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November 16, 2005 at 10:32 a.m.
I made a guest entry in Clarity's diary today!! The topic was how many days have you lived - you can do the calculations here. Turns out I am 9528 days old today. So I made some observations here and had a blast. Check it out, yo.
I've made some executive decisions. Never mind that I'm not an executive, and my history of making decisions and not deciding that I must have been on crack when I made them is spotted at best - but for now I'm trying to stick to these.
I'm not traveling without Jared anymore. Oh, I know I probably don't have a choice in this - he has a job and it involves staying here where his parents live here in the ATL, and one of my jobs involves touring, and plus my parents and family all live west of Denver. So it's probably moot. I'm just saying, I'm going to try to avoid it if possible.
My uncle's wedding a few weeks ago in LA made me miss him like a crazy person, and Annie's wedding in Denver this weekend was the straw that broke the camel's back. I miss my husband! plus he brings along his laptop and we watch Simpsons episondes on the plane - I LOVE that! But heading to these weddings alone was soooo boring. Oh, and that brings me to the next executive decision:
I don't want to go to any more weddings without Jared, either. No, it's not because it's all mushy and stuff and I'm all co-dependant and need my honey there - it's because they are so much work to be a good guest there's all this socializing and helping and being polite for a really long period of time - and one of the cool things about having a husband at social gatherings is that he can help pick up ths slack.
Man I'm tired!!
But check this out - this has got to be the coolest party game this Mormon chick has ever played - Annie's now-husband threw a root beer tasting contest for the wedding party the night before. We had 10 kinds - like Mug, A&W, Henry Weinhardts, Big K and even my husband's brew - Jared has been bottling his own rootbeer for months now, and I brought some bottles for the contest. And the point was, we had to drink the root beer and try to guess what kind it was. Tricky stuff.
Now, that is a simply AWESOME party idea in itself, but the best part was... I WON!!!!!!!!!!! In a room full of all these macho guys who were taking notes and swearing they were the best tasters everrrr.
I am SOOO proud of myself:)
So the trip was great, all in all - I got to see Annie hitched, I even got to see my pregnant sister-in-law that is 9 months pregnant and somehow still looks REALLY HOTT. She has a belly, but that's it. She even makes that part hott.
I did not know that was possible. It does make me feel gooder about the whole idea of it though - she's taller than me, but we're both pretty tall so I'm hoping it'll rub off on me.
It was really, really good to see my mom though. And dad, but we banished him to another bedroom so mom and I could sleep their room and talk all night. He's such a good sport:) I just miss my parents sooo, soo much. I moved away over 8 years ago, and we never can spend enough time together. I'm not one of those mommy's girls or daddy's girls - heck, I'm both.
I'm really going to miss them over Christmas this year. It'll be my first without them. I spent only Christmas day with them last year, but we made the most of it (skiing, woohoo!). And this will be my very first Thanksgiving without my family. Yes, I know I have a new family and I love them, but traditions are traditions. My first Thanksgiving where I don't see my parents or brothers.
I'm going to go drink some hot chocolate.
SUPERCRACK says maybe her new career could be hot chocolate tasting???