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Wednesday, April 24, 2002
A common problem of mine... waiting days to update my blogger and then not knowing exactly where to start. So... you're going to get the whirlwind tour of my last week. Last Tuesday was the last day of work before vacation. I was in such a good mood because I was actually getting a whole week off. It's been over a year and a half since I've gotten a full week off work. Up until now my longest "vacations" have been three or four day weekends about every six months... I don't even take sick days generally. So I was really looking forward to this, and even as it seemed like it would never come... the week beforehand zoomed by because I had so much to do preparing for my trip. So this last day of work I thought would also go by fast, but two clients called with emergencies, printers decided that they weren't going to follow my directions and co-workers dumped last minute work on me. So... I ended up working until about 7. I only left because I promised friends that I would see a movie with them, so I hiked it on down to Fall Creek Movie Theater to see "Monsoon Wedding." Great movie... slow in parts, but definitely worth seeing if you get the chance -- about an arranged marriage in India and a few sub plots, mostly relationship-based... and the set was covered in marigold flowers (apparently very important to the engagement/wedding ceremony in that country) which made for some beautiful scenes. So after the movie I walked one of my friends home and then went back to the office until 11 pm. I had a few last minute things to take care of. At home I spent the night (until 3 AM) cleaning and finally passed out with the windows in the apartment open (because it was so hot) until about 5:30 AM... Why would I wake up at 5:30 AM you ask? Well... it seems that my cat jumped or fell out of my open bedroom window (two stories up) and was meowing at the top of her lungs to get back in. I was shocked that she was outside, she's NEVER gone outside for more than a minute or two since I've had her. So, I can only imagine she was pretty scared. And she's long haired so she was a mess by the time I got to her.. burdocks in her hair, dirt and mud all over her. So... I spent my morning doing the best I could to clean her up. Wednesday morning I had planned on being ready to go so that Brett and Jamie could come pick me up in the early morning. I was supposed to help them move and then hitch a ride back with them so that I'd be at Mom's in time to spend the night and get to the airport Thursday morning. They ended up going to the storage shed without me, so I didn't have to help them load the truck there. Which ended up being fine because I was packing anyway. I did help them load things up at the apartment and then fell asleep in the truck on the way to Rochester. Helped them unpack when we got there, got to see their new digs (kinda small but with some cool features... a deck, a cupola, hardwood floors, nice lighting fixtures... and its in a really neat renovated church/boarding school), and got to get dinner with them at a great thai restaurant, Mamasan's. I got to mom's sometime around 8:30 and I was exhausted. Knowing I had to get up early (5 AM) for the trip to the airport, I went to bed early... To be continued... | private feedback | |
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