I don't know. It hasn't been all that great. My friends are having the times of their lives, or at least recounting them to me, and I don't even have any stories. Work is getting progressively more boring by the day. I don't have any exciting plans. To give you, the reader, an idea of how blah my summer is going, I work on July 4 from 2-8. That's my day right there.
I realized tonight that I never really kept in touch with any of my friends from high school. The one friend from high school that goes to college with me doesn't really count in my opinion, because we weren't that close in high school, not like we are in college. I haven't really kept in touch with anyone. I also realized that I have no idea how people know people. I have no idea how to really connect. Even online I think two people read my blog. Wow. Great job, me.
I just... feel like I'm wasting precious time to be exciting and do stupid and exciting things that are a terrible idea at the time and a fantastic idea retrospectively. Someone rescue me, I've become terribly boring and I don't know how to become exciting again. Hopefully this changes next year, when I will be taking spontaneous weekend trips to London as money and bands permit.
Oh well. That's my incredibly boring filler blog entry because nothing exciting or even noteworthy has happened as yet during the six weeks I've already had of summer.
- Jen -
26 June 2009
21 June 2009
Do daughters dream of electric mowers? And other short stories.
A lot of people are surprised when I tell them this, but I mow the lawn at my house. And it's more often than not these days. My dad would prefer to go on bike rides when the weather is nice, and my brother is either doing things with his friends or unable to do so because of his allergies. So, it falls to me to do it. I don't really mind; there's no other job where I'm gonna earn $20 an hour. The only thing is, I'd really prefer to have an electric mower. They're much quieter, don't use as much gas, aren't as much of a pain to start, and I can listen to music while I mow. This one is way too loud. So I composed my blog entry in my head for about an hour, haha.
It's been nice having the weekend off of work. I've spent a lot of time with my family and also a lot of personal time just enjoying a little bit of quiet. Especially since it's Father's Day weekend.
It's weird: both of my boys are away for a few days. My brother and my boyfriend are both at camps, one at Youth to Youth (drug- and alcohol-free youth playing reindeer games for four days) and the other at a fraternity-sponsored leadership camp (playing reindeer games for four days). One is at Capital University, one is at Miami of Ohio. It's so weird to not have them around.
My friend stopped through town on Friday on his way home, so I got to grab dinner with him. He's swinging through again today, which I believe will mean another meal in a few hours.
I guess that's all. It's been a pretty boring summer so far. Enjoy the daylight today! (One of my friend's status on Facebook is "The longest day of the year." I believe they're all 24 hours long... I'm so sarcastic, I should really cut that out.)
- Jen -
It's been nice having the weekend off of work. I've spent a lot of time with my family and also a lot of personal time just enjoying a little bit of quiet. Especially since it's Father's Day weekend.
It's weird: both of my boys are away for a few days. My brother and my boyfriend are both at camps, one at Youth to Youth (drug- and alcohol-free youth playing reindeer games for four days) and the other at a fraternity-sponsored leadership camp (playing reindeer games for four days). One is at Capital University, one is at Miami of Ohio. It's so weird to not have them around.
My friend stopped through town on Friday on his way home, so I got to grab dinner with him. He's swinging through again today, which I believe will mean another meal in a few hours.
I guess that's all. It's been a pretty boring summer so far. Enjoy the daylight today! (One of my friend's status on Facebook is "The longest day of the year." I believe they're all 24 hours long... I'm so sarcastic, I should really cut that out.)
- Jen -
17 June 2009
Welcome to the real world, Neo.
... I am such a nerd.
Work is kinda weird. It's more tiring than I thought it would be. I mean, for the past six days I've been working at least 6 hours a day, mainly without meal breaks. Thank goodness for 15-minute company-sponsored breaks. J asked me today what my work duties are, and I had to say, I maintain order. That's basically my job description. Need more merch on the floor? I can do that. Need a new tag or need to stash defective merch? I can do that. Need the place straightened up? I can do that. It's kinda boring, but since it doesn't require all that much brain power, I have a lot of time to think.
It gets old, though. At first my feet were killing me. Then it was my knees (particularly my right, though it's always been a problem) and my hips (particularly my left, but again, always been a problem). Now it's my upper back. And the best part is that I haven't even received a paycheck yet. Although something exciting happened today: I actually was called out by name and asked to be put in a specific department. I think that means that I'm doing things well.
