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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
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10:37 pm - I *heart* Mickey Mouse!
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I need to write more. This becomes abundantly clear when I attempt to write an entry and I can't muster the motivation because I realize I have too much ground to cover. I will cover some of the highlights with focus on recent developments. I admit that I will sound like a lovesick puppy, and that's okay - I think I'm really okay with that.
Things are still going strong with Sean - stronger than I ever imagined a relationship could be. I love him so much, it's silly. We haven't been together that long - less than five months actually, but it doesn't seem like that at all. He is an amazing man, and a perfect fit for me. Every day we spend together convinces me moreso of this. For starters, he treats me like royalty. He is attentive to me 100%. On no occasion does he ever make me feel neurotic, and he never gives me a moment to worry about his feelings for me. He enjoys teaching me new things and taking care of me, and he's proud of my success.
To celebrate my recent graduation from Southeastern - Sean gifted me an amazing trip to Disney World. We spent the better part of last week having an incredibly fun and romantic time in Florida. We visited the Kennedy Space Center since he is a bit of a NASA nerd, and spent three days in Disney World. During our fist day at Disney it was my birthday - which was so special. Sean gave me a camera for my birthday, so I took lots of giddy pictures which I am now in the process of posting on facebook. I've wanted to go to Disney since I was five, and every year I would beg and try to convince my mom to make it happen. I'm so happy that it didn't work out for me to go as a kid though, because I wouldn't have appreciated it as much as I do now. First of all - the gift was incredibly generous...a bigger and nicer gift than anyone has ever given me. There isn't really a good way to adequately express how thankful I am for the gift. I hope that the huge, goofy smile that I couldn't wipe off my face helped.
Sean and I spend a ton of time together as it is, but the trip allowed us to spend a longer, uninterrupted time together and we really grew a lot closer. Through our many adventures I find out more and more how perfect he is for me. He gets my quirks and I get his. We both like to keep a positive attitude about things and find cheesy ways to have fun. He has even found a way to help me chill out when I'm worried or stressing - which is something that happens a lot with me. What encourages me is the fact that my stressing is never spurred on by anything in our relationship. Sean puts me at ease. I know he loves me, and there's no room for doubt about where we're headed. There is a small part inside each of us that is somewhat nervous because we know how crushed we would be if something bad happened, but that apprehension seems to fade with every day we spend together. We've seen each other at our best and worst... and it appears that neither of us has plans of going anywhere.
So the trip was a blast. We didn't wait in any long lines for Disney attractions, we did a cheesy scavenger hunt designed for kids but perfected by us, we found several "hidden mickeys," and we even spent a day lounging at the pool. I tend to get a bit apprehensive at the end of trips and vacations as I head back to "real life," and the responsibilities that come with it, but that wasn't the case on this trip. Our last day was lovely - even down to a crowded and delayed flight home, and I was all smiles as I stepped foot on Virginia soil even though the Disney magic had been left far behind.
I find myself wanting to fast-forward time with Sean to find out what our future holds. I'm just so excited about where we're headed. He keeps a daily journal that reads a bit like a captain's log. He recently shared some things he had written about us in it, and I was brought to tears to know how much he is on the same page as me in his hopes and aspirations for our relationship. I realize how silly I sound - and that's really okay with me. I don't think that this kind of thing comes along every day, and I'm okay with putting myself out there in a way that makes me vulnerable. As far as I'm concerned - it's worth it, and I'm very optimistic about the risk.
That's not exactly a play by play about life, but I think it's a pretty good overview, and it captures how I'm feeling these days - which is what a journal is for after all, isn't it? Other highlights include being done with school finally - an accomplishment I thought would never come. I had a lovely graduation party with friends and family. My mom, sister, and Kevin came in town for the event, and it was surprisingly perfect. I just finished throwing a baby shower for a new and good friend from church. I sort of hate my job, but I don't mind so much since my personal life is pretty darn great. Laura is moving out July 1, and I'll be roommate-less and a little broke for the month of July as I wait for Lashante to move in August 1. I've gained a few pounds recently, and I need to start being much more diligent about diet and exercise, but I'll get there. I'll have to start Tuesday, because tomorrow night I'm having yummy sushi with Karin. Life's good.
