NYE

Our final opportunity to demonstrate poor behavior in 2008.

Cocktails at 5:30 p.m.

1375 Kenyon Street

Apartment 320

Table Reserved for 7:00 p.m.

Mie n Yu

Georgetown

Let's get crunked.

Becca and Nicky we will miss you!!  I'm posting this because my email confirmation didn't load properly and this picture reminds me of that dinner we had once at the olive garden where we made many drunken scenes.  

Also, can Quinn read the blog?

 

Becca said

Becca said to post our holiday pictures too...

I can't wait to see everyone (except Nicky :( whom I will miss, but as Erin says, we will toast to you) on New Years. This year will be extra special because we have grad schools and an engagement to celebrate. Also, my cousin (pictured above) is ALIVE! I am so thankful that she has been able to overcome so much!

because the last time i posted was when i lost my virginity...

seriously. i think it was.

so, first of all, i want to congratulate erica on all the wonderful things that have happened to her this month slash month and a half. i am so happy for you and matt. and i am so proud and happy for law school success :)
i look forward to hearing about your very own successful office coup in the near(ish) future.

becca, i got your message and jumped in joy about erica's engagement with you :) i miss you so much.

also, i hope both you and abby had excellent birthdays.

abby and liz, i'm so excited to see you soon :) yay new years :)

gwyn, i looked in my room and couldn't find your scarf :( have you heard from b and p? i also look forward to seeing you again soon :)

nicky, we will miss you for new years and drink at least 4 in your honor ;)

i, currently, am trying very hard to get my mom wasted on margaritas :) otherwise, i don't have too much new to report. nick is still undecided about going back to school or not. and it's driving me crazy because i really like slash possibly love him and i don't know whether to tell him or not because i don't want it to seem like i'm telling him just because he's leaving and i don't know if he wants to stay together after he leaves....argh. boys suck. similarly, i just found out that my uncle's best friend from college lives in costa rica, and i might possibly be able to get a job down there through him. so i don't know how long i'll be around either...sigh. i need another margarita... :) but. my job still sucks and has actually gotten worse because i've noticed recent ethically questionable decisions made by my company...

wow. i should really stop. i didn't mean to turn this post into a venting session about my life :) i blame it on tequila. i'm actually doing alright :) but miss those of you whom i don't regularly see excrutiatingly. i hope this email made sense :)

love you all,
erin

Because there's a blog...

I will make an additional announcement in this public (I use this term loosely) forum.

Engaged!  To my favorite person in the world.  I couldn't be happier.

Matt proposed on Christmas Eve before my parents' annual holiday event.  

The faintest flurries dotted the wooded landscape where we were hiking behind my parents' house when he popped the question.  We returned to celebrate with 30 alcoholics (my mom's side) at my family's party, where I was told by my teary eyed uncle that "I got my christmas wish because I really love that guy... no really...love.. him..." and I wonder whether he's swinging both ways these days.  Uncle JC later revealed himself to be equal opportunity when he told dirty stories and nearly followed home my jewish co-worker who I had, acting on a grievous error in judgement, invited to seek refuge from the holiday at my family's gathering.  Overall it was a great celebration, and hangover-worthy for sure.  

I'm very excited for Matt's and my brilliant future filled with matching pajamas, stoner movies and adventures.

And bonus:  Matt has a really sweet ass.

another one bites the dust... ;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!! I love you all very very much!

It's Christmas eve and the crazy students and teachers are still at school. They were shocked when I told them even the school office workers don't come into school during Christmas holidays. Tomorrow I will be taking a vacation day and celebrating the Christmas holiday on the ski slopes in a santa hat. MWAH!!!! I miss you all very very much. I hope my secret santa receiver received their present and i think i sent a card or two as well?

That was a pic of me around Christmas time last year, hugging the bad out of the bad spirit in Korea.

And that is a pic of our Christmas day hike last year.
Will post this years christmas pictures, but my camera batter is dead and i lost the charger :(. Please post your pictures too!!!!

Happy Birthday Abby!

Just pretend I posted this on Saturday... ;)

A gluten free veggie garden cake for Abby. Happy birthday, Abstigale! Yay 26! Your grandma is hilarious. What awesome ladies!

And going further back in time to Friday...

Pretty dogwood cake for Becca. I wish I could really make these for you guys!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECCA!!!

