June 2007
8 posts
June 8 -- full day in Chicago
I spent last night in my brother’s apartment. Now my parents are on their way to take us to brunch, but they got a flat tire en route….suckssss. I hope they get here soon, because we have a fun day planned gonig around the city. It’s a beautiful day, and we were going to go to the blue’s festival downtown, maybe to the art museum too. Aaaah stupid car! Tomorrow is the...
June 7 -- Chicago!
I’ve only ever been to Chicago in January and February before…gotta say, its a completely different and much nicer city when you can go outside without your face hurting. It’s great to see my brother again! This night we saw a production of Arcadia, which my parents and I read before coming out here. It was great, and a lot of fun. I”m going to see another production of...
June 6
The day before I leave for Chicago!!! I’ve packed all morning, and now I have nothing to do but wait until I get to leave :D :D 10 days or so is plenty to live at home. Time to become a real person again. Tomorrow I fly with my parents to Chicago for my brother’s college graduation, and straight from tehre I go to Seattle on Sunday. For the whole summer!!!!! :D :D :D :D
June 5
I actually got up and out before noon today…I amaze myself :D I had my last doctor’s appointment before I leave, my yearly physical. Now I’m safe from both Tetanus and Hep A. Wohoo. I’m going to meet up with a good friend of mine later, to say goodbye before I leave for the summer, adn to see Pirates 3, ARRRR!!!! It’ll be fun, and good to get out of this house. ...
June 4. Shows how out of it I am
For the past few entries I wrote “July” instead of “June.” Just one of the many symptoms of brain rot…I didn’t realize I was in the wrong month until I got to Independence Day adn there were no fireworks. Today I”m legitimately housebound, since my Dad’s in Philly and my mom took the other car to work. So I guess I have no choice but to find...
July 3
My prediction was completely right….and now I’m almost entirely done with the episodes of The Office I can find online :) My mom’s been bugging me to do something productive, like pack…but I don’t leave til Thursday. Plenty of time. The Internet is way more dangerous than TV. My brain and muscles are both turning into mush :p oh well, I’ll make up for it all...
July 2
I’ve started lazing like a pro. A friend of mine got me completely addicted to The Office, the American version. So last night I stayed up ridiculously late angsting over Jim and Pam’s relationship. I really should always have a day job…otherwise I’ll just iron in front of my favorite soaps all day. Tragic. As a result, I sleep late, and then probably stay up late...
parents and electronics
Today I took my parents to the Sprint store in the mall to get our phones upgraded. It took them 1/2 an hour to decide on the phone (my mother’s single criterion being how easy the buttons are to push, and my father’s that it would take a beating), and it took the Sprint people 1.5 hours to do all the paperwork for a new phone plan and phone upgrades. Soooo much paperwork! The...
friends continued
Today I was totally wiped from lack of sleep, but I had a doctor’s appointment early in the morning. After that I tried to track down a Sprint store to upgrade my old, cracked, and oversized cell phone, but the store nearest my house closed down in the past year! Afterwards I met a couple friends at the Dave and Busters, which was actually a lot of fun. I had no idea their arcade games...
billy goat trail
Here’s a makeup post for yesterday, since I didn’t have Internet access pretty much all day. Instead, I communed with (read: got ridiculously lost in) nature on the Billy Goat Trail. I had hiked it last year with a few friends of mine, and we planned to do the same this year. It’s a beautiful 1.7 mile trail that runs along the Potomac river, and requires some fun...
May 2007
4 posts
shopping day 2
…And hopefully the final day. I got new frames for my glasses (previously held together semi-successfully with a rubber band), clothes for work, and running shoes that aren’t run down. In college, it’s hard to maintain your life beyond basic subsistence. I’ve got the food down in college, and sometimes sleep, but waste my precious free time on shopping? Never. Then...
My first full day at home
Today was my first full day at home this summer. I love seeing my parents again, being where the air is warm and smells like honeysuckle, and not stressing about exams. The grading I have left to do from the intro CS course I helped teach this semester still haunts me, but that’s currently the only stress in my life. It’s fantastic. I spent entirely too long today shopping with my...