-Sara
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| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
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10:32 pm
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Okay - so you know how on tv shows people are always like..."yea, I lost a bunch of weight and then put it back on and then some..." Well, I didn't understand what they meant until RIGHT now. Things have been going really well with my weight loss, I have been hovering in a 5 pound range that puts me close to my initial goal of losing 50 pounds. It was allowing me to eat healthy during the week and then pig out with Sean on the weekend - plus throw in an exercise activity or two. My sister came into town for a visit last week and all hell broke loose. I've gained six pounds, and my weekend splurges have started turning into every day lack of will-power. There isn't one day this week that I haven't had at least one unhealthy thing. In fact, I just had an ice cream cone with chocolate/marshmallow ice cream....ahhhh!!!!
To make matters worse, Sean and I have planned to go to funddruckers tomorrow to pig out since he's going out of town this weekend for his best friend's bachelor party. I just want to curl into a cave filled with salad and not emerge until I weigh 10 pounds less than I do now. I feel sort of trapped by the weight gain, that I feel like it's just going to keep creeping up. Plus, I'm due for my period this weekend, which is probably adding to all of it.
I think what I need to do is not step on a scale for a week and starting AFTER Fuddruckers start over. I need to have a heart to heart with Jesus about discipline, start logging all of my food in sparkpeople again, and try to stick to a 1500 calorie diet. I went to the gym twice this week which was good - but not enough, especially considering that I ate an inordinate amount of junk food. Crap!
Anyways... the point is, I need to get with it before I gain all my weight back and THEN SOME!
Thanks for listening. I'm thinking of changing my name to "Fatty McEatsalot."
-Sara
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| Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
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2:03 pm - The life and times of Sara.....
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An update from me is so overdue that it's almost funny.
I'm sitting in my living room currently with the rest of the day off to vegetate and get a ton of things done - so I guess now is as good of a time as any for an update. Wow, have things ever been a' changin'.
I guess we'll start with January of this year. I had a particularly difficult holiday season the Mid-Ohio Valley which I was trying to cope with when Kody disappeared off the face of the earth while home on break in Wisconsin and decided not to inform me. At this point, I don't know the extent of his deception. The details are so sketchy that even piecing them together is difficult and make me feel like such a complete schmuck for falling for all of his crap. Let's just say that I will not make excuses for a man again... mark my words. I realize that there are some people who make the same mistakes with men over and over again in order to find love or acceptance. That's just not me. The idea that I was deceived and treated like such garbage - is something that will forever change the way I let people treat me. Let's just say I'm slightly more empowered now.
Empowered so much that I entered the new year kicking but and taking names. I started eating healthy again - joined a gym and lost 10 more pounds. I kept working on school and now I'm happy to say that I'm ONE class away from graduation. It seems so surreal that I'm actually going to be graduating, and I'm so stinking relieved. It's hard to describe how I feel about the school situation because part of me is embarrassed about the fact that my degree is in such a useless field and the fact that it took me so long to get it - but then there's the other part of me that says.. "Hey.. I'm graduating suma cum laude - and I did it alone..." It's weird - but regardless of how I feel, I'm VERY happy that it will soon be over.
About a month after Kody removed himself from my life - I was asked out on a date by a new guy - Sean. I didn't think anything of it, because I didn't want to be seen as a girl who was quick to rebound or someone who was super needy of guy attention. Still though - he asked me out, and I didn't figure there was any real reason to say no. I didn't expect anything to come from it. In fact, I had pretty much convinced myself to see nothing positive in Sean because I knew people would think I was just boy crazy, needy, and rebounding from Kody. What I didn't bargain on was meeting someone so incredible and finding love... yes, I said it - love.
I've been hesitating to journal about this for a while, because I knew I would seem pretty silly - but now I don't care. I've been dating Sean for three months, and it's been incredible. I never knew that a man could be so caring, affectionate, attentive, and well suited for me. Let's see - for starters, we have insanely complementary temperaments. He's a bit nerdy like me and can lack the ability to be suave from time to time. He loves Jesus in the same way I do and goes to basically the exact same church that I do in a different neighborhood. He's not super conservative, likes to have a good drink and a laugh. He's a terrible dancer but still LOVES to dance. He recently lost a lot of weight like me and eats healthy during the week so that he can pig out on the weekends with me.
