wonderful things from the past six months
you know that feeling you get from inadvertently doing an awful thing to someone you've grown to truly despise and then getting an unholy amount of joy out of it? i didn't either, until tonight! i laughed so much i thought i was going to be sick, and i'm not even sorry. if nothing else, tonight has taught me that being petty brings you much more joy and satisfaction than turning the other cheek.
in other amazing news, a first year who's taken over one of my favouritest clients from last quarter told me that while they were working on telling stories, she told him she liked his story so much she was going to tell all her friends, and he said, "are you going to tell natalie?" and I ABOUT DIED. I LOVE THIS CHILD SO MUCH. you spend ten weeks with these kids and they see so many of us, there's just no expectation that they'll remember you, especially the little ones, and this is coming off the heels of winter break, i didn't even know to expect him to recognise me if we passed each other in the hallway so this just - it felt wonderful. my heart just about exploded, is how wonderful it felt. at least i know now that i made a difference. i can get through working with the geriatric population if i just hold on to that.
also i had pixiebeanz AND rajkumari905 visit me at various points last year!!!! i don't feel like i've talked about that enough. they were both the most wonderful guests and we had the BEST times -- and if they said different they were lying -- AND I ADORE THEM BOTH ENDLESSLY.
and then i got to go home for two weeks and see my friends and my family and spend christmas and new years and it was legitimately the best time ever and i would really like to do it again soon even though realistically that probably won't be happening for a while.
plus there's the fact that my brother came and stayed with me this entire month. parts of it made me feel like I'd be better off if he hadn't showed up but all in all it's been really nice. we also got to go to uso and spend a bunch of time in harry potter land and it was a++++ i got a souvenir hufflepuff scarf and everything!
then there was the reunion slash celebratory dinner i finally got to have with the dream team last night. ugh i love those girls so much. same taste in pop stars and music and food and money spending habits... what more could a girl want? i've spent some time around other humans this quarter and no one bonded quite like we did. i'm so glad we had each other because i don't know how else we would've gotten through those hellish weeks.
and now restaurant week is here and chicago theater week is coming up and i have so much amazing stuff lined up and so little work on my plate (compared to last quarter, this is a cakewalk), and i am still tickled pink by my accidental awfulness (IT'S BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS ACCIDENTAL SO NOW I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FEEL BAD) and all in all it's shaping up to be a fantastic 2016~
in other amazing news, a first year who's taken over one of my favouritest clients from last quarter told me that while they were working on telling stories, she told him she liked his story so much she was going to tell all her friends, and he said, "are you going to tell natalie?" and I ABOUT DIED. I LOVE THIS CHILD SO MUCH. you spend ten weeks with these kids and they see so many of us, there's just no expectation that they'll remember you, especially the little ones, and this is coming off the heels of winter break, i didn't even know to expect him to recognise me if we passed each other in the hallway so this just - it felt wonderful. my heart just about exploded, is how wonderful it felt. at least i know now that i made a difference. i can get through working with the geriatric population if i just hold on to that.
also i had pixiebeanz AND rajkumari905 visit me at various points last year!!!! i don't feel like i've talked about that enough. they were both the most wonderful guests and we had the BEST times -- and if they said different they were lying -- AND I ADORE THEM BOTH ENDLESSLY.
and then i got to go home for two weeks and see my friends and my family and spend christmas and new years and it was legitimately the best time ever and i would really like to do it again soon even though realistically that probably won't be happening for a while.
plus there's the fact that my brother came and stayed with me this entire month. parts of it made me feel like I'd be better off if he hadn't showed up but all in all it's been really nice. we also got to go to uso and spend a bunch of time in harry potter land and it was a++++ i got a souvenir hufflepuff scarf and everything!
then there was the reunion slash celebratory dinner i finally got to have with the dream team last night. ugh i love those girls so much. same taste in pop stars and music and food and money spending habits... what more could a girl want? i've spent some time around other humans this quarter and no one bonded quite like we did. i'm so glad we had each other because i don't know how else we would've gotten through those hellish weeks.
and now restaurant week is here and chicago theater week is coming up and i have so much amazing stuff lined up and so little work on my plate (compared to last quarter, this is a cakewalk), and i am still tickled pink by my accidental awfulness (IT'S BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS ACCIDENTAL SO NOW I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FEEL BAD) and all in all it's shaping up to be a fantastic 2016~