tuesday

i guess it was sortof a monday since we had a three-day weekend for the 4th of july. i had a pretty great weekend overall and only had to do about half the things i planned, which made for some nice down time.

saturday was my busy day. i watched live 8 all morning before heading out to my parents house for a long-dreaded (but very important) heart-to-heart. they took me out to changs for lunch and then we spent a very happy hour at a goodwill superstore (goodwill is a chain of second-hand stores, for you nonamericanos) where i photographed barbies in bins, picked up a spanish textbook and an anthology of world mythology. the best find of all was a small vintage suitcase that i will be taking with me to europe in september. it was $5 and is in super condition. well, except that it smells like granny's attic.

my friends ben and candice hung out with me after church on saturday night. i didn't know how upset i'd be after my talk with my parents, so i made plans to have my peeps around me. thank God for peeps that will be gathered in the hour of need. i was actually fine, but was still very glad to be with them. after a bite at sushiville (i love that place! they have a little conveyer belt that goes around the restaurant and you grab what you want as it moves by you. they also play great '80s music. how can you beat that?) we kicked it at my house. candice crashed in one of the bedrooms around 1:30 and ben ended up too tired to drive when we quit chatting at around 3:30 so he took the couch. since my housemates were gone i was glad of the company. and the best thing about having friends crash at your place is that you get to hang out the next day too.

yesterday, our nations lovely birthday, was so chill. i stayed in pajamas until about 4pm and watched as much trash tv as my brain could hold. i went to a bbq at lydias for about an hour but i was so sleepy that i went home and ended up going to bed instead of watching fireworks. it was great, especially since i washed all my bedding and pillows, flipped my mattress and put another mattress pad on. now my bed feels like a little piece of heaven. yummy!

so today was back to work. i love my job so i never get that dreaded 'oh-no-the-weekend's-almost-gone' feeling anymore. it was super slow today so i spent all morning on quizzes and played a new game that alia (the girl that sits next to me) linked to me. i also nearly got into a catfight on a friend's blog. not good, but i stopped before i lost it. that's a good time to stop.

i think this is also a good time to stop.
:-)