Speaking of the weekends - there hasn't been a weekend where we didn't hang out since we met. In fact - he's taking his best friend to Vegas in a few weeks for a bachelor party, and he planned the trip around my schedule since I had a work thing that weekend and wouldn't be able to hang out for part of the weekend anyway. He has taken me to do tons of new things, taught me to change a tire, given me my first good Valentines Day ever (complete with a trip to Philly...), and listened to me when I was upset about my housing situation (to be updated in a later paragraph). He knows all about my family, and it doesn't embarrass me at all.
Okay - so typing all of that was a big deal because I knew in doing so I was airing it for the few lJers who will take the type to read this entry. I'm opening myself to public mockery and to being labeled as someone who falls to easily or who isn't level headed about men. I certainly feel that this situation is different. I realize my track record doesn't necessarily reflect this - but I have wisened since I started dating about a year ago. Sean agrees with me that the dating world is not all it's cracked up to me, and hopes to get out of it sooner, rather than later. We both agree that we could be IT for each other. We're not running off to elope in Vegas, and we are being sensible, but still - we've admitted that neither of us expected things to go this well.
Did I mention that he calls me every day and that I don't know what to do with all this energy that's not being spent being neurotic about our relationship?
As with life - all can't be perfect. The relationship with Sean has taken it's toll on the already crumbling relationship I have with my roommate. I don't want to dog her - so I'll suffice it to say that it isn't working out, and that we have finally and resolutely decided to part ways. On July 1st, she is moving out and I have to find a roommate. The goal is to find a girl who is somewhat close to my age, English speaking, laid back, not allergic to Ruckus, and okay with Sean staying over from time to time..(this has been a huge point of contention for Laura and I). As it is - Sean doesn't come over as it makes her uncomfortable - but it's not a way to live. I'm nervous about the roommate search, but excited about the stress it will take off of my shoulders in the long run.
In other life updates, I made a pact with myself to be more reliable and better at follow-through. I've had mixed results with that, but all-in-all, I'm pleased. I've been having a REALLY good time with my small group which has gotten larger in the past few months. I'm trying to plan a graduation party for May 30th - which will be stressful for sure, but I think it's worth it. Finally - I turn 25 in two months.
I think that was quite an update, and for those of you that read it - I hope you don't find me TOO twit-like.
-Sara
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| Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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10:24 pm
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I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo in need of an update. For now, know that life is pretty darn good.
2 more classes until graduation baby!!!!!!
A legitimate update will come soon.
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| Sunday, December 28th, 2008
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11:17 am
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Worst five days of my life...
Maybe I'll epxlain later, but all I really want to do is stay in my room for the next two weeks.
Smoking kills...by he way
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| Friday, December 12th, 2008
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12:08 am - Pink Eye
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I have conjuntivitis.
I'm not sure how I got it- but I do, and it sucks. I'm not contagious anymore due to the eyedrop antibiotics I'm on... but I hate taking them because they drain into my throat somehow and make me feel nauseaus. Ugghh.. 5 more days of this. Oh well. Tommorow night is case night at my casa. Kody's coming over and he and Laura are going to compete to see who can get through a case of beer first. I'm going to have to carry both of them to bed, I predict.
Kody and I are at the four month mark - and it was a heck of a haul getting there, but finally... things are good. They've been consistently good for nearly a month now, and I'm happy. He's met my friends now, which desperately needed to happen, and I'll meet his soon. Med students don't have much time for a social life. Oh well...such is the path I have chosen for now. He's a really great guy...and I think he may be a keeper. We'll see what kinda swanky Christmas gift he gets me, and then we'll see.. haha :)
Me, Laura, Kody, Lauren, and Scott went bowling at the white house last week which was phenomenal!!!! Let me just tell you - it ranks up there as one of the coolest experiences of my 24 years. The administration is almost over - which means no more white house privileges - but we may squeee out ONE more west wing tour before the 20th. Speaking of the 20th - if anyone needs a place to stay for the inauguration - my house is officially open. I will not join you for the event - as that many people in one place would surely give me a panic attack. It's going to be RIDICULOUS. Plus - it's Kody's birthday, so I'm going to flee the city and do something completely unrelated. My house is open still, all the same.
