Well, my sister and her husband are officially moved out of our house and in their own little house in Los Alamos. The downstairs of our house feels different! I'm all alone! She's abandoned me once before, when she went to college and I still had two years, but at least she came home during vacations and summer. Now she probably won't ever be staying here again! I'm not actually that sad about it, it just feels weird, but I can tell my mom is. She keeps going into Shanda's empty room like she needs to do something, but there's nothing to do. She looks lost :( Now I'll feel really guilty when I get married or move far away.
So that's what we've been doing the past two days, packing five vehicles with boxes, furniture, bags, etc. to the brim, driving up to their house, unpacking said items, and repeating this several times, all in the cold weather and about a foot and a half of snow. You never realize how much stuff you have until it's time to move! Seriously, I hope I don't move very often after college. Once or twice. Three times tops, and that's pushing it. It is just sooo much work and can be overwhelming when you're packing and unpacking. After I helped with that today, I babysat the two young boys of some family friends for four hours. That was fun; we went to see the community's production of Willy Wonka, but we only lasted about the show because the youngest boy is squirmy and has an amazingly short attention span. Champion.
Boy, is it cold here! There's plenty of snow on the ground, and we should be getting more tomorrow! Last year it snowed for at least 48 hours straight, including through my birthday, so we celebrated at home. I'm not really sure what I'm doing for my birthday this year, in three days! I don't want to plan anything big or specific, but it would be nice to do something, and see people. My parents suggested taking me out to dinner, but I can't decide where I'd want to go; I also kind of want to go ice skating and see some friends. But I really don't want anything huge; I've had enough actual parties in the past.
It feels sooo good to be done with the semester! I have absolutely nothing to worry about right now academia-related, and it's awesome :) All I need to worry about right now is getting Christmas shopping done, and I still have a little while.
For those making their way home from school this holiday season, I pray you all have a safe trip!
PS I've noticed my blogs aren't as witty and sarcastic as they used to be. I miss it. Right now they're just feeling like a "what I did today" kind of thing. I'll work on the wit and sarcasm more.
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