Its July now

Apparently it is July now... June passed by in a flurry of activity, which I suppose is not too suprising for me. I have worked a lot... some would say more than is good for me... and ive attended weddings and concerts, and then worked some more. This week has been particularly busy, and its gone like this:
Friday ~ fly to Florida
Sat ~ attend Drew & Kim's wedding / sing in the wedding!
Sun ~ fly home
Mon ~ work
Tues ~ work
Tues night ~ go see Eisley at the TLA with Ethan and co
Wed ~ day off, sort of, go to Creation with Matt and Tim
Thur ~ work
Friday ~ work
Sat ~ work then hang out with the Comitos
Sun ~ work a double (this is where I am right now)
Mon ~ work

Then I have off for a glorious 4 days, and then spend the weekend at the hospital again. During my time off, I will buy plane tickets to Florida, where I will blissfully lay in the sun and do nothing for 2 weeks except watch movies, tan, and play cards with my grandparents.

The wedding went beautifully, and it would be a shame not to give it more detail. Kim is awesome, and I am so glad she is part of our family now. Everything went off without a hitch and as soon as I can, I will get the pictures online. The weather was gorgeous, nothing at all like the rainy day we had for my cousin Colleen's wedding.

Perhaps the best thing that happened at the wedding was singing. Not that im saying my singing is awesome, but it went well. Chris came up to me afterwards and was like Er, I havent heard you sing in years, and it almost made me cry. And true to his word, his eyes were red and filled with tears. It was the biggest compliment I have ever gotten about my voice, and I almost cried when he said it. Other than that, I had a blast with my cousins and feel a lot closer to them, actually. Maybe age and maturity overcome the differences of youth.

Work has been work. the paychecks are nice, and as Ethan so bluntly stated last night, they stupidly make me forget how much I run my body into the ground to get them. Sayeth the man who pulled many close-to-all-nighters to get his masters. he has no room to comment.

The concerts were great... I annoyingly forgot to ge earplugs for the Eisley concert, leaving me pretty miserable with a headache... but the music was good. Creation was cool, we had a great time, and I am so glad they invited me to go with them. And I heart Relient K.

It rained a lot on Friday. We lost power at my house and I came home without a key from work. I found Lily, soaking wet and took her over to Ethans house where we introduced her, rather unsuccessfully, to Cassie. Poor Lil was freaked, but she calmed down a lot. She was, needless to say, very glad to get home.

I dont have a whole lot of other news other than I am kinda blah. Its always hard on me when I do not see my friends a lot. Working a lot doesnt help matters either. I just cant wait for this to be over and to have some time to myself and to hang out again. Work really gets in the way of important stuff like having fun and making memories. One thing Master Comito said about one of Ethans friends last night struck me... He found out how much working sucks at a young age. I like working here, I really do, but it does suck. Fortunately I do not have to really support myself too much. So I think I will be slacking at least another year. I would like to get a more full time job... though still part time... substitute... and then TRAVEL. I think that would be awesome. My aunt Pat said if there was ever anything I should do in my life, its to go on a safari. I know it sounds cheesey, but her and my cousin Pam went and they both said it was amazing. So its a thought. Part of my biggest problem is that I have so many options and I feel like I could literally do ANYTHING that I wanted to. I could even go to Med School, I think, if I wanted to. But I dont know what to do. So I think I will relax. I need to sing more. It would be fun to take karate with chris when he gets home in August. I miss dancing. I dont want my life to slip away in years of meaningless work... I guess thast why I want to be a teacher... there are few things more meaninful!

I dunno maybe I am just rambling... I just finished reading the Green Mile. Its a great movie, but its an amazing book. I gotta give it to Stephen King, the man knows what hes doing. I found myself full of tears 3 or 4 times at the end, and I am not really a crier.

Anyway, perhaps I should pretend the lab is busy and do some work... or see how the djembe drum im watching on ebay is doing. (have I ever mentioned that it would be a wonderful gift??) sigh. the book left me feeling really alone. theres beauty in sadness, but it is still sadness....

Back to work.