When I was a kid I saw any year past 2000 to be "the future." And even though it's the present, I do kind of feel like I'm living in the future. We have flat screen tvs, slick cell phones, video-games with truly realistic images, and a computer that fits in my lap! Compared to the clunky Apples I played Oregon Trail on in elementary school or my ( Read more... )

So, Jim and I are in the process of buying a house! We made an offer, and a counter offer, and it was accepted! Now we're sort-of almost house owners. Today, we met Barry, our home inspector. We went through each level thoroughly, and thankfully there weren't many bad surprises. We will definitely need a new heat pump, but the other fixes won't ( Read more... )

One year ago, Jim and I were cooking ham steak with cinnamon apples and raisins while listening to the Steelers' game in the background. As I prepared the apples, I thought about how I first told Jim about my feelings for him one and a half years ago. I was sitting on my bed in my one bedroom apartment in Japan. He was at Joe's house in Maryland ( Read more... )

This weekend, Jim and I went to Hershey Park for his work's day there. It was a sunny autumn day, and we all had a great time. Unlike last year, we went to the zoo within the park where I met my spirit animal, the bouncy, hyper martin. We also fed the ducks! Jim and a few of our friends got soaked from Tidal Force, but not me, no way. Joe and ( Read more... )

I should be this close to feeling ready for bed, but I am -not ( Read more... )

Hello again, Livejournal! I'm going to update you ( Read more... )

This weekend I decided to read through my old Livejournal posts, starting with entries from 2003. So far, I've only read up until March 2004. It's interesting to dig around in my past and remember what my life used to be like in college. Since I recently began volunteer service at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with AmeriCorps, I ( Read more... )

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Complete final projects for work: Check
Send out resumes to Maryland universities: Check
Pack up all non-essentials: Check
Pine for my one-and-only: Check

I love lists <3

In two a half weeks I'll move to Baltimore and live with Jim. I've been busy with end of the year parent-teacher conferences, job searches, finding someone to take over the last two months of my lease, and packing up everything I've accumulated in the past year. For the most part, I haven't taken much time for reflecting about this change; the ( Read more... )