I know, it's been all pictures lately... but people like to see pictures. Anyway, I hope to have stuff to write about again soon, moving to South Carolina and all. ;)
Here's some from when Brian was back in town, and also from another party Jeff had. Also a few pics from hanging out with Brynn, Casey, Kirk and Heather, as well as pics of Steve's house. Good times!
New Years Eve pics are now up!
It was a fantastic evening at Leopold Bros bar in Ann Arbor, where my friend Erich's band, The Book Was Better, played a show. The last time I actually saw them was two years ago, at my old house in Ann Arbor - it was their first show, and they've come a long way since then! They played with two other bands, one which isn't worth mentioning, the other one called the Great Lakes Myth Society, which I really liked also. So me, Steve, Jeff, Kevin, Beth, Jess, and a few other people rocked to some good tunes, had a champagne toast at midnight, and welcomed 2005 in one of my favorite bars ever. Some of those other pics in the album were from me and Jeff hanging out at Kevin's, playing games and just being goofy. I'm gonna miss being around here!!
Uhh, so much for getting a few extra days to let me move. The dude wants me there the 10th... not even two weeks notice to get down there. He's mad at human resources; I'm irked because they weren't going to let me have enough time to fix my car, get packed, get shit taken care of... BLAH! So we "comprimised", and I'm moving TUESDAY! :( Excited to work, not excited about the time crunch.
So if you want to see me before I leave, you have 6 days. Then you'll have to visit me!
So I hinted at the idea that I have a job in that other entry. Not just any old job, like BLAHretailBLAH. Another fire job! My next adventure will be spending the next 5 months in South Carolina doing prescribed fire. I just found out last week, and they'd like me to start really really soon... like, I'd have to leave in a week. I'm going to ask for a few extra days though to try and tie up at least a few loose ends (I have a habit of having lots of those, it seems). It's weird to think I'll be somewhere "warm" and practically void of snow - I guess they sometimes get some flurries, but it was 70 degrees there today, for example. Figures that I get into snowsports, and I move where there is no snow. :)
I'm obviously very excited, sounds like this time I really get my own room, free rent, and - best of all - I get to bring my pet turtle Wilbur! I know it sounds silly but I had to send him to Steve's for over a year last year so he could be a foster turtle-parent. I've had Wilbur for 14 years and hated leaving him. :) I'm also about 2 hrs from Myrtle Beach = cheaper airfare. Now ya'll really don't have a good excuse to not visit me!!
Plus, I started reading "Looking for Alaska" by Peter Jenkins and it's making me want to head West - way, way West! - to Alaska again. I've thought about it ever since freshman year of college and I know that some day, I'll move there. It would drive me nuts to think about it and not at least give it a try! Who wants to move with me?
So that's the job news. Still much more to write about, but hard to make up for weeks of slacking off in this journal.
Oh yeah - where the heck did all the snow go?! Dammit!
This is more for the benefit of my family than those of you out there in Dot-Com world, just some photos of Xmas and Turkey Day at my mom's house and my dad's house. More fun pics coming up soon!
