Oh and I forgot.. Shashi drove all the way up to Ridgewood for a little bit on Sunday.. braving the unpredictable weather... and managing to withstand my tour of Ridgewood and Haworth! That meant so much. She seemed genuinely interested in my life and where I've grown up, and I love sharing that sort of things with people who want to hear about it... so that was glorious. :)
Anywhoo!
Off to shop!!!
-A
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
packing again... already??
Wow.. the weeks have flown.
So much for regular updates. My life has dwindled to wayyy too much tv-watching... new addictions every day. Finished Gossip Girl, L Word (terrible season!), and Lost... so moved onto the whole series of The Real Housewives of NYC, and finished that in one afternoon. Now I'm onto Top Chef! Finally. Emily Isaacs and Sonia both recommended it.. and they are right.. it's great. And highly addicting. I already have Tivo set to record it for the next 6 hours or something. What has my life come to?! I guess I should soak in all this down time, seeing as on Saturday, I'm high-tailing it to MD to spend the rest of the summer roughing it in the wilderness. So, for now, I'm just enjoying this relaxation... trying not to feel too guilty about not going running every day.. but honestly, in this heat, that would be life-threatening. They even closed the schools in Ridgewood yesterday because the heat was so bad, and the schools aren't air-conditioned. Craziness!! Today it's a little cooler.. ok maybe 85 degrees instead of 100. And hey, I just double-checked weather.com, and yesterday's high was 97 (record!!) and today it's 82 degrees. Not far off, eh?
Anyway.
Aside from lounging and eating and sleeping...
I've been catching up with lots of friends and spending quality time with the fam. So this is actually very nice.. getting down time in NJ, which I haven't had in a long time, whatwith all the moving around and studying abroad and stuff. I finally have time to just chill and be here. And since it's cool and calm in my house, I can sit and relax all day. Wonderful. And I re-discovered a couple old videos, so I spent awhile figuring out how to upload them and put them up... that gives me a lot of pleasure (the whole process of figuring out how to navigate film and technology and getting it online and sharing the memories with people.) ah. I spent this past weekend at the Ford, too, and it was great to see a bunch of folks. It was weird to realize that I'm a graduate now... but it felt good to be welcomed in open arms by soo many underclassmen. Refreshing! Also, we all said good-bye to Bea, who is now in Singapore for the year. Wow. I miss her already!
It was a really fun weekend.. a nice way to say good-bye to Bea and wish her well, and also catch up with Haverford friends. I started off at Emily Temple's lovely house in the rolling hills of PA, (after getting a bit lost...) and then met up with Julia for coffee (And ran into the beloved prof Theresa Tensuan!!) before catching Lloyd 10s folks for dindin (Dennis and Sonia were mia cause they're in Belize, wowww...and Julie was in SD... and Emily and Bethany weren't there...and Allyson is in Cabo...) but everyone else was. :) It was glorious to see all of those folks! And then we had a fun party, complete with several rounds of beer pong (wow, I love that game...) and I got drunk much more quickly than usual. I guess all my lounging (sans alcohol) left me with a weakened tolerance. ha. Then I caught the end of one of Bea's final b-ball games up in West Chester, before cruising to the city to see Steph, who hosted me and Elsa with some delicious vegan food... and then we all went to Steph's cafe, where we met up with their friend Emma. (All these people graduated 2 years ago, and were part of that Haverford House generation.)I caught Betsy and Lindsay briefly, too-- well at least with enough time to flip backwards over an exercise ball and hit my head on the bottom of the bed...which actually was pretty hilarious, and luckily didn't hurt enough so that I cried or anything. Then it was to Manayunk for a final dinner with Jimmy, Rachel, Nikhil and Bea, before heading back to NJ.
Hm. Then 2 days ago I met up with Abby and Charlotte, which was nice- we went bowling (change of scene) and ate at this delicious Greek restaurant, getting back to Abby's with just enough time to catch the new episode of Legally Blonde on MTV (which is sooo addictive... argh I am so addicted to MTV reality tv!) And that finally leads up to today and yesterday, when I've done absolutely nothing except my mom and I had a really nice dinner together yesterday at the Mediterranean place in town. I LOVE Mediterranean food. mmm. Oh, and I've gotten to talk to Lauren a lot, which is wonderful. And oh lordy I have so many people to call back before I head to the wilderness, where I will most likely not be able to use my cell phone... ah!
