LAUNDRY

It's a chore that SO many hate and one that is unavoidable, as well*.

I actually don't mind laundry.  I LOVE the smell of clean clothes, I LOVE finding clothes I had forgotten about since they've been dirty for weeks and I LOVE folding laundry.  So what's the problem?

* unless you're a nudist

At work I do laundry every day.  I'd say at least 2 loads a day.  2 loads of washing, drying, and putting away.  By the time I get home, the LAST thing I want to do is wash my own clothes.  Let alone fold them and putting them away (the WORST part).


Alas, I am bombarded with the task of laundry tonight as I pack for 5 days worth of boating joyous vacation!  I seriously am so excited for a break from life and so anxious to get down there!  Woot for Lake Cumberland!

Traffic

I hate cars.  I hate driving.  Yet I also really like driving.  It's peaceful and calm, yet terrifying and causes frequent near death experiences.  Today there were several of those said experiences.  I don't like driving.  But I also really like it. 

NEW CAMERA

It's true; I bought a new camera!! I had a Canon Powershot for 6 years...and I loved it. I took it everywhere, have taken thousands of pictures with it and was absolutely devastated when it broke.  (Actually it still took pictures but the screen only worked to play pictures, you couldn't see what you were about to photograph.)

I know you're dying to find out what kind of camera I got.  Well I tell you the story...

sexy new camera!

I went to OPCC on Sunday and laid out for a couple hours before heading off to Best Buy.  I walked in hoping to be talked out of buying the $400 S95 (of course a Canon...I only use Canon's).  I quickly found out that they don't even keep S95's in stock because they're hard to get a hold of.  My requirements for the camera were great zoom, resolution, light capture, and LOTS of settings/modes.  A camera almost half the price was just the one for me!  The price difference results not from zoom or resolution (megapixels) quality but from the fact that the S95 has the best lense in the industry.  My new camera...again a Powershot 300, is incredible.  And I'm so excited to put some of its incredible pictures on this bloggy blog!

Weird

Things that are weird:

How many people I graduated high school with are getting married or engaged.  (Not to mention all of the college pals)

How many people from high school that have babies and families. 







It's almost July already. OMG

Baby Brother isn't so baby anymore.  He's ALMOST as tall as me.  And he passed the triple digit mark (at 14 mind you)

When I go to the club solo (read: no children) women ask me if I left my children at home (rudely of course).

It's actually supposed to be sunny in Michigan 3 whole days this week.

I'm a graduate student. 

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Being a graduated senior NOT living in Ann Arbor with all of my friends is proving to be quite bizarre.  Not only am I the one who has to put in the effort to visit with friends (since I'm the one who "left") but even when I DO, people have other plans, are busy or don't have the time to break away from the relationships that are there...the ones that people rely on the most because they are more tangible.

I've been planning on going to AA this weekend for awhile because I'm working in Ypsilanti tonight.  I was going to spend the night both last night and tonight...but now I'm not even sure ANY of my plans will work out.  People are flaky, busy and HATE committing to plans.  I get it, ya know.  Lives move on.  The problem is that I have moved SO many times and know the routine like the back of my hand.  As soon as plans with old friends are unimportant enough to forgo for better opportunities, the friendship is most definitely on the way to dismissal. 

As I keep myself busy with work, work, and more work...I am hopeful for the Fall.  New friends, back in AA at least on a daily basis and ever busy.  I don't want new friendships to replace current ones, but to simply fill in the gaps that moving and graduating have placed on all of those close to me. 

unlikely group...

Something I've realized is that even though you grow closer to people in college than ever before, it is set up to be temporary.  If you want to be long lasting, you have to put in the effort....but it must be reciprocated to be worthwhile.  At what point should work stop being more important than friends? At what point should "reflection time" or personal time be more or less important than friendships?

Birthday Fizzle

I have a sister.  Her name is Brittany and it is her birthday.  June 22...the second official day of summer!  This past weekend we celebrated her birthday while on the houseboatizzle. (in the izzle mood).  Though we celebrated with gifts we were forbidden to celebrate with decorations, a party, or cake/ice cream.  Why you may ask?  My hermana is hung up on birthdays.  Not *just* about the age...peeps she's only 25...but mostly about the expectations she has yet to live up to; the milestones she thought she would have reached by now but hasn't.

I don't get it.  I don't really have expectations for myself..and even when I do I don't really think about it.  Yeah I wanna save money, I wanna get good grades, find a great job, find a great husband, etc etc.  But there isn't a due date on these things and if I fail...well the sun still comes up tomorrow.

Is this a birth order thing? Or maybe just a personality thing.  All I know is I wish only HAPPINESS for my beautiful sister.  I love her lots...and look up to her in so many ways!

Happy Birthday Brittany! 

Stormzzz

I like rain; occasionally.  I like storms; occasionally. 

This past weekend we went to the houseboat to celebrate Father's Day.  We invited my grandpa (dad's dad) and his girlfriend...whom my mom, sister and I had yet to meet.  It was a pretty uneventful weekend...which is pretty unusual for the Lake.

It rained THE ENTIRE time we were there (minus probs 6 hours tops, of which some was when we arrived and left thankfully, oh and we tubed some!).  Not only did we experience a monsoon there, but it seems to have followed us.  This is what today has been like...

Not exactly perfect summer weather...