Brain dump

So seeing Chicago in New York was actually disappointing. I guess the movie ruined it for me. It was definitely a good experience to see a play on Broadway though, so I can't complain there.

School is going well. Most of the joy I'm getting out of this portion of the semester is the realization that we only have a week and a half left to it. It's been great and I've learned a lot, but trying to keep up with it is like trying to take a drink from a firehose.

My mother recently announced to me that while we're home for Christmas, she'd probably have Dick-less over a couple of nights and that I should be "old enough and mature enough to understand that." I called her back and pointed out the fact that I am old enough and mature enough to understand what "sleepover" means. As an already traumatized daughter (See: An Awkward Anal-ysis) I'd prefer to avoid hearing a 60 year old wrinkly man break a hip while trying to play hide the sausage - wait it's probably more like hide the tic-tac - with my mother. Although now that I think about it, it would be satisfying to hear him break a hip as a result of performing such an act. "squeakysqueakysqueakyCRACK OWWWWWWWWW!!!" Karma's a bitch, ain't it? I can only imagine the explanation at the emergency room. That would certainly put a stop to their inconsiderate nookie with me in the house.

Other than avoiding mom-drama, we'll be doing a lot of wedding planning. TJ's mom has found something we could make for bridesmaid gifts and we'll be making those while at his parents', and then we bought some invitations and can start using mom's printer ink to make those while home at my mom's.

Lots to do and little time to do it. Now that I've managed to distract myself away from the comptuer, i'm gonna go wander. Here's where I'll give you the opportunity to come up with things I should talk about in here. Leave comments and we'll see what kinda stuff we can get into!

Slow news day in kikat's life

Well my mom and aunt came and went. Let's just say it was a bittersweet visit with my mom, a fun one with my aunt.
This weekend, TJ and I head down to New York to see Chicago...the musical...that seems weird to say without tacking on "the musical" to the end of it. Then, next week already, one of my best friends comes to visit! She'll be here for about 2.5 days, so I have to figure out what to squish into that time without running us ragged in the process. Oh and Thanksgiving is in the middle of that too. I'm praying to God I don't mess up the turkey (I have my aunt on speed dial for this one). Other than that, not much else new on this end.
Things are finally uneventful for a little bit!

Oh the places we'll go...

This weekend, my mom and aunt are coming to visit Boston for a whole week. I'm really excited about things, although I've been getting extremely anal retentive about how our apartment looks, and I'm getting pretty stressed about how it's all gonna go down too. The anal retentive thing runs in our family, as my mom and aunt had requested a typed out itinerary of what we're gonna do with them while they're here. I'm actually okay with that, as it keeps things organized and straight in my mind. I'm figuring it's a pretty fluid thing too; even though stuff is listed for specific days, we can switch days on things too. I made my aunt promise to help me keep mom from being stuck on the phone crying over another guilt trip her boyfriend gives her. She's gonna be on vacation, the drama stays home in the midwest, plus I don't want to hear about it anymore. I've had the internal "I told you so" moment and I'm ready to just see them end it already. Next thing on the agenda is figuring out things to do with my sister and her boyfriend if/when they come out in January. Ideally they'd come out in the summer, but he's a farmer and the only time they really ever get a day off of work is in the dead middle of winter, and even then there are cows to be milked. They're tossing back and forth between Florida or Boston, so I've gotta come up with things that will make them choose cold, wintery Boston over a warm escape to Orlando. If anyone has any ideas on making that one happen, please leave comments! I would really like them to come, especially if they can spend their time here before I start classes again in the middle of January.

On another note, my school is offering a trip for $35 to go to New York and see the play Chicago on Broadway. I signed TJ and myself up immediately. I get to go to Broadway!!! I've never even been to New York, let alone to my favorite musical on Broadway of all places!!! AAAHHHH!!! Side note: I love the musical regardless of its name, it could be named LA and I'd still love it (TJ thinks it's just 'cause it's named Chicago and I used to live there are the only reasons why I love it). It's AWESOME! TJ said he wants to pay for it as my Christmas present, which is perfectly fine by me :o) We're planning on ringing in New Year's 2008 in Times Square, I'm really interested in seeing what St. Patty's day is like here in the Irish-rich city of Boston (I would love to see my crazy Irish landlady get blitzed), catch a few days during the summer at Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, and see what Maine is like in the fall. I love this coast!

We're getting so many exciting experiences out here, I wish I could afford to stay permanently. If you want an actual stand-alone house out here, it's at least $1,000,000 (and no, I didn't accidentally add another zero), and that's for a one bedroom small one. So it's really not feasible to stay and try to raise a family. If we moved back to the midwest, instead of a small one bed for that price, I could get a mansion. The obvious sacrifice here is that we lose the access to all this stuff, although with the money we save, we could take multiple trips back if we wanted to.

Well, back to the real world. Before Saturday when mom and aunt E. come, I have 2 tests, 1 presentation, 1 homework assignment, need to dust, sweep, and vacuum the apartment, put up storm window-plastic stuff, and try to find some nice decorations. Oh and not to forget cooking and baking a cake for my aunt's birthday that's Saturday. Wish me luck!