BECCA IS 25!!! YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!
We all love you very much and are sad that you are not with us (not that the rest of us are hanging out right now or anything) on this joyous occasion. I am speaking for everyone, and I assume this is cool. Actually, Liz is not sad that you are away. She is glad. J/K!
On a related note, funny/bizarre birthday card from my grandmother:

"Dearest Abby,
Many many happy returns of the season.
I hope your birthday will be a joyous one in spite of the recent events in your life.
I'm surprised I'm still alive but I guess God has plans for me!
I wonder how I knew instantly that Barack is a special person and that war is the very last thing that we need.
Much love,
We are very proud of you,
Grandma"

I think I see where I get my idiosyncratic way of writing emails/letters...

Juris Doctorate

I will be attending the Washington College of Law at American University in Fall 2009.  I was admitted early decision this morning, and received an email from Dean Grossman.

I also applied to Georgetown, the University of Miami and Boalt.  I will withdraw my applications though as AU is binding.

I LOVE AU's law school.  They do progressive incredible work and are opening an immigrants rights center that I hope to become involved in.  The Dean is a Chilean refugee who is the Chairperson of the UN committee against torture.  He takes several students each year to trips abroad to meet with various foreign officials on good will missions.

I'm waiting to hear about Fulbright in January.

December!

Hello friends!
ha, I'm listening to the Cure and wrote, "Hello Friday" at first. Not that "Friday I'm in Love" is even the song that's on, but I imagine that's from where the mistake came.
Thanksgiving in Abby Ithaca: Andrew and I broke up (again, this time for real) and he took the pie that I had baked his family with him to NJ for their dinner. I went up to ABC and a bunch of us had a potluck. I baked another pumpkin pie for that. From scratch (including baking my own pumpkin) and gluten-free crust! Yum.
The day before Thanksgiving (the 26th) was the day I finished all of my application materials, printed them on the resume paper left over from senior year's "From Book bag to Briefcase"-inspired professional period, and mailed it all in. The GRE scores came in the mail that day, too (don't ask), so everything got in (phew!) and I should know pretty soon if I am going to be in school in the Spring! Oh, I guess I need an interview first. Dang. Well, that'll be cool, though, since I can check out the campus and see if I jive with the faculty. For anyone I haven't talked to much about this, it's a Masters of Science in Teaching program at SUNY Cortland, and I'm planning to do a concentration in special ed. Yeah, I'm thinking about being a special ed. teacher. Well, obviously, right, since I'm applying for this program.... Anyway, once I've gotten a teaching certificate I can pursue being a School Psychologist. And that's still the end goal.
Jack's doing well. He's out of food so we're about to go to the pet store to get some fresh chow. I made him some scrambled eggs earlier, after he finished his last bowl of dog nuggets.
Secret Santas:
Let's post our addresses, if we're doing it through mail!

Abigail and Jack Rotholz
410 Madison St.
Ithaca, NY 14850

And, I've included some photos... descriptions probably are not in the correct order...
One is the day we got a new washing machine (Liz on left, Laura in foreground, friend Suzie on right). One is Laura kissing me at the Ultimate Frisbee championship after she and I each won the "Spirit Award" from our respective teams. Then sunset over Cayuga Lake, Jack being held by friend Vanessa, Liz helping me carry flowers from the garden up to ABC to decorate (back in August).
Okay, love to you all!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Just-Gone Thanksgiving! I hope you all had a fabulous time and that you had good food and time to relax.

Thanksgiving down here was good. We had my parents, Mik's parents and my sister here in Florida with us and it couldn't have gone better! Everyone got along, had fun and was surprisingly relaxed. I am so glad that we got that out of the way before the wedding! We catered most of the Thanksgiving meal (thank god, given our TINY kitchen) but made roasted onions and potatoes, sweet potato casserole and Mik and his Dad made a slow-roasted lamb. All very good (apologies for those of you offended by the lamb). Friday, we went and toured Vizcaya, which is just gorgeous any way you slice it. After that we headed to the newly reopened Fontainebleau for drinks and then out to Christabelle's Quarter for Mik's birthday. The next day, after eating most of our leftovers whew!, everybody headed home. That left us with Sunday to relax and we even found time to put up our (fake) xmas tree. A good weekend!

What about you all? How were the Thankgiving festivities?

In Xmas/Holiday news, you should all have gotten your Secret Santa draw, let me know if you didn't! Can't wait, love you all!