m dancing to is Lifehouse’s “Broken”, and another is Everclear’s “Wonderful”… the other one is to “Crazy” but it’s an acoustic version by this guy I don’t remember his name lol… and then our opening number for the Sophomore class is to Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”, which I’m super pumped for. And it’s a really good work out. So Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday I go to the gym. Thursday I have rehearsals. And Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays are my days off. Usually on Tuesdays I’m running around campus anyways going from meetings to work to classes to the office to more meetings to events. But it’s not that bad.
Ummm so I think that’s it for now… except for the fact that
I WON TICKETS FROM KISS 108 TO GO SEE DAUGHTRY AND LIFEHOUSE IN CONCERT!!!
I’m just a little excited :-D and I’m taking Nick which is another plus. I’ll have more for later… if you actually read this whole thing congratulations because I feel like its super boring for anyone else lol. But anyways… I’ll see you guys hopefully soon or over Spring Break?? Lol love you all and you’re always in my thoughts and prayers.
<3 Terri