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Saddest day of 2010

Day of the big move. Wilder (my eldest brother), Zoee (my dad's dog), my father, and my mother departed for their long journey to Long Beach, CA. When my father came downstairs early in the morning, I got right up from my make shift bed and went upstairs and got in bed with my mother. I was pretty much crying all morning from that point on. Kind of like I do whenever I hear "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. I cannot hear that song without crying anymore. Anyway, after they left, I hung around the house with my brother, Andrew and his roommate, Don, and tried to pull myself together. Eventually the drugs kicked in and I went to the hefty task of loading my car up with everything that I had acquired from my mother over the weekend due to the move and due to the early Christmas. It was a lot of stuff, as you can see. After I got home, Gizmo and I pretty much just laid on the couch all night. I can honestly say I have no idea what I would do if I didn't have Gizmo in my life. Considering what I was going through when I got him, he's pretty in tune to my emotions and is the sweetest, most comforting little monster when I'm upset. I can't imagine loving anything more than I love him. Well, except maybe my mother.

3000 Miles to Graceland

My parents last full day in Millville. Change is a natural part of life, but it's not always easy to let go of the past. It wasn't easy for me to stand by as my parents prepared to leave the house I grew up in to go to a place 3000 miles away. And though it's nice that the house won't be sold, it was a little unsettling to be there as my parents moved out and my brother and his friend move in. It was kind of surreal. I spent much of the day laying in my parents bed sleeping and hiding from the mayhem downstairs. I got up to go out of the house with my mother a few times and I participated in the early Christmas celebrations that were held at night with my nephew. There were things I just could not participate in like eating or packing. I mostly just hung around quietly and tried not to cry. Didn't always work out, though. Emotions were running high and there was a lot of clashes. Just a really awful day, really. But probably not as bad as the day that followed it.

Home is where your mom is

Didn't feel much like going back to Lindenwold, so Gizmo and I hung around the house. We ran errands and just basically spent the day with my mom. Lately there's been a lot of buzz going on in the household as my mother has interviewed for jobs in two hospitals in California. As things progress, it's looking more and more like my parents will be moving on California before the end of this year. It's something that my mom has wanted to do for a long time and I'm glad that she's taking the initiative and doing it. She's been saying it so long that people basically have stopped listening so I'm glad that she's going to prove all the nay-sayers wrong. I wouldn't call myself one of those. I've always knew that she would one day do it, but at the same time I was never thrilled with the idea. I liked when it was just an idea. I can avoid reality for only so long. With everyday that passes it's just going to be another day closer to when my mother moves across the country. I'm going to hate it. I'll certainly survive, but I will definitely hate it. And so, I have been spending as much time at home on my break as I could. It's going to be super weird when my mother isn't even in the same time zone as me everyday. I hate dealing with that when she's just on vacation or out of town. It's going to take a lot of adjusting. A lot.

Back to Millville!

Back to Millville again. I had a hair appointment and Gizmo had a vet appointment. I got about 5 inches off of my hair. It was brutal. I had such anxiety on the way to my appointment, even more so in the chair, and a heap more when it was done. It feels SO short! I don't know if I really like it. It's not above my shoulders or anything crazy, but it feels really weird to me. Luckily, it grows. Later I took Gizmo to the vet and thanks to his bark collar, he was the most behaved he's ever been. He used to be so bad and loud that they'd send us to a room immediately. I wouldn't even get to sign in he was so bad. But this time I signed in and took a seat in the waiting area. He wasn't dead silent, of course. He was all whining and growling and being a pain, but he was soooooooo much better. Unfortunately, the room we did finally get put into had the most disgusting photos on the wall. No cute puppy-kitten posters like some people hang up. These were photographs of intestines and some kind of surgery! Pretty gross. Even grosser than the cataracts poster in the other room. Later my newly cut hair got a fresh coloring, but more on that tomorrow!

Incredible!

