Work, School, Eat Out, Repeat

AB finally updated so I'm feeling the need to write something substantial. But really, I should be cleaning my room...it's a mess. Ok, I'll be quick and get both done!

First, let me say how good it feels not to be going to work this morning. Today is a vacation day and I needed it. Second, let me say how happy I will be in 3 hours when Kevin arrives. Damn airlines kept him in NYC last night instead of getting him to Dallas like he paid them to. Something about bad weather and a crew that had too many hours on the plane (you know there are rules about how many hours a crew can work which is probably a good thing but in this case a bad thing because Kevin got stuck). Anyhow, he arrives soon and we're heading off to Lubbock for the weekend. Twice in one month, I know, but I love that town. Plus his mother is retiring and the party is tonight. Since she's only going to do this once in her life, I decided we should be there.

So you now know where I'm going, but you're probably wondering where I've been. In some sort of crazy haze of a life. Things have all blended together recently and I don't feel very good about that. All I know is I've got to make some changes in order to survive grad school and a full time job.

Work has been plenty busy as well. I like my new position, but I'm juggling a lot of things. And I'm not very good at juggling yet. Yet.

School was really wearing me out by the end of the semester. Finals were tough, but they're over. And, no, I'm not telling you how I did (because I'm very, very concerned that everyone will find out that I'm really quite stupid and don't belong in this program). Yeah, finals were bad. I'm just hoping the Grading Curve God smiles upon me in the end.

The one good thing that came out of finals was the drinking afterwards. Lots of people in my class went out afterwards and commiserated. I think people are finally relaxing and are interested in getting to know each other. This is super exciting to me because I love this part of group dynamics. Getting to know new people is probably one of my favorite activities of all time.

You know how our washer died recently? The dryer passed on last weekend. Does anyone think this a bit strange? Twenty-six year old washer and dryer die together...weird.

I've been a huge consumer recently, mostly because I eat out all the time. But I also recently purchased a GameBoy Advance SP. (Kevin made me do it...he bought one and I was so envious I had to have one too.) At the store, Kevin and I talked about being adults and having the freedom to buy a GameBoy just because we felt like it. When I was a kid, I would have waited until a major event (birthday, Christmas, etc) to get anything as special as a GameBoy. Growing up is so cool.

I hate to end on the consumerism note, but that's what my life has felt like. I've been running around super busy, eating more fast food than my arteries can handle, and suddenly it all stopped. I have 2 weeks of complete freedom before the semester starts up again. (Actually, that's not entirely true...I've got a "short" reading assignment of 200 pages due before class starts and a Meyer's Briggs to take, but that's peanuts.)

So I'm going to clean up and pack my bags now. Then I'm going to the airport to collect the most wonderful guy around. Then I'm going to talk Kevin's ear off as we head to Lubbock, which in case you didn't know is the pure center of the universe.

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