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I haven't updated in a while. I mean, not REALLY. I'm at home on a Saturday night, and it's funny. But last night was enough fun for me, and I need to save money anyway...
Yesterday was the last day of the conference that a few people in my program organized. It was okay, I learned a bit. The closing reception was last night too, with free food and wine. Between the last event and the reception, Lindsae and I went back to her apartment and had a rum and coke, and decided that we'd go back after and have some wine left over from her wine and cheese party.
The reception was nice, good snacks and good people, but it was almost entirely students from my program, no opportunities to network. We (Lindsae, Stephanie and Alison) had our two glasses of wine, talked to a few people, and snagged Leah to go back to Lindsae's. Leah is a hoot, I knew she was nice, but like everyone, she has a lot more to her than you encounter in class. We had a nice dish session and got nice and drunk. For free. I seriously think those girls are some of the best people, fun, smart, nice.
Leah's getting married in just over a month, and the more I heard (and thought about it) man... sounds like at total drag. Not the getting married part, good for her, but the whole wedding thing.
Today was my parent's wedding anniversary, 34 years. I only remember because it's May 5th, cinco de mayo. They spent the day together. Went out for breakfast, ran around town on errands, and went out to dinner. Sounds nice and low-key. 34 years is a long time. They've been married for over 60% of their lives.
I'm excited to move, I'm probably getting a moving service. It's about $80/ hour for two people and a truck. A U-haul would be about $30-$40, plus I was going to pay Eric and his friends $20 apiece plus beer and pizza to help, so this isn't much more than that. That way too, I can pack everything up and they can move while I'm in class (it's my last week) with my mom supervising and I won't have to worry about that. Ideally, I'll be there too, but who knows.
I've been really gloomy lately but yesterday and today have been okay. Last week was REALLY rough, I realized it's only been a month since I saw Christopher. And there are at LEAST 15 more until he's back. Somewhere in there should be a short leave, but since I'm here and his family is in MN, at best I'll see him for a few days. I didn't think I'd hit this wall until at least 4 months because we've been apart 3 months at a time maaaaany times, but I didn't count on not hearing from him. For some reason I took e-mails as a given, I don't know why. I didn't count nightly phone calls as a luxury until now. Har har har.
I'm supposed to be the tough one, damnit, but this boy's cracked me open like a nut. Took him several years, but he got to the gooey center and I'm so pissed at myself for not being more jaded and detached.
A month until school's out. I'm getting a bike this summer. For sure.
Yesterday was the last day of the conference that a few people in my program organized. It was okay, I learned a bit. The closing reception was last night too, with free food and wine. Between the last event and the reception, Lindsae and I went back to her apartment and had a rum and coke, and decided that we'd go back after and have some wine left over from her wine and cheese party.
The reception was nice, good snacks and good people, but it was almost entirely students from my program, no opportunities to network. We (Lindsae, Stephanie and Alison) had our two glasses of wine, talked to a few people, and snagged Leah to go back to Lindsae's. Leah is a hoot, I knew she was nice, but like everyone, she has a lot more to her than you encounter in class. We had a nice dish session and got nice and drunk. For free. I seriously think those girls are some of the best people, fun, smart, nice.
Leah's getting married in just over a month, and the more I heard (and thought about it) man... sounds like at total drag. Not the getting married part, good for her, but the whole wedding thing.
Today was my parent's wedding anniversary, 34 years. I only remember because it's May 5th, cinco de mayo. They spent the day together. Went out for breakfast, ran around town on errands, and went out to dinner. Sounds nice and low-key. 34 years is a long time. They've been married for over 60% of their lives.
I'm excited to move, I'm probably getting a moving service. It's about $80/ hour for two people and a truck. A U-haul would be about $30-$40, plus I was going to pay Eric and his friends $20 apiece plus beer and pizza to help, so this isn't much more than that. That way too, I can pack everything up and they can move while I'm in class (it's my last week) with my mom supervising and I won't have to worry about that. Ideally, I'll be there too, but who knows.
I've been really gloomy lately but yesterday and today have been okay. Last week was REALLY rough, I realized it's only been a month since I saw Christopher. And there are at LEAST 15 more until he's back. Somewhere in there should be a short leave, but since I'm here and his family is in MN, at best I'll see him for a few days. I didn't think I'd hit this wall until at least 4 months because we've been apart 3 months at a time maaaaany times, but I didn't count on not hearing from him. For some reason I took e-mails as a given, I don't know why. I didn't count nightly phone calls as a luxury until now. Har har har.
I'm supposed to be the tough one, damnit, but this boy's cracked me open like a nut. Took him several years, but he got to the gooey center and I'm so pissed at myself for not being more jaded and detached.
A month until school's out. I'm getting a bike this summer. For sure.