Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Week Five Observations
4/19: My roommate put too much oil in the pan so when she went to stir the chicken, the oil popped, scaring her and causing her to drop some cream of broccoli into one of the burners and onto the stove. I love cooking dinner at my apartment. It’s never dull.
4/20: “Midnight McDonald’s run?” Stef suggests. It’s only 10pm, but I agree. It’s a short trip and even though I’m hungry, it’s not the food that appealing. It’s driving fast with the windows down and the music blasting. In four months, I will undoubtedly revisit this fun memory. Now, I make the minutes count.
4/21: It’s odd what people find pleasurable in life. I like being surrounded by a large pile of warm laundry and then folding and organizing it all. Of course, my roommates think I’m nuts. I think they’re right.
4/22: We had a long phone conversation about Harry Potter. He doesn’t know much about the series and he is full of questions. As his nerdy girlfriend, I am more than happy to answer them. It’s the first step in the process to getting him to read the series. Later, after getting off the phone, I was still smiling.
4/23: Tonight, Betsy made her delicious spaghetti. Then both my roommates and I dressed in weird, funny clothes and watched “Lilo and Stitch” while enjoying delicious spaghetti. My roommates didn’t even know I was in a bad mood, but they had cheered me up anyway just by being themselves.
4/24: My roommate was drunk texting me while I was a work. I kept having to pull over the truck to laugh. I knew she had been through a tough day and didn’t intend to get drunk but it doesn’t change the fact that her telling me she likes “rolling around on the couch” is absolutely hilarious.
4/25: Stef and I kept bumping our legs into one another and making a “boop” sound. It sent us into hysterics for some unknown reason. Betsy stood above us, looking very confused at the whole situation. It’s just your typical Wednesday night.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Week Four Observations
4/12: When I’m in a time crunch, it would make sense that something would go wrong. I should expect that after encountering two separate areas of road work and flipping off an impatient woman who was tail-gating me and fighting typical Meridian traffic that something bad would happen. I pulled into the Best Buy parking lot and realized I forgot my wallet. Of course, it’s impossible for me to buy an external hard drive without my debit card. I was so frustrated I cried and then, of course, I was pissed that I cried.
4/13: That extra shot of espresso in my frappachino was extremely delicious and so worth it.
4/14: I spent most of today surrounding myself with the Titanic. I listened to the movie soundtrack, I watched a miniseries on TV and I stayed up until 2:20 AM, the moment of the sinking. I am utterly fascinated by this historical event.
4/15: Two hours in isolation, ten to midnight, to blaze through my to-do list. Later, I left my room, slightly breathless and more than exhausted, as if I had just ran a race. But now I am excited because I finally clean my room without feeling like I am procrastinating.
4/16: The view by the President’s house is gorgeous. It should be no surprise that in a neighborhood as nice as this, there would be a beautiful view of the water. It’s nice to stare at this when I’m bored out of my mind directing cars where to park. There are only two options, the driveway or the street. I’d think the decision would be easy, but apparently not.
4/17: I thought I’d left my light on in my room, but it turned out to be only sunshine. That made my day.
4/13: That extra shot of espresso in my frappachino was extremely delicious and so worth it.
4/14: I spent most of today surrounding myself with the Titanic. I listened to the movie soundtrack, I watched a miniseries on TV and I stayed up until 2:20 AM, the moment of the sinking. I am utterly fascinated by this historical event.
4/15: Two hours in isolation, ten to midnight, to blaze through my to-do list. Later, I left my room, slightly breathless and more than exhausted, as if I had just ran a race. But now I am excited because I finally clean my room without feeling like I am procrastinating.
4/16: The view by the President’s house is gorgeous. It should be no surprise that in a neighborhood as nice as this, there would be a beautiful view of the water. It’s nice to stare at this when I’m bored out of my mind directing cars where to park. There are only two options, the driveway or the street. I’d think the decision would be easy, but apparently not.
4/17: I thought I’d left my light on in my room, but it turned out to be only sunshine. That made my day.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Week Three Observations
4/5: It's our six month anniversary today. I can't explain it, but I feel like something has shifted, in a good way. It's weird to think how fast half a year can pass by.
4/6: Even though they are just across the street from each other, it's nearly impossible to get from the liquor store to Fred Meyer in a simple, timely manner, especially when everybody is trying to get on I-5. It takes some backtracking and careful navigation.
