Sunday, November 28, 2010

If I had know it was that kind of party...

I would have prepared my Tyrannosaurus Rex Knight with his dinosword! DnD fail. Why can't I be a dinosaur? I'd have little arms!


I am a little drunk right now.
We had my fellow roommate's going away party tonight. It was fucking awesome.

We played some fucking Wizard Staff. I only got three cans. There were some champions tonight.
We had a mother fucking dance off. We just fucking boogied until we had no fucking clue how to dance anymore.

There was a fire.
And tasty food.

You have no clue how rad tonight was. I'm too fucking drunk to tell you.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Running through daisies

I have been back at home for the past few days now.
It has been genuinely amazing. Although there has been some internal conflict and some confusion, I didn't think I could be this happy.

I did get sick, waking up Thursday morning with a totally obnoxious sinus headache which actually led to a loss of voice and a stuffy nose.

But I've been hanging out with my friends. My truly amazing friends.
You think that leaving your home town you'll learn who your true friends are... but in actuality, it's when you come back. Those are the friends who are still there for you, even after you've been gone and lost contact for almost 3 years.
They ask about you and your trip and then it just feels like you never left them in the first place.

My friends have made me feel amazing. They make me feel really good about myself and I'm quite sure, that even behind the voice loss, the 4 to 8 cups of ginger tea, and the stuffy nose, I am glowing bright like a winter sun.

My friends have made me feel beautiful, smart, funny, talented, and just plain "fucking awesome" since I have returned. All of that in just a few days.
I look forward to getting over this cold so I can be my usual 110%.

I have also had the more important things taken care of. I went to the DMV to get a new license and Bank of America to get a new debit card.
I am finally moved into my brother's house, although I do need to finish painting the walls of my room and move in a desk and such.

I am so impressed with how things have turned out here.

I have gotten sick, and I woke up last night at 4 am to blow my nose and my brother just knocks on my door and basically hands me a hot cup of theraflu.

When the Theraflu kicked in and I started dozing off, I had images of me and my steaming hot cup of theraflu running hand in hand through a field of daisies.

Definitely a promising start to my life.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Am I shrinking?

A part of me hopes so! That means I can finally buy smaller pants and not feel like such a whale anymore.

I had a great day yesterday. I got major errands taken care of.
I applied for a new Driver's License with my new name on it. I also went to the Bank to apply for a new debit card and credit card with my new name on it.
I also exchanged my left over Funny Money for dollars. all of which got deposited directly to my account.

I also had the best breakfast I have had in years. The most amazing sausage and cheese omelette with cinnamon raisin bread and... wait for it... a cup of sweet tea. Oh Pankake Palace, how I love and adore you.

I then also dropped by Best Buy to get an FM transmitter for my mp3 player. In the process I received a new Best Buy Rewards card and quizzed the girls there on how to pronounce my last name. It seems I am not longer the esteemed Anna Mylläri I once was, but I am now, "Anna Mylar". I wonder if the plastic company will pay me for advertising such a great thing.
I know, I for one, am the Awesomest Anna as it is.

I then met up with Mun Sisko. I helped her get dressed and look a little more fabulous (those shoes she wore were amazing. Totally jealous!)
We went to Targét and I purchased necessary feminine hygiene products. You know, soap, shampoo, face wash, hair straightener...
Then we went and got our nails did!
The name of the color is Russian Navy. It looked purple in the store, in the bottle, but once we got outside, it looked blue! DAMN YOU RUSSIAN NAVY! GETS US EVERY TIME! Fantastic color though. It almost looks black. Totally up to code with this season's fashion trend.
I would definitely give up candy and soda to get a manicure pedicure every two weeks. (Is that acceptable?)

We grabbed some lunch and then went back to her house.
We colored her hair, it looks better but still not what we want yet!
And we went through her clothes. She got rid of a lot of crap, thanks to me.
If someone had told me, 5 years ago, that I would be my sister's eyes for fashion I would have laughed and not believed it.
But here I am, helping my sister look amazing again and giving her fashion advice I never knew I would have.

