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Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

BT: The First Goodbye

This morning I said goodbye to my brother and saw him off as he left to go move to South Dakota. This is probably going to be the last time that I will see him about 2 years and the first of my family members that I've said goodbye to. 

How much this effected me surprised me a little. My brother and I haven't been super close at all. We have seven years separating us but I guess since we lived and worked together this year we were close. Now he's moved away and our work schedules won't really permit us seeing each other for most likely two years. 

The biggest thing is that if my heart is shaken over saying goodbye to my brother what is is it going to be like when I bid the rest of my family, especially my twin sister, farewell. 

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

BT: Cleaning out the closet



So yesterday I started cleaning out my room and closet in prep for moving to Taiwan  I had to get my dresser cleaned out since my Mom decided to give it to my brother who is moving away first. I'm find with my bro having my dresser but I'm like "but but I still have a month yet but where am I suppose to but my clothes?" 

Needless to say she didn't really have an answer for me. I was able to get it all cleaned out while my brother was out at the garage getting a tune up for his car. Surprising I was able to move it outside all by myself. After getting the dresser out of my closet I started to rearrange things which was interesting considering I don't think the closet has been cleaned out since I was a baby which was ironic with the amount of baby clothing that I found. I also found some of my childhood favorite books that my mother had kept. There were also a giant purple ball, a hamper lid that doesn't match any of the ones that we have, two wooden trucks and  a full traditional Chinese outfit which didn't fit me in the closet. Though I have to say that the most interesting thing that I found in the closet was this:
No one in my family has any idea where this knee length sequenced jacket came from. Anyway afterwards my bro took me out to a really quaint ice cream parlor for a nice summer treat. It was really nice and in a historic inn. It was a type of small town America that I  won't be able to find in Taiwan.

Another thing that I won't be able to find is Friendly's. Those of you who don't know it's a restaurant chain in Eastern USA. It has standard food like burgers, crispy chicken, and salads but the thing that it is really known for is ice cream. The ice cream is why my family, especially my dad, really like it. I'm saying this because we went out to dinner to our local one. It was funny since it was on both mine and my brother's list of things to go to before moving away because we both will be moving to places that won't have one. Well till next time

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Happy Fathers Day!!!

Dad and Me
Happy Father's Day!! So today was the last holiday/ event that my whole family was together. Not only am I moving to Taiwan but my brother is moving away too.

Today we one thing that I wanted before going to Taiwan and something my Mom wanted. My Mom wanted us to get a family picture done before I left so we did that. The photographer was one of my high school classmates which was fun since she didn't really change at all. My parents also decided to get a set of the siblings done too.

For dinner we had a traditional thanksgiving style turkey dinner. My mom asked me a while ago what foods that I wanted before I left for Taiwan and it was on the list. We mostly had it because it was the last family sit down dinner that we will have all together. Anyway it was super delicious. I would have taken pictures of it to put on here but A. I was too hungry and wolfed it down right away and B. I'm pretty sure I would have gotten yelled at for having an electronic device at the dinner table. Well till next time