over the course of the past few weeks i:
1) moved back to the d.c. area
2) started a new job
3) entered about 1.2 bazillion medical journal articles into a database
4) took a trip to nyc
5) bought lots of new furniture
6) begun to refinish said furniture
7) reconnected with friends from high school
8) went to the beach
9) read harry potter
over the course of the next few weeks i will:
1) finish the furniture
2) apply for a bunch of other jobs
3) move into my first real apartment
4) have to change my address all over again
5) officially buy my car
6) take a trip to charlotte
7) enter another .8 bazillion articles
as a result, i haven't had much time to write. hopefully i will have time to expand on a few of these items in the next few days.
23 July 2007
17 July 2007
memories of the set shop
at my new job, i am in charge of putting all the articles from medical journals that we have collected into a computer database.
i just entered one entitled, "life-threatening nail gun injuries".
awesome.
it made me think of berkey.
i just entered one entitled, "life-threatening nail gun injuries".
awesome.
it made me think of berkey.
04 July 2007
things that make me happy
1.) holidays.
i think it's safe to say that the 4th of july is my favorite holiday. i don't really know why; it just is. there's just something i love about a day where the entire country takes off work, invites over friends, bar-b-ques stuff, eats watermelon, and then goes to watch fireworks after dark. i will admit that i'm an overly patriotic person, which probably has a lot to do with it. i grew up in the military culture - you don't really have a choice. i mean, i love sitting through the three hour, 105 degree in the shade, independence day parade in d.c. i could watch the july 4th concerts done by the national symphony and the boston pops all day. i can even for just this one day endure the sickeningly smarmy lyrics of "proud to be an american" without wanting to hurl. it's the same reason why i spent four years in college studying US history and still am not tired of the subject. i was thinking about this yesterday while watching movies, because i realized that my favorite movie scene is probably the one in the sandlot where the kids are playing baseball under the lights of the fireworks to ray charles' version of "america the beautiful".
2.) vacations.
i had a great time at the beach. i slept a lot, read a lot (see #3), and ate a lot. it was wonderful. and i managed to make it the whole week without getting really sunburned.
3.) the stephanie plum series.
i am absolutely addicted to janet evanovich's books. they are hilarious and great mysteries at the same time. i want to marry joe morelli.
4.) washing machines.
i'm in the process of washing most of my clothes to get the "mothballs and really old house" smell out of them, and it's taken me all day. (literally.) so i'm very thankful that i'm not having to do all of this by hand.
i think it's safe to say that the 4th of july is my favorite holiday. i don't really know why; it just is. there's just something i love about a day where the entire country takes off work, invites over friends, bar-b-ques stuff, eats watermelon, and then goes to watch fireworks after dark. i will admit that i'm an overly patriotic person, which probably has a lot to do with it. i grew up in the military culture - you don't really have a choice. i mean, i love sitting through the three hour, 105 degree in the shade, independence day parade in d.c. i could watch the july 4th concerts done by the national symphony and the boston pops all day. i can even for just this one day endure the sickeningly smarmy lyrics of "proud to be an american" without wanting to hurl. it's the same reason why i spent four years in college studying US history and still am not tired of the subject. i was thinking about this yesterday while watching movies, because i realized that my favorite movie scene is probably the one in the sandlot where the kids are playing baseball under the lights of the fireworks to ray charles' version of "america the beautiful".
2.) vacations.
i had a great time at the beach. i slept a lot, read a lot (see #3), and ate a lot. it was wonderful. and i managed to make it the whole week without getting really sunburned.
3.) the stephanie plum series.
i am absolutely addicted to janet evanovich's books. they are hilarious and great mysteries at the same time. i want to marry joe morelli.
4.) washing machines.
i'm in the process of washing most of my clothes to get the "mothballs and really old house" smell out of them, and it's taken me all day. (literally.) so i'm very thankful that i'm not having to do all of this by hand.
20 June 2007
i am not good at waiting
my life as of right now:
- went to the wedding. had a lovely time. i hadn't realized how much i've missed everybody.
- found an apartment! the location's great, the building's nice, the apartment is big, there's a gym and a pool, it's got a washer and dryer, and it's not too ridiculously expensive. (although, according to my dad, "hey, your rent is only $200 less than our house payment.") now i'm having lots of fun buying end tables and salt shakers and things along those lines.
- waaaiiiittttiiiiiiiiiing to hear back about the job i interviewed for last week. i'm supposed to find out if i got the job "sometime" this week. so i'm finding that as the week goes on, i'm getting more and more uptight about the whole thing.
- finishing up things in NC. i've got a very long list of things to do before i officially leave on saturday, and it's getting longer all the time. it doesn't help that once i move, i won't have any high-speed internet for at least a month.
- going to the beach on saturday for a family vacation. hallelujah. i'm really looking forward to it. between my mom, sisters, grandma, aunt, and cousins, it's going to be ten women, ages 16 - 71, and (in the words of my aunt) "we're not talking about husbands or boyfriends the entire time!" i plan on doing nothing but eating, sleeping, reading, laying on the beach, and playing the occasional card game.
- went to the wedding. had a lovely time. i hadn't realized how much i've missed everybody.
- found an apartment! the location's great, the building's nice, the apartment is big, there's a gym and a pool, it's got a washer and dryer, and it's not too ridiculously expensive. (although, according to my dad, "hey, your rent is only $200 less than our house payment.") now i'm having lots of fun buying end tables and salt shakers and things along those lines.
- waaaiiiittttiiiiiiiiiing to hear back about the job i interviewed for last week. i'm supposed to find out if i got the job "sometime" this week. so i'm finding that as the week goes on, i'm getting more and more uptight about the whole thing.
- finishing up things in NC. i've got a very long list of things to do before i officially leave on saturday, and it's getting longer all the time. it doesn't help that once i move, i won't have any high-speed internet for at least a month.
- going to the beach on saturday for a family vacation. hallelujah. i'm really looking forward to it. between my mom, sisters, grandma, aunt, and cousins, it's going to be ten women, ages 16 - 71, and (in the words of my aunt) "we're not talking about husbands or boyfriends the entire time!" i plan on doing nothing but eating, sleeping, reading, laying on the beach, and playing the occasional card game.
16 June 2007
11 June 2007
a cause for celebration
i survived an entire year teaching high school.
i want some balloons and a cake.
i want some balloons and a cake.
09 June 2007
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