6. January 2009 by Sarah.

Not much has changed from my last post, still in my PJ’s (although I have gotten dressed since my last post) but instead of the couch I am blogging from my desk in my room. Depending on how long this takes to write I may end up posting from various points in the house.

Since I have had a blog, every January 1st I write a Year in Review type post. The idea isn’t original, many bloggers do the same things, I gathered the idea from a fellow LnHS grad. This year I do intend on including pictures with each month of synopsis. Sit back and enjoy the past year of my life in a blog post!

January

Rang in 2008 with the Webers as normal. It has changed from past years, no little kids, most of the party goers can drink, legally, and the conversations focus on colleges and careers. There were many events to look forward to in 2008, Hannah’s graduation being just one of them. Looked forward to going back to school, having a better roommate makes it so much easier to go back.

February

Long cold month of school and gearing up for Relay For Life. Going to work at the gallery three days a week. End of the month was spring break, which overlapped into March.

March

Spent Spring break in Lexington, VA with Monica and her family. Went shopping and worked on school work, also made Bananas Fosters. March was also the Relay For Life event, it went really great and we raised a lotof money! It was a very long 24hrs, but it was totally worth all the hard work!

April

This month was the last few weeks of classes for the semester. Finals felt like they were never going to arrive. Was inducted to OKD and flew home for the summer. Not a very exciting month.

May

This month I turned 21 and had a blast! Started the day off with orange juice and champagne, then Daddy cooked tacos and celebrated my birthday! At the end of the month Hannah graduated from high school.

June

Pretty slow month here, started my internship at Assembly Women Runners Office. Realized that riding my bike to work was a lot more fun then driving. Did some house-sitting for Kiley again, went to Santa Monica for a day. That was pretty much all that went on, not a particularly exciting month.

July

Monica flew in from VA and we had a great time. Went to Santa Monica, swam in the pool for a day, went down to Hollywood, and loved showing her Cali! This month was also Hannah’s graduation party. Again I house-sat for Kiley and had a fun time hanging out at his place.

August

Flew back to MBC to start my Senior year of college! It was a very exciting and scary time. Daddy accepted a job in Alaska and the Tyndall’s made the decision to move to AK!

September

Hannah started her freshman year at UC Davis. On the first of the month classes started for me.

October

Wore my cap and gown for the first time for MBC’s Founders Day celebration. Traveled to Annapolis MD for Fall break and stayed with neighbors from CA. Enjoyed a Halloween party at the Alum House.

November

Went to Philly for Turkey day and enjoyed some very yummy CA wine.

December

Flew home to CA for a very exciting Christmas. Daddy and Hannah came home as well. Attended Mandi’s wedding, snow in Lancaster, and much more holiday fun!

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28. December 2008 by Sarah.

Christmas was wonderful, it was great to open presents with all of my family. Daddy was very good at getting everyone something from Alaska. But it seems that after dinner I had no energy. It may have been the large amount of food or just being generally tired from preparing for the day. Yesterday I spent all day in my PJ’s watching House on USA and now I am currently sitting in my PJ’s watching NCIS. You see, I take being on vacation very seriously, as in not doing anything. Maybe I should go and brush my teeth. Maybe at a commercial break…

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24. December 2008 by Sarah.

Some Christmas songs about people coming home for the holidays never applied to the Tyndall family, we were always here. Even when I left for college it didn’t really seem that way. But yesterday it did and the feeling really sunk in, my Dad, who came home yesterday, is only here for a week. One week and then I won’t see him again until graduation. After graduation the only time I will see him and my Mom for that matter, is when I go “home” to Alaska. Weird right.

For a family who has always been together are now at completely different parts of the U.S. So the phrase, “Home for the Holidays” is something that I will never take for granted again. Because from here on out we will all be coming home for the holidays.

Today is Christmas Eve, Hannah and I will be baking cookies and bread for the neighbors, Mom and Dad are working on getting everything ready for tomorrow. And then this evening we will watch Christmas Vacation and It’s a Wonderful Life before Christmas Eve service.

I am so glad that I am home for the holidays!  Pictures of what I have been up to on the decorating end are soon to come. But right now the kitchen is calling!

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5. December 2008 by Sarah.

So I am really too busy to compose anything that makes sense at this point. But I did just read my sister’s blog and you all need to go a check that out. Let me just say, it makes me want to go home so bad! Also, you might want to have the movie, Christmas Vacation in the back of your mind while reading her latest post. Enjoy!

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1. December 2008 by Sarah.

Currently I am listening to Christmas music, writing a paper, working on a presentation, under two blankets, and contemplating life.

Only one more week of classes, fours finals and then I get to go home! Thank goodness! I need to just sleep in my bed and crash on my brown couch.

This evening I got back from Philly and attempted to take a hot bath, no such luck. Then the heat isn’t working and so I will be sleeping with a heating pad to stay warm. I can’t feel my toes right now so that may be a bad thing.

Yesterday I spent the day in NYC had a wonderful time and totally can’t wait to live there for real! I just need to land my kick ass PR job and I will be fine.

