Time to sit still...

..sort of.

I've been quite a nomad for the month of August. I moved out on the first, lived at my parents house for a week, flew to New York to spend the day with Sarah, left JFK for Israel on August 10th, spent 10 days there, came back to Tallahassee, spent a few days at my parents house, and drove down to Miami on Tuesday. Wow. Included in that few days with my parents were two days with no power, courtesy of Hurricane Fay (or was it just Tropical Storm Fay?).

The drive down to Miami was long and tiring. I've been fighting off sickness (not very well, apparently) since midway through my trip to Israel. The trip was amazing, just really tiring. I have hundreds of pictures, but I have to say the one in this post is one of my favorites. That's me and Jon riding a camel through the Negev... we named him Marvin. Camels make really funny noises....

So now I'm in Miami, finally. I started class today at MDC. It's nice to be back in a classroom. The apartment is a mess, since we don't have furniture, which means it's tough to unpack with no drawers, shelves, or anything. We've already planned a trip to Ikea this weekend... stay tuned for pictures and stories from there!

Bye, Westwood!

I went back to my house yesterday to meet Kelli, the new tenant... she moved in on Wednesday.

As soon as I met her, she thanked me probably 6 times for renting them such a nice house... she went on and on about it being pretty, and quiet, and nice, and about how much storage there was... my response, of course, was "Thanks for paying my mortgage while I'm not here!"

She and Megan are both really nice, and I feel good about leaving our house in their hands. It made me feel better about the whole situation. Leaving Westwood yesterday, for the first time, I wasn't sad. I've been so sad and sentimental about the whole moving thing since we started packing, but I finally feel better about it. I know it's just a house, but it makes me happy that they love it and are excited to be living there... and their money makes me happy too!

I went back to my parents house, my temporary home for the week, with a Moo, Moo Mr. Cow from our neighborhood Moes (and the best one in town!), ate it, then packed for my trip. Oscar and I had our last slumber party before I leave for 2 weeks... it was glorious!

So now I'm leaving town... I fly to New York this afternoon, get to spend all day with Sarah on Saturday, and am leaving for Israel on Sunday.

I'm here.... my stuff is there...

Jon left on Monday to drive down to Miami with all of our stuff. I think I've said it before, but moving is quite liberating. Aside from being an irritating annoyance, it's soooo nice to get rid of things and sort of start new. Sarah and I probably got rid of 3 or 4 car loads of stuff at Goodwill, and an untold amount of stuff at the dumpster. Ahh... so nice to get rid of junk you don't need. Like the 7 bed spreads we had in our house- seriously, 7. For two people. I think I take after my mom, not wanting to throw still nice things away, even though I don't use them. I'm also pretty sure we had at least 20 towels. Crazy.

I went to Comcast yesterday with Megan to switch over the cable. They now owe us $2.46. They said they'll send a check soon. I'm relatively positive that it will cost more than the $2.46 they owe us to process the payment and mail it. What a waste. The utilities are set to turn off tomorrow. So many things to take care of before I leave!

I went to the new Walmart in town yesterday to get stuff for my trip. I love the "Tiny Stuff Aisle", as we call it. It's so fun to buy new travel bottles! I guess I'm easily amused.

Anyway, I'm leaving on Friday to go to NYC for the day (Hi Sarah!), and leaving for Israel on Sunday at 2. I'm so excited!.... now I just have to pack.... isn't that all I do these days?

She left this morning

Dad and I took Mom and Sarah to the airport this morning. It was sad :(

I'm not going to go into details, because I really am happy for her... we all are... it's just sad to move away. I suppose we all knew the time would come when Sarah and I wouldn't live feet away from each other and see each other every day. As strange as it sounds, it just kind of crept up on us. It took 25 years and 4 months to creep, but it came today.

I get to see her next week in New York for a day on my way to Israel, and we have quite the travel schedule lined up to see each other throughout the year. I suppose it'll settle in, and things will get a little eaiser and not quite as sad.... It may just take some time.

Mom and Sarah with all her bags...












Sarah and me at the security line, where we waved good-bye


















Wendall, the little bear I got her to take with her. It's a long story, but his shirt that I made him has to do with silly nicknames we have for each other

It's Exciting

I'm excited- I really am. Moving to New York City has always been something Sarah wanted to do, and I'm so proud of her for getting a cool job, a great apartment, and actually going through with it. As for me, moving to Miami has never been a dream of mine, but being with someone like Jon is, so for that reason, I'm happy.

I'm using this blog to keep up with all the changes. Sarah leaves next Wednesday, I'm leaving the next Friday. It'll be interesting to see what happens when you take a set of twins who have never been a part from each other for more than 10 days, and separate them. Thousands of miles away, in two of the biggest cities in the country.