Happily Away

[ceitfianna]

My flight yesterday worked out fine and I met my parents in San Francisco. We then followed the directions into the beautiful hills of the Sonoma Valley where there was dinner put on by my brother and new sister-in-law. It was fantastic, this is a kind of home for me. I love California so much though it also makes me homesick for Wellington, which is rather odd. I grew up mainly on the East Coast but my mom's family is from Carmel so I spent a lot of summers in Northern California. Its one of those places that defines me.

I just got an email that confirms, yes, I am graduating saying that my Michigan email and things might be stopped at some point. I don't think they will as I'll still be working for the library but it was a moment of oh yes, not a student anymore.

For the next three days there are going to be parties and celebrations of my brother and me. Life is wonderful.

Also I've been reading some great books and wanting more. I read Kevin Hearne's Hounded on the plane and need to find the next two books of the trilogy as he knows how to do urban fantasy. His style is rather like Seanan McGuire's just with a different sort of hero. Tales of the Ur-Bar is a wonderful mix of stories of things that happen at a Bar that goes through time. If you play or love milliways_bar, I recommend it. The stories range from funny to touching to creepy with some explosions tossed in.

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[dynastessa]

HEY.

We're actually in the same timezone!! WOOOOOOO~

I'm glad to hear you made it to Cali safe and sound. :) I am totally going to venture down to California one of these days while I'm living on this side of the world.

Have fun at those parties! And congrats on graduating, once again. YOU TOTALLY EARNED IT.

[ceitfianna]

Hee, yes, we are. I don't know how much I'm going to be on as my family tends to fill the days but we are. I love California and the West Coast.

You should try and get to Seattle if you can, that's a wonderful city. I'm so glad that being in architect school is clearly the right thing for you.