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I LOVE…  having Walter here.  IN MY ROOM.

I LOVE…  that Walter is meeting my friends and family.  And that he’s in my room.

I LOVE…  hot tea on a cold morning.

I LOVE…  sheet cake.

I LOVE…  making beef stew.  Om nom nom.

I LOVE…  that Alli and Robert are not only getting along, but that they’re best friends.  No more hitting, choking, threatening, or arguing.  It is glorious!

I LOVE…  Mitch Hedberg.

I wasn’t going to blog today since I’m on “vacation” and all, but I really felt like I couldn’t miss a Friday with you guys.

What do YOU love today?

Did I mention that I LOVE that Walter is in my room?  Because I love it.

I LOVE…  that vacation probably starts tonight at 8:01!  I might have to work on Monday, but I won’t know until Sunday I think.  And even if I have to work Monday, I’ll still be happy……

I LOVE…  that once the weekend is over Walter is going to be here.  WALTER. IS. GOING. TO. BE. IN. RHODE. ISLAND. I’ll let that sink in for a minute.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE…  that I’ve almost completed another thing on My List with NaBloPoMo.

I LOVE…  Nerdfighters!  DFTBA!

I LOVE…  all the men and women who fight for this country.

I LOVE…  my sister Alli.  Sometime I’ll tell you the story behind this picture, but I just wanted to show it to everyone today.  I love her so much, she’s a real special kind of special.  And she’s mine.

I LOVE…  the idea I’ve come up with for this year’s NaNoWriMo novel.  I’m keeping it a secret, but I’m wicked excited about it!  I want to start writing it now, but that would be cheating.  And I’m not cheating.

I LOVE…  watching the Red Sox win.

I LOVE…  that after tonight I’m not going to be driving Mike back and forth from Narragansett to work!  I love you, Mike, but I hate that drive every day.

What do YOU love today?

I’m going on a blog vacation next week, if you want to guest post just let me know in the comments or email me at irishgamergirl[at]gmail[dot]com.

Sometimes I log onto my Facebook just to see this:

I know.  I a nerd.

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I’ve got some vacation days to use before October, and I don’t know where to go or what to do.  Suggestions please?

I am all. about. Walter.

In case you haven’t guessed that yet.

My latest trip to Mississippi was better than even the last one.  I know.  I thought it was impossible, too, and yet here I am feeling happier and fuller (not owing to the pasta I just ate, mind you) than I ever have in my life.

I arrived on Wednesday practically bursting with pent-up squeals.  I’d spent the second flight telling my old man neighbor and window-seat-haver about where I was headed.  He could tell I was excited even when I wasn’t talking.  I think he got a kick outta me.

I took the picture above when he got up to use the little boy’s room.

He wished me luck and in my giddy state I gave him a grape Charms blow pop for his ride home.  It seems he lived in Mississippi and knew the area I was headed to rather well.  He wished me luck too, and I bid him enjoy his lollipop.  He really did get a kick outta me.

Oh, he was handsome when I got off the plane (read: Walter, not the old man)!  As soon as I saw him leaning against the window, looking down at his phone, I thought I know those shorts! and I ran at him wearing my thousand pound pink plaid backpack.  The first hug was good.

This is the part where I stop telling you everything that happened because I already wrote it all down in my journal and I don’t feel like typing it all out.  I r am teh lazy.

Moving on!

I let his nephew walk around with my camera a lot, so I have a lot of pictures of things I don’t need, but it’s cool.  Paul’s kids are so effing adorable.  They all went out to eat with us on Thursday night, Paul and Lee and the kids.  His family is all kinds of awesome.  :]

But the most exciting night, by far, was the night Ben came over.

SQUEE!!

Friday night.

AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

It was almost like the old times (the first time I was there) with Walter and Benny in the same room!

Ben came over with his girlfriend Robyn, and Drew came over with his wife.  Drew left early, but me and Walter and Ben and Robyn walked to The Long Bridge in the dark (that’s the best time to do it), and then we went back to the house and climbed up on the roof.

