oh, summer...
So I guess the reason I'm back to using LJ is because I feel the need to document everything that happens in my life so I don't forget it. I'm getting really bad about forgetting important things/events. So here's what I've been up to the past few weeks:
-I went to Florida to a Choice Hotels convention with my grandparents, and actually had a pretty good time. It didn't look promising at the beginning of the trip though. The weather wasn't great (tropical storm, remember?), the wildfires were raging, and I contracted pink eye in both eyes. So that was fun. But beyond that, I learned a lot at convention that I didn't know about how our businesses function.
-I bought a guitar and am learning to play in hopes of soon transforming into Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Either way, I want to be good. I bet you're thinking I'm insane... hold that thought until about, oh, next summer, and then we'll talk.
-I spent Memorial Day weekend in Beaufort, SC, and at Ocean Isle Beach. My cousin, Steven, graduated from high school in a class of 18 students. That's right, 18. His graduation ceremony was complete with paragraph readings about each student's accomplishments and future plans. And get this: it lasted TWO hours. Ha. And the student who was third in their class was recognized. Hmph. Where was my recognition when I graduated third from Scotland High School? But I'm not bitter... At Ocean Isle, I met my distant cousin Raleigh, who was adopted from Russia 4 years ago by grandmother's not-so-straight niece. Raleigh is perhaps the cutest boy on the planet, complete with the most BEAUTIFUL blue eyes I've ever seen, but he's slightly... feminine. He prances around in high heels and carries a purse with real make-up. He has baby dolls and tried to carry on a conversation with me about fashion and the color pink. Call me crazy, but I don't think that's normal. He's a 4 year old boy. It's perhaps the saddest thing I've seen in a while. And his mother just encourages it, telling him that he should get to know me because I know a lot about style and clothes and girl stuff. And if you ask him if he's a girl or a boy, you know what he responds with? Take a wild guess... I know, SO not okay.
So, that's what I've been up to so far this summer.
I spent today at the office completing random tasks for the family. You know, I thought that summer in Laurinburg would be semi-bearable, but boyyyyy was I wrong. I can honestly say that I have never been more miserable in my life. I'm trying to find a reason to go back to Chapel Hill for the rest of the summer... I'm about 2.5 seconds away from signing up for Summer Session II just for the heck of it. Oh, Laurinburg, how I dislike you.
Since I have nothing to do and no other way to spend my time, I've been thinking a lot lately about life and love and every topic every other 19 year old girl contemplates in her spare time. I know this sounds crazy, but I have this overwhelming fear that I'm going to wind up old and alone. I know it's ridiculous and kind of obsessive, but what if it happens? What if in the year 2060 I'm some pitiful 73-year-old single woman with no children, no grandchildren, and no family? I had a dream last night that I was getting married, and I was opening the doors to the sanctuary preparing to walk down the isle, and as soon as I opened the doors to embark on my trek to the alter, I noticed that the ENTIRE ROOM was empty. No guests, no groom, no mother, no father, no siblings, no friends... no one. Ahhh, I need Chapel Hill back in my life!
Anyways, here are a few things that have changed with my life recently:
I dyed my hair back blonde.
I'm going to Texas in a month to visit one of my verryyyyy best friends.
I'm ready to go back to Chapel Hill... but I guess that's not really "news."
I need to help Mother Dearest with dinner. I'll probably post later today/tonight... I still need to vent.
happy day-after-memorial-day.
-I went to Florida to a Choice Hotels convention with my grandparents, and actually had a pretty good time. It didn't look promising at the beginning of the trip though. The weather wasn't great (tropical storm, remember?), the wildfires were raging, and I contracted pink eye in both eyes. So that was fun. But beyond that, I learned a lot at convention that I didn't know about how our businesses function.
-I bought a guitar and am learning to play in hopes of soon transforming into Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Either way, I want to be good. I bet you're thinking I'm insane... hold that thought until about, oh, next summer, and then we'll talk.
-I spent Memorial Day weekend in Beaufort, SC, and at Ocean Isle Beach. My cousin, Steven, graduated from high school in a class of 18 students. That's right, 18. His graduation ceremony was complete with paragraph readings about each student's accomplishments and future plans. And get this: it lasted TWO hours. Ha. And the student who was third in their class was recognized. Hmph. Where was my recognition when I graduated third from Scotland High School? But I'm not bitter... At Ocean Isle, I met my distant cousin Raleigh, who was adopted from Russia 4 years ago by grandmother's not-so-straight niece. Raleigh is perhaps the cutest boy on the planet, complete with the most BEAUTIFUL blue eyes I've ever seen, but he's slightly... feminine. He prances around in high heels and carries a purse with real make-up. He has baby dolls and tried to carry on a conversation with me about fashion and the color pink. Call me crazy, but I don't think that's normal. He's a 4 year old boy. It's perhaps the saddest thing I've seen in a while. And his mother just encourages it, telling him that he should get to know me because I know a lot about style and clothes and girl stuff. And if you ask him if he's a girl or a boy, you know what he responds with? Take a wild guess... I know, SO not okay.
So, that's what I've been up to so far this summer.
I spent today at the office completing random tasks for the family. You know, I thought that summer in Laurinburg would be semi-bearable, but boyyyyy was I wrong. I can honestly say that I have never been more miserable in my life. I'm trying to find a reason to go back to Chapel Hill for the rest of the summer... I'm about 2.5 seconds away from signing up for Summer Session II just for the heck of it. Oh, Laurinburg, how I dislike you.
Since I have nothing to do and no other way to spend my time, I've been thinking a lot lately about life and love and every topic every other 19 year old girl contemplates in her spare time. I know this sounds crazy, but I have this overwhelming fear that I'm going to wind up old and alone. I know it's ridiculous and kind of obsessive, but what if it happens? What if in the year 2060 I'm some pitiful 73-year-old single woman with no children, no grandchildren, and no family? I had a dream last night that I was getting married, and I was opening the doors to the sanctuary preparing to walk down the isle, and as soon as I opened the doors to embark on my trek to the alter, I noticed that the ENTIRE ROOM was empty. No guests, no groom, no mother, no father, no siblings, no friends... no one. Ahhh, I need Chapel Hill back in my life!
Anyways, here are a few things that have changed with my life recently:
I dyed my hair back blonde.
I'm going to Texas in a month to visit one of my verryyyyy best friends.
I'm ready to go back to Chapel Hill... but I guess that's not really "news."
I need to help Mother Dearest with dinner. I'll probably post later today/tonight... I still need to vent.
happy day-after-memorial-day.