Pros & Cons

We'll start with cons:
Work was a Murphy's Law day - everything that could go wrong, did
Work started at 6am today and lasted till 5pm with only a 15 minute break
Work will be uber lame tomorrow
I will get 6 hours of sleep at best tonight (actually that's not as bad as I thought)
This bra does not go with this dress
This cafe is in Milwaukee and I am usually not

And now for the pros:
Overtime, chaCHING!
I actually kinda facilitated almost all of a Special Event
The weather was unbelievably lovely and I got to enjoy it
Being at work early meant a fantabulous parking spot
I am at an amazing cafe in Milwaukee
I am mere moments away from being with my brother! And seeing her new apt!
I am mere hours away from being at Summerfest to see Barenaked Ladies!!!!!!!!
I am mere weeks away from Brian!
I had a friendly conversation with the guy that sold me my car charger for my phone

Stop being counterproductive, yo!

So my main issue this summer is that I feel a bit lonely and wish I had people to hang out with. However, instead of doing something about it, I spend my time on my laptop with headphones in or alone in my room. The goal is to actually talk to people, and maybe not be so lame and lonely.

Also, food: I has it.
I'm still getting used to this dining-hall-free lifestyle, and I feel like I'm spending too much money on grocieries. It's entirely possible that I am, but it's probably more likely that I'm just not used to the sheer volume of food I actually consume. A lot of it is also that I feel the need to have back-up food, and to have lots of options. So for the next undetermined amount of time, I am going to not buy grocieries until I actually run out of food. I think this is going to be hard for me, especially when I run out of peanut butter & jelly (which i take to work for lunch every day). I think I can last quite a while, but it will be very, very hard.

Is it break yet?

Residents are LOUD.

APO Activation went swimmingly. It set a good standard for us to follow or raise for future ceremonies. We definitely need to get 3 or more rooms next time - 12 people in 2 rooms left a lot of us on the floor.

I just got back from a presentation called Ultimate Money Skills. It felt rushed - she had a lot of good information, but any part of it could have been focused on longer to give better information.

I'm a bad blogger

Really. I can't think of anything to write. Here goes nothing....


I'm waiting for Chrismas to come and go before I work on any big new exciting things. I asked Santa for lots of needles and notions, so I'm dragging my feet to see if I get those or not. Also, I don't want to buy lots of yarn when I could be buying presents for my loved ones. Not to mention I have about a month of down time between semesters to knit or crochet all the livelong day.

Mostly I've been cranking out items for charity - squares for a blanket (I can't remember if it's Project Linus or Afghans for Afghans) that my stitch'n'bitch is making, and crocheted hats that my fraternity sells to raise money for Relay 4 Life.

I also managed to make a cowl out of my bamboo yarn. It's super duper soft and it keeps my face and neck warm, and that means something in Wisconsin.

Duty Pants

A quiet weekend is a good weekend for the RA on duty, but that also means it's a boring weekend. I did a lot today, made a bulletin board, ordered my mom's birthday present, even did some homework. And then I ran out of things I needed to do and got bored. So I end up watching movie after movie on tv.

I'm in knitting limbo right now. I can't really afford the yarn (and needles) for the projects I'd like to be working on, so I'm using up what I've got on things I'm not really interested in. And if I'm not really interested in a project, I don't want to work on it. So yeah, knitting limbo. But I have a foam head to put my hats on, so hooray!

Ahoy!

Naughty me has been too busy with other things to remember to blog, but as it is Friday and I have no classes I'll bring this up to speed.

I had a cold and I kicked it's ass, but now I need to buy more tea.

It really, really sucks to go from working full time for lots of dollars to working part time for not as many dollars.

I am less than thrilled with my first brow waxing experience.

I'm feeling guilty about not doing my homework, even though it's all due Tuesday and it's only Friday.

I'm going to make a panini for lunch.

Last Day of Freedom

Tomorrow evening is the start of RA training, which means University Housing wakes me up in the morning and tucks me in at night. So today is officially a day of televee and yarn. Not really all that different than most of my free time this summer, but today it's OFFICIAL! Other RAs will be moving into my building today, so maybe they'll stop by and say hi.

I'm pretty excited about my new yarn storage. Formerly an over-the-door shoe holder of my sister's, now a lovely display of my yarn. It's presented a few difficulties - the metal hooks didn't fit over the door so I used Command hooks, then I had to adjust those when the whole thing fell, and then I cut the peephole in the wrong place. All in all, I'm satisfied with the result.