what a weekend.
it was so nice to go to kc for the weekend. and thankfully, it wasn't too hard to leave when i had to because my family was already starting to get on my nerves. see, life would be perfect if every four or five weeks i could spend a day or two with them, and then i wouldn't forget that they tend to annoy me. haha. i love them to death, and i miss them like crazy, however, its hard to adjust to being back with them after being away for so long. but it was a great weekend. just hung out a lot on the back porch of my grandparents house, which is one of my favorite places on earth. i had a "spa night" with my sisters that consisted of manicures, pedicures, facials, and hair dye (well, for me at least). all in all it was excellent. the down side was i had to fly out of dallas, which is a five hour drive from here, so that was exhausting. i spent most of the drive time bothering people on the phone haha. i got back yesterday just in time to go out with the gang to a concert in downtown galveston. haha, can you imagine about 100 60+ year olds, in the town square having a "sing along" to patriotic music. it was interesting. thankfully, i was saved by shristhi's call, and when i walked away to talk to her, everyone followed, and that was the end of that. excellent. we all walked around "the strand" area, which is basically the downtown. there was nothing there. we went down to sit by the ocean and watch fireworks, however, they cancelled the city display because of bad weather (it had been bright and sunny since noon...), but random people were lighting fireworks on the beach, so we watched for a while. then we came back to our apartment, and played a game...skip bo is a great game haha. so yeah, that was my fourth.
i woke up late this morning, took too long getting ready, ran out the door without my lunch or my wallet, drove to work, started booking it to the lab, realized i left my badge in the car, and had to turn around to get it, or i wouldn't be able to get into my building...finally made it into the lab nearly an hour late, aaaaand my mentor isnt here yet. great. so i'm at work now, and i've already had a bad day, and don't really want to be here. i probably have to work on saturday too, since i took monday off. yay. thats okay though, my roommate is starting a second job, and other people never call when they say they will, so i'll just throw myself into work for the next five weeks. i realize i could initiate phone calls, but i'm stubborn, lol. we all knew this already though.
i started reading the devil wears prada...its hilarious. vidya and i are going to see it this weekend, so i have to finish the book by then. haha, but last night i was reading a little bit before bed, and the assistant had to take a pellagrino to her boss. it made me miss my partner in crime. its weird cause there have been several things in that book that have reminded me of my p.i.c. like the girl and her best friend get together one weekend, and for the whole weekend do nothing except drink beer and watch movies. yeah, i wish i could do that with my bff anytime i wanted. except, change the beer to boxed wine. or hard liquor. haha.
i unfortunately have to be at work for 10-12 hours today. then i'm going to sit in starbucks and read for the rest of the night. there is so much i should do (gre stuff, thesis stuff, grad school stuff...), but i really don't feel like it. i'll start doing all that next week.
in other news, i have to pay rent this week for the first time in my life. thats gross. which basically means i have $19 for the next two weeks. yeah, i'll be buying starbucks with my "emergency only" credit card. in my opinion, coffee is indeed an emergency.
i'm running out of things to ramble about. i wish i had some coffee right now, even though i had three cups before i got to work this morning! its dreary and rainy today, and that does nothing to make me happy, unfortunately, because i'm having one of those "all i feel like doing is crying" type of days. i dunno why. sometimes i just get like that. i'll be better manana.
oh, speaking of manana, but not really, this weekend, i was playing CLUE with my sisters and mom and nan, but none of us could really remember how to play, and the only instructions we had were in spanish. so i started trying to translate the directions, and i could do it! haha i was so proud of myself...i though i had forgotten everything from my five years, but i guess not. which is good, because for grad school, i have to be able to read scientific literature in a foreign language before the school's will grant me my phd. well, that is if i get into one of the "good" schools i'm applying to. we'll see. honestly though, i'm starting to wonder if i want to be on the east coast, or do something crazy and go to like, california or michigan or florida or something. hmm. i'm pretty sure i don't want to go to utmb...i don't know if i could spend 5-6 years in galveston. yeah, i would go insane. the people here are too.....i dunno, content, i guess. haha that doesnt sound right. its just that, there are so many people here who have been here their whole lives and thats okay with them. they have no interest in ever leaving galveston or texas. to me, its just like, there's so much world out there to explore. i find it a little sad to be twentysomething and not want to ever leave where you grew up. i mean, i understand the comfort zone part of it. but i still don't know. yeah, it seems kinda sad to me. anyway, thats my take on things.
