These are some interesting behaviors I've observed while living here (excluding some of the more obvious ones) :
People say Wicked (supposedly only a RI phrase)
Celebrating holidays that don't exist else where (Columbus Day and Victory Day -> previously known as V-J Day)
Obsession with Duncan Doughnuts, particularly their coffee
They call grits, polenta - which I had always thought were similar but not the same thing
Multifamily houses
Dancing Crossing Guards
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
I can't believe how much has happened in the past month or so. President Obama, Josh's birthday, Thanksgiving, and the first snow. Well the first snow was today, but the rest was much earlier.
The election was very interesting. I did a dance when I found out that NC went blue. Yes I did find out in the middle of the office, but that's ok. The election was also Josh's 23rd Birthday. We had a house celebration for the election and Josh's birthday. I gave Josh slippers, its what he asked for. Our house was pretty cold then and sad to say has gotten colder.
We had our first snow today and its freaking cold. We haven't been able to seal our windows yet we still need to borrow a hairdryer.
Things have been pretty busy with work, but right now I can't really talk much about it. Nothing has been legally settled, but I will update as soon as it becomes public. One major thing is our Family Volunteer Day which took place the Saturday before Thanksgiving. I organized the gifts for families and helped with the faith based organizations who participated. Sad to say I wasn't able to attend there were other events...
Josh's Godfather/Best Friend's father passed away just over a week before Thanksgiving. Josh and I both flew down to NC for the reception and service on the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving. The service was lovely with multiple friends and family speaking. I'm glad I was there and able to be supportive for Josh, his family, and our friend & his family who lost his father. Josh also got to spend some time with his folks. On my way to the airport on Sunday morning I got a call from my father saying my grandmother passed away. Honestly not that surprising, but still not what I expected to hear early on a Sunday morning.
I returned to Boone with Josh to prepare with my folks. My mother picked Andy up from NC State on Tuesday and on Wednesday we were off to Knoxville. I'm glad I was able to meet my father's first cousin Pat. She was very nice and such a fantastic help with all the traveling and work around my grandmother's services. We had an interesting visit with my Aunt Louanne and my cousins from Knoxville. Sad to say our dealings weren't always the most pleasant, but that's all I'm going to say about that. Now my poor father is in the midst of dealing with all the legal issues that occur after big life events like births, marriages, and deaths.
Glad to say I was able to have a lovely Thanksgiving with my parents and brother. It was much smaller than the one we expected to have with my mother's family in Conn. It was nice to see them. I look forward to hopefully spending more time with my brother over Christmas, even though my break will be relatively short.
One nice thing about my extended stay in NC, was my trip to Chapel Hill with Josh for his Med School interview. I was able to see my good friend Laura and her fiance Jordan. They were nice enough to let us stay with them before the interview. We're trying to organize seeing each other again around Christmas. In Chapel Hill I was lucky to see my friend Taiyyaba and have breakfast with her before she started her finals for her second year of Law School. I had a lovely, though short visit with Marion who has helped students with the UU group for years. Finally I had lunch and a beer with my friend Doug after one of his Med School exams. Sadly I didn't get to see everyone, but it was a very short visit and I'm relatively happy with who I did get to see. I don't think I"ll make it to Chapel Hill for Christmas, but we'll see.
Last piece of big news: I finished my graduate school applications!!! Hopefully I'll hear in the next month or so about my interviews! Josh has another interview on December 18th at East Carolina University. I'm sure he'll do wonderfully.
Hopefully I'll have the time to write more in the future, but until then...
Much love!
The election was very interesting. I did a dance when I found out that NC went blue. Yes I did find out in the middle of the office, but that's ok. The election was also Josh's 23rd Birthday. We had a house celebration for the election and Josh's birthday. I gave Josh slippers, its what he asked for. Our house was pretty cold then and sad to say has gotten colder.
We had our first snow today and its freaking cold. We haven't been able to seal our windows yet we still need to borrow a hairdryer.
Things have been pretty busy with work, but right now I can't really talk much about it. Nothing has been legally settled, but I will update as soon as it becomes public. One major thing is our Family Volunteer Day which took place the Saturday before Thanksgiving. I organized the gifts for families and helped with the faith based organizations who participated. Sad to say I wasn't able to attend there were other events...
Josh's Godfather/Best Friend's father passed away just over a week before Thanksgiving. Josh and I both flew down to NC for the reception and service on the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving. The service was lovely with multiple friends and family speaking. I'm glad I was there and able to be supportive for Josh, his family, and our friend & his family who lost his father. Josh also got to spend some time with his folks. On my way to the airport on Sunday morning I got a call from my father saying my grandmother passed away. Honestly not that surprising, but still not what I expected to hear early on a Sunday morning.
I returned to Boone with Josh to prepare with my folks. My mother picked Andy up from NC State on Tuesday and on Wednesday we were off to Knoxville. I'm glad I was able to meet my father's first cousin Pat. She was very nice and such a fantastic help with all the traveling and work around my grandmother's services. We had an interesting visit with my Aunt Louanne and my cousins from Knoxville. Sad to say our dealings weren't always the most pleasant, but that's all I'm going to say about that. Now my poor father is in the midst of dealing with all the legal issues that occur after big life events like births, marriages, and deaths.
Glad to say I was able to have a lovely Thanksgiving with my parents and brother. It was much smaller than the one we expected to have with my mother's family in Conn. It was nice to see them. I look forward to hopefully spending more time with my brother over Christmas, even though my break will be relatively short.
One nice thing about my extended stay in NC, was my trip to Chapel Hill with Josh for his Med School interview. I was able to see my good friend Laura and her fiance Jordan. They were nice enough to let us stay with them before the interview. We're trying to organize seeing each other again around Christmas. In Chapel Hill I was lucky to see my friend Taiyyaba and have breakfast with her before she started her finals for her second year of Law School. I had a lovely, though short visit with Marion who has helped students with the UU group for years. Finally I had lunch and a beer with my friend Doug after one of his Med School exams. Sadly I didn't get to see everyone, but it was a very short visit and I'm relatively happy with who I did get to see. I don't think I"ll make it to Chapel Hill for Christmas, but we'll see.
Last piece of big news: I finished my graduate school applications!!! Hopefully I'll hear in the next month or so about my interviews! Josh has another interview on December 18th at East Carolina University. I'm sure he'll do wonderfully.
Hopefully I'll have the time to write more in the future, but until then...
Much love!
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