Georgia is leaving in 3 days and we have talked about having a Grease Marathon with our previous roommates ever since we all went seperate ways. Well- Amber, Andrea, and Jodi all still live with one another but that is beside the point! ;) So tonight is going to be full of cheesy music and bad hair. Sounds awesome, right? Seriously, I love the movies and am really looking forward to viewing them with fun girls. And I am looking forward to sneaking more time in with my sister. She called on Saturday and wanted me to run errands with her. I joined and surprisingly, Brent came with. She said in the car, "He must really like me to come out on a Saturday like this." And she's right. She is an adorable girl and has blossomed so much in the past few years I can't begin to describe it. I love her dearly. All I can say is I am "Hopelessly Devoted" to my big sister.
Work is good. Family life is good. Life is good. Well, I guess you can say work is stressful because I still don't have access to all of the systems I need 6 weeks into the job. And I guess you could say that family life is not so hot with mom and dad in Virginia and Georgia ditching me for South Korea in 2 weeks. But LIFE IS GOOD. I have the sniffles because the weather is changing from fall to winter when fall truly only lasted for a month. Brent is getting a full fledged cold so I am inclined to take care of him and pamper him... I love to take care of him. I am actually hosting a going away party for Georgia tomorrow night and I am really excited about it. It should be fun seeing her the center of attention. It's such a huge deal to leave the USA for an entire year. Willingly! I wouldn't be able to leave Brent behind. He is home to me now. I know I am going to miss my sister and am trying to focus on the fact of how exciting this is for her. My dad said she will take good pictures but better not marry a Korean. LOL. Of course there may have been a racial slur thrown into the mix although he is not racist. Wow, right? I can be strong about this. I can be strong about the struggles we all face on a daily basis. I feel good.
It has been a long time since I have reported on my life. Things have been… going. I seem to be a little on the stressed side. Georgia is leaving me in a month. We went through a lot of arguing when my mom was visiting. And then we started arguing about other things… but we seem to be doing much better. We went to see my cousin in Rockford, Illinois this past weekend. The highlight for me was Edwards Apple Orchard. I even rode up front on the tour through the orchard. The chatty driver noticed my camera and offered the better view. It was hot. I took an awesome picture of the horses. Fantastic apples. If you have never had a HoneyCrisp Apple, please do it immediately. Anyway. Work is getting very busy and is very tedious. I keep missing little things! (But at least I am not repeating the mistakes). The learning curve is a full year but I am used to excelling at what I do. Now I have to learn and more often than not, the best lessons are learned in result of a mistake. But everyone is very nice in their approach for me to fix things… so it’s all good. Brent is great. I am more in love than ever. We just have fun with one another, like two children who just built their first fort. It’s very exciting. I’m tired. The apartment above me had BLARING music at 3 am and it woke me up. I stayed awake for at least 45 minutes and was simply furious. I would’ve gone upstairs, but I don’t know them and am not about to knock on some dude’s door alone. I left them a polite note on the door today, and the guy actually came and apologized! It was pretty sweet of him to do. Apparently his roommate was drunk and out of control, but I accepted the apology (of course). He was cute… maybe single… he should hook up with Sydney. She deserves a nice guy. I will leave you with a thought as I inhale the scent of sweet, baking apples… play a game. Read a book. Sleep a few extra hours. Enjoy life while you have it.
Let me give you a visual- I am sitting in a hotel room watching re-runs of Sex in the City and eating leftover chocolate cake from my Outback dinner. I feel very hip sitting at the desk typing on my blog. I brought the laptop so we could research sight seeing easily in the evenings. I am in training in St. Louis and it seems never-ending. I had a blissful Labor Day weekend, but had to be up at 4 am to get ready for the flight. So, the high of spending the entire weekend with my love is keeping me in the clouds for the time being. I had anticipated a horrible mood and even worse time in class that never came. Training has been difficult because a lot of time is wasted. We have a putsy facilitator that is never in a rush. Being out of my normal routine and separated from Brent is taking its toll. Eating out three times a day kinda sucks. But let me tell you- I did manage to spend $45 on my dinner tonight at the Outback!! Can you imagine?! I have never eaten there and ordered what I wanted. (My company reimburses up to $60 a day for food.)
Georgia got accepted into the program to teach Conversational English and is starting on October 31, 2006. My first reaction was sadness because she will be gone an entire year on this "experience." I am excited for her because I know she will make life long friends, take awesome pictures, and treasure the growing it will force within in. I am grateful that she got accepted simply because it was her heart's desire to go. I will personally have to adjust to the ache of having her gone.
