Tonight various aspects of my (duluth) life collided at the hub that is happy hour. I was working, running running to and away, zoned into the path I had to take. I am constantly surprised that no matter what, separate parts of your life always seem to connect in some way, shape, or form. Also, realizing that the way I frame things can be different ( Read more... )

When you are on a research team you have a special relationship with the professor that differs from the normal college experience. He knows your business, he asks about your business, and if he is the particular professor I have, he busts on you about your business. All in good fun. And tonight he took us all out in the party mobile (aka family ( Read more... )

Friday evening I headed down to the cities, dropping steph off partway. We rocked the old school jams on the way down, probably frightening the cars we passed. It was my first time driving in the cities and I was nervous. I had mapquested directions, but heard mixed reviews about the area in which I was going. Turns out the negative ones were ( Read more... )

INVENTORY. Means 8pm til 2:30 am countin stuff. and sku checking. and refolding so things like pretty once again. Means looking like I had a fight with a ballpoint pen and the pen won. It was just the females tonight, dealing with the hired crew of questionable social skills. feels mean saying it, I do feel bad for them. especially the lady with ( Read more... )

I closed the day with the peace I was so desperately needing last time. It wasn't really a cognitive change, just the way things were meant to go. up and down on this rollercoaster. I made it though work, which actually went quite well. It wasn't too busy but I felt productive and like I thoroughly helped a few different people, more than just the ( Read more... )

Yesterday, while preparing for the new dm Mano's visit to the store my wednesday shift was changed from an on-call to a definite. I was not thrilled with this news because it means that I now work every single day this week. What is it, spring break? I don't know how I keep going sometimes. I can only stretch so far - full time student, full time ( Read more... )

I was awakened from my slumber, hot and all kinds of disgruntled, by frankie and his girlfriend fighting, AGAIN. And I am a heavy sleeper. That was 1:15. It is now nearly 3:30 and I still can't get back to sleep, and they are still arguing. I even heard her blame something on me, something about frankie using "my roommate's here" as an excuse. The ( Read more... )

The Rundown ( Read more... )

I have never been so glad to see a spring break end. nine days, eleven shifts. It gets tiring. not that it's really been that bad, I've just had enough for now. I am repulsed by my own bouts of negativity as of late. By week's end bitterness had gotten the best of me and I was jealous of others' fortune. That's no way to be ( Read more... )

Myspace. Facebook. Online journals. The internet can be be an amazing place for connecting with those far away and even those not so far, but what about when you stumble across those from the past? Some you see and you think 'wow, I haven't heard anything of them in ages!' Some people appear not to be like you remember at all, making you wonder if ( Read more... )