You consider the four major food groups as beef, pork, catfish, and sweet tea.
Yeahhhh... I got internet access! It was finally connected last night. So I've been here in Arkansas what, like.. 11 days I think? That's crazy to think I've only? already? been here 11 days. In some ways it feels like it's been a year, and in others.. like only a day or two. It's taking some adjustment, but then I expected it to. The thing is.. I'm starting to really feel at home here now.. and I'll be heading back to Arizona for like 4 or 5 weeks in just 2 weeks' time. But of course all of my stuff will still be here. It sucks to get adjusted to being here only to have to return to AZ and then come back and go through the adjustment process again. Blah.
Anyway.. so my mom and I got to Amarillo first, surprisingly. But then we were pushing 90 mph most of the way, which was a good thing seeing as we got held up in traffic and road construction probably 4 or 5 times. Got to the hotel, checked in, and only had to wait maybe 5 minutes before Dustin turned up too. That was pretty cool.. my mom was sitting by the hotel window and saw him pull up outside, so I ran downstairs, and into his arms.
Haha.. man, he and my mom met.. and they got along REALLY WELL. The three of us went out to dinner that night and spent pretty much the entire time laughin so hard we were crying. It was great. He was like.. why was I nervous about meetin your mom? Cos I'd tried telling him not to be.. I knew it'd go well. I think at one point borrowing someone's rectal thermometer was even mentioned?
So we drove back the next day.. got a late start though. Don't think we left Amarillo until checkout time at the hotel. The drive was pretty decent but I think we were both sick of bein in the car by that point and just wanted to be back in Arkansas already.
It's been up and down since I've been here. We're not fighting at all, not in the least. But I can tell my moods vary by the hour. It's difficult going from having my own apartment, everything the way I wanted it.. to almost sort of feeling like a guest at someone's house. I brought a lot of my things but almost none of it is unpacked yet. I don't think it'd make much of a difference really. The past 2 days have been a lot better, and now that I have internet access again.. I wonder how much of me feeling disconnected from everything was to do with not have a way to sign on. That's sad to think I could be that effected by not being able to go online. But I mean?? What else is there to do here all day while Dustin's at work? And so I'd be bored and lethargic all day, and by the time he'd get home I was just kind of "ehh." I'm such a moody fucker. What's my problem. Honestly.. I'm so happy with him..but yet I'll still sit here bitching about things. I need a job.
We went out to the lake with Mike and Cassandra (i need to start callin her Sasha like everyone else does.. Cassandra's too much to type out) on Sunday. I forget the name of it? Heber Springs or something like that.. it's about an hour and a half away. Packed up a cooler, all hopped in their car, and headed out there. Rented a boat and got a good 4 or 5 hours out on the water. Man, it was gorgeous. We picked a good day to go. I could get used to that. Got the boat up to a good speed crashing on the waves, sun was out all day, wind whipping around my body. Ahhhh.. Burnt as fuck now, but it was well worth it.
I'm not sure Mike and Cassandra (it's always Mike and Cassandra.. not just Mike or just Cassandra) know what to think of me. We're really different. They're chill as hell and fun to be around, but it's hard knowin what to say sometimes. We've grown up very differently. They're good ol' Southern folk. We get along well enough, but we don't have much in common. Dustin's told them how alike he and I are.. and I'm not sure they know how to take that. They're used to him.. but I think they're still feeling me out.
Hahaha... we were over at their house Sat. night sittin around smokin.. and their cat, Miss Kitty comes into the living room where we're all sittin. And she goes to jump up on the sofa into Cassandra's lap and BANGS the fuck out of her head on the glass table. Like she didn't even see the table was there. Jumped straight up into it. Hahaha.. I've never seen a cat bounce off a table like that before. Cassandra shot D and I a dirty look when we were still pissin ourselves laughin 10 minutes later.
Slept good for the first time since i've been here last night. We laid in bed talking and joking around for a couple hours before falling asleep. I've been having to take nyquil the past week to sleep, but last night I didn't need it. Last night seemed so.. easy? It seemed normal and natural and like my life has always been this way.
I just need to relax and stop freaking the fuck out about every little thing. I don't know why I work myself up so much sometimes.. why I'm so afraid to let go and be myself and be ok with where I am and what's happening. Ok.. done now.
Oh yeah.. had some gyros <3 yesterday.. Good shit. Dustin stayed home from work yesterday because we were both still in so much pain from the sunburns from the day before.. so we had an easy day yesterday. Grabbed lunch from this greek place he'd been telling me about. Sooooooo good. Wanna eat there daily.
I broke the radio earlier today. Ummmm.. oops.