It has been decided though that since I will be a hairdresser I must know what is on trend. Can't go around looking all last season when someone wants a haircut, you know?
It's all about the accessories.

My sister and I also LOL'd about Vagazzling. Please, if you don't know what it is, Google it on your own time. It's most likely (N)ot (S)afe (F)or (W)ork.

Today I plan to collect applications and apply for jobs.

Now tell me, am I shrinking, is my coffee mug of normal size or is it just huge?

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Country roads...take me home

I finally arrived home in Savannah, GA last night. About 7:15 in the evening.
I was greeted joyously by my mother and my sister, who was hopping up and down and dancing and wiggling. My sister, mind you, is 5 years older than I am. I assure you, I'm an adult.

My flight was amazing actually. I never thought I would say such a thing.
First, the taxi driver was just how i want them: quiet.
Then at the airport, checking in was easy. I had 3 suitcases, I was figuring they would charge me for the 2 extra suitcases, which would have cost 200€. The lady says she's charging me for 20 kilo overweight, instead of thirty and tells me to go to the office right over there, they should be open soon.
I figure the office is open at like 5:30 so I take my receipt to pay for my luggage and wait.
The office doesn't open until 5:45 and there's a bunch of anxious flyers ready to go.
The little window opens at 5:45 with a bing and someone said a hail mary.
Then I was only charged 40€ which blew my mind.

I made it through security and got to my gate on time.
The flight itself was nice because I had a window seat and my row had 3 seats but the other person was a guy sitting in the aisle seat. He also put my carry on away in the overhead compartment. He was nice and it was a pleasant flight and dare I say I even napped a bit.

I got to Frankfurt and had enough time to get off the plane, go through security and then get to my gate. No ham and cheese sandwich for me, which is fine, because my flight from Frankfurt to Charlotte was fantastic as well.
Everyone was nice and cheerful and chatty and it made me more at ease. We even had a Missionary and his wife on the plane, totally felt safe then. :D
Also, on the flight, I had a window seat and my row was just two seats. The seats were narrow, but the woman sitting next to me had a husband on the other side of the plane. He brings her some wine and they ended up finding two seats for them to sit together.
I had the row to myself and slept happily.
The food also wasn't terrible. It was questionable of course. How on earth do they come up with these meal ideas? I was at a loss.
Chicken with mushroom risotto and some green beans: I get it, makes sense, tasty too.
Cold bean salad: what the fuck is this? I didn't even touch it. I already had green beans. This also had olives. Ew. It didn't make sense to me.
Dessert: Lemon poppy seed muffin. WHAT? How is this even a dessert?

Based on the compilation of the meal, I am quite sure they got the idea from what someone ate for lunch, someone's left overs, and someone eating a lemon poppy seed muffin RIGHTATTHATVERYMOMENT.

Thanks to my 3+ hour nap the flight went by quickly. The children on the plane were also well behaved. Just one fussy baby which was easily blocked out with my mp3 player.

Arrival in Charlotte, NC was the most amazing feeling. Of course I was completely dumbfounded I even made it there at all. At the airport the people were so nice and so cheerful.
I had to recheck in my luggage and the guy at the counter told me I looked fantastic and that I was working it. Definitely made my day. Everyone told me, "Welcome Home" which just made me feel better.
I cleaned up in the bathroom at the gate and waited to board my flight.
Everyone was so talkative and people were asking about my story.
The flight to Savannah was comfortable and spacious and the fantastic woman sitting told me, "I might have to hold your hand when we take off. Flying scares the shit out of me."
She clutched my hand with everything she had when the plane was taxi...ing(?) down the runway and to the point the plane was finally level.
She chatted with me and then she napped while I spaced out and enjoyed the most amazing sunset I have seen in years. The sky never gets that beautiful in Finland.

Once I got to Savannah everyone who spoke with me wished me the best and I even made a future potential customer for a haircut. Which is rad.

All my luggage made it safely home with me.
I ate some delicious Mexican food and had the best damned Margarita ever.
It's good to be back!