Dear Diary,
I went with Nick up to Tahoe for the beginning of the week. His grandparents own time shares on two condos up there for the Hardin family to get together every year. Most of them stay up for the week, but I had to get back for an interview, so we left Wednesday morning. Still, that left some good time for me to get to know his family a little better and to be there for his grandfather's birthday dinner.
I'd only been to Tahoe once in the summer for a Burdine family reunion. Ignoring a mirgraine from all the stress of the last couple weeks and really nasty sunburn that we are both now sporting, I had a lot of fun:
I went to Cabela's for the first time and found a knife I wouldn't mind owning.
We went to Virginia city, where I had my first candy apple in YEARS.
Nick and I hiked 10.6 miles to the top of Mt. Rose and back (gorgeous view, but we didn't bring sunscreen).
I lost 67cents at a casino.
I got to see Coraline for the first time as his sister Katie had bought it (written by my favorite author, Neil Gaiman)
And got to spend time hanging out with the family.
And I had reinforced that Nick should just always have the camera. He takes awesome photos. I should have some of those up on myspace... sometime soon.
It was a blast. Thank you Nick for taking me!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Irish Luck and Sweet Sorrows
Dear Diary,
It’s been an interesting few months. Mom’s better. She’s definitely finding some things to keep herself busy. Erik moved out. OMFG, right (love you, bro). My sister has her going away party tomorrow before she takes off to get ready to go to Iraq. See her page for details on that (look right for the link). I plan on caring for her cat for the 6+ months that she’ll be away.
My cousin, Anita, got married to a really cool guy. I’m excited to get to know Ben better. While in Alaska, Honduras, where my cousin Katherine lives, had a coup. She was mostly annoyed that she wasn’t there for it. She’s back there now.
As for me, I am still walking dogs, but am on to my third interview with Seneca Center. They provide services for children with emotional disorders, be it innate or acquired. I’m excited to learn how to care for these kids. When I go into speech path, I’m sure to still encounter kids with these comorbid pathologies. I want to be sure I can do that job and be there for the kids as they’ll need me to be. It’s going to be hard, but I think I’m prepared.
Gabriel and I broke up. We’re still on good terms, though. He’s still an amazing person who deserves the best in life. I’ve since started seriously dating Nick, whom some who read this have met (I point out that I still don’t know who all of you are. A quick comment wouldn’t go amiss). For now, I’ll just say I like him a lot.
This last week, my second mom (the mother of Craig, whom I dated for four and a half years), Kathy, had surgery to remove quite a bit of cancer. She will be in the hospital for a couple weeks. Not really good, but at least it’s not as bad as it could be. That is the definition of Irish Luck. I went down and back with Katie to be there for the surgery. The family had fun explaining to people who I was.
This morning, my best friend since my first day of high school left for Israel. She will be there for 7 months in different kinds of programs including one that will better her Hebrew and have her living and training with the Israeli army. She has some travel ideas for after that as well. It is not certain when next she will be in the States or the next time I will see her. Good times. I already miss her.
That’s kind of my life right now.
It’s been an interesting few months. Mom’s better. She’s definitely finding some things to keep herself busy. Erik moved out. OMFG, right (love you, bro). My sister has her going away party tomorrow before she takes off to get ready to go to Iraq. See her page for details on that (look right for the link). I plan on caring for her cat for the 6+ months that she’ll be away.
My cousin, Anita, got married to a really cool guy. I’m excited to get to know Ben better. While in Alaska, Honduras, where my cousin Katherine lives, had a coup. She was mostly annoyed that she wasn’t there for it. She’s back there now.
As for me, I am still walking dogs, but am on to my third interview with Seneca Center. They provide services for children with emotional disorders, be it innate or acquired. I’m excited to learn how to care for these kids. When I go into speech path, I’m sure to still encounter kids with these comorbid pathologies. I want to be sure I can do that job and be there for the kids as they’ll need me to be. It’s going to be hard, but I think I’m prepared.
Gabriel and I broke up. We’re still on good terms, though. He’s still an amazing person who deserves the best in life. I’ve since started seriously dating Nick, whom some who read this have met (I point out that I still don’t know who all of you are. A quick comment wouldn’t go amiss). For now, I’ll just say I like him a lot.
This last week, my second mom (the mother of Craig, whom I dated for four and a half years), Kathy, had surgery to remove quite a bit of cancer. She will be in the hospital for a couple weeks. Not really good, but at least it’s not as bad as it could be. That is the definition of Irish Luck. I went down and back with Katie to be there for the surgery. The family had fun explaining to people who I was.
This morning, my best friend since my first day of high school left for Israel. She will be there for 7 months in different kinds of programs including one that will better her Hebrew and have her living and training with the Israeli army. She has some travel ideas for after that as well. It is not certain when next she will be in the States or the next time I will see her. Good times. I already miss her.
That’s kind of my life right now.
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