In other news, the next episode of LOST that I get to watch is the Season 2 two-hour finale. Awesomesauce. That means that we can take a couple weeks to charge through each of the remaining seasons.
By the way, anyone who has never heard of or has never been to Tim Horton's? Hunt one down and go to it. They have bagels, sandwiches, donuts, donut holes, great coffee, Iced Capps (so delicious), and even iced coffee for summer. I kind of like it better than Starbucks, and that's saying something. Too bad they only have it around Wendy's headquarters (that's my hometown) or near Canada.
Been playing a lot of video games. I was kind of proud of myself: I beat a video game that J got for me in about 20 hours without using a guide for it! That's a big deal to someone like me. I'm a piss-poor gamer but I really enjoy some games.
Doctor's appointment tomorrow. Kind of nervous for it. Hopefully everything goes well.
Oh, and I actually have some study abroad updates. The travel agency emailed me to confirm that they're waiting for the days to go by so that they can schedule our return flights in June 2010. I can't believe this is actually happening. I used to be excited. Now I'm actually scared and dreading it. I've never had to do this kind of disconnect from my normal life. I don't know how I'll handle it. Besides, things with J are finally going in a direction that I like - we're both growing, paying attention to our relationship - and by the end of the summer, we'll already be long distance, and it will only get worse. I can't afford for our relationship to stall right now. I can't afford not to keep him in the loop.
Oh, and one of my tutors emailed me. However, he's asking if some other guy (I assume my head tutor?) has been in contact with me, and I gotta say... no. Nobody else has tried to contact me. I'm starting to wonder if they input my email address wrong: their form asked for all caps and I'm not sure they could handle it.
Also, things got kinda awkward with parents in the last week. So far, this has been the Summer of Suck, from my viewpoint anyways. I hope everyone else has it much better.
- Jen -
Work is kinda weird. It's more tiring than I thought it would be. I mean, for the past six days I've been working at least 6 hours a day, mainly without meal breaks. Thank goodness for 15-minute company-sponsored breaks. J asked me today what my work duties are, and I had to say, I maintain order. That's basically my job description. Need more merch on the floor? I can do that. Need a new tag or need to stash defective merch? I can do that. Need the place straightened up? I can do that. It's kinda boring, but since it doesn't require all that much brain power, I have a lot of time to think.
It gets old, though. At first my feet were killing me. Then it was my knees (particularly my right, though it's always been a problem) and my hips (particularly my left, but again, always been a problem). Now it's my upper back. And the best part is that I haven't even received a paycheck yet. Although something exciting happened today: I actually was called out by name and asked to be put in a specific department. I think that means that I'm doing things well.
In other news, the next episode of LOST that I get to watch is the Season 2 two-hour finale. Awesomesauce. That means that we can take a couple weeks to charge through each of the remaining seasons.
By the way, anyone who has never heard of or has never been to Tim Horton's? Hunt one down and go to it. They have bagels, sandwiches, donuts, donut holes, great coffee, Iced Capps (so delicious), and even iced coffee for summer. I kind of like it better than Starbucks, and that's saying something. Too bad they only have it around Wendy's headquarters (that's my hometown) or near Canada.
Been playing a lot of video games. I was kind of proud of myself: I beat a video game that J got for me in about 20 hours without using a guide for it! That's a big deal to someone like me. I'm a piss-poor gamer but I really enjoy some games.
Doctor's appointment tomorrow. Kind of nervous for it. Hopefully everything goes well.
Oh, and I actually have some study abroad updates. The travel agency emailed me to confirm that they're waiting for the days to go by so that they can schedule our return flights in June 2010. I can't believe this is actually happening. I used to be excited. Now I'm actually scared and dreading it. I've never had to do this kind of disconnect from my normal life. I don't know how I'll handle it. Besides, things with J are finally going in a direction that I like - we're both growing, paying attention to our relationship - and by the end of the summer, we'll already be long distance, and it will only get worse. I can't afford for our relationship to stall right now. I can't afford not to keep him in the loop.
Oh, and one of my tutors emailed me. However, he's asking if some other guy (I assume my head tutor?) has been in contact with me, and I gotta say... no. Nobody else has tried to contact me. I'm starting to wonder if they input my email address wrong: their form asked for all caps and I'm not sure they could handle it.
Also, things got kinda awkward with parents in the last week. So far, this has been the Summer of Suck, from my viewpoint anyways. I hope everyone else has it much better.
- Jen -
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