Yes, people.  I got up on the roof.  And it only took all three of them pulling and lifting me to get me up there.  And I only fell out of the tree once.  And Walter caught me.  In his strong arms.

So I had a really good time.

Here, have some more pictures.

How was YOUR weekend?  Did you do anything fun?  Go anywhere?  Stay home?  Miss me?

Tomorrow I make for Mississippi for another four days of glorious Walter time.  I’m pretty much packed (I did it this morning) already.  Just a few toiletries that are last minute items.  It figures that I don’t have any quart sized plastic bags for my deodorant and lotion, but whatev.  My dad prolly has one I can snatch.

Everything fits in my back pack.  I’m not bringing real luggage this time.  Southwest doesn’t make you pay for luggage like Delta does (effing lame Delta Airlines with their stupid tiny seats and cramped spaces) but I still don’t want to check anything.  I’m just bringing the one bag.  PACKING LIGHT.  I’ve never done this before.  This is new territory for me.

Whatever.  I get to see Walter.

Hopefully there will be more pictures, if I remember to take them.  And more pictures of Walter and I together.  I definitely didn’t get enough of those last time.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Harry Potter?  Because I do.  I think it’s important for everyone to know how much I never want to put these books down and how I wish they would never end.  Forever.  I want to be 95, still reading new Harry Potter books.

Don’t judge me.

Sooooo….  what’s going on today?  Anything good?

Here are some of my favorite pictures from my vacation:

This is me and Walter at Paul’s house.  Yes, he’s taller kneeling than I am sitting in a chair.

Paul, workin’ two grills.  He got skillz.

Paul and Jonathan talking about something, and Lee trying (unsuccessfully) to duck out of the picture.  I got you, Lee!

Um… yeah.  He’s sexy.  And that’s a real gun.

Jaime + 9mm + dress = HOT!

Here’s Walter’s mama (OK, she’s my mama too) hanging out with us in Walter’s room.  She so cute.  :D

Paul and his daughter Bethany on his pack porch.

Walter and I at the lake near Ben’s dad’s house.  *swoon*

The lake.

The 4th ‘S’ and the third ‘I’ are crooked.  Still.  After more than 3 years.  (don’t mind the woman coming out the door behind me, she wasn’t supposed to be in the picture)

Hannah (Jonathan’s woman) has such a pretty smile!

Jonathan standing next to our wee beach fire.

Here’s Jonathan and Hannah.  Sitting on wet towels on wet sand after going swimming in the cold water.  Crazies.

Please note his awesome Charlie the Unicorn t-shirt.  It’s sexy, like his pose.

I wish I’d taken more pictures, but I guess there’s always next time.  There WILL BE a next time.

It’s Monday morning and I’m back home from my vacation in Mississippi (I actually got home Friday afternoon).  I had the most amazing time with Walter and his family and it was the greatest vacation in the history of Ever.  I’m happy to be home in RI again, sleeping in my bed with Stuffy, sitting at my computer, with my nephew coming into my room every five minutes to ‘deliver my mail’ or ‘give me breakfast’.  I’m also sad because I had to leave some people that I love, but I have all these wonderful new memories of happy times to carry around with me.  And now I have to get things back to normal.

Except normal doesn’t feel… normal anymore.  I’ve got to make a new normal for myself and that takes time.  You know how it goes when things change, you have to adapt your idea of normal to suit the changes.  And things have changed.  The most exciting change is that Walter and I are a couple now.  I refuse to call him my ‘boyfriend’.  I feel that word should be reserved for grade school and the elderly.  Besides, he’s more than just my boyfriend, the same way that he’s always been more than just my best friend.  Anyway, that’s all I’m going to say about that for now.  Another change is that in about a month he’s going to be practically unreachable.  That one is going to be hard because I’m used to being able to call or text him whenever I need to.  I’ll admit that while the idea of writing letters to him while he’s away is romantically appealing, it’s also nerve wracking knowing that he’ll be in a far away land with no phone and no computer for instant communication.  *le sigh* I think I’ve taken that for granted in the last few years, that I could get a hold of him whenever I wanted to.