Uggggh.. this medicene in my throat is disgusting. I didn't realiez your eyes were connected to your throat. Sick. Well.. I think it's time to snuggle with ruckus and rest up for tommorow evening!
-Sara
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| Monday, October 6th, 2008
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5:45 pm
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| Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
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11:29 pm
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6:56 pm
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“By our uncritical pursuit of relevance we have actually courted irrelevance; by our breathless chase after relevance without a matching commitment to faithfulness, we have become not only unfaithful but irrelevant; by our determined efforts to redefine ourselves in ways that are more compelling to the modern world than are faithful to Christ, we have lost not only our identity but our authority and our relevance. Our crying need is to be faithful as well as relevant."
This quote was posted as an introduction to one of the stupid religion classes I have to take online this semester through Southeastern. This makes me want to hit this professor over the head with a Bible.
I fear this semester is going to make me an angry girl. That is all.
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| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
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5:42 pm
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My last post was quite a rant.
Things are looking up somewhat. Margaret, (I drive her daughter to school three days a week) offered to cosign on a student loan for me. All seemed fine and dandy, but due to some archived information from a $750 student loan from 1974 she can't set an account up with the lender. It's strange - and we're going to try to figure it out tonight....if not we'll go to plan B - which might be a personal loan from the bank of Margaret Mattson.
If that happens, I won't have any extra money for next semester, which means I'll have to save a buttload over the next six months. That means, an absolute spending freeze. It's going to be tough, and at times depressing - but I can do it. I'll go to the library a lot - and read a lot more like when I was an intern. I'll watch a lot of movies - and hopefully I'll hang out with the boy.
Speaking of the boy... he called just as I parked in my driveway tonight. He apologized for all of the craziness of this week. Basically, we both had bad weeks but for different reasons. He said he was going through "Sara withdrawal," and our plan is to hang out tommorow. My relationship with him has a ton of complications that many people would think are too much. He's way busy - but I think it can work. We'll see.
I'm going to better organize my life so that I can attack this fall frugally and not be so depressed about it. If things are in order, I can start to have hobbies and do things that are free/cheap. I won't lie - it's not exactly exciting me, but it's the best plan I've got for now. I'd rather be painting the town red and running up big bar tabs - but alas - I cannot. People live balanced lives all the time though... surely, I can too.
And maybe I'll splurge every now and then.
-Sara
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| Sunday, August 24th, 2008
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10:11 pm - Phelps eat your heart out
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I realize I post so much at this point, it's nearly irrelevant. I just thought I would give a quick update. I desperately want to figure out some way to stop time and extend the weekend. Though I had a great time this weekend, I haven't accomplished anything that I needed to. My goal was to have the apartment spotless and to have some flowers hear for Laura when she gets back from Ohio tommorow to thank her for taking such good care of me when I was sick last week. Instead, I'm a lazy jerk... and the house is messy - I'm tired...AND I have to get up extra early tommorow because school starts back up and I have to take Allison to school. I really need to get a pill to help me with my laziness. It's starting to interfere with real life.
Tommorow my goal is to get my room spotless and organized. I also need to call the business office at Southeastern and make sure I'm squared away for starting classes. Tuesday I'm going out with Kody and we are going duckpin bowling - which should be fairly cute. He called me today...twice, and was so cute. I had a moment of being stupidly neurotic with Karin here this evening after our akward second phone call with the boy. I HATE being neurotic. I think I'm going to find a pill to rid me of all neurotic thoughts. I'm in that phase of this relationship where I'm going to try to sabotage it because it's going so well. I'll nitpick stupid phone conversations and such. I must FORCE myself not to trainwreck my own life. Any suggestions?
So when I originally heard that Michael Phelps eats 12 thousand calories per day, I originally swooned with jealousy. Tonight Karin read his daily menu online, and I was shocked. That much food isn't even appetizing for ME! Seriously.. just hearing about his multiple mayonaise smothered sandwiches and entire pizzas made want to vomit... and food never makes me want to vomit.
