Lots of words, no substance
I'm in Covington now and am officially done with Kansas City. I think I've done a better job putting Kansas City into perspective since I've been gone. Honestly, Kansas City isn't that bad. There's lots of entertainment and a fair amount of culture. And I'll tell you that their sushi beats the pants off of any place in Rochester, oddly enough. I'd like to pick up the whole city and move it a little closer to other places, however, and probably closer to the ocean. I know I'm not that into the ocean, but it's comforting to know it's within a few hundred miles and I can go visit it almost on a whim. But the work experience was fantastic and will hopefully aid me in acquiring a totally unrelated position. Okay, not totally, but definitely not pharmaceutical. I'm thinking cosmetics packaging. In New York City, of course. But I still have a year and change of school left to decide all that.
I'm sorry to announce that Covington is still boring. There haven't been a ton of people in town the past two days and it's been close to miserable. Brad took me on my first trip (that I remember) to Roaring Run yesterday, so that was pretty awesome. I think nature and I might have made up a little since the tick incident. The tick incident is when I found 7-8 deer ticks on me and had no idea what they were. The ticks were closely followed by chiggers. All of this was either from a very brief walk in the woods or eating lunch against a tree. I think it was the tree based on the timing, but who knows. Anyway, this is to document that in case I ever come down with some disease that's tough to diagnose, because it'll probably be Lyme disease. Anyway, it was good to appreciate nature again, since I had pretty much given up on it and had committed to concrete and steel for eternity.
I'm moving back to Rochester Sunday. I found a relatively affordable studio in a downtown apartment building. It costs basically the same as the place I lived last year with a roommate, so I figured I might as well be without a roommate when I can. Well that and it's not so easy to find a roommate when most of my friends have graduated and it's a weird time in the school year. Either way, it'll be fun I think. Except for the whole...going to school thing after being off for over 8 months. Although classes don't start until December 4th, I'm going back next week to find a job hopefully and get my apartment all set up. I think I'm going to make it look ok since I have a little extra cash at this point. I know, I know, not the best way to spend my money but my brother's house inspired me. Of course I might just buy a futon and coffee table and consider my money spent. Next week isn't going to be fun at all except hopefully Tom's going to meet me in Rochester and help me out :) He's a pretty swell guy. But it's going to be a lot of putting IKEA furniture together for the third time or so, blah. I hope it gets through it okay.
Mom and I are going Black Friday shopping again this year. It's so much fun even though I hate shopping and I hate crowds. It's tough to explain. It might just be hanging out with my mom and parking across the four-lane road and walking to Target in the cold. We're going to see Happy Feet while we're there and that's really what's key to making the Roanoke trip worthwhile. Anyway, I'll shut up now. I can't imagine anyone actually reading through to the end.
I'm sorry to announce that Covington is still boring. There haven't been a ton of people in town the past two days and it's been close to miserable. Brad took me on my first trip (that I remember) to Roaring Run yesterday, so that was pretty awesome. I think nature and I might have made up a little since the tick incident. The tick incident is when I found 7-8 deer ticks on me and had no idea what they were. The ticks were closely followed by chiggers. All of this was either from a very brief walk in the woods or eating lunch against a tree. I think it was the tree based on the timing, but who knows. Anyway, this is to document that in case I ever come down with some disease that's tough to diagnose, because it'll probably be Lyme disease. Anyway, it was good to appreciate nature again, since I had pretty much given up on it and had committed to concrete and steel for eternity.
I'm moving back to Rochester Sunday. I found a relatively affordable studio in a downtown apartment building. It costs basically the same as the place I lived last year with a roommate, so I figured I might as well be without a roommate when I can. Well that and it's not so easy to find a roommate when most of my friends have graduated and it's a weird time in the school year. Either way, it'll be fun I think. Except for the whole...going to school thing after being off for over 8 months. Although classes don't start until December 4th, I'm going back next week to find a job hopefully and get my apartment all set up. I think I'm going to make it look ok since I have a little extra cash at this point. I know, I know, not the best way to spend my money but my brother's house inspired me. Of course I might just buy a futon and coffee table and consider my money spent. Next week isn't going to be fun at all except hopefully Tom's going to meet me in Rochester and help me out :) He's a pretty swell guy. But it's going to be a lot of putting IKEA furniture together for the third time or so, blah. I hope it gets through it okay.
Mom and I are going Black Friday shopping again this year. It's so much fun even though I hate shopping and I hate crowds. It's tough to explain. It might just be hanging out with my mom and parking across the four-lane road and walking to Target in the cold. We're going to see Happy Feet while we're there and that's really what's key to making the Roanoke trip worthwhile. Anyway, I'll shut up now. I can't imagine anyone actually reading through to the end.