i will not be the girl...

I'M HOME.

Like actually home. I slept in my bed last night and now I've snuggled with my dog and cat and my daddy made fresh squeezed orange juice and pineapple cookies and a fire in the fireplace! The LAKE is beautiful. I've watched Jeopardy and we'll probably watch at least some of the Spartans game tonight (but we've got a party to go to so we can't watch the whole thing). It's surreal, how normal this is.

I'm very very very very happy to be here. Meeting up with les filles (the three best friends from high school) did not work for today but will hopefully work for tomorrow. At some point probably within the next couple days I'll do coffee with the IOM, and maybe with some other people too. I don't think there's enough snow for sledding, but there should be soon. Plus, it's almost Christmas! We have a tree and all our Santas out and everything. Life is good.

( However, our travels had some problems. )

It really was so surreal. I don't remember what my life was like in America--how weird is that? I think I will probably spend most of my time reading and writing and interneting, which is probably pretty similar to my life before.

Our parents, plus Emily's sister and her boyfriend, met us at the airport. My mom had a sign that said, "Karibu mtoto mzuri" or "Welcome beautiful/good/nice child." It was sweet. There were tears and flowers and balloons and pineapple cookies. We picked up my sister (and her cat) from her apartment, and headed home.

It's really great. I love my family and I love this place and I'm so happy to be here. I feel like the best thing I learned about going away is how much I love this place and these people and this life.

The Boyfriend is coming in 4 days. There's a party tonight then another one at our place for Christmas Eve. Coffee and friends and maybe sledding before then. Ooh, and a haircut tomorrow! I get my bangs again!

PLUS: THANKS TO coffeesuperhero, leiascully, and foxylovesme FOR THE HOLIDAY CARDS! They're on my mantle. :D

MY LIFE HAS BEEN MADE: leiascully's Anonymeme

Seriously.

Just spent 15 minutes reading everything and LTHEFUCKOL.

leiascully and coffeesuperhero have trolliepop and ninamazing right now and I am so jealous I can't even handle it. Who would have ever thought I'd be dying to go to Arkansas? :P

Speaking of you crazy kids--I need a cornbread recipe sans sugar so I can try it out and probably decide that I'm totally a Yankee and WHATEVER I WILL USE SUGAR IF I WANT. But yes, I am willing to try the other side at least once.

T-minus six days to big drama to happen with the Inappropriate Older Man, T-minus six days to TIGERS BASEBALL GAME, T-minus seven days to go visit the Boyfriend.

Life is good. Fangirls make it even better.