Speaking of food - I had the most amazing dinner I've ever had last night. Eric from my fall kickball team made this 4 course spread complete with creme brulee that we got to burn our own sugar on! Needless to say, I cheated bigtime - but it was worth it. After dinner we all went out dancing and had an absolute blast! I'm sooo sore now from this weekends shennanigans, but it's worth it - even if I accomplished nothing.
And now back to Michael Phelps. He was just interviewed for the closing ceremonies from London and it was really akward...Bad idea London. Boo.
-Sara
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| Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
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10:06 pm
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The meds are wearing off... and this euphoric day is coming to an end. So far, the pain isn't as bad as it was yesterday beore the ER.. but it's getting there. Hopefully that won't fully happen. Some good news on the healthcare front though - today I got a check in the mail from my oral surgeon. Apparently they overcharged me a year ago for my oral surgery and they thought it would be nice to sendme a $76.00 check in the mail. Hey - the way my finances are going lately, I'll take it glady :) Now I'm just laying in bed. I think I'll read for a bit before falling asleep. I'm feeling a fever coming om.. and unfortunately - the remedy is NOT more cowbell. Everyone wish me luck for a night of full rest.
-Sara
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4:52 pm
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Yo.
So.. in case anyone was worried. Im doing better healthwise now. I broke down and went to the emergency room last night. Finally.. someone realized I was really sick. I had a blood test, a throat swab and a cat scan - but more importantly, I got an IV with steroids and anti-inflamatories for my throat swelling, and some major pain medicene. On top of that, I got hydrated through my IV.. which was good, because I haven't been taking in any liquids. It was ridiculous how much the meds helped. I went into the ER unable to talk or swallow... all kindsa gross with a towell wrapped around my head. I walked out talking.. and able to drink a full glass of water. I'm not approved to eat solid food yet... which sucks because I am sooooo hungry given that I haven't really eatn since Saturday, BUT... Thursday will come soon enough, and I'll be able to eat then. Plus.. this means I can eat ice cream guilt free, as it's the only thing the doctor approved. Fun...fun.
I'm also not contagious - which is good, because I have a major hankerin' to hang out with Kody - who is back in Baltimore, and has said a few different times how much his misses me. He's a cutie.. what can I say. I'm probably going to refrain from any physical contact - just to be safe, but still... looking forward to seeing him soon. Awwwww...
Laura has been taking amazing care of me the past few days... and I need to come up with some way to show her how much I appreciate her. Maybe flowers and a card.. I'm not sure yet, but I'll figure it out soon...hopefully.
Anyways...I'm feeling better.. but I think it's time for a little nap, as I'm getting sleepy from all the meds, lack of sleep and whatnot. Mmmmmm.. sleep.
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| Monday, August 18th, 2008
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5:02 am - siiiiiiick
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Okay.. so I realize it's 5:00 am, but I'm awake. I have been all night. Long story short, my throat started hurting Saturday. It got really painful by Sunday morning so I went to an urgent care where they basically told me nothing was wrong. THEY were wrong. I went home...noticed that I'm developing purplish white blisters on the back of my throat, and have been in excruciating pain ever since.
Seriously... I realize that I am a dramatic person - but one thing I am NOT dramatic about is my health. I NEVER go to the doctor.. and I'll let things go for ages - so if I say I'm in excruciating pain - I mean it. This is right up there with my dental pain from a few years ago. I've taken an absurd amount of ibuprofen and tylenol which aren't helping, and I'm writing this journal entry because it's keeping me from crying - which is what I've been doing most of the evening.
I found an urgent care that opens at 7:30, and I'm going to go. This makes 3 trips to the doctor in one week which makes me so upset. It also means I'll have spent $100 in health related stuff this past week with no diagnosis and no end in sight. Also - I don't have any sick days at work - so I don't know how this is going to work out, but hopefully....it will. I obviously can't afford to lose my job - but there is no human way I could go into work tommorow. I haven't eaten or drank anything. I can't swallow my own spit, and I've been up crying all night.
To make matters worse - Kody came back last night. I need to be able to hang out with him and tend to him - and the last thing I want to tell him after having his mom pass away unexpectedy is that I'm sick. Ugggghh.. I need to get better.
-Sara
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| Saturday, August 16th, 2008
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12:11 pm
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You know your life has taken a turn for the worst when you are grasping at straws for excuses to NOT go to a party.