so i've been here an hour. and my mentor still isn't here. and i can't start until she gets here. and i have at least 10 hours to be here after we start cause of the behavioral tests i have to do today. great. not a fan.
yeah, its one of those days. i'm really looking forward to my starbucks and devil wears prada tonight. its going to be the highlight of my week, i'm sure.
i woke up late this morning, took too long getting ready, ran out the door without my lunch or my wallet, drove to work, started booking it to the lab, realized i left my badge in the car, and had to turn around to get it, or i wouldn't be able to get into my building...finally made it into the lab nearly an hour late, aaaaand my mentor isnt here yet. great. so i'm at work now, and i've already had a bad day, and don't really want to be here. i probably have to work on saturday too, since i took monday off. yay. thats okay though, my roommate is starting a second job, and other people never call when they say they will, so i'll just throw myself into work for the next five weeks. i realize i could initiate phone calls, but i'm stubborn, lol. we all knew this already though.
i started reading the devil wears prada...its hilarious. vidya and i are going to see it this weekend, so i have to finish the book by then. haha, but last night i was reading a little bit before bed, and the assistant had to take a pellagrino to her boss. it made me miss my partner in crime. its weird cause there have been several things in that book that have reminded me of my p.i.c. like the girl and her best friend get together one weekend, and for the whole weekend do nothing except drink beer and watch movies. yeah, i wish i could do that with my bff anytime i wanted. except, change the beer to boxed wine. or hard liquor. haha.
i unfortunately have to be at work for 10-12 hours today. then i'm going to sit in starbucks and read for the rest of the night. there is so much i should do (gre stuff, thesis stuff, grad school stuff...), but i really don't feel like it. i'll start doing all that next week.
in other news, i have to pay rent this week for the first time in my life. thats gross. which basically means i have $19 for the next two weeks. yeah, i'll be buying starbucks with my "emergency only" credit card. in my opinion, coffee is indeed an emergency.
i'm running out of things to ramble about. i wish i had some coffee right now, even though i had three cups before i got to work this morning! its dreary and rainy today, and that does nothing to make me happy, unfortunately, because i'm having one of those "all i feel like doing is crying" type of days. i dunno why. sometimes i just get like that. i'll be better manana.
oh, speaking of manana, but not really, this weekend, i was playing CLUE with my sisters and mom and nan, but none of us could really remember how to play, and the only instructions we had were in spanish. so i started trying to translate the directions, and i could do it! haha i was so proud of myself...i though i had forgotten everything from my five years, but i guess not. which is good, because for grad school, i have to be able to read scientific literature in a foreign language before the school's will grant me my phd. well, that is if i get into one of the "good" schools i'm applying to. we'll see. honestly though, i'm starting to wonder if i want to be on the east coast, or do something crazy and go to like, california or michigan or florida or something. hmm. i'm pretty sure i don't want to go to utmb...i don't know if i could spend 5-6 years in galveston. yeah, i would go insane. the people here are too.....i dunno, content, i guess. haha that doesnt sound right. its just that, there are so many people here who have been here their whole lives and thats okay with them. they have no interest in ever leaving galveston or texas. to me, its just like, there's so much world out there to explore. i find it a little sad to be twentysomething and not want to ever leave where you grew up. i mean, i understand the comfort zone part of it. but i still don't know. yeah, it seems kinda sad to me. anyway, thats my take on things.
so i've been here an hour. and my mentor still isn't here. and i can't start until she gets here. and i have at least 10 hours to be here after we start cause of the behavioral tests i have to do today. great. not a fan.
yeah, its one of those days. i'm really looking forward to my starbucks and devil wears prada tonight. its going to be the highlight of my week, i'm sure.