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marcasite was kind enough to share an invite code with me, so I'm finally getting around to checking out Dreamwidth. Seems like a pretty good backup for lj, should the need ever arise. Plus, it's not blocked at work (yet), which is a pretty sweet deal as well.

You can find me over there under the same name. I tried to search back and see who else on my f-list was over there, but I could only go back so far on the friends page, and I couldn't remember everyone. So, if you want to add me to your circle or whatever, add away.

I'm thinking I will try out crossposting a little bit and all that jazz. (Consider this post a test).

My sister walked through graduation yesterday. She's got another year of school left, mostly to complete her teaching requirements. But, I think everyone figured this would probably be the last year family could really get together and do something, at least on my dad's side, with my grandfather and everything. He is currently on his way to Montana with my aunt and cousin, to spend a week or two out there.

Yesterday was... an interesting experience. I elected to catch a ride with my aunt, because I spent all last weekend driving, and wasn't interested in doing the same thing this week. *sigh* When will I learn? The one thing I forgot was that she wants to be able to have all kinds of heart to hearts and I really kind of shut down with that kind of thing, mostly because she's so devote in her faith that I don't really know how she's going to respond if I come out to her. I'm expecting immediate devastation, but we haven't gotten there yet, and I didn't think any time in the car would be a good time to get into that kind of thing. But yeah, 4 hours total in the car with her, and she kept trying to draw me into these serious conversations but I'm on a completely different wavelength or something... I don't know. At one point, she felt it was necessary to apologize for breaking my trust in her, because I had told her something in confidence a few years ago and she decided to tell my father since she was so concerned. She always thinks she can read me and know what's going on, but it's like she's off base, all the time.

The rest of the family was fine. I got to see my aunt Rhonda and cousin Erik from Montana, who I rarely ever get to see. Erik is completely adorable, and pretty much the same as his older sister. And really, all 3 kids are chatty as hell, but he was... just awesome. He did really well sitting outside through the whole commencement ceremony, and Rhonda is so good with him. It's a breath of fresh air after all of the loud, talkative kids I've seen whose parents just let them run rampant at events like this. The pinnacle of the day came at the end of dinner. The waitress asked if we wanted dessert, and Erik had been making noise about having ice cream and Dad was totally prepared to get him some, so finally Rhonda caved and said he could have a small scoop. They brought him a kids sundae with oreos, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and a cherry on top. And then, he thought everyone should have a bite. So, we all pretended to have a bite until my grandfather actually took one, and immediately Erik says "no more Grandpa!" It was the cutest thing.

Graduation ended up being pretty nice, except for the part where they didn't walk alphabetically. For about 20 minutes we're on the edge of our seats, towards the back, looking through the line of students and trying to guess which one was Emilie. It was also bitterly cold in the morning, but as the sun came out the wind started to die down a little bit it actually got quite warm. However, thanks to the sun, and the direction I was facing, half of my head and neck is bright red. It also itches like hell. So, I'm thankful for my aloe plants which I continue to mash up and then smear all over my skin in an effort to soothe things.

Yesterday was eventful, that is for sure. Today? I think I've probably ended up sleeping at least 12 hours, between bed and then two accidental naps this morning and then this afternoon. At least I am rested.