just thinkin'
yay for october! besides february for my birthday, october is my other favorite month.
-despite all the presents i have to purchase, i adore celebrating these people. now that i think about it, all the important men in my life have a birthday in october, except my awesome uncle john who's birthday is two days after mine. he always says the best people are born in february...i think he's biased. :) anyway, my dad's birthday is on the 13th, brother john is the 19th, scott the 11th and ted on the 26th. it's awesome. there are more people that i know and love born in october too though not as significant to my life, i guess. my little cousins jamie (age 6 or 7 on the 13th) and johnny (3 or 4 on the 20 something) are also this month, some friends from high school that i sort of keep in touch with (nick on the 23rd, diana on the 14th, lea on the 24th), jessica's boyfriend brad's birthday is on the 5th...lots and lots of birthdays. it's great and i absolutely love birthdays. it's so much fun to celebrate the people you love.
-dude, halloween! costumes, scary movies, and everything that comes with it. need i say more?
-breast cancer awareness month. if i had to pick one cause that i am most adamant about, i would pick breast cancer. ever since varda, our close family friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, i've tried to be more involved. although that's sometimes difficult because i don't have money to donate and can't do the avon walk cause i don't have time, but i try. i miss varda a lot though it's been two years. wow, the years have gone by so fast...
anyway, the past week or so has been hectic. i'm doing my best to keep up in my work. it's really hard to do all the reading that we are assigned. some of it is sooooooo boring that i wish i zone out and have to take even longer to read. i don't want to write my 'ode to my thumb' cause i feel like we weren't given the "rules" for it and i don't know what to write. i have ideas so i'm gonna take briggy's advice and write down lines that i think of and work that way rather than trying to write it from start to finish. plus i looked through all of my syllabi today and i realized that i have more work to do that i thought. i have museum papers to write, a presentation in a month, midterm soon, and more papers to write. oh and house manager stuff to do. STORY: katie and i went to a play on melrose last night, it was sooo good! we were there and saw a couple of lmu alumni, nik doner and john butcher. so both of them have been in the board position that i'm in so since butcher wasn't doing anything, i asked for tips and help so i could do my job. first thing he said to me was "well, congrats and welcome to hell." it was funny but at the same time i was thinking 'hey, wait...'. i asked him if he had an tips to make the job less stressful and he basically said just know that it's a stressful job and people will bail on you. um,.......what did i get into? i don't know, i'm excited and really honored to be on the board and all but i'm a little nervous that i won't be able to handle this job. we'll see i guess.
besides work stuff, things have been stressful too. a lot of it is personal stuff that either you know, or i don't feel like sharing right now. either way, it's occupying my mind to the point where there are times that i can't concentrate. arg. whatever.
on that note, i'm in the den and supposed to be doing my work. i just felt like an update was in order. :) when more october excitement happens i will let you know! <3
-despite all the presents i have to purchase, i adore celebrating these people. now that i think about it, all the important men in my life have a birthday in october, except my awesome uncle john who's birthday is two days after mine. he always says the best people are born in february...i think he's biased. :) anyway, my dad's birthday is on the 13th, brother john is the 19th, scott the 11th and ted on the 26th. it's awesome. there are more people that i know and love born in october too though not as significant to my life, i guess. my little cousins jamie (age 6 or 7 on the 13th) and johnny (3 or 4 on the 20 something) are also this month, some friends from high school that i sort of keep in touch with (nick on the 23rd, diana on the 14th, lea on the 24th), jessica's boyfriend brad's birthday is on the 5th...lots and lots of birthdays. it's great and i absolutely love birthdays. it's so much fun to celebrate the people you love.
-dude, halloween! costumes, scary movies, and everything that comes with it. need i say more?
-breast cancer awareness month. if i had to pick one cause that i am most adamant about, i would pick breast cancer. ever since varda, our close family friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, i've tried to be more involved. although that's sometimes difficult because i don't have money to donate and can't do the avon walk cause i don't have time, but i try. i miss varda a lot though it's been two years. wow, the years have gone by so fast...
anyway, the past week or so has been hectic. i'm doing my best to keep up in my work. it's really hard to do all the reading that we are assigned. some of it is sooooooo boring that i wish i zone out and have to take even longer to read. i don't want to write my 'ode to my thumb' cause i feel like we weren't given the "rules" for it and i don't know what to write. i have ideas so i'm gonna take briggy's advice and write down lines that i think of and work that way rather than trying to write it from start to finish. plus i looked through all of my syllabi today and i realized that i have more work to do that i thought. i have museum papers to write, a presentation in a month, midterm soon, and more papers to write. oh and house manager stuff to do. STORY: katie and i went to a play on melrose last night, it was sooo good! we were there and saw a couple of lmu alumni, nik doner and john butcher. so both of them have been in the board position that i'm in so since butcher wasn't doing anything, i asked for tips and help so i could do my job. first thing he said to me was "well, congrats and welcome to hell." it was funny but at the same time i was thinking 'hey, wait...'. i asked him if he had an tips to make the job less stressful and he basically said just know that it's a stressful job and people will bail on you. um,.......what did i get into? i don't know, i'm excited and really honored to be on the board and all but i'm a little nervous that i won't be able to handle this job. we'll see i guess.
besides work stuff, things have been stressful too. a lot of it is personal stuff that either you know, or i don't feel like sharing right now. either way, it's occupying my mind to the point where there are times that i can't concentrate. arg. whatever.
on that note, i'm in the den and supposed to be doing my work. i just felt like an update was in order. :) when more october excitement happens i will let you know! <3