Perhaps I Should Update...
I know I know, it's been forever since I updated. My bad. I've been busy.
It's interesting trying to juggle two part-time jobs and 16 credits for school. Often I find myself just standing for aminute trying to sort through the forty things that I have to do at that moment and I dream of the days when my life wasn't so complicated. As busy as I like to be, perhaps Heather has a point when she said that when all you do is talk about how busy you are it's time to cut back on things....we'll see how that turns out. I'm addicted to being busy.
I talked on the phone with Daddy for over an hour yesterday. It was really nice; it happened because we hadn't talked in a long time. We pretty much only talk if I call him. When I exclaimed that we hadn't talked in a while he said something about "yeah, you haven't called." *shrug* I guess he has the same problem that I do in calling: I never know when he's free. He works two jobs too, though one is full time and one part. I don't want to call when he's sleeping and bother him since he gets so little sleep as it is. And he said he doesn't know when I'm free, sleeping, or in class, or at work, so he just didn't call. Perhaps we should work on that.
We talked about various things, a lot about making sure that I do my share of working so I can pay for school. When it comes to things like this, I really have to hold my breath. I get from him that mom squeezes him dry and doesn't give the money to me, and from her I get that he never pays anything. I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE!! They just don't get that. I keep telling them and it just "slips" out of their mouth. Mom at least respects it enough to apologize whenever it happens. Daddy, on the other hand, says he knows I don't want to get involved but I am and should therefore know what's going on. But he eventually backs off when I protest enough. Am I doing the right thing? I don't want to be in the middle of my parents financial issues, but should I be?
Starbucks is going very well. I LOVE working there. I am absolutely in love with the way the crew works together :) :). Everyone seems to really like me and I am so glad, because they are amazing people. *laugh* it's really sad, actually, how much I like working there. On days that I don't work, I'm disappointed. Like today. But I switched with someone, so I get to close tomorrow! AND that means I don't have to get up at 5am on Saturday to open. Double plus.
School...eh. I just got back a test today and I'm really disappointed with the results. I studied for the test for a week and a half- more time than I think I've ever put into a test here and I got a 77. I was shocked, I felt like curling up into a ball and lying there. I don't understand how I could have gotten that, and it really made my day fall into the crapper.
Fortunately, the class after that is so interesting. Behavioral Pharmacology (the study of drugs and our behavior while on drugs). I was completely drawn into the conversation and it made my mood feel better. Does that ever happen to you? You have a bad mood and then you get drawn into a good discussion and it goes away?
Lamron meeting today, always a plus. I totally look forward to those every week.
Excellent ending to the day: Maria Full of Grace was showing in Bailey 135. Maria, if you don't know, is the story of a girl who becomes a drug mule and smuggles drugs out of Colombia. It's also a story about growth and eye-opening. Wonderful film. I would love to see it sometime without subtitles, not that my Spanish is that great, but I just think the film would be that much more powerful.
Wow, I didn't think that I would be able to type anything, and here I have typed several paragraphs. I'm going to end it here, though, I think. It's starting to feel like I have to update instead of wanting to....
It's interesting trying to juggle two part-time jobs and 16 credits for school. Often I find myself just standing for aminute trying to sort through the forty things that I have to do at that moment and I dream of the days when my life wasn't so complicated. As busy as I like to be, perhaps Heather has a point when she said that when all you do is talk about how busy you are it's time to cut back on things....we'll see how that turns out. I'm addicted to being busy.
I talked on the phone with Daddy for over an hour yesterday. It was really nice; it happened because we hadn't talked in a long time. We pretty much only talk if I call him. When I exclaimed that we hadn't talked in a while he said something about "yeah, you haven't called." *shrug* I guess he has the same problem that I do in calling: I never know when he's free. He works two jobs too, though one is full time and one part. I don't want to call when he's sleeping and bother him since he gets so little sleep as it is. And he said he doesn't know when I'm free, sleeping, or in class, or at work, so he just didn't call. Perhaps we should work on that.
We talked about various things, a lot about making sure that I do my share of working so I can pay for school. When it comes to things like this, I really have to hold my breath. I get from him that mom squeezes him dry and doesn't give the money to me, and from her I get that he never pays anything. I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE!! They just don't get that. I keep telling them and it just "slips" out of their mouth. Mom at least respects it enough to apologize whenever it happens. Daddy, on the other hand, says he knows I don't want to get involved but I am and should therefore know what's going on. But he eventually backs off when I protest enough. Am I doing the right thing? I don't want to be in the middle of my parents financial issues, but should I be?
Starbucks is going very well. I LOVE working there. I am absolutely in love with the way the crew works together :) :). Everyone seems to really like me and I am so glad, because they are amazing people. *laugh* it's really sad, actually, how much I like working there. On days that I don't work, I'm disappointed. Like today. But I switched with someone, so I get to close tomorrow! AND that means I don't have to get up at 5am on Saturday to open. Double plus.
School...eh. I just got back a test today and I'm really disappointed with the results. I studied for the test for a week and a half- more time than I think I've ever put into a test here and I got a 77. I was shocked, I felt like curling up into a ball and lying there. I don't understand how I could have gotten that, and it really made my day fall into the crapper.
Fortunately, the class after that is so interesting. Behavioral Pharmacology (the study of drugs and our behavior while on drugs). I was completely drawn into the conversation and it made my mood feel better. Does that ever happen to you? You have a bad mood and then you get drawn into a good discussion and it goes away?
Lamron meeting today, always a plus. I totally look forward to those every week.
Excellent ending to the day: Maria Full of Grace was showing in Bailey 135. Maria, if you don't know, is the story of a girl who becomes a drug mule and smuggles drugs out of Colombia. It's also a story about growth and eye-opening. Wonderful film. I would love to see it sometime without subtitles, not that my Spanish is that great, but I just think the film would be that much more powerful.
Wow, I didn't think that I would be able to type anything, and here I have typed several paragraphs. I'm going to end it here, though, I think. It's starting to feel like I have to update instead of wanting to....