So stuff has been happening, but the longer I put off writing about it the bigger the task seems about writing about it. So let's just do this thing.

-Kerstin and I went apartment hunting. We found this place we loved. It was a 2 bedroom with a loft. Kerstin would take one bedroom, I would take the loft, and our third roommate would take the master ( Read more... )

I'm back!

( Rome )

Today is my first day off in weeks. I woke up at 10:30 (about an hour and a half later than I had hoped). I haven't even gotten out of bed yet. I'm stuck in a logic loop. I want to make pancakes, but my dad stuck the excess creamer in the milk, so it's this sickly-sweet, nasty stuff. It would ruin the pancakes. But I really want pancakes.

That is ( Read more... )

Seeing as how I'm graduating in December 2013 and my car will be completely 100% paid off that month as well, I have chosen January 2014 as the month that I'm moving out of my parent's place. My plan is to continue with school -- get that there teaching license and such. Probably I would start with that in fall of 2014, though ( Read more... )

So last night was the run-through for the Leesburg Hauntings, wherein I spent about two hours wandering all over Leesburg listening to tour guides stumble through their speeches for Friday and Saturday night. Some had clearly practiced, others were still trying to figure out how they were going to say their speeches. We spent forever at the Lynch ( Read more... )

Oh, I don't know if I've mentioned this -- my parents have a full house again. Not only am I permanently camping in the basement with lizards and a king-size bed, but also my uncle Steve and aunt Cindi have moved from Arizona. All the Arizona family is looking to move to the area. They left my cousin Deanna behind, but she's planning on moving ( Read more... )

At the corner of First and L, waiting for Mom and Dad to pick me up from the bus station.

Homeless Guy: Hey, I need help. Can you give me some help? Anything at all?
Kelsey: I'm sorry, I don't have anything.
Homeless Guy: Anything at all, anything.
Kelsey: No, I'm sorry.
Homeless Guy: Some change, a bag of chips, anything.
Kelsey: Well I do have a can of ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm safe in North Carolina now!

James is here, and he's going to be here for a while. We got up at 7:00 today, since the movers were supposed to arrive around 8:00-10:00, but they showed up at 11:45. Sigh. But they were gone by 3:00.

The Crazy Neighbor bothered the moving people for a while. We made sure to ask what she was talking about. ( Read more... )

Prof Pare: Kelsey, dov'e la porta?
Kelsey: Uhm, ecce la-
Prof Pare: No, no, Kelsey. This isn't Latin class. This is Italian.
Kelsey: Oh, uh, ecco. Ecco la porta.
Prof Pare: Ecco...?
Kelsey: Ecco una porta.
Prof Pare: PerfectoToday I noticed that while a background in Latin has helped me pick up on Italian vocabulary really quickly, it's giving ( Read more... )

Talking with my parents about painting.

Kelsey: So I'm going to paint my bathroom, and my bedroom ceiling, and the hallway outside my bedroom.
Mom: Sounds good.
Kelsey: And I'll paint the living room, because that needs to get done. You want red, right?
Mom: The same color as the curtains.
Kelsey: And there's stains on the ceiling, so we should paint ( Read more... )