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missroseroseDay 2 of L.A. Trip:
Well, the rental car battery died, so we spent most of today at Brian's house. Fortunately, we all seem to get along well, so it was actually a nice, relaxing Sunday. And outdoor hot tubs are always fun, as are discussing vampire novels with someone who writes them.
I also heard back from Jennifer, my roommate at UAF last year and a great person. If we want to drive up to Richmond she's willing to put us up for a couple of nights and show us around San Francisco. I'm sure this'd be great, and I'd love to see her again, though I'm honestly not sure if I want to spend two whole days driving (Yahoo! Maps estimates about six hours, but that's without traffic). On the other hand, it'd be a bloody shame to get all the way down here and not see her. And San Fran. I love San Fran, always have, and it'd be great to be able to go up and give my props to the city in general. Of course a lot of this is dependent on whether we're able to finagle either a partial refund or a better rental car - I'm really not sure I want to take another Suzuki Swift on a day-long drive.
Then there's the fact that I very nearly found myself strong-arming Brian into coming along with us. I let up on that (though I was somewhat disappointed at the time), because I figured that it wasn't my place to override his comfort level. I did, however, actually start thinking that it might be fun to drive up just with Ryan - a "just the two of us" sort of thing. However, after I hung up the phone with Jennifer, Brian announced that he'd like to come along, and while I'm (again) a bit disappointed, I'm certainly not going to tell him no. It was my idea in the first place, and I still think it would be good for him to go, so...*shrug* I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun either way, and as it stands now we don't even know if we'll be going anywhere.
On a more personal note, I find myself wondering a bit about my relationship with Ryan. Things have been very comfortable lately; we've been playing house at his grandparents' while they're out of town, and while I wouldn't say I'm unhappy with him, it's not a very challenging relationship. Maybe it's just that I'm used to turning my life into a soap opera, and now that I'm consciously making the decision not to do it, things seem too easy, but...honestly, I was getting bored. Don't get me wrong, I love the guy, and we get along great, but it's just rather, well, comfortable.
Being in L.A., however, has changed this somewhat - aside from the excitement of a trip (and the most fun I've ever had on any vacation) it's wrought a rather marked change in Ryan. It actually reminds me of the difference in Ian when I saw him in Juneau, after all our time spent together previous had been in either Fairbanks or Barrow. Ian loves Juneau. Ryan loves it here. Admittedly, he's mentioned that he misses the trees, but I'm not entirely sure that he wouldn't be willing to trade lack of trees for the presence of such things as goth clubs and decent Chinese resturaunts...
In any case, it's made things relatively happy between us for now. I'm not sure how they'll be in a few months, once our "term of contract" (we agreed to be with each other until the end of the semester, in May) expires; I guess that's in the future. But I am forseeing some clouds on the horizon, not all of which have to do with him...I'm not going to say anything more at present, however, in case I'm wrong.
So things go. All hail lazy Sundays.
@->--Rose
P.S. To "CA Poppy": I wouldn't say that I'm charismatic. I've just got a great pair of legs. =)
EDIT 11:57 PM: I've changed my mind. Brian needs to come with us, if only so I have the opportunity to give him a decent massage. I was just rubbing his shoulders and he literally has the most tightly-wound back I've ever come across...
Well, the rental car battery died, so we spent most of today at Brian's house. Fortunately, we all seem to get along well, so it was actually a nice, relaxing Sunday. And outdoor hot tubs are always fun, as are discussing vampire novels with someone who writes them.
I also heard back from Jennifer, my roommate at UAF last year and a great person. If we want to drive up to Richmond she's willing to put us up for a couple of nights and show us around San Francisco. I'm sure this'd be great, and I'd love to see her again, though I'm honestly not sure if I want to spend two whole days driving (Yahoo! Maps estimates about six hours, but that's without traffic). On the other hand, it'd be a bloody shame to get all the way down here and not see her. And San Fran. I love San Fran, always have, and it'd be great to be able to go up and give my props to the city in general. Of course a lot of this is dependent on whether we're able to finagle either a partial refund or a better rental car - I'm really not sure I want to take another Suzuki Swift on a day-long drive.
Then there's the fact that I very nearly found myself strong-arming Brian into coming along with us. I let up on that (though I was somewhat disappointed at the time), because I figured that it wasn't my place to override his comfort level. I did, however, actually start thinking that it might be fun to drive up just with Ryan - a "just the two of us" sort of thing. However, after I hung up the phone with Jennifer, Brian announced that he'd like to come along, and while I'm (again) a bit disappointed, I'm certainly not going to tell him no. It was my idea in the first place, and I still think it would be good for him to go, so...*shrug* I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun either way, and as it stands now we don't even know if we'll be going anywhere.
On a more personal note, I find myself wondering a bit about my relationship with Ryan. Things have been very comfortable lately; we've been playing house at his grandparents' while they're out of town, and while I wouldn't say I'm unhappy with him, it's not a very challenging relationship. Maybe it's just that I'm used to turning my life into a soap opera, and now that I'm consciously making the decision not to do it, things seem too easy, but...honestly, I was getting bored. Don't get me wrong, I love the guy, and we get along great, but it's just rather, well, comfortable.
Being in L.A., however, has changed this somewhat - aside from the excitement of a trip (and the most fun I've ever had on any vacation) it's wrought a rather marked change in Ryan. It actually reminds me of the difference in Ian when I saw him in Juneau, after all our time spent together previous had been in either Fairbanks or Barrow. Ian loves Juneau. Ryan loves it here. Admittedly, he's mentioned that he misses the trees, but I'm not entirely sure that he wouldn't be willing to trade lack of trees for the presence of such things as goth clubs and decent Chinese resturaunts...
In any case, it's made things relatively happy between us for now. I'm not sure how they'll be in a few months, once our "term of contract" (we agreed to be with each other until the end of the semester, in May) expires; I guess that's in the future. But I am forseeing some clouds on the horizon, not all of which have to do with him...I'm not going to say anything more at present, however, in case I'm wrong.
So things go. All hail lazy Sundays.
@->--Rose
P.S. To "CA Poppy": I wouldn't say that I'm charismatic. I've just got a great pair of legs. =)
EDIT 11:57 PM: I've changed my mind. Brian needs to come with us, if only so I have the opportunity to give him a decent massage. I was just rubbing his shoulders and he literally has the most tightly-wound back I've ever come across...