That's what I'm doing today. My kickball team is having a party in which we are tie-dying our kickball shirts, and I want to run for the hills. I've been in a down mood all week - and I can't shake it. The Kody thing is fresh in my mind - and I still have no idea what's going on with him. I think I may be having an adverse reaction to my birth control - and I'm just all kindsa unmotivated. I tihnk the couch has a permanent impression of my butt. I spent a crazy Friday night last night watchint tv and grocery shopping. Now I'm trying to motivate myself to get ready for this party... thoug hI am refusing to do my hair on sheer principle.. because I dont want to. My kickball team is very pretty/athletic, and the last thing I want to do is hang out with them when I'm not on my A game... but I don't have much choice. Boo. At least I've decided to only stay long enough to tie-dye my shirt.. and then we're out, and tonight we're going to see "The Pineapple Express" which is the light at the end of my tunnel right now. Who loves Seth Rogan??? I do, I do!
Well...I suppose I'd better get my butt in gear and make myself presentable. I hope next week feels better.
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| Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
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12:33 pm
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Woooooaaaaah. Last night was ridiculous. I realize, that many of my journal entries start with that same sentence. That must make me a lush. I don't think so though.
Karin and I went to Baltimore yesterday and met up with Matt Blessing and Holy Price (I think her last name is Price?). I went to high school with them and hadn't seen them since then. It was quite the reunion marked by many drinks and fun. We ended up back at Matt and Holly's house here we proceeded to play rockband. What I didn't find out until this morning is that I apparently basically passed out while trying to play the guitar. Matt likened it to a robot shutting down.. haha. Too much ridiculousness. It was quite fun though - and they will most likely come to fairfax for Karin's garden party when we have scheduled for two weeks from now. It will be killer.
Ahhh.. I have to go hop in the shower and get ready because I'm supposed to be at Emily's by two. I'm going to be late.... clearly. Can't wait though, because we are having all kinds of low carb deliciousness!
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| Saturday, July 26th, 2008
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12:57 am
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Mcdonald's apple pies are good.
So I've fallen off the wagon - but just for today. I'm having my monthly train wreck, so I'm allowed. I still feel pretty stupid though.
I went to the Matt Costa concert tonight with Emily. She's the best, and was totally willing to go at the last minute. It's a good thing too because he was pretty phenomenal, and I would have been pretty sad if the tickets had gone to waste. One of the openning acts was this really cool band from California called Satisfaction. I got their CD and talked to some of the band members. I was quite impressed. Now I'm home and ruckus is snuggling with me, as if she intuitively knows that's what I want her to do. It's adorable - because for the longest time she didn't even come near my bed... now she's all kindsa clingy. It's like she can read my mind.
Oh Lord, I've become the cat lady.
This crazy blind lady at work always refers to her cats as her therapists. I vow that will never be me.
I have a ocnference call for the powerpoint tommorow at 8 am. Yippeeeeee! I suppose I ought to sleep.
Really though.. that apple pie was heavenly.
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| Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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11:29 pm
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I am soooo itchy! I have been watering the Mannucia's plants while they're away. This may not seem like a big deal, but let's just say that it took 2 pages of instructions typed in times new roman to explain to me how to water the veritable plant nursery that now exists at the Mannucia's. It's a job that takes about 40 minutes, and I've been doing it at night, because I'm crazy busy. This means that the mosquitos are having a field day.
"Yummmmm.. I like the mullatto ones!"
Had a good talk with the roomie tonight. She's starting a book discussion group next month for the ladies, and it should be lots of fun. I feel like I need peer pressure in order to read consistently, so this is a VERY good thing. Had small group tonight.. which was really fun. At one point we were driving around and we saw this sign announcing a blind pedestrian. I then said how we should have one for the crazy blind lady that works at my office - then Devin goes.. "Why? It's not like she'd see it." I nearly peed my pants. I was telling Heather and Devin today that they are like my favorite married couple, because they are not uptight, and they're so fun.. plus, they are genuinely nice, and they like to have friends outside of their marriage. What a novel concept!
