West Coast Girl

So the fancy-pancy West Coast thinks they're better than us, huh? With their "upper 60's weather" and "unlimited sunshine". Well, I'll 6.5 earthquake you! (This is totally disregarding the fires of earlier this year. But we did have a hurricane here, two blizzards and an earthquake. So either the world is coming to an end, or the East Coast is winning the "Surviving Natural Disasters Game" right now. -- ed.) (Side note: I could insert a snarky remark about Arnold as governor being another natural disaster but I'm not going to. You're welcome.)

Blogging is my new favorite thing for several reasons, but today because I heard from Alicia Christina Medina, who was a beloved roommate in college and who I haven't heard from in a long time. Yay Alicia!!

Christmas shopping is going quite well, thank you. My mom said I should bring an extra suitcase so I can bring back my present. What does that mean? I'm not flying out until Christmas Eve, for the brief trip to TX. I will get to hang out with my fantastic family while I"m there. I'm sure we'll see The Return of the King again. Stephen called yesterday and left a message on my voicemail in a fake girl voice (and left the name Janell) asking what I want for Christmas. I called later to tell him (and talked to Stephen).

I miss California.

I get to hang out with Jake tonight, who is in town for the Christmas holiday. I don't get to hang out with him enough, and I'm very excited about tonight. There will be much laughter.

Also, Amazon wish lists are some of the funniest things I've ever seen. I'm going to put Felix's here, and Sandra's here. (I wouldn't recommend actually buying Felix a Segway, because they've been recalled. And I have one of the books for him, but don't tell.) Sandra's is Hilarious in a whole different way.