the new year!

timmy and i got back to keokuk on monday night.  i dont remember tuesday at all.  wednesday was new years eve and we went to a family from church's house for a party.  it was really laid back, we just played apples to apples, a few of the students from church were down stairs playing rockband and other wii stuff.  it was a really nice way to ring in the new year :)  we stayed and played rock band and didnt make it home till pretty late.  

we got lost on the way out (one step of our directions got lost in translation) and stopped to ask a sheriff for help.  he told us the street we were looking for was in his neighborhood and that we should just follow him.  he asked us the address, and he shined his spotlight on every house until we found it, which, luckily, was only a couple of houses into the neighborhood.  we just thought it was so funny that he got his spotlight out!  but it was really so nice of him to be so helpful.

new years day timmy and i frantically cleaned the apartment because mom and dad stoner were coming in to town.  it was kind of one of those days i wish i could hit "reset" on.  i got really stressed out and was probably more of a burden than a help to timmy.  i dont know what was wrong with me.  towards the end of the day (before mom and dad stoner arrived)  i snapped out of it.  

it's been fun having them in town, even though it's only been last night and today.  its funny because normally i would have the tv on, or music playing or something, but they kind of like it to be quiet, i think, so it's been silent here all day.  dad's reading, mom's working on lesson plans, im blogging... good times.  quiet times :)

what i've been trying to say has already been said best by ben gibbard, "so this is the new year, and i don't feel any different."

love.