Alrighty, we are back from our vacation. It was a LOOOOONG one, but so well earned haha! I will be back after we sleep off jetlag to give a little more in-depth story-time
I read this in my email today .... I am super excited about the karaoke part , looks like you had a ballOh man, I was out of it for the past couple of days! That is the downside of traveling so far haha!
Ok, deep breath here goes!
The trip to the states was awesome. My mom is a non-stop type of person. We were constantly out doing something.
A not-so-good incident happened RIGHT when we got there. A little backstory: I take anti-depressants. Unfortunately, they couldn't get my normal ones in Mongolia again, so I was prescribed another one. I was supposed to take 2 days without anything, then ease into taking the new ones. That means, half a pill for a week, then taking regularly, daily. Well, I completely forgot to half the pill, so I took a whole one on the first day back on. Mistake... It sent me into the worst panic attack I have ever had in my life! I thought I was going to die... I was in the back of my step-dad's crew cab, so I thought maybe the claustrophobia triggered it, as it happened twice. So they told me I was no longer allowed to sit in the back. I was ok with that. More on this later, though.
When I felt better, we decided to take a try at playing with UV resin. I completely forgot to take photos of the results, though... but I can definitely tell you that it was way more fun than I expected. Loads of trial and error, but in the end, we did make some pretty cool little items.
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New Year's Eve was a blast! Mom and Herb sang and Sven got wasted LOL! He says he wasn't, but he was very "huggy" by the end of the night haha! Herb missed the countdown, too. He was so drunk that he wasn't paying attention when midnight struck. We left at 1am, and he was still waiting for the clock to strike 12! Priceless!!
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Then, she convinced me to do karaoke! Holy shit, talk about nerve-racking! But I did it! Twice!! Now, every time we visit, she is going to make me get up there and sing haha! I mean, I want to, but damn, I was a wreck! They go out singing every weekend, so they are used to it. I have a feeling that if I lived closer to them, I would probably also get used to it. I sat on a stool, because I was uncomfortable with standing. I did stand on the second round, though. No video, thankfully! I wouldn't want to run you all away from the forum haha!!
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While we were there, I ate so much fish that I thought I was going to grow gills! And I was ok with that, too haha! I am allergic to iodine, so sea fish, shellfish, and any kind of sea plant is off limits. However, freshwater fish are fair game! So I ate until I couldn't see straight haha!
I binged on a whole lot of Netflix while at their house, too. The Witcher, Lock and Key, Shadow and Bone, What We Do In The Shadows, etc. Worth it! I don't think I have ever watched that much TV before.
I also got a new guitar to work on! This is gonna be fun! I turned over the other one from a couple of years ago, and he said he will send me photos of it put together.
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I also got a new computer. Well, a notebook. And I am loving it! It has way more power than my old desktop. But hell, it has served me well for 8 years, so it was time for an upgrade.
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