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So I felt like writing a thing!
January has been moving by so slowly. 2014 was a breeze, went by so, so quickly! But the second that it struck midnight on Jan 1st I have felt at a stand still.
We're waiting to close on the house that Jade, her mom and mom's husband and I are going to move into. It's a really nice house and Jade and I will have our own rooms AS WELL as a third room!! We want to put all of our collections in there and make it the "art room" so lots of table space and just art supplies galore. a perfect room for focusing on artwork in!! I'm excited. The TV will be going out in the main living room as well, so unless Jade and I watch things on her laptop there won't be much visual distraction in the art room. And our bedrooms will be nice too!! I'm really excited to start moving stuff over there and unpacking. So ready.
But like I said, things are moving slowly. In early February I will be taking a trip to Santiago, Chile to see one of my best friends ever, Kuri!! She came to see me last year and now I'm going to see her! I have never been to the southern hemisphere before. We are gonna draw all the things and do so much. I'm trying to learn as much spanish as possible, but I'm told Chilean spanish is so hard for even native non- chilean spanish speakers to understand so... I'll probably need Kuri to translate for me 99% of what is being said haha. She said a lot of the people she knows know basic english though!! It will be very interesting for me! When I went to Japan with Jade we were in a group of other foreigners as well, so all of us spoke English by default in our group. But in Chile I imagine everyone will speak spanish among each other because??? That's probably what they always speak to each other lol!! I'M SURE people will interact with me of course and say things in english to me, so that will be nice. I really doubt I will be able to even say baby phrases in Spanish. Even though I feel like I've learned so many words I know so very little. I couldn't say much at all if you asked me. Plus, reading and speaking are totally different and I will sound very foolish ahahaha... a little nervous about that. Also in Chile they greet with a "kiss" on the cheek (touching cheeks!) This is something I, as an american, am not used to! But I welcome it, I'm excited to see how that goes hahah! I'm sure it will catch me off guard even though I'm aware of it.
I am also incredibly excited for Chile because it will be summer there!!!! How I miss summer... This winter hasn't actually been that bad, but I still felt the S.A.D. effects that I normally do. Just not as drastic as last year (hello polar vortex.) When Kuri picks me up from the airport we will be going straight to the beach!!! omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;___; sun and sand yay.........
In other news, while I got approved at work for my vacation time off for Chile, I wasn't approved to take time off in March to see Alex. Which completely devastated me at first. But Alex and I briefly talked about having him come to Kentucky to see us instead, even though we're working... it would be so nice to come home to Alex every night!!! It would be so nice to see him!!! so soon!!!! The tickets are pretty cheap right now too, so I think it would be worth it. Plus, I wouldn't be losing any pay for not working because.. I'd be working!! and seeing Alex after work! Sounds like the plane ticket could pay for itself lol. ... Sort of. Whatever! I'm about to call him on Skype and talk to him some more about it. :) I really hope this pans out!! I'm excited for his spring break all over again.
So yeah that's been my life as of recent!! We will probably start moving into the new house soon after this weekend. I hope so!
January has been moving by so slowly. 2014 was a breeze, went by so, so quickly! But the second that it struck midnight on Jan 1st I have felt at a stand still.
We're waiting to close on the house that Jade, her mom and mom's husband and I are going to move into. It's a really nice house and Jade and I will have our own rooms AS WELL as a third room!! We want to put all of our collections in there and make it the "art room" so lots of table space and just art supplies galore. a perfect room for focusing on artwork in!! I'm excited. The TV will be going out in the main living room as well, so unless Jade and I watch things on her laptop there won't be much visual distraction in the art room. And our bedrooms will be nice too!! I'm really excited to start moving stuff over there and unpacking. So ready.
But like I said, things are moving slowly. In early February I will be taking a trip to Santiago, Chile to see one of my best friends ever, Kuri!! She came to see me last year and now I'm going to see her! I have never been to the southern hemisphere before. We are gonna draw all the things and do so much. I'm trying to learn as much spanish as possible, but I'm told Chilean spanish is so hard for even native non- chilean spanish speakers to understand so... I'll probably need Kuri to translate for me 99% of what is being said haha. She said a lot of the people she knows know basic english though!! It will be very interesting for me! When I went to Japan with Jade we were in a group of other foreigners as well, so all of us spoke English by default in our group. But in Chile I imagine everyone will speak spanish among each other because??? That's probably what they always speak to each other lol!! I'M SURE people will interact with me of course and say things in english to me, so that will be nice. I really doubt I will be able to even say baby phrases in Spanish. Even though I feel like I've learned so many words I know so very little. I couldn't say much at all if you asked me. Plus, reading and speaking are totally different and I will sound very foolish ahahaha... a little nervous about that. Also in Chile they greet with a "kiss" on the cheek (touching cheeks!) This is something I, as an american, am not used to! But I welcome it, I'm excited to see how that goes hahah! I'm sure it will catch me off guard even though I'm aware of it.
I am also incredibly excited for Chile because it will be summer there!!!! How I miss summer... This winter hasn't actually been that bad, but I still felt the S.A.D. effects that I normally do. Just not as drastic as last year (hello polar vortex.) When Kuri picks me up from the airport we will be going straight to the beach!!! omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;___; sun and sand yay.........
In other news, while I got approved at work for my vacation time off for Chile, I wasn't approved to take time off in March to see Alex. Which completely devastated me at first. But Alex and I briefly talked about having him come to Kentucky to see us instead, even though we're working... it would be so nice to come home to Alex every night!!! It would be so nice to see him!!! so soon!!!! The tickets are pretty cheap right now too, so I think it would be worth it. Plus, I wouldn't be losing any pay for not working because.. I'd be working!! and seeing Alex after work! Sounds like the plane ticket could pay for itself lol. ... Sort of. Whatever! I'm about to call him on Skype and talk to him some more about it. :) I really hope this pans out!! I'm excited for his spring break all over again.
So yeah that's been my life as of recent!! We will probably start moving into the new house soon after this weekend. I hope so!