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Greetings! I haven't posted since February. My Valentine's Day post. I am a total loser. Aaiish!

Anywhoo, I managed to graduate from college on time with no outstanding credits. I do have some debt. Don't we just love debt? Thankfully, I didn't have to pull loans till my senior year, so I think I'll survive. Maybe.

To help pay for said loan debts, I have a job. A fun job. A hard job. A job that I occasionally fantasize running away from. I am a nanny. Not the Super Nanny, not Mary Poppins or Nanny McPhee. Just me. With four kids, ages 6-13. Oh, boy. As I said, it's a fun job. I get to hang out with kids all day and just Saturday night the youngest fell asleep on my lap while I was watching The Nerdiest Tribute to Time Travel on BBCA.

This job also happens to be in the near proximity of NYC. The Big Apple. Or, as the locals call it, The City. I have gone twice. By myself. Once on my birthday. I took my first train to Grand Central, walked to Times Square, took my first cab to Central Park, then walked all the way back to Grand Central to take a train back to Greenwich. Sound fun? The second time was more eventful. Train, then walked to the New York Public Library, where I timidly crept through quiet, echoey halls and rooms. I sat down at a table and planned out the rest of my day. From there, I took the subway all the way to way-Upper Manhattan and walked to the Cloisters, which is a castle/cathedralish looking building housing a medieval art museum and a medieval garden. Which I didn't see because I didn't feel like paying $25. Even though that would also let me into the Met. BUT I did walk in. Then out. And around. Then back to the subway. (By the way, this was the most beautiful area in The City that I saw while there.) I took the subway a bit south to Cathedral Parkway to see the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. It took me forEVER to find it because I wasn't sure of its exact location. Yay. But it was worth the time and energy spent. It was my first huge cathedral experience, and it was beautiful.

After I was done with Upper Manhattan, I took the subway all the way down to take the Staten Island Ferry. I didn't get off on Staten Island. I just rode the ferry. Because it goes past the Statue of Liberty, so I could see her without having to pay admission. And also because FERRY. Then, it was off to Coney Island, home of the Boardwalk. I rode three rides and watched the sun set from the Wonder Wheel. I ate boardwalk food. I took the subway back to around Times Square. I took the Roosevelt Island Tram. Because Spiderman. Then I went home. Late. I was in bed around 2. (I could've stayed out all night, but my body was too tired for my brain.)

So that was fun. Definitely doing another one sometime soon.

I got to see my family again near the end of June for my oldest brother's graduation from boot camp (Doug, 18, USMC.) It was so much fun to be with my family again and also watch my brother be awesome. One week was not enough, but it WAS enough to make me extremely homesick for the first couple weeks back. Oh, hi, Waterworks. You are not welcome in my life. But anyway, we went to the beach and drove around Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC. Super beautiful cities. :) And we walked next to the beach in Charleston after Doug was all graduated and had his liberty.

And then I came back.

Not a whole lot going on other than those things listed, besides I watch movies in theatres and critique them in my head whilst completely enjoying the crud out of them and also I bought a rat. Her name is Lucy. She's way to adventurous for her own good and a troublemaker. And she runs away. And hides. And she recently bit my nose so now people look at me kinda funny. I ignore them. Mostly.

And that is my choppy, slightly poorly written, spur of the moment update. Cheers. :)