They say that Home is where the heart is. I haven't felt like I've been at 'home' in a few years now, and I must admit that I feel more at home sleeping on a floor mat in my pseudo parents house than I do anywhere else. I say that because that's what I did for the week of Halloween. And it was awesome. :)
On the 29th of October the halloween party ensued. It was an absolute blast! My older sister happened to be in Antioch for a brief stint, so she came out and helped us setup on friday, and then she had to go(sad days). But friday afternoon I also had plans. A few friends had invited me to play Balderdash for the first time. It was actually a lot of fun!
But not as much fun as the Warrior Dash was, which actually happened before the party did.
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| My & my gimp tape |
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| Laura, Me, and Ryan after the dash! (we had been hosed off) |
Ryan and Laura ran in the Warrior Dash with me this year and we all had a blast! I sucked and had to walk some portions, and even bypass obstacles, which I was really bummed out about, but I didn't honestly expect to a whole lot since I didn't really train for it and had to deal with my gimp arm taped up to my body. I still had a ton of fun, though. And Ryan promised to go again next year, which is always exciting.
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| Laura(firefighter), Britney(fat ballerina), and I |
Then we had the party, which was pretty awesome. I was a pirate again, of course, and I had a complete blast. We had set up some pretty spooky stuff, like a pair of stuffed overalls and a mask were literall hanging from a noose in one of the trees. I got to carve a total of 3 pumpkins, and it was awesome!
I kept getting yelled at to stop trying to help clean up when everything was over, even though I was using my good arm, and not my bad arm. It seemed to be a recurring theme.. Use either arm, and get yelled at to go sit down somewhere and look pretty. It frustrated me, watching everyone else work really hard, and I couldn't do anything. It was actually extremely frustrating. I hate being lazy.
Monday morning I went back to Sacralameo to wash my clothes and get ready to leave town again. Before I did, though, I got to spend some time with one of my new friends, Miri. We had a lot of fun chatting over coffee and trying on dresses for a party she was going to the following weekend.
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| Clark and Ben |
And then one Wednesday, I got on a plane to go visit my dear old friend, Ben, and his wife, Ashley. But mostly I went because I had yet to meet their son, Clark, who was about to turn a year old. The last time I had been there was about 2 and a half years ago when Ben and Ashley had gotten married. I was overdue on a visit, and I was very glad to have the opportunity to go over there. If I didn't have a doctors appointment two days before thanksgiving, I would have stayed longer.
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| Ben, Ashley, and I |
It was so awesome to get to see Ben's family again! The whole trip made me seriously consider, probably for the umpteenth time in my life, moving to Texas. Just so I can be near to them.
But California is where my heart is. And home is on the floor of my pseudo parents guest bedroom.
