Monday: My boss took the day off work so I was in charge all day.  Ten hours, busy all day but not end-of-the-world busy, and we had a manager from another store help for a few hours in the afternoon.  She wasn't actually much of a help, but at least we had someone able to approve anything over my not-high-enough-when-there's-no-manager limits. And ( Read more... )

This weekend was very needed and is very appreciated.  Except for the bit where I couldn't find $2000 at work on Saturday.  That bit lasted an hour and a half and had me very convinced that I was going to have to invite myself back to my parents' house in a month.  Thank god it was a work error and fixable and everything is fine ( Read more... )

It's been a hell of a week, but I haven't really talked to my parents for quite a while so as I left work tonight, I decided to enjoy the beautiful evening and call my mom while walking to my express train.  She asked about my weekend, and I told her I was picnicking with Mike and Carlos and possibly a couple of Mike's teacher friends.  "Oooh, any ( Read more... )

• My sister's visit was, quite simply, perfect.  We walked almost everywhere, ate a lot of great food, saw Once and LOVED it, took lots of pictures, stayed up late talking in bed, hung out with my friends, ate more great food.  It's the first time in at least four years that we've had bulk quality time together (without the nephew/other family around ( Read more... )

It's 230a and my brain won't shut up.  I'm tired and sleep-deprived, but my mind is racing racing racing. So brain dump:

• My sister is visiting tomorrow!  I'm so excited to see her and share my city with her.  We're going to wander around the city and eat a lot of treats and see Once on Broadway and have brunch with my friends on Sunday.  I've been a ( Read more... )

Food for Thought: As an introvert, I need time to myself to recuperate from and reenergize for interacting with other people. But there are a handful of individuals whose company never grows old, people I call my kindred spirits.  They are the select few I always like being with and never tire of.  It occurred to me a few days ago that I don't tire ( Read more... )

Roundaboutly ended up spending time looking through Facebook photos of my ex and then of his brothers tonight.  I really miss his family.  Sometimes I even miss him ( Read more... )

What the holy hell, LiveJournal?

Sometimes I feel like all the sites are merging into one.  That's also about the time I feel old.

I just had this imaginary conversation with my younger sister, whom I generally perceive to be more beautiful, intelligent, creative, and thoughtful than I am:

Me: You're everything I want to be, you're so much better than me.
Sister: But I'm not.  And that doesn't mean I think I'm perfect.  I had a kid a year ago, and parts of my body are wrecked ( Read more... )

Thanks for the love, peeps.  It's been a long couple of weeks, but I'm mostly okay.  This weekend was extremely helpful in buoying my spirits and recharging my batteries.  Nothing fancy, but a lot of quality time with people important to me interspersed with actually-restful sleep and kitty-snuggles (cat-sitting).  It's really about time for me to ( Read more... )