OOPS!

OK, OK, so I haven't been posting. Bad Catherine!

Things have been ho hum kind of dull here, but given my large span of time for which I wasn't blogging, I have a tad more information to share than usual! This past weekend my sister and I took our parents out for an overnight on the town in celebration of their 26th wedding anniversary. We reserved a one night stay at a four star hotel for 2 and got family reservations at a fancy restaurant and everything. When we arrived at the hotel to check in, the hostess said, "Oops, we don't have any more available rooms in the same style that you reserved." All I could think was "oh crud, now what?" But after speaking with her manager she said that she was sorry for the inconvenience and that they were going to give my parents a 2-story loft room instead. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A ROOM 3 TIMES THE VALUE OF THE ONE MY SISTER AND I HAD BOOKED!

Needless to say, that went over quite well! On a more unfortunate note, I was scheduled to be in NYC for my boyfriend's birthday this upcoming Monday, but he was hired to work longer in Florida. So no NYC trip for me this summer! Although that was kind of disappointing, i had far too much fun packing his birthday presents in a box for UPS to deliver lovingly on the weekend before his actual birthday. I am really going to make him work for his gifts. It's a box, within a box, within a box. Each layer is surrounded by streamers, confetti, and little "on this day in history" messages. I really wish I could see his face when he's unwrapping it all! hopefully that will bring a bit of a party to him since he's so far away from his friends.

Yesterday I had a bit of an adventure. I had the day off of work, and almost no gas in my tank. But, I needed to drop off the wonderful birthday package at the UPS store. It's not too far from my house so I decided to walk. Upon my arrival home, I google mapped the walk I had taken. It turns out that I walked 8 miles roundtrip. I think that's pretty cool.

Other than that, nothing to report except that there are only 30 days until college move in day, and 2 paychecks left to receive!

The Sleep-over

Andrea has been holding a summer tent-out sleepover for as long as I have known her. Once again, it was a great success. She really is my closest of my "bests". Lately I have been concerned for her health and happiness. Her boyfriend is a very hot and cold type person. One day he is the sweet loving kid she started dating in junior year of high school. Other days he's moody and kind of controlling.

Just like my concern for all people, I just want her to be happy. I know she is happy sometimes, but definitely not others. I am not able to "fix" people. I can only watch and offer advice when it is asked for. It's not my life, I have no right to tell her what to do with it. It's always easier to comment on things when you are not directly involved with them. I know that if the same thing was happening to me right now, I most likely would not be taking my own advice.

Eric took some amusing videos/pictures of the party people in the pool. They are not the least bit flattering, but they are certainly worth a laugh. Hopefully I will get a copy so I can post it here.

I'm at work for most of this week, bringing home the money :-). I'm just trying to work as much as possible now so I don't have to over the semester. I will still be working in catering and dishwashing on campus, but I want to limit my hours to about 12 or 16 a week. I'm really glad that I will have this job on all my breaks. It's so much better than a simply seasonal job.

My grandparents are coming over today for a cook-out. That will be nice to come home to, family and food!

Weird Summer

Okay, so I'm sure everyone remembers what it's like to get out of school and have the entire summer ahead of them. This is usually a time that is anticipated for months. For the first time in my life, I did not look forward to this summer. I went from dorming at school and being able to live however I wanted, to coming home and feeling like a child once again. In all honesty the only things that make this summer somewhat salvageable are my friends and my job. I really think I could not have gotten any luckier with my summer employment. I had unfortunately lost contact with some of my friends over the past academic year, so playing catch-up is fun.
My compliant with this summer has to do with not being able to see my friends from college because they are mostly from NYC. The hardest thing is having my boyfriend work in California. His time scale is different from mine which makes communication more difficult. It ends up with him calling me after work around 12:30am our time. He's exhausted from his long day and I'm tired from mine. It ends up with both of us being grouchy and turning our anticipated conversation into something disappointing/distressing.

In conclusion, I have exceedingly mixed feelings about this summer. 7 weeks and 3 days until move-in day for the start of my sophomore year. I'm pretty excited about this 4th of July weekend though, I'm heading over to my friends house for fireworks on the 4th and then I'm sleeping over on the 5th in celebration of her birthday.