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Yes I am now back in Texas. Just got in later this afternoon from our long trip back from PA and upstate NY. Am I glad that I'm back? Do I miss the great North again? Hmmmm.....Yes I'm VERY glad to be back in my own home and No I don't miss living up north again. Yes I do miss my family from time to time but I'm thinking that once a yr is good enough for me.
Since I didn't have time to update my LJ since last Sat, I'll try to remember a few things that went on. I should actually be unpacking my umpteen bizillion bags I brought back with me but said hell with it and wanted to get back on the compy and actually update this.
Last Sun the 22nd for mom's surprise bday shindig turned out as planned. It didn't rain till much later in the night *thank god* but it was pretty humid and cloudy all that day. Mom was suprised by it but had a feeling something was up when she saw my grandpa's car parked among the others. She still had tears in her eyes when we were like "surprise!"
On Mon. hubby and I went over to my older sis's house and we went to go see A.P Goldmember again (well at least for me). Its much funnier the 2nd time around even though the 1st time was good. It was fun to go see it with my sister cause she wanted to see it so bad with me when it came out but alas, we were able to see it at the $2 theater when we went this time ^__^. Then sis made stuffed shells for dinner cause I begged her to before we came to PA and yumm....yumm....yummy!!! I was in heaven when I got to eat them again, especially when she makes them. Dylan, my youngest nephew was just moody all day since he has a tooth thats coming in and thank god I don't have to deal with that shit 24/7. I'm surprised my sis doesn't have a head full of grey hair.
Tues I spent all my time and evening down in the basement at mom's house and went through allllllllllllllllll my shit that I still had in boxes that I couldn't take it all with me to TX before. DAMN! I didn't realize how much shit I actually had. They don't call me a pack rat for nothing ^_^. I did manage to gather up my courage and throw half the junk I had away cause it was pretty much useless. I was able to take 2 huge tuberware storeage bins and a small bin with me and a few other little things that could fit in the back of the truck. It doesn't help when my older sis kept giving me stuff that she didn't want anymore or didn't have the room for in her house so that way I could hang in my house. So I'm in the basement chillin out, taking a few casual sips from my Tequila Rose strawberry liquor, smoking a few cigarettes, and having to deal with all the dust and mold flying in the air and making it hard to breath from time to time. BUT HEY! I did pretty damn good when it came to cleaning up and getting rid a few of my things that back in the days, I wouldn't even THINK about parting with. Later in the day when I was thinking and HOPING that it was just the dust and mold that was making me stuffed in the nose, I was wrong! The cold that my middle sis had and then gave it to my nephews has now made it to ME! I guess its better to have a stuffed up nose than a sore throat or puking w/ the flu. I think its the weather too cause as soon as we got into warmer climate heading back down south, my nose felt better but its still a bit sniffly.
Wed was the last day to see my family since we decided to head up to Upstate NY to see hubby's sis. We drove up there and daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! Talk about chilly! It was much cooler up there than what we had in PA. Then again we are talking about Bum-fuck nowhere NY where its 96 miles north of Syracuse, pass Ft. Drum and this area called Watertown, and 25 miles away from the Canada border -_- (even though from where I'm from in PA, the drive to upstate NY only took about 5 hrs). I'm glad that we only stayed there a day and a half cause I couldn't take much more of staying there any longer than what we had to. Yeah it was good to see my sister-in-law and her two kids but there is nothing to do and it was cold. Good thing I packed a pair of sweat pants. Low and behold when we left there on Fri morning, up north, they were getting some of that tropical storm that they had down south that week. I was kinda afraid that some of the stuff that we had bagged at mom's house that I was taking back with me would get soaked but as long as we drove fast, the stuff didn't get too wet.
This time on the way home, we decided to drive through Ohio, Kentucky, on down to Tx. For one reason, we avoided half of the rain storm that they were getting in NY and the other lower northern states and secondly, it was just a different scenic route. But to say that we are FINALLY home and in one piece is all that matters and I missed my kitty who needs a flea bath like really BAD! I just dread having to unpack ALL this shit that mom MADE me take back with me. She insisted that I take some of my shit back with me.
Its good to get away like this from time to time, away from the morons at work or work in general, and the anime fandom. I had time to check stuff out online and thank god I didn't miss much. Then again I'm kinda deflating when it comes to any anime fandom, its just not worth it anymore. Its fun to enjoy it from time to time but it gets old. I can barely even write much anymore but I try especially since I'm now on a 3x11 kick! ^___^ I even took some hentai 1xR djs and some tame ones too along with my notebook but I just didn't have the writing bug in me. I guess thats good considering how I'm not supposed to be stressed out while on vacation but to have some sort of fun or calmness. I was blessed on seeing the new GW art that Chihiya posted on the one 1xR list *swoons over art*
Most importantly though, I miss Holly and Ali. I'm hoping that the 2nd weekend in Oct I can make it down to Houston to see them again.
All in all to sum it up, it was good to see family again but the most important lesson I learned is................ NO KIDS IN MY FUTURE!!!!! *thud* Yes I may say that now and perhaps might change when I'm 30 but after this vacation, I want to be KID FREE! In fact I was in heaven when we finally left the North on not having to hear babies cry or little kids whining. Ethan never did behave while we were home and made me not want to play with him cause of his attitude. And the crying I had to put up w/ Dylan cause of that tooth coming in, I'm surprised I still have any hearing left. But I do miss them though and probably miss Dylan the most since he was a mellow babe when he wasn't fussing.
