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hello!
first of all let me say that i couldn't miss you all more. my life has been overrun by the male variety of human, and they aren't quite as nice to look at as you all are. it's been quite the adjustment living with 3 guys, working with 3 guys, hanging out with 3 guys, i often feel like elaine from seinfeld--though less funny and with slightly (only slightly) more tamed hair, and not-so-much new york. regardless, i could use a little of you back in my life!
i moved out of my parents house....weird.
i live with men....more weird.
i can't find a grocery store around me....bad news.
i can bike anywhere i want....good news.
i miss you all....inevitable.
i found some sweet places to take you guys when/if you want to visit me....awesome.
what have i learned from living with boys:
women's natural tendency is to be considerate hence the 'i'm sorrys' that ran rampant in our apartment last year haha! well men, immediately assume comfort, so ya know if they have a lot of food to eat, they'll eat it out of your really pretty fruit bowl, removing the fruit from it and put it into a cereal bowl. or perhaps drink the two cups of coffee that you made for yourself in the assumption that because everyone had the day off but you, that you shouldn't make more than that. i don't know they might even take a 15 minute 'bathroom stop' at 8 am, when your bus is at 820 because of course when ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
all of these things happened to me within 24hrs of moving in.
since then however, we have all been managing splendidly. i feel like i live with 3 older brothers, but ones that for the most part, appreciate the fact that they live with a lady. i now have them reading and drinking tea after dinner in front of the fire. seth even asked if we could put on some classical music the other night. slowly but surely my friends, slowly but surely. dan is our resident pot-smoker. it has caused a few small rifts so far but for the most part he is very considerate and takes it outside and disposes of it in the basement, so that none us are effected directly except, that when he's high, he could not be a more annoying individual, he reminds me of a certain roommate we all had in common at one point but, louder more forceful and about 30 xs more difficult to listen to, highly interruptive and without means of reading social cues. nevertheless, he's very nice and considerate and when he's not smokin the doobie he's quite chatty but in a more conversational way. jeremy is a sabbatarian---he keeps the sabbath and reads a lot of christian literature. he also resembles a leprachaun (even though he's scottish and owns a kilt), cooks, cleans, and reminds me of many men from our beloved school, he did graduate from there, go figure. seth is poppa bear but quite high maintenance. he's already protective of me and has taken to calling and making sure i've gotten on the correct buses and made it to work alright. he waits up for me and sees me off if he's not going on the same bus in the morning. its quiet and manageable and i think i'm going to come to really love these disparate 3. we played board games the other night and it was such a family setting around the kitchen table! life is certainly different, things are morphing and changing and not very slowly either. i think ive got it under control even though last week was a little difficult, i know i'll get the hang of all of this! pray for me though, its kind of overwhelming at times, especially when you add greg into the mix of all this, him being in peru and despairingly hard to get a hold of sometimes.
all that to say, i would love for you all to come see my humble abode and witness firsthand the sitcom that has become my life! i have so many stories already, they'll make you laugh i think! hows the first week in february for everyone? it doesnt have to be at my place by any means but i'd like a new book to read but more than that, i'd like to have us all together again!! let me know!
can't wait.
beacoup des bisoux!
amanda
Sweet Girls
Let's sit and think for just a moment
No one has seen him for months, some suspect he's in rehab but I SAW him. Oh wait, false alarm, it's just Nick Horst! Man, and I was about to submit this to people.com to let them know I found him...
How is everyone? I have to admit, I just flipped through a bunch of senior year pictures reminiscing of the precious d301.
Anyways, not too much to report here, life is still the same ol' same ol', just driving a new car these days. Work was boring for about 2 full weeks (thanks Amanda for keeping me occupied :) but I'm back on the horse and things are picking up again. Grad is school is HARD and I'm trying to get the hang of the whole 40 hour work week + part time school thing. I haven't quite got it down pat yet, at the expense of my personal health (ie no exercising for me the past 3 weeks, yikes!). But, like work, I'm back on the horse with exercising. I did my first round of "mat on the floor in the living room" pilates again, this one's version 3.0 (new video, sNaZzy) and in the middle I thought I may have had a small heart attack due to my lack of ability to handle what was happening. Luckily for me I realized soon after I had accidently bought the advanced version of the video I actually wanted. WOOPS. Oh well, it'll soon be "bikini" season before we know it, and I'm gonna blink it'll be the middle of July, and I'll be staring at my bathing suit wondering why I had chosen to watch Desperate Housewives reruns instead of just doing some pilates.
Speaking of bathing suits my WORD here is the skinny from the Victoria Secret swim. I found my eyes wandering from my original interest to this. Ladies, I give you the wonder bra bathing suit. Oh, and did I mention you'll get an AWESOME gladiator tan with that one? mmhmm, I'm aiming my pilates goals at that one. I mean seriously though, can you imagine someone on the beach actually wearing that? I mean for crying out loud, America's got a fat problem... okay I'm done.
I'm done blogging, and I'm going to continue reading my book... "Dear John". I chose to read that without realizing that it was going to end on an unbelievably sad note. I'm in trouble... someone come get me and bring a box of tissues, I saw the commericial for the movie, and my eyes started to water already. That's definitely not gonna be one I watch alone.... or with Matt.... or in the movie theater.
Love you all, I hope you're all doing great. I can't wait to hear whats going on in your lives. I'm copying Hil, is there any way I can pray for you girls?
<3 Joy
Out with the old, and in with the new
It's not officially mine just yet, I have to pick it up this weekend, and then I'll be free to be stylin' in my baby blue car. Well anyways, that's about it for now. I'm drowning in papers and insurance, loans and down payments.. not to mention all the driving back and forth everywhere. I can't wait til everything calms down so I can see you all. I miss you girls a lot.
I hope everyone had a safe, fun, and happy New Year. Much love<3
Try on a new decade for size
Happy New Year, lovely women! 2010! I hope you all are just great.
Have you listened to the 2009 mashup of the top 25 songs? You should!
Here is the link to 2009's
If you search on youtube, you can find the 2008 and 2007. I'm not sure if there's a 2006, but they are pretty sweet-better than just putting songs back to back... DJ Earworm (SHOOT, that name is TAKEN!) actually seems to have thought about it! Nice, nice!
In the same vein, here is a link to a mashup of a 2 pac song and a coldplay song, lost, which, even without 2pac is a super great pumping up song. Also, have you heard the Verve's Bittersweet Symphony go head to head with JayZ? Oh WOW, it's great. But I think I probably played that a ton at Messiah. Could be old news.
I hope this finds you cheerful and joyful and full of love!
Be kind to your retail workers.
Can I be praying for anyone for anything in particular? Let me know! I love you guys so much and am so thankful for each one of you!
Love,
Hilary
