And while I do miss Iowa slightly, what I miss more in talking with my niece, and I know what you might be thinking. Come on! Your niece is probably what? 3 years old at the most. What kinda conversation can you have with a 3 yr old! In fact my niece is only 2 years younger than I am (Yeah I was an Oh Shit! Baby, I admit) and we were raised like sisters/best friends. So we are rather close, and I do talk to her over Facebook and MSN Messenger. But we had a conversation last night that had me cracking up over how us it was.
Now, we are a bit odd, I'd even go so far as to say we were really, really big nerds. So we were discussing the distance and then...
Caitlin: you're like 12,ooo miles away. Its not like i can just drive over there. Its a little too far and there is an ocean in the way
Dana: Actually its not like 12,ooo miles its a lot closer to 5,000 miles. and all you really need is an underwater car. They're the way of the future
Caitlin: Oh yeah and I'm the easter bunny.
Dana: I KNEW IT! does that mean you'll leave easter eggs for me in Paris?
Caitlin: maybe
Dana: Where are you going to hide them in the Eiffel tower? or with Lady Liberty? or in a baguette?
Caitlin: The Easter bunny never reveals his secrets. Thats not the point
and after a long pause in the conversation
Dana: if you're the easter bunny does that make Branden's [her boyfriend] the tooth fairy?
Caitlin: Gasp, who told you?
Dana: The leprechauns
Which made me remember that just before I left my family had a big sit down dinner to say goodbye and Caitlin came over early. Well, she got a call from Branden and he asked what was for dinner and we told him hamballs.
Branden: What's that?
Caitlin: How would you describe hamballs Dana?
Dana: Tell him it's like meatloaf but made with ham and rolled in to balls not a loaf
Caitlin: Its like meatloaf but made with ham and rolled into balls not a loaf and then it has this sweet sauce on top
Branden: So it's meatballs made with ham?
Caitlin: Duh Dana, Why didn't we just say it was meatballs made with ham?
Dana: Because, it's nothing like meatballs
Caitlin: Yes its like meatballs Branden, but made with ham
I don't know why but I found this conversation to highly entertaining at the time.
What I'm really doing is wasting time. I have a piece of coursework that's due on Friday and is worth half of my grade in that class and I haven't really started. I'm a lot further along than most people in the class, but still. Plus, I'm going to Wales tomorrow so I won't get any work done then.
Another thing I miss about Iowa...I'm not such a Debbie Downer there. I feel like most of my blogs I'm complaining about something or telling some sad story. Well not today! Today...oh wait nothing exciting happened today. I went to the Gym to work out with Sam and I missed breakfast because I overslept then I proceeded to miss lunch because my class got out late. And I've officially mad the bank transfer so I've been checking my account online every 5 minutes to see if its there yet. No luck so far. So I guess I'm still Debbie.
I'm going to try and be optimistic. OK Dana, what's one good thing that happened to you? I've officially booked my trip to London. I will be in London the last weekend in November to do a bit of Christmas shopping and to see the city. There one good thing. And it only cost me £8.90 per night at the hostel, which I thought was pretty good. And the hostel is near Hyde Park so yeah. Also I get to ride a train and use the Underground. *Cheesy American Tourist Alert*
Actually I've thought of two good things. I might be going to Cambridge for a weekend. Naomi is going to visit her Grandma in Cambridge and she's invited me along. So I'll have a little adventure and a poke around town.
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