counting the hours to vacation

today just really isnt my day... I had to fight myself out of bed and was in the office by 7am. Work got progressively worse during the day. Im starting to get it to me personally - let me rephrase that - I continue to let it get to me personally. I left work wayy too late (almost 8pm) and am no where close being done with what I need to do.

I got an email today that left me open jawed... i have no idea what it is all about really (im actually just copied on it), but it gives me the impression that I have been lied to for years and years and this whole time was oblivious... The little (very little) i thought I knew this person, it now seems that even that little i didnt know at all and was wrong about.

Cleaning the kitchen and taking out loads of trasha fter all this was not fun... and now, at 1o.30PM (11 hrs after I had lunch) i made myself dinner - which given the state of my refrigerator is just a salad.

Now I need to muster the energy to go pack since im leaving for out of town straight from work - at least its for a vacation.

thank goodness the day is almost over... its about time.

pree

gimme a break

Work has been kicking my butt, but yesterday I got a nice treat... a GREAT treat actually. I left work early and went canooning and fishing at Winton Woods - a park in Cinci. It was amazing... the rowing, the nice breeze, the warm sun, the good chat, the silly attempts at casting a fishing line. It was a well deserved mental break... but now here I am. Up LATE trying to catch up on work.

Looking fwd to my next break.

Pree

PS: Kind of in love with David Cook

"diary of a restroom user"

I was inspired by the movie I watched today but obviously I wasnt as talented when it came to choosing a title... anyways!
So I go to the restroom at the mall today... (its actually a funny story, i promise) when I come in there are three girls already in the stalls. They are chatting and chatting away, because of course, as women we must socialize while we pee.... anywyas... I guess these girls didnt notice I came in, and if they did they just didnt care... as I am, you know, peeing I hear the following exchange:

Girl 1: Oh come on... give him a chance!
Girl 2: I dont even know him.
Girl 1: Im sure it will be fun
Girl 2: I am not having you set me up on a blind date
Girl 3: How bad can it be, come on, just give it a try!
Girl 1: There is just one thing I forgot to mention...
Girl 2: What?
Girl 1: I havent actually seen or talked to him
Girl 2: WHAT??
(washing their hands)
Girl 1: Well, he is my rommates friend but she says he is really nice
Girl 3: Oh if Mary* says he is nice then he must really be
Girl 2: Look, im just not going on a blind date
Girl 1: Its not like you can get a date of your own anyways, so you might as well
Girl 2: OH! Dont even get me started
Girl 3: OMG! Look how awful my butt looks in the mirror
(a.d.d. moment...)
Girl 2: Oh no.. you have a butt chin!

As I washed my hands after these girls had left I wondered to myself, who sets up their friends on blind dates with guys they never even met? Why do we have such a crazy desire to chat so openly when we are all "hovering" half naked, staring at each others last-weeks nailpolish and focusing intently on "minimizing splash sound"? And most importantly what is a butt chin?????

happy happy joy joy

T minus 1 day. Work starts tomorrow... woo hoo!!! As I lay in bed this morning I realized that as much as I've been looking forward to work tomorrow, after tomorrow I will work forever... its so crazy! We go to school for so many years and now all that Ive been "preparing" for is about to start. its kinda neat but Im sure there is plenty I will miss.

My weekend has been really good. I went to this Gator Club happy hour, I got new stuff for the house (dresser, rug, pillows), I had dinner and hung out with a friend last night, I spent 2 hrs grocery shopping. I went shopping at Lowes with Felipe yesterday and it was pretty nice... I have all sorts of thoughts on this whole us being friends thing but I will write about that later. Now Im building my dresser and later I will rearrange the living room and probably go watch Stardust!!! Im having a very happy Sunday. I went to mass this morning. This new church really hit the spot... the readings today were neat (Ayola wrote about it here) but in spite of that it all felt right... the music was upbeat, the people were so friendly during the "peace", and I am considering either joining the choir or maybe volunteering as a catechist for the elementary school kids. Finding a good community makes the world of different... I think nothing will ever compare to St. Augustine's but I am looking forward to being proven wrong.

Anyways... I hope your Sunday is beautifully blessed!
<3 Pree

in the middle of the night

Last night Rachel and I talked for 2 hours and 45 minutes... it was 3 AM when I finally went to sleep. See, thats the problem when you roommate lives in the West Coast and you live on EST. I know, I know.. she is not my roomie anymore. But if you heard us talk, we might as well be. Instead of telling you all about our convo I will just give you some highlights...

Perfect Man
* I told her my new criteria for my next guy. Her response: "yeah... that doesnt exist". But she did recommend I look into Mr. Wonderful . Its a possibility.
* We agreed that half of my criteria will probably become irrelevant if I actually want to go on more dates.
* In spite of me wanting to keep an age restriction of 24/25 years old, Rachel convinced me to change it to 24-28 years old. Men are way behind on maturity level anyways.

Crappy Things Now that Im Out of College / Growing Up
* Work just sucks the life out of you. And all your friends work too, so calling someone at midnight or 2PM just isnt acceptable anymore.
* "When was the last time you got tested?" might actually be a way of hinting that you are interested in sleeping with them... what a sad/harsh reality.
* Not being able to just skip work and hang out in pjs all day or go to the beach (especially me being in Cincinnati and all).
* Going out on Fridays and calling it a night by midnight!

Things I Cant Believe We Discussed
* My "oh-so-perfect" ex didnt figure out my bday gift all by himself!!! And here I was putting him on a pedestal...
* Maybe if you dont have sex with them for the first 6 months of the relationship then they wont cheat on you... (I gotta try this one bcuz seriously this is just ridiculous)
* We kinda made a bet about how overworked and anti-social someone is...
* I told her about Ayola's discovery... "after you are intimate with 12 ppl, then you find the right one"! No thank you very much.

Its funny how "normal" staying up til 3AM on the phone feels like... my whole life Ive furthered my relationships this way... whether it was all nighters in high school, or gChats at 3am or drunk calls in the middle of the night. There is something about the night time that allows conversations just to flow... no interruptions, no other noises, the darkness... all of a sudden you connect with the other person like you just wouldnt over a lunch talk. The way I see it, 3 hour convos are a great thing.

Anyways, enough blabing. I gotta go to the gym. Overall yesterday was a reallyyyyy good day. I worked out tons, dinner was good, made progress on scrapbooking and talked to my roomie =)
Im so pumped about the weekend!!!