We're back in Philadelphia, and slowly settling into civilian life. First and foremost on the news front: my mom got a puppy!He's a lhasa apso and his name was most likely going to be Murphy until my grandmother got upset that we always celebrate our Irish heritage but ignore her Scandinavian roots... so now we're working on a compromise. Fritjof is currently in the lead.

Going back in time a little bit, we spent the last two weeks on vacation. First we were in Chincoteague, Virginia (where the wild ponies live) with my mom, my sister, and a small pirate kite named Kitey who ruled the skies like Blackbeard ruled the seven seas.We had two pirate-themed kites, a big one and small one, and spent the better part of an hour flying the kites at each other, trying to knock the other out of the sky (much to the chagrin of the people seated around us). The little kite (Kitey) always won... Glen will claim it was his skill as captain of Kitey, but I maintain it had something to do with the odd wind patterns.Us with wild pones.

Speaking of wild ponies,oh my!

The three of us above, and Amy looking lovely:
And, we also rented scooters!

Then we left for Disneyworld with Glen's mom for one week.
Me and Glen our first night, after the Epcot fireworks.

The three of us before the Magic Kingdom fireworks show our second-to-last (penultimate??) night (we saw a lot of fireworks). There is Mickey-shaped confetti sprinkled on the table. I had one stuck to the middle of my forehead for most of the rest of the night, but not in this picture, thankfully.

Me, with my Almost Just Married button getting a call from Mickey and Minnie congratulating us on our engagement while waiting on line for the safari in Animal Kingdom.

Glen chillin out in the Norway exhibit at Epcot with a troll.

Us trying our hardest to emulate the late, the great, Thomas Jefferson (this was take 18 or so).

And finally, the coolest attraction ever, the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground! We both climbed through this when we each first visited Disney over 15 years ago when it had just opened (just after the movie came out) and were so excited that it's still there! Unfortunately it's recommended for kids ages 10 and below, so we had to enjoy its splendor from outside the eight foot fence. That SuperSoaker really squirts!!!

Well now it's time for me to get to bed because I have SCHOOL tomorrow! It's weird to be starting this whole year that we've been talking about so long. I can't believe it's here. I don't start work until Monday so I have a little more time to adjust to that idea.
We'd love to get to Quizzo tomorrow, but we probably won't be back to the city until closer to 10pm, missing the first round or so :( But at least this week, we don't have anything to wake up for the next morning. I don't know if we'll be able to go every week, but I hope we can start having people over Friday nights to relax, because that's our early day -- get home after work at 5 instead of after class at 10 :)

Hasta manana!