It has been over a month since I've had the time or energy to post here or comment elsewhere and quite a bit has happened over the past few weeks. For one, Husband and I re-entered escrow with the house across the street from the house that fell through. We also adopted a kitten I named Anastacia. As of right now, a relative is housing the kitten until we have moved into the house, so we don't know how Anastacia will get along with our current cuddle-monkey cat, Sebastian. There have also been two significant deaths in my family - one relative each from my mother and my father's families. In fact, while my mother flew to Chicago for one funeral, my father and I flew to Seattle for the other. They were held on the same day.
Outside of this, that which has occurred has kept Husband and I busy, but is not really worth writing about. I spent a few days watching Husband's nieces and we went to the LA County Fair with his sister and her family. We also witnessed Husband's brother's graduation; he is now a police officer and thus fully capable of wrangling free goods out of any doughtnut shop along his beat. I actually do not know if he has a beat or what a beat really is, but it sounded good. Husband and I also helped his aunt move into a place which is decidedly closer to where we live (and will soon live) than her old home was. She will also save a fortune on transportation to and from work because now she lives so far away from work that she has to take the train and her company? Pays for the train tickets. So her commute is less because there is no traffic and her transportation is virtually free. How cool is that? There was the day of Husband's nephew turning four years old as well, and several days that we spent over at my parents' home when he worked outside with my dad and I chatted with my mom. And that? I think that about sums it up. Also, my parents celebrated their anniversary recently, we visited with Husband's cousin who visited from out of town, and we discovered that a close relative of Husband was diagnosed with diabetes which can, luckily, be controlled by diet.
In the month prior to that, my mother and I traveled to Illinois to celebrate the 100th birthday of my great-grandmother's sister. She passed away shortly thereafter, and so I think my mother and I were both pleased to have had the opportunity to visit with her one last time while she was alive. While in Illinois, we also devoted a day to walking around the Chicago Botanical Gardens, which were breathtaking. I cannot find the postcards I bought there to prove it, though, so Husband is just taking my word on that! Also, we celebrated my birthday and the birthdays of both of my sisters, and we found out that my half-brother will be performing a foreign exchange program wherein he leaves his home country and comes to live with my parents for the spring semester of this year. That should be alot of fun and I am looking forward to seeing him again.
This blog has always been a place for me to talk about my life today, right here and right now, so that I do not forget alot of what happens. I figure these are some of the most important times of my life as they are setting up my future, and I never want to forget them. It has taken me completely by surprise, however, to find that I rarely have the time to update. I will definitely start to focus on that more!