4/7: It was worth the $13 just to see how magnificent the ship looked on the big screen, how every detail was more defined. It was worth it to feel as if I was actually on the ship and it was absolutely worth it to see my favorite movie in theaters.
4/8: This bedroom is making my cold worse or at least, it's slowing down the healing process. Maybe it's the dust or the little bit of mold clinging to the corners of my window. I need to spend more time outside or maybe more time in the rest of the apartment. Frankly, I'll do anything to get rid of this energy draining virus that causes me to constantly have Kleenex nearby. I am so sick of Kleenex.
4/9: I accidentally spilled water on my Macbook. I am so screwed.
4/10: I strongly dislike using a PC.
4/11: I woke up today without my socks. I can't decide if it's because they are loose socks and they just fell off while I was moving around in my sleep or if the weather is getting warmer, which means I "sleep-took" them off because I was too hot. I'm hoping it's the latter.
4/6: Even though they are just across the street from each other, it's nearly impossible to get from the liquor store to Fred Meyer in a simple, timely manner, especially when everybody is trying to get on I-5. It takes some backtracking and careful navigation.
4/7: It was worth the $13 just to see how magnificent the ship looked on the big screen, how every detail was more defined. It was worth it to feel as if I was actually on the ship and it was absolutely worth it to see my favorite movie in theaters.
4/8: This bedroom is making my cold worse or at least, it's slowing down the healing process. Maybe it's the dust or the little bit of mold clinging to the corners of my window. I need to spend more time outside or maybe more time in the rest of the apartment. Frankly, I'll do anything to get rid of this energy draining virus that causes me to constantly have Kleenex nearby. I am so sick of Kleenex.
4/9: I accidentally spilled water on my Macbook. I am so screwed.
4/10: I strongly dislike using a PC.
4/11: I woke up today without my socks. I can't decide if it's because they are loose socks and they just fell off while I was moving around in my sleep or if the weather is getting warmer, which means I "sleep-took" them off because I was too hot. I'm hoping it's the latter.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Week Two Observations
3/29: How do you confuse an English major? Tell them class is being held in the chemistry building. I had never been in this building before in almost four years of college. I felt as if the science students could see through my backpack to the anthology of poetry and a guide to getting books published and know I didn’t belong.
3/30: The Italian restaurant, the view of the waterfront, the secluded table all contribute to the romantic feeling. Nothing, however, is as romantic as having a partner who shares the same values as me and loves talking about them.
3/31: The weather matches my mood. I run an unimportant errand just to get out of the house. I wander slowly through the aisles. I take the long way home.
4/1: My roommate’s hamster is a determined furball. She has spent fifteen minutes trying to chew her way out of her ball. She determined and very crazy. She is also driving me nuts.
4/2: I never stop moving. I went to class, work, then cleaned my bathroom and took out two loads of recycling. After dinner, I moved swiftly through my to-do list of homework. I deserved to watch those two episodes of Scrubs.
4/3: The rain never stopped. Halfway through my shift it came and once it started, it didn’t stop. It made my hair frizzy. It smudged my make-up and made my glasses fog up and my handheld harder to read. But it made the hot shower after work the most heavenly thing ever.
4/4: Sometimes when there aren’t many groceries in the apartment because no one has gone shopping, take-out Chinese food is an excellent idea.
3/30: The Italian restaurant, the view of the waterfront, the secluded table all contribute to the romantic feeling. Nothing, however, is as romantic as having a partner who shares the same values as me and loves talking about them.
3/31: The weather matches my mood. I run an unimportant errand just to get out of the house. I wander slowly through the aisles. I take the long way home.
4/1: My roommate’s hamster is a determined furball. She has spent fifteen minutes trying to chew her way out of her ball. She determined and very crazy. She is also driving me nuts.
4/2: I never stop moving. I went to class, work, then cleaned my bathroom and took out two loads of recycling. After dinner, I moved swiftly through my to-do list of homework. I deserved to watch those two episodes of Scrubs.
4/3: The rain never stopped. Halfway through my shift it came and once it started, it didn’t stop. It made my hair frizzy. It smudged my make-up and made my glasses fog up and my handheld harder to read. But it made the hot shower after work the most heavenly thing ever.
4/4: Sometimes when there aren’t many groceries in the apartment because no one has gone shopping, take-out Chinese food is an excellent idea.
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