Its been exactly one week since I moved up here to Seattle to begin my second year at the University of Washington. So far, pretty much everything has been great! Classes, people, life, it's all going good. Here's the rundown of my week:
The weekend: Basically we partied the entire weekend. Well, sort of. Gwen came over to help me move in and she stayed the night. Saturday was amazing. I won't go into too many details, but I had a really great time getting to know my roommates and their friends. Sunday I babysat for Matt and Holly while they were at work. Later that night Kimberly and Madeline picked me up to go back to Seattle. Turns out Madeline worked for the Home Owners Association in Matt and Holly's neighborhood... go figure! She recognized the whole neighborhood. Funny! Sunday night was pretty chill as we just went home and hung out until 4 am.
Monday: Crazy. Hands down, the craziest night of my life. It was amazing.
Tuesday: Getting ready for classes the next day. Slowly realizing that homework was about to consume our every waking moment as of tomorrow. Ugh. But we managed to squeeze out the remaining freedom by hanging out and enjoying Seattle. Early to bed that night.
Wednesday: First day of classes. Ugh. Well, I guess it was sort of exciting. I went to Global Warming, which is shaping up to be a great class with a great prof. Then was Space and Space Travel. I realized the prof was a total douche nozzle and dropped the class for Weather 101. It sounded more interesting anyway. I also had my first day of Italian. So far, this is my favorite class. My prof, Vanja, is superb! I am picking it up pretty quickly and can't wait to learn more! I managed to sweet talk my bosses at work into letting me start Saturday instead of Wednesday, so that was pretty awesome and gave me the evening to buy some books and do homework that was already assigned. We went to sushi that night. It was more than amazing, although, the bill made me sad. Went to the library to try and find the Global Warming book because they are sold out at the bookstore and don't expect to get a shipment in until next tuesday! Turns out they didn't even have a copy on reserve at the library. Big waste of time.
Thursday: Day from hell! I have five classes this day with one, one hour break at 11:30. It was horrible. I was totally burnt out. I came home from classes and IMMEDIATELY fell asleep for two hours. I woke up all dazed, but soon snapped out of it, because The Office premiered! It was such a great episode! Then I fell immediately back to sleep as soon as my head hit my pillow.
Friday: Classes don't start til 10:30 (as opposed to the regular 9:30). It was nice to have extra time in the morning to drink some coffee and read my email. Only two classes, so that was nice. Late lunch after Italian. Brings me to now! Blogging :)
What's to come: tonight we're going to get Bubble Tea. Been craving it since I've been back. Tomorrow is my first day of work back at the OAG. Football tomorrow and Sunday. It's going to be a pretty chill weekend! Then, back to the daily grind.
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
There's no such thing as too much Law & Order
I suppose that statement isn't completely true, but I sure can't get enough of it. This post really has nothing to do with Law & Order really. Unless I were to do some clever play on words to describe my life, but I'm really not that motivated.
Nothing much is new in the life and times of yours truly, a lot of the same old same old. And by that I mean closing shifts at work (suck) and late nights out with friends (not suck) and then sleeping in well past nine (sorta suck, but it feels good). Now for the low down:
Work: It's actually been decent. It was a flawless transition from going to classes everyday to working everyday. I have enough seniority at work to never have to do the range, so that is a big plus for the summer. A bunch of college kids came back too, which is nice that I have some people my age working there. I also genuinely appreciate them; people like Jimmy, Zach, Cole, Bryce, and Sarah. I sometimes feel like I have been working in the bag room for entirely too wrong. Which was proven to me when Brenden (one of my bosses) asked Jimmy for one of the member's bag and I rattled off the number, E1, like it was common knowledge. He was like, "How do you know that?" No mystery there, I have been at Fircrest WAY too long. You also know you've been in the bag room too long when you can have in depth discussions about your favorite couples, the best tippers, and the progression of E7's tipping habits. Any way, beside that horrible epiphany, things are good. The bosses are good. The staff is good. I finally have some good midshifts coming up so I won't be closing EVERY DAY. I don't know, I just appreciate a little variety once in a while. Oh, I also got electrocuted yesterday at work. Then come to find out, pretty much everyone in the bag room has been electrocuted by the ball washer, but nobody has told the pro shop. I decided that perhaps this would be a good thing to report. We don't know if we actually solved the issue, because Brenden and I were way to scared to test it.
Home: I like being home. A lot actually. I haven't really gotten to the point where I miss being at school. I think this might be attributed to the fact that all last year I never really reached the point to where I felt like my dorm was home. I always felt like it was more of a sleep away camp feel. Don't get me wrong, I loved being there with my roomies and friends 24/7, but it never felt like home. I miss my parents and siblings (and pets) more than I hoped I would. Hopefully that will change next year if we move into an apartment (pray to the real estate god of the Seattle area). But anyway, home life is good. I like waking up and being able to have a sit down in the living room with a cup of coffee, not having to be quiet for my still sleeping roomies. I haven't spent much time with my parents though. By the time I get off work, my dad is already in bed. I haven't had the chance to go on any of their ocean trips because of work. I think I am so stressed out about making money, that I haven't allowed myself any fun breaks. I cannot wait to get to the ocean property. I requested a weekend off to go down in a few weeks. Hopefully that will be the break I need so I can spend some quality time with my family. I also realized how much I miss Jackie and Cody. It's always nice to have someone you can talk to about ANYTHING sitting across the living room from you. Jackie is so tolerant of the people I bring over, cool about everything, and not to mention makes me laugh like none other. Cody is the little brother all grown up. We used to fight like mortal enemies, but now things are so great! We golf together, work together, and sometimes even go out to dinner. It's awesome.