The next 9 days are going to go so slow!!!

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28. November 2008 by Sarah.

This pretty much sums up the evening!

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26. November 2008 by Sarah.

Sometimes a person can really be shocked about what life throws their way. Moving from CA to Alaska, graduating college, new relationships, losing old relationships, writing a thesis. All of these and much more are part of life and you have to deal with them as they come.

I use to think that I could handle just about anything that was thrown at me. But maybe I was just thinking of the academia world. Now that I am about to end life as I know it in academia, I will really have to face the real world. Allow me to elaborate…

Going to college 3,000 miles away from where I had spent every waking moment of my life was a pretty big thing for me. I thought it was going to be the biggest, as it turns out it isn’t. After freshman year I learned that I am still living a in a very tiny bubble. Larger then when I lived at home, but still a bubble. I don’t have to cook my own meals, I don’t have to pay bills, I don’t have to drive places or get gas. The only responsibility I have is getting my homework done and attending many club meetings. No job, no boss to report to, no lunch breaks, etc. I am not out there in the real world yet.

The more that I think about this concept the more I run away from it. I have no idea where I will be this time next year and it scares the hell out of me. Will I be CA? Will I be at a job I know how to do? Will I be making enough money? Will I be happy? In high school when I was making the decision to come back east to school I always had plan “B”, going back home. That option is now gone. I mean, I know that my parents will be there for me in every capacity, but I won’t be able to return home like I have in the past. I won’t work in Lancaster I know, I could live there until I have saved up enough and then move closer to work. But I still don’t know that yet. Everything is so unsure at this moment and I can’t think about that fact.

Visiting family here for the holiday is wonderful and I love them so much and am so grateful for them. However the question is always asked, “So, Sarah, what are your plans for after graduation?” My answer is always the same, “Not really sure just trying to get through the semester.” Then as fast as I can I try to change the subject and move on. I can tell them what I hope will happen, what I have planned, but that may not work out. So I just don’t give details and hope that is enough.

I know that I am not the only person feeling like this, but it sure does feel that way sometimes. Going with the flow is something that I am really good at, however sometimes I like to swim up stream against the flow and that is where I run into problems. I guess for now I just have to get through finals and enjoy my time at home with my family. Think about the hard stuff after the holidays.

Just as a side note, this the brown couch that I may have mentioned in the past, as well as Buddy and my red robe. If I could just stay there and figure life out, it would be great!

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24. November 2008 by Sarah.

This morning I am off to Philadelphia to spend Thanksgiving week with my East Coast relatives. There will be shopping in King of Prussia, trips to NYC, and lots of Starbucks and sleeping in.

Tonight when we roll into town, I will thrown on all of my ballet garb and take a masters ballet class. This means that I will get my butt kicked by an incredible teacher and not be able to walk tomorrow morning. May sound so not fun to the average person, but believe me to a true dancer, it sounds like wonderful! I am taking very little work with me, and I plan on just enjoying my break before finals in two weeks!  Then I get to go home!!!!

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8. November 2008 by Sarah.

My father is so funny! He sends me these things and this one I thought I should post!

A Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl.

Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one
day he rushed into a lawyer’s office and asked him if he could arrange a
divorce.

Have you any grounds?
Yes, an acre and a half a nice little home.

No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?
It is made of concrete.

I don’t think you understand. Does either of you have a grudge?
No, we have a carport, and not need one.

I mean, what are your relations like?
All my relations still in Poland .

Is there any infidelity in your marriage?
We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.

Does your wife beat you up?
No, I always up before her.

Is your wife a nagger?
No, she white.

Why do you want this divorce?
She is going to kill me.

What makes you think that?
I got proof.

What kind of proof ?
She is going to poison me.

She bought a bottle at a drugstore and put it on shelf in bathroom. I can read, and it says ‘Polish Remover’

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24. October 2008 by Sarah.

Apparently the trend these days is to talk about the economy in a post. Well I am going to follow this trend and give my two cents.

First of all, I don’t fully understand all this economy stuff. I read the headlines and it seems that everyday something has dropped an insane amount of points and this is a bad thing. Okay, well what do we do about it? The answer, no one really knows. They (the government) is trying to fix the problem, but can the problem really be fixed? I don’t want to come across uninformed about the situation, but it really doesn’t directly effect me at this moment.

My philosophy on money is to have enough to be comfortable in life. If being comfortable means buying name brand everything and the ability to drop $400 on a pair of shoes, well great, I hope that you are prepared to work for that. I always seem to have just enough for the life that I have right now. I don’t have a job, I am dependent on my parents. But some day that is going to end and I will have to support myself, that means really paying attention to what I spend money on.

So for now I am not going to worry. When my sister and I were little, we were always told that we didn’t need to worry about money matters. I am so grateful that my parents did that, because I really have the rest of my life to worry about money and the economy. I am in college, I will graduate, get a kick ass PR job and enjoy life, even if I can’t afford name brands of everything, I will be happy with what I have. That is really all that matters in life, just be happy.

And buy the way, I just bought the most adorable coat from Victoria’s Secret, on SALE I might add:-)

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