Listening to :: Tabi no Tochuu from Spice and Wolf

Well, let’s see. I finally moved, on November 1st of ‘07. Also in November, my mom flew me up to Alaska to surprise my brother at his wedding! I got there the day of and my mom and soon to be sister-in-law Elissa picked me up at the airport. Travis had called when I was on the plane, I had to wait until I was in the car to call him back, as I didn’t want him to hear the airport noise. I talked to him the whole way to the hotel, saying how sad I was to be missing his wedding. Mom and Elissa tried not to laugh the entire time. He had no idea. It was hard keeping it from him once we started setting up for the ceremony, which was at ‘Top of the World’ restaurant at the Anchorage Hilton. The view is awesome, you overlook the Cook Inlet and Parts of downtown Anchorage and then some. His face was priceless when I walked in just before the ceremony started.

I also really like Elissa, she has a similar personality to mine, so it didn’t get awkward hanging out just her, Travis, and I. They also have a darling huge Maine Coon kitty named Moo. When I sat down on their couch, he deposited himself across my lap and chest and promptly started purring. And this was before we had been properly introduced. It also snowed about 7 inches overnight, and then I had to pack when the power was out, by candlelight. I was sad I could only stay for 2 days, but I had a blast when I was there.

About two weeks after that I went to Florida for a few days to meet with family again. That was a ton of fun. Besides my parents, Travis and Elissa, the rest of my siblings were there too. My stepsister Allison and boyfriend were there along with my stepbrother Craig and his wife Linda. I hadn’t seen Craig in about 14 years, so it was like meeting him for the first time almost. Linda was also a darling. She and I had the idea that we want to meet up, along with Mom and Allison in Salem, MA at Halloween and go on some ghost tours and stuff. I hope it works out that we can!

I also went to Arizona in January, for my birthday, to hang out with Mom and Lee and just do nothing. Turns out, some rude lady that sat next to me on the plane there gave me a nasty cold because she repeatedly did not cover her mouth when she sneezed. I spent almost the entire week there sick. I missed out on a cool little breakfast trip to a place with a casino that the rest of the flight park went to, because Lee (and I found myself agreeing) said that I shouldn’t be flying in a cold plane at a high altitude when I had a bad cold. Oh well, I still had fun relaxing. Last time I was down there was that three months that I used to get in shape for the Air Force, and the house wasn’t finished yet. This time it was, and I got to re-explore it. My second cousins, Kathy and Steve came to visit from Minnesota and we all took turns riding in the Helicopter with Lee. It was very cool. The day I went home, I completely lost my voice for a week.

On the home front, not much aside from moving. I got a few new furnishings for the apartment. There is a new couch and comfy chair set my roommate and I bought off a friend. They are a tan microfiber and super comfy. I also got a new pillow top queen mattress which is ultra squshy. The bestest things I got were the Samsung 42in Plasma TV and Blu-ray DVD player. Those are my babies. Seeing Hi-Def TVs playing Blu-ray in the stores don’t do the things justice. It can’t beat the way it looks in one’s bedroom. Yes, I said bedroom. No point in me buying a TV like that, if I can’t watch it whenever I want, now is there?

Listening to :: Hey! Say! – Lovely Complex

Some new things in my life too. The very biggest thing is that my little brother (little meaning 26 ) is getting married! It’s exciting and I’m very happy for him! It’s still very weird to me, though. I can’t seem to wrap my mind around that fact. He hadn’t even met her that last time I was home which was Christmas. Mom says that she likes her, so that’s good enough for me. My mother is an excellent judge of character. I get to meet her when my family meets up in Florida in December. I’m excited. I’m also more nervous about what she’ll think of me as a sister-in-law. People I meet generally like me, but I’m only truly myself around my family. My family loves me, but I know I’m very eccentric and self-contained. It’s like all of a sudden I have a new adult immediate-family that I didn’t grow up around. I guess I’ll try to be myself without acting too anti-social. That being said, I don’t want her to feel left out either. I’ll have to try extra hard to include her. It’s funny, usually it’s the one marrying into the family that’s the most nervous.

Other news. After much struggle, we finally got an apartment reserved! It’s about a hundred bucks more than the last one that we tried to get, but it’s bigger and on the top floor with vaulted ceilings. They said it’s one of their best apartments. Our move in date is November 1st, and boy am I excited. No more living in a place that oughta be condemned. Just today, the hallway lights outside the apartment all stopped working. And I know it’s not the bulbs because it’s all of them and they were just changed a month ago. My roommate had to knock on the door because when she tried to unlock it, she couldn’t see. It’s not safe in this kind of neighborhood. It’s not what I would call the ghetto or the slums, but it’s dirty and old and I don’t like going out after dark around here. It doesn’t help that I’m on the night rotation again. Think happy thoughts, Anne! Less than a month left until I move!

Listening to :: Kinjirareta Asobi – Rozen Madien