What a day
Didn't think 24 hours could be quite so punishing. Let's see...
- Some jerk parked his SUV in the back lot at my apartment, not in the FURTHEST BACK area, but the SECOND to furthest back, such that, after digging out my car, the only way out was to shuffle slowly back and forth for about 45 minutes and narrowly avoiding both the SUV AND a set of wooden stairs and accompanying bicycle. Hurg.
- At Waldenbooks, I was trying to check out the Humor section when a woman arrived at the same time as me to my right. I check out the stuff on the left side, but discover that where I want to be looking is where she's standing. I decide to check the left side stuff, then look at the Language section (still trying to learn Japanese and ASL, got ____ for Dummies for both)... lady's still there, with kid. I go to another section for a few minutes. Still nothing. Fifteen minutes go by and I discover this lady is rotating in place, reading every book in arm's reach. When she finally leaves, the book I was looking for was nowhere to be found. Damn.
- Couldn't sleep last night. Dunno why, that kinda sucked.
- Still gotta wrap stuff for tomorrow, and I'm intending to leave (see next note), gotta shower too (got lazy today, what can I say)
- Gonna be spending the night (and morning, until about 9ish) at the Anticos' (my mom's boyfriend's place). It's weird doing Christmas at 21, I dunno. Compare ten years ago, I'm 11, my sister's 8, waking up, waking our parents up, run downstairs, wait for Dad to get the video camera ready. Five hours later, we start opening presents. One at a time, alternating, all that stuff. Tomorrow I'll be waking up for Christmas morning with my sister, my mom, her boyfriend, his two daughters, all of us "kids" 18 or older, different vibe. I dunno.
Well, gonna go finish up getting stuff ready. So tired, hoping to get some good rest tonight. Hoy. In case I don't get a hold of folks tomorrow, Merry Christmas, everyone!
- Some jerk parked his SUV in the back lot at my apartment, not in the FURTHEST BACK area, but the SECOND to furthest back, such that, after digging out my car, the only way out was to shuffle slowly back and forth for about 45 minutes and narrowly avoiding both the SUV AND a set of wooden stairs and accompanying bicycle. Hurg.
- At Waldenbooks, I was trying to check out the Humor section when a woman arrived at the same time as me to my right. I check out the stuff on the left side, but discover that where I want to be looking is where she's standing. I decide to check the left side stuff, then look at the Language section (still trying to learn Japanese and ASL, got ____ for Dummies for both)... lady's still there, with kid. I go to another section for a few minutes. Still nothing. Fifteen minutes go by and I discover this lady is rotating in place, reading every book in arm's reach. When she finally leaves, the book I was looking for was nowhere to be found. Damn.
- Couldn't sleep last night. Dunno why, that kinda sucked.
- Still gotta wrap stuff for tomorrow, and I'm intending to leave (see next note), gotta shower too (got lazy today, what can I say)
- Gonna be spending the night (and morning, until about 9ish) at the Anticos' (my mom's boyfriend's place). It's weird doing Christmas at 21, I dunno. Compare ten years ago, I'm 11, my sister's 8, waking up, waking our parents up, run downstairs, wait for Dad to get the video camera ready. Five hours later, we start opening presents. One at a time, alternating, all that stuff. Tomorrow I'll be waking up for Christmas morning with my sister, my mom, her boyfriend, his two daughters, all of us "kids" 18 or older, different vibe. I dunno.
Well, gonna go finish up getting stuff ready. So tired, hoping to get some good rest tonight. Hoy. In case I don't get a hold of folks tomorrow, Merry Christmas, everyone!