mmmm, life.
i am always doing things i cant do, thats how i get to do them.
- picasso
wow. its been a nutty last week or so.
so much drama, so much crap. but i find i dont care a whole lot. i was talking to luis (my boss) about it the other day, and i was like, i came up here to work. this is a job. i didnt come up here to make friends. and i meant it.
but regardless of that, i did make friends. good friends that i value and appreciate more than i thought i could in 2 1/2 months. and i will miss them when i leave.
oh yeah. i should probably mention that im going home early. when i leave for my sisters wedding august 10, im not coming back. finscally, its the best choice. and i have a couple money-making opportunities when i go back to TC as well. and it will be a lot more relaxing and easy to pack and organize and stuff and take my time than to do it in a big rush in like a week.
im excited/relieved/etc to go home. M is going home early too, shes leaving me on the 1st.
but that doesnt mean i havent enjoyed this time either, i did have a good/interesting/educational time. i meant what picassos quote said...im always doing things people tell me are crazy, or i shouldnt do them, or theyll never work out. for example, going away to college. going to guatemala. coming to alaska. and im determined my trip to england is going to work out the same way. i need to go.
its been a really good few days though...even though i havent done a lot other than work. M and i had a huge heart-to-heart about a lot of things at the end of last week, and we were really honest about a lot of things we have never really talked about before. it felt really good, and i think it made us even better friends. ive known her for so long, we are really more like sisters than anything. it makes me realize how much ive missed her these last couple years, and how much im going to miss her when we go home and dont live together anymore.
but yeah, this week was good, minus the random workplace crap. emili and i went hiking on sunday, it rained so all the trees and vegetation up the mountain were wet, but it was cool. we went up to the 2nd waterfall. today i was off at 12:30 so she took the day off too and we kinda played tourist and went shopping and stuff, it was fun.
there are a few things im going to miss too...i may even actually miss the rain. :). im going to miss the view, and the wildlife. weirdly enough, im going to miss that i the fact that almost anywhere i go in this town, i know someone. i never thought i would like that, but i do. (there is a difference to knowing everyone and knowing everyones business, a facet of this small town that i completely loathe.) im going to miss speaking spanish all the time, im going to lose everything ive gained. im going to miss all the friends ive made, especially the ones from ocean view. heather, miguel, angel, santha, cynthia, kamille, antonio, alvaro, francisco, pepper, nikomi...etc etc. even luis. sometimes. its going to be hard to keep in touch with them too.
anywho...besides kinda getting in a car accident today, life was pretty good. alisha called me from the ani concert we were supposed to go to together...2nd row! damn...it sounded like such a good show. she always calls me from ani concerts and things like that that im not there for :). i miss her too. its impossible to get ahold of each other. shannon too. robs and i do the best on that, not surprisingly.
i think one of the highlights of my weekend, however, was the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. oh man. dont even get me started. i reserved my copy in january at borders in TC (yes, i am that much of a nerd :)), and my dad went to the midnight party on friday for me and picked it up with the intention of sending it to me to read it. but i couldnt wait and went to waldenbooks here in ktn and bought it saturday afternoon. even with working saturday and sunday night (they changed my damn schedule again and now im missing the 4400, dammit), i still finished the book sunday night. it was frickin amazing. i cried. a lot. but i love it. i dont know where she is going to go from here though, its a mystery to me.
anyways, its been a good time since i came back, but part of me is definitely counting down the days til i go. part of me is also kinda dragging it out b/c im not sure ill ever be back here, if i have to be realistic. i have to put my 2 weeks in at both my jobs, and i know promech is pretty unexcited about that. i dont think ocean view is too happy with me either, but hey, too bad. im over it. i need to do this.
yeah, thats all for me. have a good night everyone!!! :)
*katie*
- picasso
wow. its been a nutty last week or so.
so much drama, so much crap. but i find i dont care a whole lot. i was talking to luis (my boss) about it the other day, and i was like, i came up here to work. this is a job. i didnt come up here to make friends. and i meant it.
but regardless of that, i did make friends. good friends that i value and appreciate more than i thought i could in 2 1/2 months. and i will miss them when i leave.
oh yeah. i should probably mention that im going home early. when i leave for my sisters wedding august 10, im not coming back. finscally, its the best choice. and i have a couple money-making opportunities when i go back to TC as well. and it will be a lot more relaxing and easy to pack and organize and stuff and take my time than to do it in a big rush in like a week.
im excited/relieved/etc to go home. M is going home early too, shes leaving me on the 1st.
but that doesnt mean i havent enjoyed this time either, i did have a good/interesting/educational time. i meant what picassos quote said...im always doing things people tell me are crazy, or i shouldnt do them, or theyll never work out. for example, going away to college. going to guatemala. coming to alaska. and im determined my trip to england is going to work out the same way. i need to go.
its been a really good few days though...even though i havent done a lot other than work. M and i had a huge heart-to-heart about a lot of things at the end of last week, and we were really honest about a lot of things we have never really talked about before. it felt really good, and i think it made us even better friends. ive known her for so long, we are really more like sisters than anything. it makes me realize how much ive missed her these last couple years, and how much im going to miss her when we go home and dont live together anymore.
but yeah, this week was good, minus the random workplace crap. emili and i went hiking on sunday, it rained so all the trees and vegetation up the mountain were wet, but it was cool. we went up to the 2nd waterfall. today i was off at 12:30 so she took the day off too and we kinda played tourist and went shopping and stuff, it was fun.
there are a few things im going to miss too...i may even actually miss the rain. :). im going to miss the view, and the wildlife. weirdly enough, im going to miss that i the fact that almost anywhere i go in this town, i know someone. i never thought i would like that, but i do. (there is a difference to knowing everyone and knowing everyones business, a facet of this small town that i completely loathe.) im going to miss speaking spanish all the time, im going to lose everything ive gained. im going to miss all the friends ive made, especially the ones from ocean view. heather, miguel, angel, santha, cynthia, kamille, antonio, alvaro, francisco, pepper, nikomi...etc etc. even luis. sometimes. its going to be hard to keep in touch with them too.
anywho...besides kinda getting in a car accident today, life was pretty good. alisha called me from the ani concert we were supposed to go to together...2nd row! damn...it sounded like such a good show. she always calls me from ani concerts and things like that that im not there for :). i miss her too. its impossible to get ahold of each other. shannon too. robs and i do the best on that, not surprisingly.
i think one of the highlights of my weekend, however, was the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. oh man. dont even get me started. i reserved my copy in january at borders in TC (yes, i am that much of a nerd :)), and my dad went to the midnight party on friday for me and picked it up with the intention of sending it to me to read it. but i couldnt wait and went to waldenbooks here in ktn and bought it saturday afternoon. even with working saturday and sunday night (they changed my damn schedule again and now im missing the 4400, dammit), i still finished the book sunday night. it was frickin amazing. i cried. a lot. but i love it. i dont know where she is going to go from here though, its a mystery to me.
anyways, its been a good time since i came back, but part of me is definitely counting down the days til i go. part of me is also kinda dragging it out b/c im not sure ill ever be back here, if i have to be realistic. i have to put my 2 weeks in at both my jobs, and i know promech is pretty unexcited about that. i dont think ocean view is too happy with me either, but hey, too bad. im over it. i need to do this.
yeah, thats all for me. have a good night everyone!!! :)
*katie*