Friends: I LOVE SEEING MY FRIENDS! I never realized how much a miss them until I see them. I never want to not see them because I don't want to miss them. I hate that Jimmy and Josh's time here is almost up. Josh is leaving early for athletic training and Jimmy is moving into his apartment in Pullman. I guess I just need to cherish the summer time I have left with them. I love being able to just call Gwen up and having her come over. It's so great to be in that comfort zone 24/7. Then there are the friends I left. I saw Kimberly ONCE this whole summer and it's killing me. She seriously kept me going those last few weeks in college. And Madeline. I LOVE HER, RUTH! I don't know why we have not spent more time together, she lives only 20 minutes away... Anyway, the summer is not even half over for me and I just want to live it up before classes start up.
All in all, life's been good. I am excited for the rest of the summer and even starting to feel the excitement for school. I hope all is well with my readers! Quote of the day:
"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet" --Keith Richards
Nothing much is new in the life and times of yours truly, a lot of the same old same old. And by that I mean closing shifts at work (suck) and late nights out with friends (not suck) and then sleeping in well past nine (sorta suck, but it feels good). Now for the low down:
Work: It's actually been decent. It was a flawless transition from going to classes everyday to working everyday. I have enough seniority at work to never have to do the range, so that is a big plus for the summer. A bunch of college kids came back too, which is nice that I have some people my age working there. I also genuinely appreciate them; people like Jimmy, Zach, Cole, Bryce, and Sarah. I sometimes feel like I have been working in the bag room for entirely too wrong. Which was proven to me when Brenden (one of my bosses) asked Jimmy for one of the member's bag and I rattled off the number, E1, like it was common knowledge. He was like, "How do you know that?" No mystery there, I have been at Fircrest WAY too long. You also know you've been in the bag room too long when you can have in depth discussions about your favorite couples, the best tippers, and the progression of E7's tipping habits. Any way, beside that horrible epiphany, things are good. The bosses are good. The staff is good. I finally have some good midshifts coming up so I won't be closing EVERY DAY. I don't know, I just appreciate a little variety once in a while. Oh, I also got electrocuted yesterday at work. Then come to find out, pretty much everyone in the bag room has been electrocuted by the ball washer, but nobody has told the pro shop. I decided that perhaps this would be a good thing to report. We don't know if we actually solved the issue, because Brenden and I were way to scared to test it.
Home: I like being home. A lot actually. I haven't really gotten to the point where I miss being at school. I think this might be attributed to the fact that all last year I never really reached the point to where I felt like my dorm was home. I always felt like it was more of a sleep away camp feel. Don't get me wrong, I loved being there with my roomies and friends 24/7, but it never felt like home. I miss my parents and siblings (and pets) more than I hoped I would. Hopefully that will change next year if we move into an apartment (pray to the real estate god of the Seattle area). But anyway, home life is good. I like waking up and being able to have a sit down in the living room with a cup of coffee, not having to be quiet for my still sleeping roomies. I haven't spent much time with my parents though. By the time I get off work, my dad is already in bed. I haven't had the chance to go on any of their ocean trips because of work. I think I am so stressed out about making money, that I haven't allowed myself any fun breaks. I cannot wait to get to the ocean property. I requested a weekend off to go down in a few weeks. Hopefully that will be the break I need so I can spend some quality time with my family. I also realized how much I miss Jackie and Cody. It's always nice to have someone you can talk to about ANYTHING sitting across the living room from you. Jackie is so tolerant of the people I bring over, cool about everything, and not to mention makes me laugh like none other. Cody is the little brother all grown up. We used to fight like mortal enemies, but now things are so great! We golf together, work together, and sometimes even go out to dinner. It's awesome.
Friends: I LOVE SEEING MY FRIENDS! I never realized how much a miss them until I see them. I never want to not see them because I don't want to miss them. I hate that Jimmy and Josh's time here is almost up. Josh is leaving early for athletic training and Jimmy is moving into his apartment in Pullman. I guess I just need to cherish the summer time I have left with them. I love being able to just call Gwen up and having her come over. It's so great to be in that comfort zone 24/7. Then there are the friends I left. I saw Kimberly ONCE this whole summer and it's killing me. She seriously kept me going those last few weeks in college. And Madeline. I LOVE HER, RUTH! I don't know why we have not spent more time together, she lives only 20 minutes away... Anyway, the summer is not even half over for me and I just want to live it up before classes start up.
All in all, life's been good. I am excited for the rest of the summer and even starting to feel the excitement for school. I hope all is well with my readers! Quote of the day:
"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet" --Keith Richards
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