July 2011
11 posts
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Cats on a Plane!
So, after the 3/4 of a day break, we headed out again. We met another of my online friends, Miss Gine, and had a lovely breakfast at Panera Bread. Gine was tired, I was tired, KH didn’t know Gine, it was STILL lovely.
And we headed back to DC. Picked up my passport (another plug for APVI), headed to Trader Joe’s so we would have coffee and cream for the morning, then KH decided he...
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
So, on to Virginia Beach!
A bit of background here: KH’s basic experience with the ocean has been surf lessons in northern California. Mine has been all up and down the east coast, and some southern CA beaches. Very different.
I was going to introduce him to the joys of the ocean.
We checked in at the hotel, and he decided I needed a cap before I could go out in the sun. Oh, and we...
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The Day I Paid Someone to Buy My Car
Wednesday. We have to get up VERY early to go to Union Station to pick up the rental car. We have to be there at 8am. We have to check out of the hotel first.
Somehow we make it to Union Station by, say, 8:10am. A friggin’ miracle. Step up to the Avis desk. No car, equipment not in yet. I call the detailing place and say I will be there by 9:30.
I won’t bore you with the...
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Because when I was a little girl
I always dreamed of a honeymoon that I would spend filling out forms and waiting for my number to be called. WOO!
KH pointed out, somewhat repeatedly, that my car was covered in bird shit, smelled like cat piss, and would need more than a wash. I denied it as much as I could, but when you get into a car on a 105F degree day, and nearly pass out from the ammonia fumes, it’s hard to...
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Additional Thoughts on the Events of July 18, 2011
So my original plan had been to hide and just elope with KH. And not tell anyone.
I want to be very clear, I think KH is an absolutely wonderful and sexy man, and I cannot believe I am lucky enough to be the woman he wants to spend his life with. But I have a nasty habit of seeing myself from the outside, and judging myself the way I would NEVER judge another person, and I KNOW how nuts it...
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An Eventful Week
So I start a blog, get two posts in, and then take ten days off. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. But I had good reasons! Really! There’s just so damned much that happened. I have a dozen half-written posts in my head, on specific events and topics, and not one idea of where to start.
KH came to the US, we got married, got our final documents, and packed/gathered my stuff and...
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Packing Will Never End
I am actually keeping a running list of what to do next on Facebook because I am so damned exhausted. I’m afraid I will do something really stupid, like forget to pack tampons. Or my bathing suit. Which, since I am basically introducing my beloved to the joys of splashing in the Atlantic Ocean on our less than 24-hour Virginia Beach honeymoon, would be a disaster. A DISASTER, I TELL...
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Running Away to Europe, a How-To Guide, Part III
Packing. OMG PACKING.
The important thing to remember is that you left your husband a year ago, taking all your clothes. Now it is important to have your husband move out of state, forcing you to really prioritize what you are taking. Also, it helps to have packed up all your books before moving out. And your ex-husband graciously paid for “A guy and a truck” to haul your already...
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Running Away to Europe, a How-To Guide, Part II
So, in Part I we established How To Find A European Lover.
Part II gets to the sexy bit: Documents.
For this section, you will need to know what an apostille is. It is the international version of a notarization, and it is issued by the Department of State of the state where the document was issued. I really hope you haven’t moved around a lot, because for starters you need: your high...
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Running Away to Europe, a How-To Guide, Part I
So I got three requests in a 24-hour period to start a blog about my upcoming expatriation. And I laughingly told my beloved, who said “I think that’s a GREAT idea. You should start NOW, with the packing.” And I realized that there was a bit more than the packing that came in prep work, so I’ll just start with the story and see how it goes from there.
There are many...
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