i'm home, kids.
i've been home since monday, though it was supposed to be sunday. see, i got stuck in Minneapolis/st. paul because of ice in pdx. weird, no? but it was cool, i got to stay with al pal, which probably would never have happened otherwise. i like coincidences. and al pal. yey.
home has been uneventful as of yet, but i think that's a good thing. i've seen a lot of g-ma, and she is doing amazingly well. they actually took her off of hospice because she's doing so well! yeah, never happens! my grandma freaking rocks. cancer has nothin' on her!
i'm a little wiped at present; i just got off my first day back at meier & frank. i was in juniors, and i was on my feet for 8 hours, but all things considered, it wasn't so bad. it was really busy so the time flew by. my feet are just tired. but i'm 60 bucks richer! go money. i can buy like half a text book for next semester with that kind of moolah! i think i've gotten used to the speed of retail, though it makes me somewhat ill. all that american consumerism can really get to you. it sucks you in. i mean, i went into work today thinking, "gosh, i don't really need anything. i have plenty of clothes and shoes and things that keep my pretty and warm. i'm downright blessed, come to think of it." i left today thinking, "wow i could really use 25 million things i don't really need just because they're so shiny and new and cheap! i wish i had more money to spend on this useless materialistic crap!" ok so that's a little extreme. i just get a little excited sometimes. the point: i must fight the urge to spend money i don't have on things i don't need.
leaving school this time around was somewhat bittersweet. chelsea and i waved goodbye to katie as we drove off, and chelsea noticed katie looked a little teary-eyed. i mentioned that it probably had something to do with it being her last fall semester with us. at which point, both chelsea and i turned into ridiculous weepy girls and began to cry. we got it together because we started laughing at how stupid we are. katie's still here for another semester, we aren't allowed to think about that any more until may. end of story.
philly with chelsea was fun, i really love her parents and her house and just being with her in her element. we went to south street and watched a bunch of joan of arcadia, hung out with her parents (who told us lots of stories about the philly mob), and then spent some time with a few of her friends. i made some ...interesting choices... but i survived! chelsea takes such good care of me. i left me cool new hat at jeffs. so sad.
so now i'm home. i don't really know what i'm going to do with this time. i have a lot of ideas, a lot of tentative plans, but i'm pretty sure most of them won't be fulfilled. i'm just happy fall semester is over. it sucked pretty hard. despite some very very good moments, complements of very very good friends.
this is long and boring. apologies!