Normal.  Let’s see… things are the same at home as they were when I left, but I feel disconnected because I was gone for almost two weeks.  It will feel good to be back at work in a few hours.  I miss my coworkers and my cubicle.  I miss the actual act of going in to work in the afternoons.  It felt nice to get away, but I’m relieved to go back, too.  That’s a good thing, I think.  Mike will be out for a little over a week *groan*, getting home the day before his birthday, so some things (like work) won’t actually be normal-normal until he gets back.  You know, so he can leave again after our birthdays and be gone until August.  *eye roll*

Anyways, I missed blogging.  Blogging is definitely normal to me.

Photoblog coming tomorrow with pictures from my vacation.

PS  -  My birthday is in 13 days!!!

How YOU doin’?

It’s Monday morning and I’m feeling great.  Had a kinda rough emotional night last night but I’m feeling much better this morning.

The reason for my happiness?

Tomorrow I’m headed to South Carolina for work, and I get to have dinner with Paula!  The area is supposed to be really nice so I’m all excited and stuff.

Friday I start my vacation in Mississippi, but I won’t be able to blog much for the next two weeks so I’ve set up some old blogs to repost.  Most of them are blogs none of you have read before (with the exception of Walter and PQ since they come from my Myspace days) so I hope everyone enjoys them.  They’re some of my favorites.  I’ll also probably be on Twitter and DailyBooth more than my blog while I’m away, so keep an eye out for me there if you have one (@SillyJaime)!

So how is everyone doing?  How did all y’all spend your weekend?  Anything exciting going on this week?  ARE YOU GOING TO MISS ME?!

I’m going to try and stay relaxed today.  Maybe play some Neopets, finish reading this book The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory, and get some work done.  I’m almost all packed, like 97%.  The rest is last minute stuff I’ll need in the morning.

Happy Monday everyone!

I LOVE… that I’m finally going to meet Frank next week.
I LOVE… that it’s going to be in the 70’s this weekend!!!
I LOVE… going dress shopping with Alli.  It is the funnest!
I LOVE… Sour Patch Kids watermelon slices (they make my tongue bleed < regular Sour Patch Kids).
I LOVE… all the music on my iPod.  \m/
I LOVE… my matching backpack and duffel bag.  They’re LL Bean and have my initials on them.  :D
I LOVE… the new bathing suit I got for my vacation.
I LOVE… Monty Python’s The Final Ripoff album.  I’ve had it for years but I can’t remember where I put it, and I need to put it into my iTunes library.  Grr!!!
I LOVE… getting my hair cut.  It feels so damn good.

I LOVE… how freaking pale I am.  I considered going tanning before my vacation, but I don’t need to.
I LOVE… chocolate ice cream.  Vanilla ice cream.  Rocky road ice cream.  Ice cream.
I LOVE… that there are only 30 days until my birthday!!!
I LOVE… NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.  I’m going to see them with CooCoo again in July at Mohegan Sun!!!
I LOVE… how much fun we all had going to see Thomas & Friends at the Ryan Center this week.
I LOVE… that my dad always drops me off and picks me up at the airport.  It’s tradition.
I LOVE… Arrested Development.  It’s so good.

…especially when you’ve already waited almost 3 years to see somebody.

And when you only have yourself to blame.  >.<

Not for the first time, I find myself wishing Mississippi and Rhode Island were closer together.  I feel like it’s a whole world away.

And that’s lame.

I get more excited and impatient every day.  I have no books to read at the moment until I get the first Harry Potter book in my possession, and I have very minimal distraction in the form of television since I don’t have cable and only watch a few shows on The Interwebz.

I’m ready for my vacation to start.