my uncle was supposed to call me last friday. no call. i emailed him and my aunt on monday asking if we could talk soon because i'm ridiculously excited and have a thousand questions. i haven't heard back from them. i've been getting random chain-emails from my uncle that all families seem to circulate. so he's obviously been checking his mail - so ( Read more... )

oh man. things just keep getting better and better. i didn't hear back from my uncle on friday which kind of bummed me out but i understand people get busy, especially on the weekends ( Read more... )

My uncle sent me a ton of photos of him, my aunts, my cousins, my grandmother and grandfather. He doesn't have anything of my father since the early seventies.


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I've been talking with my (just found) aunt Doris through email and my uncle Ron (dad's brother) is going to be calling me today! They're also emailing me some pictures of my dad (!!!!), grandmother, grandfather, aunt Kathy and cousins! My aunt Doris and uncle say that I look so much like my aunt Kathy when she was young that it's scary. I'm about ( Read more... )

i talked to my aunt last night. as in, my FATHERS sister-in-law ( Read more... )

i set up my studio in the basement. cheers for becoming a recluse.

i am so tired. i can't wake up. i've been nonstop since thursday night. moving was beyond exhausting. between getting up at 6 to drive an hour to mystic, load mike's truck with all his (heavy) stuff, drive all the way back to milford, drop it off in the house, drive to west haven, pick up my stuff, finish painting the room, move more stuff, go to ( Read more... )

i just took my room down. yes, down. i'm one of those people that has stuff everywhere. hanging from the ceilings, the walls, above doorways, in door frames. if it can hang something, i'll find something to go there. i'm not taking down any fabric until the night before i move. it's sad looking at the state of my room as it is, the fabric will ( Read more... )

to yet another landlord. we'll be moving in four days. it's hard to believe a month and a half went by so fast. i don't even know where this summer went. i'm pretty bummed that it's already september (in five days), but i am looking forward to the smell of fall. after the leaves change it can go back to spring/summer again.. please ( Read more... )

out of this FANTASTIC new wine (bottle) that we received today!


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