I'm going to see Matt Costa with Christian Friday. It makes me miss Iza, and the good parts of the internship days. The Stewartown girls (Myself, Laura, Iza, Chelsea, and Renate) were the best thing about that internship... (perhaps the only good thing... but still). We made the most amazing lemonade out of some pretty crappy lemons. I still remember when Laura and I decided to turn our basement craphole into a cool living room and we even had football parties. I also remember wanting to run Paul Travis over with one of his big blue busses. Woah.. those were some days. I'm glad they're over - but that doesn't mean I don't look back on them fondly from time to time.
Anyways.. I guess I'll head to sleep. It's been a weird few days. I think I could use some REM, and I'm not talking about Mihael Stipe.
-Sara
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| Monday, July 21st, 2008
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12:16 am
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Having doubts about my recent big decision. It's to be expected. My bank account is low, and I had sorta an Eh-ish lonely day today where I just kept thinking...I could be lonely in West Virginia and be making much more bank. Then I realized that I am just being neurotic and hormonal... like us ladies do.
This week is going to be pretty lame. I have all of these "practices" for the oral presentation for Florida for work. What this means is that my boss is competeing to win a proposal to do admissions for the state of Florida, and she asked me to run the powerpoint for this proposal. I have to practice several times a week over the phone - which means that I lose an hour a half listening to the VP of my company read through a boring powerpoint presentation while I press the down arrow key when he says highlighted words. We practice at 7:30 pm which essentially blows early and later part of the night. Survey says... lame. In addition, I have to go to Philly with the bosses and Marybeth next week to actually press the down arrow in person... joy.
When I get back form the work trip (The first weekend of August,) I am starting a new - very serious campaign, haha. This will be the "Squeeze the most fun into what's left of Summer" campaign and it basically means that August is going to be amazing whether it wants to or not. I want to take mini-vacays, go out, hit the beach, see the sites....do it stinking all...on a budget of course. School starts up for me at the end of August, so it is vitally important that I rock the rest of this summer out.
I sort of can't sleep. I hate that restless feeling you get every so often like there's something you need to be doing. I wrote a little today - a very little, but still - it was a start. Maybe I'll write more tommorow - no pressure. I like the no pressure aspects of my life. Like the Aussies say, "No worries!" Crap I wish sometimes I had been born down under. Those kids know how to not take life so seriously...which is a skill I will one day posess...maybe.
In other news, today I spent nearly an hour watering Margaret's plants only to have it start pouring immediately afterwards. Also, I witnessed my first Orioles win this weekend. It was in extra innings and it was fairly epic. The company wasn't bad either.
Ruckus says it's time to cuddle.. haha. That - and I'm going to be a good employee and try to sleep now. As the urbanites say - Peace Fool!
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| Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
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Wow... a lot has happened - or at least it feels like a lot has happened in the past few days.
I'm currently cleaning my room, and trying to find something to wear to go see "The Lion King" saturday with Emily at the Kennedy Center. It's a very fun busy week for me, plus I'm trying to conserve the green stuff, so I'm hoping to not have to go buy a new dress. Nothing is really fitting well though - due to a dropped size, so it may be inevitable. I think I may ask Emily if she has anything, because we're the same size now. Gotta love good friends.
I made a huge decision today to turn down the West Virginia promotion. As someone pointed out today - I may regret it - but I'm still confident that I made the right decision. If WV had come through, that would have been a ton of money for me - BUT - it would have cost me three prime year spent in the middle of nowhere doing... nothing. It may seem silly to turn down a ton of money for a chance at happiness - BUT my boss understood - and the chance for the promotion may come again when I'm at a different place in life. For now - I'm staying put in DC.
It's a good thing because life has been pretty stinking great lately. I've been hanging with Karin and Emily a lot. I even had dinner with Theresa this week - which was good because it was nice to smooth things over - and she's genuinely a good person. I've also been hanging out a lot with Christian - which is increasingly fun. He makes me smile - and that's a good thing. Tommorow we're going to see Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker...my dad would be so proud.. haha. We've got plenty of fun plans in store to rock out the summer, and I'm looking forward to all of them :)
Also - kickball starts up at the end of this month, which promises to never be a dull moment. All in all - it seemed like a pretty crappy time to move to Appalachia. Illogical - maybe, but I had to follow my heart on this one - and my heart said moving to WV right now would be two thumbs down for me. I'm staying put!
-Sara
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