Brie and I hung out tonight with carry-out from Pollo Loco. Finally, we had a real conversation. We talked a little about family but mostly about travel. Hmm. It was the topic of the night (discussed travel with Rebecca earlier, it was good catching up with her). So, she mainly asked a lot of questions and I gave a very detailed Georgraphy lesson of the Tri-State area (but mostly NYC). We talked about the differences between the east coast and west coast and how she misses her friends in San Francisco. She said she's never had a harder time keeping friends than in Phoenix. She likes keeping busy socially, and she can't do that here as well as she can in SF. I'm gonna miss Brie. Figures, we get close right before I move. I do hope she comes out to visit me in New York.
RANDOM THOUGHT: Recently, I've been having to tell myself to lighten up.
An activity for friends (with a lot of time on their hands). Eytan and I talked today about knowing someone and how well you know your friends/aquaintences. I was thinking about my 100 Facts about Me list and I came up with this:
Two friends make up a list of 50 for the other person as well as themselves. Then they can compare their own lists and each other's to see if there are any matches.
The problem with going to sleep too late isn't just that you'll be tired the next day. The main problem is that you're tired the next day, ALL day, until about 10:00 PM. Then you WAKE UP! Well, gee, if you wake up at 10:00 PM, what time does that make you sleepy once again? 4:00 AM? 5:00? Or is it just me that has this problem? Now I see why polls are so popular. Lots of people wonder what other people think about things. I guess, as human beings, we want to compare and contrast ourselves to others. Yesterday, I thought about taking a poll at the Harbour Sale. I wanted to ask everyone who flew in about their flight. I wanted to see that if out of 20-30 people, did any of them have a smooth flight? I know I read all sorts of air travel statistics in newspapers, online, etc., but I want to do my own mini study to see if mine compare. Hmm... so I'm taking a poll to see if my poll compares to other polls. Weird.
I've been getting complaints ;) from some people about the new design of the journal entries. So, I think in October, I'll go back to the old way- unless enough people change my mind...
I finally went to the bank! I've been needing to do that for almost a month. It just doesn't seem worth going when the bank isn't near anything else I ever need to do and the deposit doesn't total more than a couple hundred. But I got a check the other day for $400 so I decided it was time to go.
I also called Rent-A-Wreck to see if I absolutely had to come back there to sign a new contract or if I could wait until I got back. I love independent companies. They have more opportunity to bend the rules. She said it was no problem and I could go back there on October 3rd since that wasn't much after the 29th (the day I'm supposed to go back). Now I have 2 extra hours that I didn't think I had.
Now all I have to do is pack. And it's only noon!!! Today is a good day. I even managed to get up finally at 10:00, after going back to sleep a few times. I didn't get to bed until very late once again. But as long as I get up before 11:00, I don't care what time I go to bed. I'm more tired during the day getting up after 11:00 than getting up at 8:00 or 9:00.
Whoa!!!! I just had a brief but strong wish to have a daughter. I have NO IDEA where that idea came from- usually whenever I think about having kids (which is hardly ever), I always think about having a son.