Went home to do some long due laundry. While I was there, I suggested that my mother and I go to the Verizon store and check out the new phones and see if there was any sales on. My cell has been pretty wonky so I was hoping to get a new one in the next few months. Much to my surprise, my mother went ahead and got me one right then and there! I got a HTC Incredible and it's rad! I pretty much kill the battery everyday by fiddling with it constantly. For a while, most of the pictures in this blog will be courtesy of my new phone. Just then nature of the beast!

Whoee it's Zoee

My mother returned from her California adventure so after one of the saddest Acting for Animation classes (Grave for the Fireflies is SO sad!) I went home to surprise her. So, for once, I have a picture of a dog that isn't Gizmo! It's amazing! When you spend a majority of your time at school or alone you basically wind up with a camera full of dog pictures. Especially if your dog is as photogenic as mine. I know, I'm saying this at the wrong time. The one time I'm not posting a photo of Gizmo. D'oh!

Troubles Bubbles

Due to Shermin possibly needing a new battery and/or alternator, I had to skip class and go home. Going home is never a total loss, but the bonus was that I got to spend some time with my mother and my brother. So, if I had to skip, at least I got to see people I don't see so much anymore! Luckily, Shermin doesn't need a new battery or a new alternator. Unfortunately, corrosion has eaten away at some wiring and I'm quite sure that VW will charge us an arm and a leg. Going to be hard to drive without them.

Once upon a dream

Saw Inception. Slept through the whole thing.

Shoulda went to Kawa

Hi Millville, I came back for a visit!

Day #7 - Home on the Range

Got back to Jersey just in time for dinner with my family. I was really, really, really happy to see Gizmo, but I wasn't on top of the world about being home. But it's nice that Gizmo and Zoee were both so happy I returned. Gizmo endured the longest hug ever! I have to end this post and go and find him now.... Ciao!

Yes! I hope every Saturday is this good!

Gizmo and I spent the day as hostages in our bedroom. Despite the tremendous rain, my uncle came over to work with my mother on the book he's writing. He's completely computer illiterate so he continues to use typists to do his work. Used to be me. So glad it isn't anymore because what we thought was going to be something that would take a few short hours took an entire day. I did get some things done. Gizmo got a bath. My room got cleaned. I got some of my HW done. Watched tons of Office extras. And when I left my room, I got to do really fun things like scrub out the refrigerator. So, you better believe that I had the best Saturday ever!

I'm too old to die

Yes, more sky pictures. I love taking pictures of the sky. Especially when it looks all crazy like this! If I posted all the pictures of the sky that I take in a month, more than half of my blog would be sky pictures.

But anyway, I had another productive Monday. Got things accomplished. Thought there was going to be a killer storm, but it was all bark and no bite. It's all good, though. Just as long as it's not storming on Zooday!

ps. Peep that rainbow!

Monday, Monday so sweet to me

I really enjoy Mondays. I get a lot done. I clean up the mess I've accumulated over the past 5 days and I run all my errands. It's usually a nice, relaxing day for me. Which is ironic. I get the Monday blues on Wednesday. haha I'm going to try to enjoy them while they last because I doubt I'll get to keep my special Mondays once classes commence. OH SIGH.

Double True

Had a much needed lazy day.
Slept in.
Went to the grocery store.
Ate sushi.
Watched TV.
And enjoyed a thunderstorm.

No Chronicles of Narina, though.
FAIL.

You don't have ten dollars

Sometimes I'm known to write out a to-do list for myself and I make it my mission to complete it. Sometimes I'm successful, sometimes I am not. Today I was successful. Would have been a really good day if my whole body wasn't aching. Ah well. Gotta earn those dollas!

And my head STILL hurts

It's never a good sign when my room starts looking like this. I'm one of those people that keeps a pretty tidy room and I tend to clean it every night before bed. I just feel better going to bed with things organized, but when I'm in a bad mood my priorities shift. They shift into "I don't care about anything" and thus cleaning up before bed was left by the wayside. But! Despite my mood (my headache)! I cleaned my room! It's clean now! Did I take a picture after though? Nope. That definitely fell by the wayside. Eh, can't win them all. You'll have to just take my word for it.

May the 4th Be With You

It's really hard to capture this in a photo, but the Coke on the left is actually square. What happened to you, Mr. Coke Can?!