Halloween... and stuff

So I had my first American Halloween. And I'm pretty into this holiday to be honest. You get to dress up, eat lollies and just generally be silly.

I went as Tinkerbell and Emilie was Peter Pan and we were most adorable. We walked down a street in Alameda all dressed and looking cute and there were HUNDREDS of children all dressed up and some of the houses were done up as well, I mean there were graveyards, haunted houses and just generally scariness.

We carved pumpkins although i had a slight accident with the knife in my carving process. Even though my pumpkin was getting on on of the most simple designs ever.

And because I am FANTASTIC I now have a job. With an important sounding job title to boot. I am a Youth Development Coordinator at a middle school implementing an after school program. So now I'm employed, have a social security number and a bank account, I'm all set!

I'm probably gonna start working on the lack of friends thing pretty soon methinks. Because I love Emilie and hanging out with her but it would be nice to have a few more people to hang out with as well.....

Pumpkins!

We went pumpkin picking on the weekend. By we I mean me and Emilie.
We drove out to the country (?) and there was this adorable pumpkin patch.

Me with an odd expression on my face. But at least you see how adorable the pumpkin patch was? 

And it was so so so cute! There were jack-o-lantern pumpkins like the ones that you carve faces into and then all this other types of ones. We went raspberry picking as well which wasn't overly successful....But we got a few raspberries anyway? 

I think I'm totally into this Halloween thing, its like the cutest holiday everrrr!!

Minus the CRAZY traffic (and when i say crazy I mean we were stuck in traffic and barely moved for like an hours!!! Grr!)  it was probably the best day ever!!

Now I want to make pumpkin pie....hmmmm....

 

So i've finally moved. it feels great but kinda weird at the same time, like I'm on holidays and I've had dreams that I've had to move back to Australia already and that kinda makes me feel anxious.

And I miss my friends or just having friends to socialise with. Its gonna be slightly harder to make friends than i thought. This is kinda my main worry and getting a job although i cant even start work till October 25th.

Fuck I need to learn to relax and just let it happen. Although Emilie is wonderful and makes it all seem worth it.

Change you can believe in...ha.

So as my usual paranoid self, I'm anxious about possibly everything! Moving, flights, visa, finding a job, my relationship with Emilie, having friends, getting another visa, where to move to next....

It's like its all happening so fast and I want it to, but at the same time, despite not being that happy with my job I am in a good place. A place where I feel loved and secure. But I like moving and I like pushing my boundaries because I am terrified of staying still, of being the same. I relish change and the challenges that brings with it.

And tonight I'm starting to back up my belongings and I'm trying to embrace this but I'm scared.

Things I will miss...

So I am starting to get all nostalgic and I haven't even left yet. In fact I don't leave for another 3 1/2 weeks!
Instead of trying quell my nostalgia I am giving in and writing a list of things that I shall miss.
Here it goes!

• Good coffee, preferably from Toby's. Annoying thing about America they seem to want you to order complicated things and then not understand when what you order is simple. AND they don't seem to comprehend 'strong' or 'double-shot' this may become a slight problem for me....
• My room. Although its small and kinda cramped, I've lived here for 2 years and I really like it and it feels comforting and like it's "my" space and I kinda like that.
• Going out and actually seeing people I know. Um so I'm a twin so everyone that EVER went to school with me recognises me and then there's the lesbian scene, like really when do I not know people? This is one of those I love to hate things, so when it doesn't happen anymore I will feel free to complain. 
• My friends. In particular Jacob and Boe. Even though I haven't spent that much time with Jacob recently I know he's always there for me. Not having them nearby when both of them have been so close to me for so long is going to be a real challenge. Along with how is this going to affect our friendship? 
• Books. I am a little bit crazy about reading. And even though I love political books, fiction is my first love. And I also have a rather nice collection of children's books, because I'm weird. And I'm putting a huge amount of them in storage (note: my mum's place ha.) and that's probably one of the things that makes me kinda sad. 

Oh well I can't think of more and I'm tired and off to be so I can suffer through yet another day at work. Oh the joy!

Boxes!

So I started to pack some of my things away. I kinda want to do it slowly because I need to get rid of a LOT of stuff and when I say a lot I mean it.
So Diana kindly stole boxes for me from work and I've started to pack up my books, which is really kind of sad because if you know me I'm a little bit crazy about books. But I looked up how to store books and everything and hopefully I haven't fucked it up and they will still be beautiful looking when I get back to them.

So... I hope October 12 comes sooner rather than later because I am really really over working with my manager. The end. 

Challenge ahead!

So I got my visa and I now have a flight set for October 12th! I'm heaps excited but I still have heaps to do before I leave like moving out of my amazing sharehouse and condensing things I want to take with me into things ireallyreallycannotlivewithout... hmmm... a challenge ahead!