goldfish are made with smiles.
well, we're home safe and sound. it was a long vacation even though it was not the longest we've ever been up there. i have a wicked amount of stuff i need to vent on and stuff i want to record. but i totally don't have time because laura decided she wants to move into iwu today instead of tomorrow.
so i provide you with a hit-list of the basics. or rather a list for me to return to and elaborate on.
- weird relative quirks. (elaboration needed, obviously.)
- i spent two nights on my aunt's floor, one night in a double bed with my sister and the last night in a queen bed with my sister. my back has never hurted this much before.
- i started and finished "the historian" by elizabeth kostova, "me vs. me" by sarah mylnowski, and "always the bridesmaid" by whitney lyles. i finished up "grammar snobs are great big meanies" by june casagrande and "sleeping over" by stacey ballis. all in all, five books in four days? winner.
- i'm officially at the age where i just don't care what my relatives think of me. i had no problem reading in front of them and only answering a few questions politely before continuing in my books. the only thing i still don't dare to do is to pull out a notebook.
- next year, i shall prepare a sign so that i don't have to answer these polite questions. this year's sign should have read..."yes, i graduated. no, i don't have a job because i'm going into graduate school. library and information sciences. two year program. a librarian. yeah, i like to read. no, i'm not seeing anyone. no, i don't plan on getting married anytime soon. nice seeing you too."
- i've finally figured out the reason why i detest going up there so much. i'm twenty two. we're been going there since i was four and seeing the same damn things over and over again for eighteen years. i want to go to exciting places. hell, i'd take even different places right now. the best thing we did all vacation is see an old theatre and take a tour. it's not broadway, but it's the best that my parents could offer. and while i appreciate the effort and had fun then...i don't know how to explain that i would rather go somewhere else for a change.
- there is a good deal of exhaustion following such a vacation. i feel like i need another day of "vacation" just to recover.
and i do believe that where i'll close this. i've still got a bunch of emails to go through and we're leaving for b-norm in about an hour.
so i provide you with a hit-list of the basics. or rather a list for me to return to and elaborate on.
- weird relative quirks. (elaboration needed, obviously.)
- i spent two nights on my aunt's floor, one night in a double bed with my sister and the last night in a queen bed with my sister. my back has never hurted this much before.
- i started and finished "the historian" by elizabeth kostova, "me vs. me" by sarah mylnowski, and "always the bridesmaid" by whitney lyles. i finished up "grammar snobs are great big meanies" by june casagrande and "sleeping over" by stacey ballis. all in all, five books in four days? winner.
- i'm officially at the age where i just don't care what my relatives think of me. i had no problem reading in front of them and only answering a few questions politely before continuing in my books. the only thing i still don't dare to do is to pull out a notebook.
- next year, i shall prepare a sign so that i don't have to answer these polite questions. this year's sign should have read..."yes, i graduated. no, i don't have a job because i'm going into graduate school. library and information sciences. two year program. a librarian. yeah, i like to read. no, i'm not seeing anyone. no, i don't plan on getting married anytime soon. nice seeing you too."
- i've finally figured out the reason why i detest going up there so much. i'm twenty two. we're been going there since i was four and seeing the same damn things over and over again for eighteen years. i want to go to exciting places. hell, i'd take even different places right now. the best thing we did all vacation is see an old theatre and take a tour. it's not broadway, but it's the best that my parents could offer. and while i appreciate the effort and had fun then...i don't know how to explain that i would rather go somewhere else for a change.
- there is a good deal of exhaustion following such a vacation. i feel like i need another day of "vacation" just to recover.
and i do believe that where i'll close this. i've still got a bunch of emails to go through and we're leaving for b-norm in about an hour.