i'm so clevah
aftermath of the dinosaur pinata...
i'm sleepy. i haven't accomplished anywhere near what i wanted to today. part of that is because i avoid things and another part is outside circumstances. writing in here doesn't accomplish the work i need to do either, but this is something else i've been putting off and is easier than homework right now.
so.
my birthday was fantastic. i got to hang out with margaret a bit downtown and had a feast at yen's with her and scott. after that, ben picked me up at home and we met kaicy and herb at second city to see 'between barack and a hard place.' very funny. they even sang a song about dinosaurs during one of the improv sections. nothing really rhymes with dinosaurs, but i'm glad that my table won (because kaicy is the best). after the show, sober ben drove not sober us on a cake quest and we ended up at golden nugget. a lovely evening.
scooters is closed for the season. i already miss some of my coworkers. it's unlikely i'm going back next year, though. if i do, it'll only be for a shift here and there on the weekends. maybe more in the summer. i ended up not hating the place towards the end of the season. for all the ups and downs there, it's my longest experience in chicago. it kind of feels like home.
i have a new job which i started on monday. i'm working at a place called allyu spa with kaicy as a receptionist (spa bitch). the very first day, i hated it. it's very different from what i'm used to...it's pretty slow paced and honestly doesn't expect much of me. the place is growing on me, though. it's still weird...i wish i had the shared experience the rest of them have from starting at the same time before the place was even open. most people seem really nice there, but also kind of crazy. i just don't think the same way they do and it takes a lot for me to just smile and nod about some things. like...the idea that certain treatment rooms are haunted or that rocks and crystals have energy. but...i can't openly mock them because i'm outnumbered. i'm all about letting people have what beliefs they want, but well...some are just dumb. i'm sure that sounds terrible.
i hung out with my favourite scooter's customer the other night. very funny guy named dede. had a lot of fun, but found out i had some misconceptions about him. apparently, he's not gay. also, he's almost thirty. had i known these things, it is unlikely i would have hung out with him in the first place because that makes him seem a lot less harmless. but, knowing these things now and having already started our outside of scooter's friendship- not a problem. yay for new people.
this weekend is one big ball of stress. or rather, i'm the ball of stress and this weekend is the small room i'm bouncing around in. a small room that keeps getting smaller, so that the ball ends up bouncing faster and harder as the walls close in.
woah. that's a somewhat troubling description.
i'm a procrastinator. this is the last weekend before my final week of class. do i really need to say more about that?
my parents were supposed to come up today. the weather kept them at home. it's really just as well. oh family drama...christmas is the bane of my existence, i swear. my parents and sister haven't been talking for a week because of a crazy conversation about christmas plans. today they talked and it resulted in margaret in tears. i was really depressed earlier in the week because i thought i was going to spend christmas alone. i already spent thanksgiving alone (which really wasn't a big deal, it's kind of what i wanted.) the two holidays put together that way though seemed like too much, plus christmas is a bigger deal. my parents are going to be at my granny's. matt and jess, well, they're pastors...christmas is kind of a busy day for them. margaret and scott were originally planning on spending christmas with matt and jess. now the plan seems to be this... all the family (except me) will go to granny's on the saturday before christmas. parents will still be there on christmas. matt and jess and spending christmas at home. margaret and scott are going to be staying in sarnia with them after going to granny's and will drive home on christmas eve. i have christmas with margaret and scott.
bane.of.my.existence.
ben and i have tickets to see kyla's play 'a charlie chaplin christmas' for the 21st. sarah bank is coming with us, i believe. i'm hoping to round up a few other people, as well. sarah bank will actually be in the city all of that week working where she interned over the summer. i like having ben around...he's...reliable. we have various possible trips in the works. i like adventures.
ugh...i should get back to work, i suppose. but really, all i want is sleep.