i spent most of the day yesterday at my friend jodi's house. she's the one that asked me to her grad not long ago. we've been very good friends for about three years now. she's been involved in some stuff this past while that isn't exactly all that great (can you tell i'm trying to be vague?). her parents found out about everything she's been doing. they're making her move to california. good ol' l.a., to be exact. she's moving in with her oldest sibling and only (non-adopted) brother who's married and everything. just fyi, she has a pretty big family. she has five (older) natural siblings and five (younger) adopted siblings. she's going to california willingly, and the only real factor that she doesn't like is that she doesn't know when she's coming back. burg says she's running away from her problems (what a supportive friend) but i don't really see it that way. if she stays, she'll continue down this unstable path. she was going to be moving to lethbridge. she was registered for lethbridge community college. she had a place right across the street from the college and everything. it's really a shame she has to change all those plans.
she leaves on thursday. her airplane takes off at 7:15 in the morning from calgary international airport. i wish i could go with her, but she's only going with her parents and some of the younger siblings that have to come along. i'm really, really going to miss her. i could be off working or studying in ontario, for all i know, a few years down the road. i might not see her again for a very long time. she has guaranteed this upcoming christmas for me though. even her parents confirmed that she will definitely be up for that.
what did i do yesterday? i was invited to her "going away" dinner, or whatever. her entire family got together for that (except her brother who's thousands of miles away, of course). then jodi and i talked for a while in her room. just random chit-chat. i was then invited to part two of the family get together. in their family, it's a tradition to have a get together and share feelings, and stuff, when one of their children leaves home. it was…more emotional than i thought it would be. i won't really put what was said here, but after that i just wanted to hold my jodi tight and never let go. ;_; so then we decided to go outside and talk a little bit more. without shoes, we played frisbee with the little kids in the front yard as the sun set (those kids were up pretty late, now that i think about it). we decided that we would play dominoes (which i had never won), a few of us, and then call it a night. most games that were played were jodi, her mom, two of her older sisters, and myself. i won my first game ever. it was great. after that, jodi's brother called and jodi and her parents talked to him (which took a long time). it was about 11:30 by the time i got home. i spent a good half-a-day there.
it's a shame, too, because i only talked to jodi once on the phone today. she had to go and said she'd call me back. she didn't. that's okay though. tomorrow we might go see the bourne identity at the one and only theatre in this strange town. they show one (occasionally two) movies per week and change it every friday. this week is a movie i already saw and didn't really like. joy. but jodi wants to see it (who know why) and i most likely will see it with her just because she wants to and it's something to do with her.
while surfing around, i did that mash game that i haven't played since grade four.
You live in [an] Apartment.
You're married to Jodi.
You drive a Corvette.
Your car is the color Yellow.
You live in the [province] Ontario.
Your honeymoon is Italy.
Your occupation is a CG Special Effects Animator.
You have this many kids: 4 (0 male; 4 female).
i did the same thing again, and i like these results better (even though i do want a yellow corvette, i can honestly live with a black one):
You live in a House.
You're married to Jodi.
You drive a Corvette.
Your car is the color Black.
You live in the [province] British Columbia.
Your honeymoon is Japan.
Your occupation is a CG Cartoon Animator.
You have this many kids: 1 (1 male; 0 female).
notice jodi is on both of them. is this a sign?
