Wednesday (night)

I’ve been really busy these past few days, and I barely even know with what!  I was fighting on and off with D. for a week or so, so that was a stressful time.  But now we are all cool again .  Other than that, last weekend was insane as far as work goes.  I worked 13 hours on Friday, probably 6 on Saturday, and 9 on Sunday.  Thankfully I had Monday and Tuesday off to recover.  Today was another long day – I guess 8 hours isn’t really that long, but when you’re running around all day making food and doing inventory, it certainly feels like it.

After work I had tennis, which was ok but it was the first class of the new session.  So I missed my new friend V. who’s leaving on July 16 (I think).  Of course I make friends with the one person who’s leaving for like, a year.  Ah well.  Another girl I know from class was there, so that was nice, but aside from that it was mostly new people.  I met one woman who had four children.  I didn’t really know how to respond when she told me that.  I wanted to ask “Why??” but I didn’t think that would be the most appropriate response.  Then I didn’t want to ask her about work because who am I to assume someone with four kids holds a job outside the home?  I do want to know how it is to have four kids, because I doubt it’s a lifestyle I’ll ever choose.  How does a person who is intelligent and nice ever get sucked up into living a life that’s solely someone else’s?  I can never envision being a woman whose primary interests are her children’s.  Does that make me self-centered?  Or merely unfit to ever be a parent, haha.  I can’t really see myself with kids, but I also can see myself regretting not having them.  I started thinking about that today, but then I thought to myself, “Wait 15 years before making these serious decisions” – because I do have plenty of time.

Going along with that, today in the morning my boss D. was drilling me about my future.  She kept asking me questions, like what do I see myself doing, where do I want to live, where do I see myself in 10 years, what kind of business would I want to own, do I see myself as married?  I don’t know. Which is ironic, considering I spend a pretty hefty percentage of my free time browsing future careers and places to live.  I still am not even close to having answers to those questions.

I’ve just been too tired out to write, lately.  I shouldn’t even be writing now, I should be sleeping.  I have to be out and about by 9 again tomorrow morning – I get the last HPV shot before work, fun stuff.

Hmm other news … my coworker B. went skydiving and now wants to go spelunking and do I want to come?  Um, yes.  I’m a lot more interested in caves than throwing myself headlong out of an airplane.

My friends and I are going camping at the dunes the weekend after this weekend.  We had a “planning” meeting on Monday.

Ah, this weekend.  The big 4th of July.  The continuing holidays are proving my point that there are too many, yes?  (Note also: My mom’s birthday was on June 29 – Sunday I think.  I count bdays as holidays.)  I am just generally a holiday scrooge.  But really, who needs an occasion to have a good time?  My place of work has a huge 4th of July celebration apparently, and I’m only working 10-2.  Then I’m coming back in the evening with my parents, D., and aunt.  So that should be fun – I’ve been told it’s the best fireworks ever by some.  That’s a lot to live up to.  We got $15 a pop tickets for free, so why not?

My Gram’s coming on Monday!  I don’t know how long she’s staying, but I haven’t seen her in over a semester and miss her a ton.  She’s about 78 now, isn’t that insane?  I can’t even fathom having been born in 1930.  Anyway, I just hope I don’t have to work a whole lot while she’s here because I do want to have time to hang out with her.

D. bought tickets for the Thursday late show of the new Batman movie without consulting me.  I was mad for awhile but now I’m basically over it.  He did reiterate that I don’t have to go if I don’t want to.  But still, I just wish he would have checked … Friday would have been more convenient.  Unless I have to work at a wedding on Saturday, so maybe it will work out for the best.  But we really have been having fun the last few days – just hanging out and watching a bunch of netflix.

Later this summer, in August, we’re going to see DMB.  I’m super-pumped already.

This new artist Adele is great.  I love her song Tired.

I’m thinking seriously about launching a new blog .

Sorry for all the randomness.  The next post will have a (sort of) point, I promise.  Sleep time for me.  Hugs!

Em