another night in the neighborhood.

you know. there are moments when i really, really enjoy being home. tonight consisted of several of those moments. me and my family went to dinner and were honored to have my aunt and uncle come along with. (these are the two from scotland). we went to ruby tuesdays where i stuffed myself while talking with my uncle steve. i love to chat with him. we talked about c.s. lewis and the chronicles of narnia (cause i had brought the horse and his boy along for some reading in case things got boring) and he proceeded to tell me that lewis and tolkien had been best buds in college. then we talked about the future and thoughts i've been having lately (like i'm gonna have to get a new drivers license wherever i end up...who thinks like that?) and what was so cool was how excited he was. while my parents are a but nervous cause they arent such where i will end up or how far away it will be, my uncle is absolutely excited to see what will happen in the years to come. thats enough to bring a smile to my face. then we talked about the bush-blair press conference and i asked him questions (cause he's originally from britain) about how the british view americans and our need to somewhat save the world. he brought it to my attention that what most americans get wrong in their thinking is that we believe that us and the british are so alike. because we speak the same language and we have the same foundations. but the american way of thinking and the european way of thinking are two different ways of thinking. neither is right or wrong. they are just different.
well after dinner we all watched lion/witch/wardrobe at my house. to me, the movie is absolutely magical. i think my family liked it (their very first viewing). my dad was quick on the future predictions. my mom was reminded of the lion king whenever aslan came into the picture and from there on she proceeded to call him mufasa for the remainder of the movie. she also referred to the land as nardia. oh mom. bethany, a cousin, said she thought lucy was annoying (mainly the way she says mr. tumnus) but i disagree. lucy is by far my absolute favorite. it was an enjoyable evening none the less and was made complete with the uncle's second time joke usage of the clever play on words "ja-making me crazy." what can i say? you gotta love the british.

currently:
reading the horse and his boy
plus eat, pray, love by elizabeth gilbert;
on the way out the door
heading to work;
excited about seeing ria
and spend the weekend with her.
nothing like a visiting friend.