1 post tagged “california”
I don't like the heat.
We have fans all over the house, all of which work at producing perfectly good, cool air currents. Our apartment has an ac, which we used for the first time yesterday. It's 78 degrees in the house and while I'm comfortable now, it's way too hot for me outside. And it's stupid, because I think the hottest it gets, on average, is 90 degrees F. in the summer.
But I need to live in a place that stays cooler then that in the summer, which lasts shorter then it does here. I am all for cold, miserable, long winters if it meant I could wear cold weather clothes and not sweat my hypothetical balls off in misery for 8 months out of the year.
But my family is here.
What am I really talking about, you ask? Chris. He bring it up every once in a while, moving out of state to a place with mild summers and cold winters. And while I love the idea, I also despise it. My parents... my FAMILY... ALL live in California. The only aunt/uncle pair who live out of state will be retiring in a few years (my uncle, anyway) and moving back to San Diego. My cousin lives in Utah, but is planning on moving to Lake Tahoe eventually. I was always close with my family growing up, and I want my kids to have the same experiences. But my husband really has nothing but ill feelings toward the idea of raising our kids here. Which I don't understand, it's not where the children are raised as much as how they are raised.
He wants to move to Oregon or Washington.
Anyway, onto more exciting future planning. I had no idea the iMac had a video card. This means I won't be building myself a custom PC after school, when the need for a laptop isn't as high. I only need the video card to play WoW, nothing else. for a little over 2 grand, I can have an amazing desktop with a 24" monitor and upgraded to a wireless keyboard and mouse - and who knows, 2 years from now, it'll be even better.
I can hear it now. Chris is going to have a fit. But honestly, I prefer OS X so much more over Windows now. Speaking of, I need to upgrade to Leopard. I'm tired of looking at people's screenshots, with their newfangled reflective dock and menubar and my... notsonewfangled ones. I think I'll ask Chris if I can upgrade in a few weeks.
Who's excited? ME!!!
But anyway, time for me to study my bum off while the kittens sleep. Kona has this thing for jumping on the counter and licking from whatever is in the sink. Especially when I'm studying, because I literally have to get up, he doesn't listen to my voice only. Jon & Kate + 8 tonight!!!
