So I'm going crazy because I'm totally stressing out over how my apartment looks. It's such a cluttered, unorganized mess and I wonder, where the hell has the past 2 months gone and why can't I seem to get my act together and get my apartment straight? Help! But then I think about what I've been doing... working, meeting people, building and strengthening relationships, having fun, getting a healthy amount of sleep almost every night... and then I think, ok, the apartment will get finished eventually. I wash my dishes, I cook my meals, I take out the trash, I keep things sanitary, so I really have no reason to be stressing out. So what if my place looks like an oversized dorm room, who cares? Certainly not the people that are coming to visit me. They just want to see me because hell, they're so busy too that all they want to do is get away from hom and get a little r & r in the process. So yeah, bring it on! And if you're one of those people coming to visit me, if you're feeling really spirited you can help me unpack more boxes and find homes for all my crap. But if you're not, then feel free to just lounge and scrounge from my fridge. I have no qualms with that. Ok, I'm going home, getting out of these crazy uncomfortable boots, getting some food, feeling the love, and filling you all is on the crazy stuff that's been happening in my world. More later...
Ciao!
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Monday, 12/6/2004
Anyone who knows me also knows that Christmas is my favorite time of year. I play Christmas music constantly, I live for watching all those cheesy specials on tv, I can't wait to decorate, and I absolutely adore going shopping amidst the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers. The best part about today is... IT'S SNOWING!!! As much as I complain about the bitter cold weather, I love the snow!
So I've finally begun to hang pictures and such on the walls. What a world of difference it makes. My apt. is still a mess, but at least I feel like I'm accomplishing something. And I've also been learning a couple handy-man tips as I go along. So it's all good.
All the students are going through their frenzied end of the semester rituals... writing papers at the last minute, throwing together presentations the same day they're due, and frantically trying to cram one more piece of information into their brains before finals. I don't envy them at all. They come to say hi (at least that's what they say... what they really want is someone to tell them it will all be ok) and tell me all about their dump truck full of assignments. I feel so old. ;)
Friday night I went to dinner, bowling, and a movie with Joe and my friend Luke. He lives on the eastern shore of Maryland, but has good friends that live 30min. east of Albany... so he stopped off at my place to visit for the evening, and went on his way early Saturday morning. So it's official, I've had my first out of town guest at my apartment. Mom didn't count because she came to help me move. Both Joe and Luke totally kicked my butt in bowling (what can I say, I stink) and we had talked about playing pool, but didn't know where a good pool hall was. We saw Christmas with the Kranks which was very cute, but not as funny as the previews made it out to be. It actually had a pretty serious, emotionally significant ending... I was surprised.
So next weekend I'm driving home to MD to visit my friend Nick. Nick went to high school with me, we've stayed in touch on and off throughout the years. He's currently stationed in Georgia but following his 10 days of leave he will shortly after be shipped out to Iraq for the second time. It will be really good to see him. Next weekend my mom is also going to Pennsylvania for work, so even though I'll be down in MD, we'll still be missing each other.
Yesterday night was the Christmas tree lighting at Marist and it was so beautiful. I hope that when Barbara and I go to NYC we'll be able to go to Rockafeller Center and see the tree. I'm still trying to figure out plans for my Christmas vacation... like when I'm going to be where, and whether or not Joe will be with me, etc. etc. I think at this point the best plan is just to ask my mom what her plans are for Christmas and work around that. I still have 20 days to figure it out. And speaking of 20 days until Christmas, I have so much shopping left to do. I dragged Joe along with me to Target on Saturday night so I could buy the gift I'm giving for the charity event at SUNY on Dec. 15th. I was assigned a baby boy to buy a gift for, so I picked out this really adorable fleece jumper outfit with trucks on it, and matched it with a toy bull dozer. It's soooo cute! Though it was really funny because I didn't know the first thing about picking out an appropriate toy (I can do clothes) and there was a woman there with her baby, so I asked for her advice. Nothing like walking up to random strangers in a store. :)
Ok, for some reason I'm so tired today. I guess I should dive into some new project to help wake me up... either that or run to the coffee shop downstairs. Until next week...
Ciao!