The Best Things In Life Are Free
Oh man being super broke has cut down my social life immensely. I’m saving money to attend national convention so that I won’t have to penny pinch or charge up my credit card. There’s nothing worse then going on vacation and having to watch your budget, and I don’t plan on starting that limitation on myself now.
Free things I did last week were attend a cocktail bash thrown my yelp.com. I was invited as an elite yelper to this fancy stake and sushi house downtown where other elite yelpers gather to stuff our faces with free ordurves. Holy crap, they were absolutely divine. Yummy potato cakes with beef tenderloin slivers on top in a bermise sauce drizzled made me go crazy. Also couldn’t get enough of the lobster spread on the pasta chips, salmon cakes, slices of prime rib and endless sushi. The wine was flowing and so were the Makers Mark cocktails with jazzy music. There were also free massages and hand treatments in the spa above the restaurant but by the time I made it up there they were finished so we just had their dessert instead. I felt so grown up in my cocktail attire as I came down the marble stair case into the room. I would have socialized with more people other then just my two friends but it was kind of hard to hear with the music and didn’t know how to make my wandering around the room look smooth without people thinking I was lost. Next time.
Hilarious moment was when my dress got caught in the escalator as I was about to step off. Whew got it out just in the nick of time before my friend would have fallen over me from behind. Truly like a scene from a movie.
Thursday I got to go to the comedy club for free because my cousin won 20 free tickets. Comedy clubs hold a special place in my heart and this night reminded me of why. Being able to have a witty person make you laugh uncontrollably makes you feel so carefree and is like medicine to the soul. With a serious job like mine where I hear very sad things from people’s life experiences, it’s good for me to practice self-care and now I found out a new way of doing it. So I’m going to try and go to the comedy club quarterly from now on.
The new interns started last week and I like them all for the most part. It feels kind of cool to have my boss ask for my opinion more finally because I have sonority but also makes me feel like I’m slightly set a part from the new intern group because they all went threw training together. When I first began my field placement in the spring, there was the existing group of 7 interns who had already bonded where I tried to make myself a part of their group and finally succeeded in mid April. But now this new group of interns went threw training together in addition to being in the same social work classes and have formed a cohesive bond, kind of making me feel like I fell threw the cracks. OH well, I just have a month and a half left before it’s all over.
Finally, this week marked an anniversary for me. June 19th marked the day that I went blind 11 years ago. I briefly thought about it but didn’t celebrate it like I have in years past. No reason, just happy to know that my life has changed so much from what I thought it would ever be like. I’ve accomplished so much and never would have thought that any of my dreams were possible when I first went blind. Thanks to all of my NFB family and friends for helping me shatter this misconception.
Off to finish reading My Sister’s Keeper.
Free things I did last week were attend a cocktail bash thrown my yelp.com. I was invited as an elite yelper to this fancy stake and sushi house downtown where other elite yelpers gather to stuff our faces with free ordurves. Holy crap, they were absolutely divine. Yummy potato cakes with beef tenderloin slivers on top in a bermise sauce drizzled made me go crazy. Also couldn’t get enough of the lobster spread on the pasta chips, salmon cakes, slices of prime rib and endless sushi. The wine was flowing and so were the Makers Mark cocktails with jazzy music. There were also free massages and hand treatments in the spa above the restaurant but by the time I made it up there they were finished so we just had their dessert instead. I felt so grown up in my cocktail attire as I came down the marble stair case into the room. I would have socialized with more people other then just my two friends but it was kind of hard to hear with the music and didn’t know how to make my wandering around the room look smooth without people thinking I was lost. Next time.
Hilarious moment was when my dress got caught in the escalator as I was about to step off. Whew got it out just in the nick of time before my friend would have fallen over me from behind. Truly like a scene from a movie.
Thursday I got to go to the comedy club for free because my cousin won 20 free tickets. Comedy clubs hold a special place in my heart and this night reminded me of why. Being able to have a witty person make you laugh uncontrollably makes you feel so carefree and is like medicine to the soul. With a serious job like mine where I hear very sad things from people’s life experiences, it’s good for me to practice self-care and now I found out a new way of doing it. So I’m going to try and go to the comedy club quarterly from now on.
The new interns started last week and I like them all for the most part. It feels kind of cool to have my boss ask for my opinion more finally because I have sonority but also makes me feel like I’m slightly set a part from the new intern group because they all went threw training together. When I first began my field placement in the spring, there was the existing group of 7 interns who had already bonded where I tried to make myself a part of their group and finally succeeded in mid April. But now this new group of interns went threw training together in addition to being in the same social work classes and have formed a cohesive bond, kind of making me feel like I fell threw the cracks. OH well, I just have a month and a half left before it’s all over.
Finally, this week marked an anniversary for me. June 19th marked the day that I went blind 11 years ago. I briefly thought about it but didn’t celebrate it like I have in years past. No reason, just happy to know that my life has changed so much from what I thought it would ever be like. I’ve accomplished so much and never would have thought that any of my dreams were possible when I first went blind. Thanks to all of my NFB family and friends for helping me shatter this misconception.
Off to finish reading My Sister’s Keeper.