| Various, and, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! |
[27 Sep 2007|11:38pm] |
So, in approximately 24hrs, I will be 30.
That's because I was born at the ridiculously late time of 11:35pm, which was fantastic when I was a wee child, as I was able to convince my mom to let me "stay up 'til I'm REALLY X-yrs-old!!!" at ages when I certainly shouldn't have been up that late. Now, though, I'd just like to get it over with, thanks :)
Happy Birthday also to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) starcrossedlady, my birthday partner-in-crime. Hope it's grand!!!!
Here I sit, at my cousin's computer in NJ, relishing my last few days of "at-home" DSL. Sorry I didn't write sooner, folks! Being back in New Jersey is strange. I'm vaccilating between the emotions of "WTF am I doing here?!" and "Why did I ever leave??" I miss this state with a passion; I've spent nearly every day here traipsing around after some food or other that I can't manage to acquire in the midwest, and lamenting the access I have to REAL record stores and comic book shops (or rather, lamenting my lack of resources for taking full advantage of them.) It's wonderful to see my friends and family. I got to spend some time tonight with my former-best-friend, whom I hadn't seen in about 7yrs, and who could very easily become a current-best-friend again, if I were living here (and if I didn't become even closer to his thoroughly awesome wife first!)
It's so depressing every time Sean reminds me that he just IS NOT a "city boy." If he had it his way, we'd be moving even *farther* out into the middle of nowhere. I really wish we could move somewhere like Italy, where you truly can be in the middle of nowhere, and yet only about a 30-minute drive from a fantastic city like Rome. Here, in order to get as much land as Sean wants for his auto business, we'd have to be at LEAST 3hrs out from NYC. Sigh.
So, really, the goal is to get rich enough to have houses (or at least fantastic loft apartments) in several different places, and time enough to travel between them regularly.
That's not too much to ask, right? Right.
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This vacation has been splendiforous.
The bus ride from Iowa to Pennsylvania was a lot less painful than I'd imagined it to be. The drive from PA to Richmond was a lot quicker than I'd anticipated, and we weren't at all late for the rehearsal (and we didn't even get lost!) athaena's wedding was absolutely FANTASTIC!!! In fact, I apparently quite upset Sean by reiterating throughout the night just how much better I thought it was than ours! (in actuality, I was a bit tipsy and overdramatic - I adored my wedding, and the only thing I liked better about Mel & Jason's was a)the fact that people danced a lot, and b)the fact that it wasn't my wedding!)
It was so great to see violetvampire again after so long. Her husband Andy is great fun, too! It was also cool to see yorkdigger and jakeit again, after not-quite-so-long. yorkdigger's fella was wonderful, as well. You know, I suppose it shouldn't surprise me when I get on so well with my friends significant others, since they're all wonderful women who's opinions I trust, and since everyone seems to like Sean just fine... but I guess, after dealing with so other many friends making so many bad choices over the years, it's pleasant :)
It was fantastic meeting purplesparkler!! Ellen, I really enjoyed hanging out with you and Paul - and Sean and Paul were so funny together... did I ever mention that Sean used the Imperial March as his entrance music for our wedding?? Those two really could be a terrible influence on one another, I think :)
After the fantastic wedding, we all crashed at jakeit's pad, and I got to briefly meet her ever-elusive fiance. We then spent the afternoon in Williamsburg, haunting old haunts and hanging out with old friends. That night we drove up to northern VA to spend a wee bit of time (always too little) with my dear friend Chris, and then the next day we drove into Washington, DC, where Thalia got to see the White House (where she'd like to live someday hee hee!) and we had a fun lunch with baliset. Then we drove up to NJ.
Tomorrow, since my cousin offered to drive, and since Sean said I could do ANYTHING I WANTED on my birthday, we're going down to Philly to see the Edgar Allen Poe house! WOOOOOOOT!! Then on Saturday, as my REAL birthday present, we're taking the kids to a Mets game (although they've been losing all week; I'm kinda bummed.)
I miss my friends in Iowa, and James of course. That's really about it.
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