I can't believe it's almost 2010...

...Can you guys believe that? It's been a decade since 2000. Since when did that happen? It was just the 90's!

At any rate, break has been....boring. Honestly. I mean, I love that I get to see all of you guys again, of course. But being home on break is definitely less interesting then being at school. And with all the holiday festivities nearly over with having another 2 full weeks off of school is actually a little daunting. I have no idea how to spend my time. This definitely means we're going to have to plan lots of fun activities!!

Despite my boredom, I've been pretty consistently busy, actually. It's just that in the down time between things I get overwhelmed by the fact that I have nothing to do. This week is looking to be very full, however. I've been working for the past 3 days and I have 2 more to go for this week. Being back at the Scotland House...is truly terrible. I'm definitely going to be looking for a different job for the summer. Preferably a restaurant in CW. They're all pretty expensive which means tips should also be good!

Tomorrow I have the late shift so I'm just looking forward to sleeping in, in the morning. Then Wednesday it's back to the 10-6 shift. It shouldn't be too bad since it'll be my last day for the week. Then I'm heading over to Josh's house to spend time with his family and also have a mario party rematch (since I lost so badly last time. :-S) I'm really glad that me and him have finally found a balance after all the stuff that happened. And we're getting back to being friends like we were during the play last year. On the 31st I'm headed up to Richmond to celebrate the coming of 2010 at the Allen House with Sammy, Kae, Andy and everyone else up there! I'll be back here on the 1st (we should definitely do something if people are available!). Then the 2nd Josh promised he'd take me to the Cheese Shop, he's driving. (Can you believe he's getting his license!? He was so fresh out the womb!). Then I'm tentatively headed back up to Richmond that night to spend the night and next morning/afternoon with Daniel. Then of course back to Williamsburg for Chrissy's party! So, like I said, a busy week!

I'm hoping my present boredom will subside in January. I'm just worried George will put me on the schedule a whole bunch which will inhibit my ability to make real plans. It's frustrating that I have to know when I need to request off just so I can make plans and nothing can be spur of the moment. Like, for example, Kae, Jen, and Lauren weren't able to come down in December because of all the snow so they said they'd come in January, but they don't have a solid idea of what dates so I can't request off, therefore making it nearly impossible for that to work out. Unless for some reason George decides to give me 3 or 4 days off in a row sometime. Or even more frustrating at the moment is trying to work around my schedule so I can see Dan. We were supposed to hang out on the 1st until he got put on the schedule for work. His family leaves town next week so we decided we could just reschedule for sometime later next week depending on when he was going to be up in Richmond for work. But he won't know his work schedule until later THIS week and George already made the schedule for the next two weeks, which means, yet again, making plans will probably prove to be ridiculously tricky. Obviously it doesn't help that in order to meet up it's an hour drive there and back. I feel so secluded and then feeling obligated to work makes that feeling even more intense! I'm just kind of pissed because if we were at school right now making plans and spending time with him wouldn't be hard at all. And now, when I'm really certain about the fact that I want to see him and spend time with him, we're on break and I'm realizing how hard it'll be to actually see him. And I swear to God, if I have to wait until the 16th to finally get back up to Richmond I'm going to...flip shit. Anyways, the work schedule will be up tomorrow and I guess I'll be figuring out things from there.

Well, this was kind of a boring post, but I'm just letting you all know what's up with me right now. What about you guys??

December 24th, 2009

“I want your everything, as long as it’s free.”

It has been entirely too long since anyone wrote anything. Let’s all make a New Year’s Resolution to be better. It’s the intimate ins-and-outs I miss.

It’s so good to be home, and also… like being a ghost, haunting all of our old hangouts. In the height of day I drive the streets that we ran up and down in the dead of night not even a year ago, and I wonder if I would still find solace in them now.

I’m certainly having fun though. Yesterday, Reed and I went to Christmas Town (excuse me, Yuletide Scream)… it was so much fun! And perfect because it’s only ten dollars to get in with a pass and it’s perfectly doable in only a day. The park was so pretty, all done up in sparkles and lights. We stopped and got chocolate fondue at a little stand- strawberries and pretzels and rice crispy treat. Then we stopped and got popcorn because the fondue was so sweet! We did a walk-through that had LIVE PENGUINS at the end, which was pretty freaking sweet, and Reed won me the cutest little stuffed penguin my playing a game right outside of where the walk-through let out. Then we went to this play in New France where you can buy white, unfired pottery to paint on, and we each got a plate to decorate. We did complimentary designs; his had a blue rim and a silver center and a blue star right in the middle, and mine had a gold rim and a red center and a gold Christmas tree right in the middle. It was really fun to paint them, and then you leave them at the store and they fire them and glaze them for you. We also bought a little teddy bear candle and dipped him in red wax, at that same store. Then we went over to right outside of the Fest Haus, where they had a HUGE tree and a lights show, which was pretty sweet. We had to sneak into the Fest Haus through the bathrooms, like we all used to at Howl-o-Scream, and we got delicious Fest Haus food and saw a show with lots of dancing and Christmas songs. They had a big market place with local artisans selling jewelry and artwork and Christmas ornaments up near Dark Kastle, so we browsed around there a while after the show, and the headed for the entrance, stopping to get a caramel apple on the way out. It was basically the perfect cheap date- lots of little activities and shows to keep the pace up, but also very romantic.

“Show me your teeth.”

This morning we’d planned to go out to breakfast at Fords Colony, but they changed their hours on account of the holiday, so we ended up going to Center Street Grill for lunch. I’m definitely going to apply there when I’m looking for a waitressing job this summer, it’s really nice! They had really good homemade lemonade and they gave us these free appetizers that, well, I have no idea what they were but they were yummy! And I got the duck pita pizza with plum sauce and Reed got sirloin and house vegetables and it was all so delicious! We spent the rest of the morning just driving around and exploring the backstreets of Williamsburg. Now I’m home and getting ready to do the family thing tonight- we’re having a seafood dinner and watching Talladega Nights. Christmas morning we’ll do a big breakfast and presents and everything, and then Reed and I are doing the whole “his house for Christmas dinner and then my house for Christmas dinner” thing. Fun!

“And baby when it’s love if it’s not rough it isn’t fun.”

So what are my plans for the rest of break? Reed and I are going to the Warhol exhibit at the Muscarelli sometime soon, and maybe the Festival of Lights, since it keeps going until, like, New Years. As I told most of you, I think, on New Year’s Eve we have reservations at the Emerald and then we’ll go back to his house, since his parents are having a party for the Chick-fil-A Bowl, and then maybe out again if we can find something good to do (Chrissy, get back to me about your parents being out of town that night!). Colin expressed an interest in getting the Mr. C’s gang together again, so hopefully those plans will materialize sometime over break, though LHS has such a short time off the year. Ooh, and of course Chrissy’s party on January 3^rd, which I’m very excited for, and hopefully a potstickers and edamame and hot chocolate and popcorn party with Katie… so there’s going to be plenty to do!

That’s what’s up with me, my friends… what about you?

-Lizz