Happy Holidays to everyone!! I hope they have all been going well. I went down to my dad’s last weekend for christmas with them, and my brother and sister were able to go down at the same time. and my step family was actually nice!! jenn says it helps to be drinking, which I will remember for the next time, when it’s not just a day trip. christmas with mom, bob, and chris was great, and I hope everyone else had merry christmases and happy hanukahs!!!

as for new years, I doubt that I can top last year, but I am making an effort to not be home on my own. I’ll probably end up visiting my sister as long as I can get away from EMS. that job is going really well by the way, lots of fun people, and extra paychecks are verrrry nice.
I have a goal to actually get some stuff out in the mail and some phone calls made about grad school before the year is over, so hopefully I will get off my butt and do some this week. I just need to be on my out of bingo, as I’m sure you guys all know and understand.

well, it seems like everytime I write I’m giving you guys ridiculous boy stuff, but here is the newest…. my sister’s friend jay is a nice guy, but I am sooo not interested, so I’m trying to ease my way out of talking to him, and hoping I don’t make my sister’s life difficult as a result. I heard from my army guy again, things seem to be going as well as can be in the middle of a stupid war in the iraqi desert, and we might get together for dinner when he is home on mid-tour leave. AND NOW… I’ve made a new friend. this is getting a little ridiculous, and I understand if you guys are rolling your eyes right now, but he’s really great. I met him at the Belmar one night when kim rescued me from a bottle of wine and dragged me to a party that wasn’t that great, so we ended up at the Belmar. This guy came over and started talking to kim, and since it wasn’t really interesting for me at all, and I had made eye contact with someone else, I decided to make a move. so, I went over and started talking to Craig and his friend Kevin, and that was that. Craig bought me a drink, I bought him one later, kim met back up with us at one point, made sure I was doing all right, and escaped home when she was ready. Craig walked me home and I’m not really sure how it all worked out, but he came upstairs with me (funny how confident you are after half a bottle of wine, two cups of keg beer, and then two pints at a bar). we sat on the couch and talked, and we got a little smushy. I warned him that I’ve only had one boyfriend and so he had to take his time, and he perfectly understood. He ended up staying until about noon the next day. he actually called that night, and he came over when I got home from work. we hung out on the couch for a long time, and when it looked like I was going to spend another night on my own freaking couch, I decided enough was enough. SO, being as un-smooth as possible, I asked him if he was planning on staying, and if so, could we move to the bed with the understanding that nothing was going to happen but it’s more comfy than the couch for two people? he was totally cool about it all, and stayed till a little after 3pm that day. (this is a little long and unbelievable, so thank you guys for “listening”) that night I hung out with kim and the boys, and then ended up choosing to stop by Craig’s on the way home from kim’s rather than Crandall street and we watched tv for a couple of hours before I went home. then he called me a couple days later and we hung out overnight a couple more times in a row. he went home saturday for christmas, but I got a call monday night saying he was in town for the night if I wanted to get together. we hung out that night, and then he took me out to lunch on tuesday before he headed back home. phew!! so what do you guys think? I was very surprised by myself for spending the night with this guys so much, but we haven’t slept together, he really is respecting me needing to take my time, and he is really great. he is a molecular geneticist at Binghamton, he went to Hartwick for four years, and he has just applied to Ohio State and a couple other places for his doctorate. he loves EMS and has been to Australia, New Zealand, and Costa Rica to collect samples and stuff for his thesis. all right, I’m sure I’ve gushed enough, and I bet I’m driving you guys crazy with the ever changing and ridiculously long guy sagas. isn’t it refreshing to not be hearing about steve though?

SO. I hope everyone else is doing well. I’m saving up my money to take some trips, I want to see my girls!! my address is 97 Chapin Street, Apt #3, Binghamton, NY 13905. and I don’t have anyone’s contact info, so please pass it along, I have cards and fun stuff to send all you guys!! I miss you all and once again, happy holidays and happy new years!!!! love and miss you! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo