Data is the only one who is happy to be back home.
Just kidding…
… he’s not happy to be back home either!
Ha ha, that’s a joke. Data is happy to be back home, and the only reason I was happy to come home was to see him.
Have you ever had to leave your pet at the kennel for more than a few days? This was my first time doing so. After I gave him his last hug I tried not to look at him while I walked out to the car. Then I cried a little bit in the car on the way home. I hope Steven didn’t hear me sniffling.
We had to drop him off the night before our flight departure and pick him up the day after our flight arrival. The house felt so empty without him here! I know people who don’t like cats will think that is dumb, but it really did feel lonely with only me and Steven in the house. I suppose we have grown used to Data’s companionship (i.e. constant ruckus and begging for food).
Let’s say it together now – “Awwwwww…” gag gag gag!
Does a love for travel and a love for maps go together hand in hand?
I could waste so much time looking at maps – political maps, geographical maps, even fictional maps. Something about them fascinates me. It’s kind of surprising, because I remember finding Geography Class so boring in high school. Maybe it means more to me now that I actually have money to travel?
Last December, I bought Steven a map of the world for his birthday. We finally got around to getting a frame made for it last month, and hanging it in our office this morning. I have been really excited to put my little “travel pins” on the map. Based on the image below though, I think I may have exhausted Italy! Any suggestions for my next trip?
I’m going to sneak in and post some photos from our Aruba trip before Steven and I begin our very busy day of unpacking, washing clothes, preparing for Thursday’s Thanksgiving feast, shopping, and finally… picking up Data from the Kitty Resort!
A couple of things first though:
1. Thanks to Christina, who blogged while I was gone! I second kapgar in thinking she should start her own blog. Thanksgiving break is the perfect time to get it all set up! I really enjoyed reading all of her posts and am happy I asked her to write here. Thanks again sister!
2. It was really weird for me to take an “actual vacation.” Sure, I have been away, traveling for a week before, but usually my days are jam packed with sightseeing and I don’t get a break. In Aruba, we were L-A-Z-Y. We slept in, meandered over to the beach, ate late lunches and big dinners, sometimes didn’t even wear a watch… it felt strange at first, but now I can say I really enjoyed it! I need to take more relaxing vacations like this, instead of my usual chock full travel schedule.
And I won’t even get started on how weird it was not to blog while I was there!
And now onto the photos, in a VERY LONG extended entry…
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This is my last post! I enjoyed trying to think of interesting things to say, and hope that I didn’t scare anyone away from ilaxSTUDIO.com! Thank you everyone for your comments and encouragement!!
One last thing, go Panthers! I go to the University of Northern Iowa, and we just finished our football season 11-0! Hopefully we do just as well in the playoffs!
Kim, it will be good to have you back! I’ve missed talking to you!!
Adios amigos!
What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?
Mine is undoubtedly mashed potatoes. Yum! I could eat a whole plate full. My favorite is when they have chunks of potato in them that didn’t get squashed.
Thanksgiving break started for me at 2pm. I am very thankful for a week off of school, but will miss all of my friends that are going home!
Is it normal to not want to associate yourself with the people you went to high school with after graduation? Not all of them of course, I have many good friends that I still talk to on a regular basis. But there’s the ones that you kind of knew. The ones you kind of talked to, but not really. They were just always there? Well I chose to go to a college extremely close to my hometown, figuring it would be close enough to be near my family, but far enough to get away… and all those people, the ones I thought I was getting away from, they’re still here! Sometimes I feel like I’m on my own and in a new world, and then they bring me down. This post may seem bitter, but its just something I’ve been realizing lately!
I’m not sure what else to say, my mind is blank! An update on Kim, she is having lots of fun in Aruba! Doing lots of exciting things that I’m sure she will blog about when she gets back. She is also sneaking online a LOT. KIMBERLY, ENJOY YOUR HONEYMOON AND GET OFF THE INTERNET! 🙂
Thanks for reading. 🙂 I promise more interesting posts are on their way!
Undecided is my curse. I am actually considered a “deciding” major, just because it sounds more uplifting than undecided. I know I am just a college freshman and I have “plenty of time” to figure out what I want to do, but wouldn’t it be so convenient if I could just know now?! I try to look into things I am interested in, but there are just too many! Hotel management, real estate, interior design or even as broad as art or clothing design. I was really interested in majoring in real estate, until I was discouraged from an adviser because he thought it would be too much math for me. So frustrating!!
Any advice on how to decide? Did you change your major in college? I just need some encouragement!
Hopefully all of my friends with majors will change their minds. That would make me feel better, hahaha. 🙂
Thanks for reading!
Hello everyone! This is Kim’s little sister Christina. I am excited to take control of the blog for the next 6 days while Kim is on a much deserved honeymoon in Aruba. I hope I am able to keep my posts mildly interesting, but bare with me if they aren’t, I’ve never blogged before!!
Thanks for reading! Check back tomorrow for a more thought-out post! 🙂
For the next week, I will be spending the majority of my time here –
– which doesn’t appear to have an outlet for my laptop! I will probably sign in from time to time, but I have handed the reign of ilaxSTUDIO.com over to my sister, Christina. She will be posting while I am gone!
I will miss you all, and be eager to tell you about my trip when I return!
(Extra credit to the first person who can tell me what “te aworo” means!)
What was your favorite thing to pretend when you were a young child?
Oh, it’s so embarrassing, but I must share it, because that’s what I do here – share embarrassing secrets and stories.
I used to pretend that I had an identical twin sister. But I didn’t talk to her like she was an “invisible friend,” because I pretended that she lived in Florida, and that when she came to visit Iowa, I would go stay in Florida in her place. So she sort of “pretend existed” in my mind.
Seems innocent, right? Well, I told one of my friends that I really did have a twin sister who lived in Florida (this was in grade school by the way). And I would pretend that I was the other twin sister from time to time. My friend would say, “Kim?” and I would say, “No, I’m Kim’s twin sister,” and be all snotty about it.
That friend still thinks I have a twin sister.
Just kidding!
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