with this crazy move, it meant that i got to spend basically 3 weeks at home in tosa. this was the longest time spent home since before moving to london. it definitely pointed out american culture to me as i knew it would, but it was nice to get to spend a longer period of time at home. plus it wasn't during the winter - although it was super hot and abnormally unpleasant for like half of the time.
although i had originally created a grand plan of getting a lot of school work done while home, i did not follow through on the plan. and i became quickly okay with that.
i did a lot of great things while home. most of which don't have accompanying photographs (not that they're always necessary, but the lack of photos probably comes with the fact i was home, but is not representative of some of the cool things that happened).
-i saw two fireworks displays. the ones on the third were awesome. brian, liz, brian's parents, and i watched them from outside of summerfest out on the rocks which was a perfect view. and this year's show seemed extra long and really good. saw tosa's on the fourth from brian's apartment. then went into hectors and ran into josh. was really nice to catch up with him and spent some time hanging out with him then as well which was fun.
went to the zoo with mom one day.
went shopping and spent a lot of the time packing and re-packing and dealing with packing strategy for the move.
went to the dentist.
went to bastille days.
hung out with brian, his sister and cousin.
went to the art museum with dad and saw a fantastic exhibit.
went to a dave matthews concert at alpine with liz, brian, and brian's friend. randy got the tickets but had to work so he didn't get to go. that was a good way to throw myself back into an american culture - dave matthews tailgating at alpine. good show. enjoyable.
finished two more state fair entries. experienced entering my entries and the judging. the judging is a process. but luckily, i placed in my four categories. and while my awesome, amazing cassette tape lamp didn't win, it did place in a large category. so i'm a ribbon winner, but still haven't gotten a first place yet. (will have to think of something for next year)
hung out with mandi a bunch.
had frozen custard. mmm.
went with mandi to eau claire to meet missi and had ourselves an overnight roommate reunion. which was awesome. we won that trip. maybe not with eau claire, but we went to the leine's brewery, went in the hotel pool, had a good dinner, watch a movie, struggled to find brunch but eventually did and it was a nice little weekend.
had a family gathering in honor of parents anniversary and my birthday. and that was a good gathering of folks.
went to the gym some. the weather was stupid hot for most of the time which was not pleasant, but seeing friends and family and being home was quite nice.
spent a day with steph which was a lot of fun.
then of course there was brian and liz's wedding. which was great.
and even managed to have lunch with steph and jt in chicago before getting on a plane to go to the conference. awesome
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although i had originally created a grand plan of getting a lot of school work done while home, i did not follow through on the plan. and i became quickly okay with that.
i did a lot of great things while home. most of which don't have accompanying photographs (not that they're always necessary, but the lack of photos probably comes with the fact i was home, but is not representative of some of the cool things that happened).
-i saw two fireworks displays. the ones on the third were awesome. brian, liz, brian's parents, and i watched them from outside of summerfest out on the rocks which was a perfect view. and this year's show seemed extra long and really good. saw tosa's on the fourth from brian's apartment. then went into hectors and ran into josh. was really nice to catch up with him and spent some time hanging out with him then as well which was fun.
went to the zoo with mom one day.
went shopping and spent a lot of the time packing and re-packing and dealing with packing strategy for the move.
went to the dentist.
went to bastille days.
hung out with brian, his sister and cousin.
went to the art museum with dad and saw a fantastic exhibit.
went to a dave matthews concert at alpine with liz, brian, and brian's friend. randy got the tickets but had to work so he didn't get to go. that was a good way to throw myself back into an american culture - dave matthews tailgating at alpine. good show. enjoyable.
finished two more state fair entries. experienced entering my entries and the judging. the judging is a process. but luckily, i placed in my four categories. and while my awesome, amazing cassette tape lamp didn't win, it did place in a large category. so i'm a ribbon winner, but still haven't gotten a first place yet. (will have to think of something for next year)
hung out with mandi a bunch.
had frozen custard. mmm.
went with mandi to eau claire to meet missi and had ourselves an overnight roommate reunion. which was awesome. we won that trip. maybe not with eau claire, but we went to the leine's brewery, went in the hotel pool, had a good dinner, watch a movie, struggled to find brunch but eventually did and it was a nice little weekend.
had a family gathering in honor of parents anniversary and my birthday. and that was a good gathering of folks.
went to the gym some. the weather was stupid hot for most of the time which was not pleasant, but seeing friends and family and being home was quite nice.
spent a day with steph which was a lot of fun.
then of course there was brian and liz's wedding. which was great.
and even managed to have lunch with steph and jt in chicago before getting on a plane to go to the conference. awesome
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