Well, my fabulous tan is finally fading. What a summer it's been. Vegas, St. George Island, Chicago, the move to Jacksonville, FL. How we scraped the pennies to do all of it, I'll never figure out.
Although I'll never be able to pick a favorite part, it was so good to finally meet my little twin cousins... they're a year old now, I can barely believe it. After I showed Sully all the best parts of Chicago... street festivals where my uncle's band performed, Millennium Park, The Shedd Aquarium, the fabulous architecture, Navy Pier, all the wonderful places from my childhood... he was just as smitten with the Windy City as I am. BUT we're not really into the whole "pay $17,000,000 a month just to live in a crappy studio in Southside" so we decided to move to Jacksonville instead. But we'll get to that later...
Vegas, oh Vegas.... what happens there stays there, right? As much as I'd like to say that Sully and I won thousands of dollars in the casinos, the truth of the matter is we blew most of our savings on that trip. But holy crap was it worth it. The casinos, the clubs, the shows... all of it was exactly like I'd been dreaming. Granted, most of it is now a drunken blur, but the pictures prove we had a great time.
The beach? Well that was just plain fantastic. The usual stuff, getting sunburned while drinking on the beach, getting sunburned while drinking on the boat, getting sunburned while drinking out on the tiny town... getting stoned on the beach at 3 am with my mother... just kidding! But wouldn't that be awesome? It was a very relaxing trip, and I know my brother and new sister in law needed some time away from real life before the baby gets here (in just another month!!!!). I know my mom loved having all the kids there with her, after all, we were there to celebrate her 50th birthday, so it was all about mom. :)
I can hardly believe we've been in Jacksonville for almost a month now. It still seems like we just got the keys to our new place. The cats are still getting used to having the extra square footage and another bedroom (wow!) to run around in. I've been making excellent money waiting tables here, but it's kinda what I do. Sully is making friends quickly, like he always does, and his little sister has plans to come stay with us for a long weekend in a couple of months. Life is hectic and crazy, but I love it.
January 25, 2011
That's how I want things to go down. But no matter how it all works out, it's going to be a fun summer.
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