my life...updating

So not a lot has been happening with me in reguards to Japan so I haven't written anything in a little while.  I got word from Donna a while ago that the February session had been filled.  She put me at the top of the list, but I wasn't really holding out for it.  Thus, my lack of enthusiasm to get on and blog about my life.  But YAY! lucky me, Donna just e-mailed me this morning and gave me the news that a spot had opened up!  So off I go with the rest of the people I met and interviewed with a few weeks ago!! I informed my boss today also that my last day would now be February 1st, insteady of sometime in April.  I get to resign a whole 2 months early ^^ They were a little depressed, but I think they were happy for me.  Hope you all are too, it means I get to go on my next adventure in just 2 months!  I'm SOOO excited! Can you tell?!?  Now all I need to do is go get a background check, and a medical check up.  Simple right?!

So now that I am back I should go and appraise you all of what has been happening in my life recently.  Thanksgiving was fantastic, I did only have Thursday off so I couldn't go too far.  I ended up driving down to my Aunt's house had had dinner with my Stepfather, Grandmother, Aunt and Uncle, 2 cousins (their daughter's) a cousin-in-law and then their 2 kids.  Dinner was delicious, I am a good cook, but they kept booting me out of the kitchen.  Made me sad, so I kept my little cousins busy by letting them use my drawing pencils and we made lots of drawings together.  Wasn't my best work, but as I was working with a 4 and 6 year old I think I can handle that.  They have time to get better!! Speaking of drawing, I am getting really close to finishing my latest drawing.  Thanks to them I was working on it for hours.  I'm making it my mission to have it done before I leave. 

 I moved in with a nice older lady till I go to Japan yesterday.  She smokes and has 5 cats, it's kind of a bother, but nothing I can't handle for 2 months.  I had to move out of my sister's house last week Monday. It's been about a year and a half since I started living with her and her fiance (now husband), over the last couple of months they'v been treating me weird...it's been making me feel they didn't want me around anymore.  I completely understand, but wish they would have just came out and told me.  We ended up getting in a huge fight and I stayed at my friends for the week.  On top of that this past weekend was the downtown open house for Petoskey. Basically on big party in the entire town.  Caroling, bonfires, drinking, and big shopping discounts! Tons of fun, my bosses throw a HUGE pre and post downtown openhouse party.  Since they own a hotel most of their friends stayed the night....it went on past 3am this year.  All day Thursday I was helping them prepare for it.....

Look what I got paid to do for 3 hours!!  Make cookies!!

I had the weekend off finally, I went home to visit my parents with the sister fight and crashing at my friend's grandparent's house for a week I really needed it.  That was the first time I went home since my best friend's wedding back in Septemeber...which kept me extremely busy and hardly even saw them.  Going home was wonderful.  I tried meeting up with tmy friend on Saturday night for her birthday..she ended up having to work LITTERALLY all day, so I'm going back down tomorrow night and spending Thursday with her.  It's my day off this week.  3 hours each way is going to be a pain, but should be worth it.  We are planning on going to see the Repunzel movie: Tangled.  It looks awesome, her husband wont see it with her.  Then it's back to Petoskey Thursday night for work Friday morning.