Sailor Soldier of Love and Justice

The last month was fairly crazy, but let's see if I can encompass it in one lj post. I have a fresh cup of tea, so let's do this.

( Jessica's magical Disney wedding )

( After Wedding Adventure )

( The Most Magical Place That Ever Did Magic )

( In which I reduce Tara to tears at Epcot )

( The parents arrive. )

( Magic Kingdom part 2 and Hoop Dee Doo )

( Wrap up and then home to bed. For two weeks. )

( Ho Ho Hobbits )

( The end )

The parental units have finally left. The house became so quiet, it was slightly creepy.

On Monday, I helped my dad install a new garage door. The kit said it would only take four hours. Not sure who came up with that estimate. It took nearly all day.

Then my dad went out to help my mother work on the deck. Not sure why since she was constantly yelling at him and chasing him off. She's not a team player.

Tuesday, I went to work at nearly the crack of dawn so that I could leave early. It wasn't the best of ideas. I was too tired to think and kept crying over the stupid things the marketing agency did. I left just a bit before 4 so I could drive my parents to the car place to pick up their car.

I got them peruvian chicken for dinner so they'd shut up about all the vegetarian food I eat. When I visit them, I don't complain about the meat. I eat around it. When they visit me, they shouldn't complain about the lack of meat. Everything I served had some protein in it, so it's not like they were going to be deficient.

After dinner, they packed up and left. I found that a bit odd. They left around 9pm. I hate driving at night. Maybe they hated staying with me that much? Oh well, my dog and I got to have a quiet night once they were gone. I did a little cleaning and then went to bed.

Ben called me maybe an hour after I fell asleep. It was really good to talk to him, though he said I was having trouble following conversations. At least with my parents distracting me, the start of the week went a little faster. Only another three more days until he returns home to me.

In the morning, my dog peed everywhere in the yard to cover up the smell of my parents' dogs. She seemed pleased with herself.

So far the day hasn't been that bad, aside from a very hot bus ride. Hopefully it goes fast. I have a lot of cleaning to do when I get home. Plus I need to plant my tomatoes AGAIN. These stupid things won't stay alive. What am I doing wrong???

We ended up not going shopping cause I wasn't feeling too great. Instead, I tried out my Pie Machine that I got for giftmas.

When my mother was visiting, she (quite insanely) made a turkey for us. So ben and I have a ridiculous amount of leftover turkey to use up. And it's not even good turkey. My mother has an amazing way of serving turkey with the texture of ash without actually burning it.

I took the dehydrated turkey and turned it into turkey pot pie filling. I am especially pleased that I made the chicken stock myself from old bones from a chicken dinner we had while my parents visited. (I ate more meat during my parent's visit than I normally eat in a whole month.)

End result: Awesome tiny turkey pot pies.



I made four, but they were very filling. So I have one for lunch today and one still leftover in the fridge.

I have made it to ny. Am exhausted.

We hit traffic almost immediately. Then the rubber trim on my windshield fell off. Then we hit traffic again until we got to my parents' house. Not a good ride at all.

Ate dinner with my parents, then made a hasty exit when mom started her obama hate. Poor noname is stuck there. I hope she forgives me.

I think I'm going to bed early tonight. I have A TON of stuff to do tomorrow. I will need the early start.

My lip keeps splitting open, which is rather painful.

Tonight we celebrated easter. Cause my mom is insane.

We dyed eggs first. I made some really neat effects by gradually cracking the shells between colors. When I peeled them to eat, they looked extra cool.

Then we had a big easter dinner complete with a huge ham. My parents are going to be eating ham for a month because I don't eat ham and my brother is leaving tomorrow.

I forgot to mention that I beat The World Ends With You yesterday. I was having an impossibly hard time with the boss, even on easy, so I called ben for advice. He told me to take a break, go to the bathroom, and try again. I did so and beat the boss on my very first try.

Now I'm playing through again cause there's a whole different mode to the game which gives you certain goals to complete each day in addition to the regular game goals. I'm going to try to beat it this way now.

I kinda want to go to bed now, but I wanted to call ben before I went to sleep. I think he's napping. I don't know when he'll wake up, so if he'll decide to sleep until morning. I want to hear his voice just for a little bit. :(

So on Monday I did wedding stuff. First we went to visit my grandpa's friend who is a party planner. She's going to give me a discount on decorations and stuff like that, which is very nice of her.

We talked a bit about the theme. She said she'd start brainstorming, but in the meantime I need to decide on a place so that she has a more concrete idea to work with. She also gave me a list of places she thought I might like that she thought I should look at.

Then we went to one of the places she suggested, which looked like just a big tent in her pictures. Unfortunately they very recently renovated so it looks like a big gold tent. I was not impressed, but I could work with it if I had to.

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My parents are going to Florida around Oct 18-25. Do I want to go?

Pros:
- I like disney
- I like vacations

Cons:
- It costs money
- It's with my parents

Does anyone else want to go? It's a big townhouse, so if friends actually wanted to make a weekend of it (maybe the weekend of the 18th) then I might be more willing to go.

Also, I need a better disney icon that does not say I'm going to disney.

Finally uploaded the pictures from Christmas and the day after.

( Noname, a tree, and the Charmin Restroom )

My dog is cuddling me very intensely. I think she missed me today.

We got into the city around 2ish and drove around for an hour looking for parking. We took my car so I spent that entire gasping and screaming as cabs came too close to my car and children kicked it. I was not happy.

Once a parking garage was found, we went to look at the tree. It was very large. While we were looking at it, a guy gave us all "free" hats and then asked for $10 each. We gave him back his hats.

Near the tree was a large pond full of pennies. It was for some sort of charity thing. I wonder how they keep people from reaching down and grabbing a handful.

( Food, Restrooms, and Broadway )

Blurgh....I forgot what it was like to get sick after every meal.