Apartment Hunting
For those of you still in the dark, I am moving to Spokane next semester to begin attending Gonzaga University with my girlfriend. I'm really quite excited about it. Gonzaga is a really nice school and being closer to Danielle will be great. Obviously, though, I need a place to live there, so as I mentioned in my last blog, I spent this past weekend in Spokane with my mom to find an apartment. (We found one.)
Naturally, Danielle and I had a fun time. On Friday, a bunch of her friends threw a surprise party for her suitemate, Alissa. Danielle invited me. We had a great time watching TV and just general merriment for all. Her friend made tacos, but I don't do Mexican, so I didn't have any. Oh, you want pictures? OK:
Danielle really loved her Irish creme (Bailey's?) She wanted to mix it with everything, including the peppermint schnapp's I brought to the party. For the record, I like it, although I'm not a huge fan of alcohol. I just don't care for the taste. Oddly enough, I liked the creme/schnapp's mix. Heh. Although it was a trick to get the stuff from Danielle:
Also! The week before Thanksgiving, Danielle celebrated her 21st birthday. Her awesome suitemates got her the best present: a hamster. Actually, a pregnant hamster (the pregnant part was a bonus). They weren't too happy to get four-six new hamsters in the house, but I think they're cute. Plus, I'm going to take one when I move out there. I already picked him! He's the spotted one at the top:
After the party, Danielle and I went to see Turistas. It wasn't nearly as gory as I was expecting, which was a good thing, really. I'm not sure what I think of it though. It was entertaining and suspenseful, but I dunno. I'm just not that excited about it.
Danielle and I hanged out at her place until around 2am, when I stumbled back to the hotel room in a tired, cold stupor. This happened on Saturday too, which more or less prevented me from making the planned blog updates during the past two days. I was going to do them at night, but I was simply too tired! Oh well, no loss.
Saturday was Apartment Hunting Day. We had some difficulty finding apartments to actually look at. The good news was that the first one we looked at was really great, and after some consideration, we took it. It's 15 minutes from school, max, and it's less than 5 from the mall. This is good news - the mall has food, you know. I like food. And a Barnes & Noble, where I will surely be applying next January.
After the successful hunt, we dropped my mom off at the mall then went back to her apartment. She talked to her mom for awhile, then we drove to the Greenwood Memorial Terrace. We were trying to find the Thousand Steps, a supposedly haunted section of the cemetary. Unfortunately, we didn't get there until almost dusk, so we couldn't look around (it closes at dusk, plus we had no lights). So we picked my mom up, ate dinner, then headed to Take a Stand, a collection of monologues designed to raise awareness of sexual violence and rape. It was a powerful show, and I felt deeply moved - and disturbed. If you're ever in the area, or if it some day comes to your area, I'd suggest you watch it.
Today was filled with less excitement. Danielle and I tried to find Thousand Steps again, to no avail, then rushed through breakfast. Then Mom and I had to head to the airport. 4 hours later, I'm home. It was a fun trip, if too short, but I didn't focus on the little time I'd get to spend with Danielle. I just tried to enjoy it. In six weeks, I'm moving, a new semester starts, and we'll be done with the long distance relationship. What's sad about that? Not much!
My mom is so funny too. I think Danielle and she got along quite well, which makes me happy. My mom is very personable, and it was just fun to watch Danielle laugh at her antics. She bought Danielle clothes too - she's great, heh. Anyway, it was all fun and games, honestly. As for my mom, she enjoyed the chance to sit around and just take a load off, gracefully allowing me quality time with Danielle. I love them both, they're such great women! It's hard to choose between them :) I'm glad when I don't have to!
Oh yeah, so, here's your obligatory make-me-gag-with-cuteness couple picture from today (taken outside the cemetary):
Tomorrow begins my last real week of school. The semester went by so fast, it's unbelievable. I guess I enjoyed it, which is a good sign for my choice of major. Next semester will be interesting, for sure.
Sorry for the long blog - I shouldn't be doing summaries like this too much though!
Naturally, Danielle and I had a fun time. On Friday, a bunch of her friends threw a surprise party for her suitemate, Alissa. Danielle invited me. We had a great time watching TV and just general merriment for all. Her friend made tacos, but I don't do Mexican, so I didn't have any. Oh, you want pictures? OK:
Danielle really loved her Irish creme (Bailey's?) She wanted to mix it with everything, including the peppermint schnapp's I brought to the party. For the record, I like it, although I'm not a huge fan of alcohol. I just don't care for the taste. Oddly enough, I liked the creme/schnapp's mix. Heh. Although it was a trick to get the stuff from Danielle:
Also! The week before Thanksgiving, Danielle celebrated her 21st birthday. Her awesome suitemates got her the best present: a hamster. Actually, a pregnant hamster (the pregnant part was a bonus). They weren't too happy to get four-six new hamsters in the house, but I think they're cute. Plus, I'm going to take one when I move out there. I already picked him! He's the spotted one at the top:
After the party, Danielle and I went to see Turistas. It wasn't nearly as gory as I was expecting, which was a good thing, really. I'm not sure what I think of it though. It was entertaining and suspenseful, but I dunno. I'm just not that excited about it.
Danielle and I hanged out at her place until around 2am, when I stumbled back to the hotel room in a tired, cold stupor. This happened on Saturday too, which more or less prevented me from making the planned blog updates during the past two days. I was going to do them at night, but I was simply too tired! Oh well, no loss.
Saturday was Apartment Hunting Day. We had some difficulty finding apartments to actually look at. The good news was that the first one we looked at was really great, and after some consideration, we took it. It's 15 minutes from school, max, and it's less than 5 from the mall. This is good news - the mall has food, you know. I like food. And a Barnes & Noble, where I will surely be applying next January.
After the successful hunt, we dropped my mom off at the mall then went back to her apartment. She talked to her mom for awhile, then we drove to the Greenwood Memorial Terrace. We were trying to find the Thousand Steps, a supposedly haunted section of the cemetary. Unfortunately, we didn't get there until almost dusk, so we couldn't look around (it closes at dusk, plus we had no lights). So we picked my mom up, ate dinner, then headed to Take a Stand, a collection of monologues designed to raise awareness of sexual violence and rape. It was a powerful show, and I felt deeply moved - and disturbed. If you're ever in the area, or if it some day comes to your area, I'd suggest you watch it.
Today was filled with less excitement. Danielle and I tried to find Thousand Steps again, to no avail, then rushed through breakfast. Then Mom and I had to head to the airport. 4 hours later, I'm home. It was a fun trip, if too short, but I didn't focus on the little time I'd get to spend with Danielle. I just tried to enjoy it. In six weeks, I'm moving, a new semester starts, and we'll be done with the long distance relationship. What's sad about that? Not much!
My mom is so funny too. I think Danielle and she got along quite well, which makes me happy. My mom is very personable, and it was just fun to watch Danielle laugh at her antics. She bought Danielle clothes too - she's great, heh. Anyway, it was all fun and games, honestly. As for my mom, she enjoyed the chance to sit around and just take a load off, gracefully allowing me quality time with Danielle. I love them both, they're such great women! It's hard to choose between them :) I'm glad when I don't have to!
Oh yeah, so, here's your obligatory make-me-gag-with-cuteness couple picture from today (taken outside the cemetary):
Tomorrow begins my last real week of school. The semester went by so fast, it's unbelievable. I guess I enjoyed it, which is a good sign for my choice of major. Next semester will be interesting, for sure.
Sorry for the long blog - I shouldn't be doing summaries like this too much though!
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