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this afternoon brendan and i booked our hotel accommodations for our trip to cambodia. our trip will be split into 3 separate sections. we'll spend 4 days in phnom penh, 10 days in siem reap, then another 2 days in phnom penh. we easily found an awesome hotel in siem reap (golden temple), but found it much more difficult to find a place to stay in p.p. we spent a long time going thru lonely planet, it seemed that hotels/guesthouses in the capital were mostly high rises and were modeled after western hotels. i didn't want to stay at a place that emulated a best western, so it took a lot of time pick places we liked. in the end we found 2 places we were happy with: river star resort, and amber house. we're pretty excited :D

my dad stopped by this afternoon, and for the first time he was very chatty with brendan. he actually showed interest in our engagement and asked questions, i told him how we'd rearrange my bedroom when we move brendan's double bed in and he offered suggestions as well. he even asked if he could take b out for coffee sometime. that was very nice, i'm glad to see he's making an effort. that's a pretty big deal.

this evening was the last living room study of the season. it was good. this school year has gone by fast, it's hard to believe it's almost may.

the key to you ever since we met
is that you don't lock any doors.