Thursday

The parents are gone.  The bf is playing ultimate frisbee.  The dogs have settled down.  The brother is at camp.  Ahhh, time to relax and just enjoy myself.

I’ve been browsing online for awhile, looking at events planning companies out west.  Yes, I am now thinking that I want to be an events planner.  If I got a good internship next summer, either at a boutique firm or country club, I would probably have enough experience to get a job in the industry when I graduate.

`I should probably analyze my personality some more before I decide on an industry, eh?  Not that I could ever decide on anything.  But I don’t think the 9-5 life is for me.  I like having some variety, and for that variety I am willing to give up some weekend time.  And I don’t want to always be stuck in an office.  I like the idea of having a client and executing their vision.  Although I don’t know how good I’d be with the creative aspect – which is really big in special events.  Maybe I should be a meeting planner?  Haha.  I’m definitely drawn to the glamour of all of it – but they’d be the glamorous ones, I’d somehow be the one fetching the water.

Today was a long day at work.  We finished inventory, chopped a bunch of tomatoes and onions for the 4th tomorrow, and then reorganized the freezer to fit everything.  It seems like we spend so much time organizing and reorganizing the freezer and the fridge.  I was there until almost 6, which wouldn’t irritate me if I had planned on being there that late.

I need to put away all my new (ok, semi-new now, I bought them on Tuesday) clothes.  Always more things to be done.  I also want to read my magazine, watch the So You Think You Can Dance vote-off, and perhaps start a new blog.  I always think of things I want to do in my free time when I’m at work, but then when I get off work I can never remember them.  Why is that?

Ok, I’m going to roll out.  Tomorrow’s the 4th and ideally I’ll only work like 4 hours.  And then I’ll be back out at my workplace for their fireworks celebration.  My weekend doesn’t start, though, because I’ll be at work for a long time on Saturday for this 300+ wedding.  And we can’t start setting up for it until Saturday morning because of the holiday tomorrow.

I will not be like my boss and let work take over my life (repeat 3x).  I felt bad for her for a long time, until I realized she should just not be at work so much, delegate more work to me and B., and/or get a full-time assistant.  If she was a squeaky wheel about how much she was working, she would get some grease.  Because she does work a ton, and no one is forcing her to.  And the amount she’s working is really taking a toll on her personality, which affects everyone around her.  Today she was super-late for a meeting with a bride, and that just looks bad.

Anywho.  D.’s playing ultimate tonight.  He wanted me to come but I’m tired and just don’t feel like giving up my evening for it.  Maybe we’ll watch one of our 3 netflix tonight.  Since we went over the queue we’ve been getting movies we at least want to watch, so that’s good.

I’m going to go enjoy my leisure time!

Em