*sigh* Must go see what I can manage to unpack and update again before going to bed later.
Since I didn't have time to update my LJ since last Sat, I'll try to remember a few things that went on. I should actually be unpacking my umpteen bizillion bags I brought back with me but said hell with it and wanted to get back on the compy and actually update this.
Last Sun the 22nd for mom's surprise bday shindig turned out as planned. It didn't rain till much later in the night *thank god* but it was pretty humid and cloudy all that day. Mom was suprised by it but had a feeling something was up when she saw my grandpa's car parked among the others. She still had tears in her eyes when we were like "surprise!"
On Mon. hubby and I went over to my older sis's house and we went to go see A.P Goldmember again (well at least for me). Its much funnier the 2nd time around even though the 1st time was good. It was fun to go see it with my sister cause she wanted to see it so bad with me when it came out but alas, we were able to see it at the $2 theater when we went this time ^__^. Then sis made stuffed shells for dinner cause I begged her to before we came to PA and yumm....yumm....yummy!!! I was in heaven when I got to eat them again, especially when she makes them. Dylan, my youngest nephew was just moody all day since he has a tooth thats coming in and thank god I don't have to deal with that shit 24/7. I'm surprised my sis doesn't have a head full of grey hair.
Tues I spent all my time and evening down in the basement at mom's house and went through allllllllllllllllll my shit that I still had in boxes that I couldn't take it all with me to TX before. DAMN! I didn't realize how much shit I actually had. They don't call me a pack rat for nothing ^_^. I did manage to gather up my courage and throw half the junk I had away cause it was pretty much useless. I was able to take 2 huge tuberware storeage bins and a small bin with me and a few other little things that could fit in the back of the truck. It doesn't help when my older sis kept giving me stuff that she didn't want anymore or didn't have the room for in her house so that way I could hang in my house. So I'm in the basement chillin out, taking a few casual sips from my Tequila Rose strawberry liquor, smoking a few cigarettes, and having to deal with all the dust and mold flying in the air and making it hard to breath from time to time. BUT HEY! I did pretty damn good when it came to cleaning up and getting rid a few of my things that back in the days, I wouldn't even THINK about parting with. Later in the day when I was thinking and HOPING that it was just the dust and mold that was making me stuffed in the nose, I was wrong! The cold that my middle sis had and then gave it to my nephews has now made it to ME! I guess its better to have a stuffed up nose than a sore throat or puking w/ the flu. I think its the weather too cause as soon as we got into warmer climate heading back down south, my nose felt better but its still a bit sniffly.
Wed was the last day to see my family since we decided to head up to Upstate NY to see hubby's sis. We drove up there and daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! Talk about chilly! It was much cooler up there than what we had in PA. Then again we are talking about Bum-fuck nowhere NY where its 96 miles north of Syracuse, pass Ft. Drum and this area called Watertown, and 25 miles away from the Canada border -_- (even though from where I'm from in PA, the drive to upstate NY only took about 5 hrs). I'm glad that we only stayed there a day and a half cause I couldn't take much more of staying there any longer than what we had to. Yeah it was good to see my sister-in-law and her two kids but there is nothing to do and it was cold. Good thing I packed a pair of sweat pants. Low and behold when we left there on Fri morning, up north, they were getting some of that tropical storm that they had down south that week. I was kinda afraid that some of the stuff that we had bagged at mom's house that I was taking back with me would get soaked but as long as we drove fast, the stuff didn't get too wet.
This time on the way home, we decided to drive through Ohio, Kentucky, on down to Tx. For one reason, we avoided half of the rain storm that they were getting in NY and the other lower northern states and secondly, it was just a different scenic route. But to say that we are FINALLY home and in one piece is all that matters and I missed my kitty who needs a flea bath like really BAD! I just dread having to unpack ALL this shit that mom MADE me take back with me. She insisted that I take some of my shit back with me.
Its good to get away like this from time to time, away from the morons at work or work in general, and the anime fandom. I had time to check stuff out online and thank god I didn't miss much. Then again I'm kinda deflating when it comes to any anime fandom, its just not worth it anymore. Its fun to enjoy it from time to time but it gets old. I can barely even write much anymore but I try especially since I'm now on a 3x11 kick! ^___^ I even took some hentai 1xR djs and some tame ones too along with my notebook but I just didn't have the writing bug in me. I guess thats good considering how I'm not supposed to be stressed out while on vacation but to have some sort of fun or calmness. I was blessed on seeing the new GW art that Chihiya posted on the one 1xR list *swoons over art*
Most importantly though, I miss Holly and Ali. I'm hoping that the 2nd weekend in Oct I can make it down to Houston to see them again.
All in all to sum it up, it was good to see family again but the most important lesson I learned is................ NO KIDS IN MY FUTURE!!!!! *thud* Yes I may say that now and perhaps might change when I'm 30 but after this vacation, I want to be KID FREE! In fact I was in heaven when we finally left the North on not having to hear babies cry or little kids whining. Ethan never did behave while we were home and made me not want to play with him cause of his attitude. And the crying I had to put up w/ Dylan cause of that tooth coming in, I'm surprised I still have any hearing left. But I do miss them though and probably miss Dylan the most since he was a mellow babe when he wasn't fussing.
*sigh* Must go see what I can manage to unpack and update again before going to bed later.
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Welcome home!
It's a good thing you avoided most of the bad weather driving back. Ah but you missed the week of fall like temperatures.