So. Now my mom and I are going shopping for camp stuff.. ah I can't WAIT for camp!!! And I'm so excited cause Phebe and I are driving to Cara's on Saturday, where we will meet up with several other folks and drive down together to skills week on Sunday. Woo wooo. AH! So who knows if I'll get to update this again... but I'll see you sometime soooon!
Love,
Anna :D
So much for regular updates. My life has dwindled to wayyy too much tv-watching... new addictions every day. Finished Gossip Girl, L Word (terrible season!), and Lost... so moved onto the whole series of The Real Housewives of NYC, and finished that in one afternoon. Now I'm onto Top Chef! Finally. Emily Isaacs and Sonia both recommended it.. and they are right.. it's great. And highly addicting. I already have Tivo set to record it for the next 6 hours or something. What has my life come to?! I guess I should soak in all this down time, seeing as on Saturday, I'm high-tailing it to MD to spend the rest of the summer roughing it in the wilderness. So, for now, I'm just enjoying this relaxation... trying not to feel too guilty about not going running every day.. but honestly, in this heat, that would be life-threatening. They even closed the schools in Ridgewood yesterday because the heat was so bad, and the schools aren't air-conditioned. Craziness!! Today it's a little cooler.. ok maybe 85 degrees instead of 100. And hey, I just double-checked weather.com, and yesterday's high was 97 (record!!) and today it's 82 degrees. Not far off, eh?
Anyway.
Aside from lounging and eating and sleeping...
I've been catching up with lots of friends and spending quality time with the fam. So this is actually very nice.. getting down time in NJ, which I haven't had in a long time, whatwith all the moving around and studying abroad and stuff. I finally have time to just chill and be here. And since it's cool and calm in my house, I can sit and relax all day. Wonderful. And I re-discovered a couple old videos, so I spent awhile figuring out how to upload them and put them up... that gives me a lot of pleasure (the whole process of figuring out how to navigate film and technology and getting it online and sharing the memories with people.) ah. I spent this past weekend at the Ford, too, and it was great to see a bunch of folks. It was weird to realize that I'm a graduate now... but it felt good to be welcomed in open arms by soo many underclassmen. Refreshing! Also, we all said good-bye to Bea, who is now in Singapore for the year. Wow. I miss her already!
It was a really fun weekend.. a nice way to say good-bye to Bea and wish her well, and also catch up with Haverford friends. I started off at Emily Temple's lovely house in the rolling hills of PA, (after getting a bit lost...) and then met up with Julia for coffee (And ran into the beloved prof Theresa Tensuan!!) before catching Lloyd 10s folks for dindin (Dennis and Sonia were mia cause they're in Belize, wowww...and Julie was in SD... and Emily and Bethany weren't there...and Allyson is in Cabo...) but everyone else was. :) It was glorious to see all of those folks! And then we had a fun party, complete with several rounds of beer pong (wow, I love that game...) and I got drunk much more quickly than usual. I guess all my lounging (sans alcohol) left me with a weakened tolerance. ha. Then I caught the end of one of Bea's final b-ball games up in West Chester, before cruising to the city to see Steph, who hosted me and Elsa with some delicious vegan food... and then we all went to Steph's cafe, where we met up with their friend Emma. (All these people graduated 2 years ago, and were part of that Haverford House generation.)I caught Betsy and Lindsay briefly, too-- well at least with enough time to flip backwards over an exercise ball and hit my head on the bottom of the bed...which actually was pretty hilarious, and luckily didn't hurt enough so that I cried or anything. Then it was to Manayunk for a final dinner with Jimmy, Rachel, Nikhil and Bea, before heading back to NJ.
Hm. Then 2 days ago I met up with Abby and Charlotte, which was nice- we went bowling (change of scene) and ate at this delicious Greek restaurant, getting back to Abby's with just enough time to catch the new episode of Legally Blonde on MTV (which is sooo addictive... argh I am so addicted to MTV reality tv!) And that finally leads up to today and yesterday, when I've done absolutely nothing except my mom and I had a really nice dinner together yesterday at the Mediterranean place in town. I LOVE Mediterranean food. mmm. Oh, and I've gotten to talk to Lauren a lot, which is wonderful. And oh lordy I have so many people to call back before I head to the wilderness, where I will most likely not be able to use my cell phone... ah!
So. Now my mom and I are going shopping for camp stuff.. ah I can't WAIT for camp!!! And I'm so excited cause Phebe and I are driving to Cara's on Saturday, where we will meet up with several other folks and drive down together to skills week on Sunday. Woo wooo. AH! So who knows if I'll get to update this again... but I'll see you sometime soooon!
Love,
Anna :D
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