anyway, this entry has been a long time comin'! my life is a little chaotic these days, with leaving england, submitting my visa application, spending christmas in iowa, seeing old friends, new years in chicago, saying a tearful goodbye to ali, and now sort of floating around while i wait for an answer that will allow my life to start again!
starting with the past, here are some things that have happened and should have been on here awhile ago.
1. the trip to france was WONDERFUL, and here is the evidence: france photo album.
2. christmas was also incredibly festive and relaxing and great. as soon as i can find the cord thing that attaches my camera to my computer, i will upload some photos and put more on here. it was so nice having the whole family home and we played SO many
rounds of speed scrabble and rook and ate SO many cookies and
ali and i even got in some snowmobiling and clay pigeon shooting. it was a very iowa christmas! and i even got to see some old high school and college friends at a hull house party. tara boer, megan ramen, katie helder, and a whole load of high school boys i haven't seen in ages! ali fit in perfectly with his skinny jeans, bright blue belt, hot pink t-shirt, and green sweater. he he. :) not really, but we both had a blast!
3. new years in chicago: great fun! party and jen and tricia's, complete with jen's massive liquor collection and never-ending varieties of mixed drinks, lots of dancing and even some instruments to shake thanks to liza, ball-drop watching and champagne toasting at midnight, more dancing and morocca shaking, the dogs not like the morocca shaking putting an end to the instruments, and finally bed time at about 4 am. it was one of the best new years eves i've had!4. new years day: ali gets on a plane to go back to england and we say goodbye not knowing when we'll see each other again. :( one of the worst new years days i've had.
5. and finally the present: i'm still in chicago, waiting for an answer on my visa, and trying to stay busy so that i don't go insane. i think i might go back to iowa for a week or two, maybe head up to michigan and visit some friends, OH and i've been reading the twilight series with all my free time. there's nothing like a good ole vampire book of love to keep your mind off reality! those books ROCK. please everyone, read them.
that's all for now!
3 comments:
I think you should come to New Mexico for a visit.
Sounds like you had a wonderful holiday season!
I second Mel's suggestion! :) We have a bed with your name on it! You like Twilight huh? You and every one of my female students! Do you have a Team Edward shirt?! I read them...all I'm going to say is Bella annoys me! Praying that the visa goes through!
ya cara, bella drives me NUTS! it's like, OH MY GOSH. some review called her a "kitten tiger" -- she always gets all "angry" but everyone is like "oh bella, you're so cute when you get angry..." sigh.
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