Hello All,
After wrapping up work a week and a half ago, I have come to the realization that I really, really need something to do on a daily basis. I woke up this morning at 7:30 and laid in bed until 11. Purely because I had nothing pressing to do and nowhere I needed to be.
This, to me, is unacceptable. I'm a pretty productive person, and don't get me wrong, I do love a good lazy day, but I need something to get me to drag my butt out of bed in the morning. I know, there are a few things I could be doing, I could continue to go through my closet, maybe do some laundry, cancel my car insurance... but I still feel like I have so much time to get all of that done.
Basically, not having a job? Not nearly as cool as I thought it would be. Maybe if I was at the beach all the time. Maybe if I lived in a city and could just walk around for hours and see the people watch. But in suburbia? Forget it. There are only so many times you can circle the mall before it's time to go home.
So, ladies and gentlemen, here is my recommendation to you: Keep your jobs. Or, find some way to fill your days, because this whole "free time" thing is just not up to snuff for me.
I'm going to go work on solving world hunger. Or do some laundry. Anything to make me feel like I've accomplished something today.
Later!
L
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Big Ben, The End of an Era, and a Mini Melt Down
Hello all,
I'm going to be using this much more frequently because I have rather big news. As of September 17th, 2012, I will be residing in the charming area of Kennington, London, approximately a 30 minute walk from Parliament and Big Ben. That means that I will be trying (really, this time) to keep updates at regular intervals. It may start just once a week, I'm not sure what my schedule is going to be like or how crazy I am going to go with the traveling, but I intend to use this as a way to keep my friends and family updated on where I am and what I'm doing. Let's face it, I'm pretty terrible at keeping in touch.
That being said, I'm actually really excited about going out and doing things with my life. It feels amazing to be into a conservation program and I'm looking forward to being on the learning end of things again. I miss it, to be honest. Even during the crappiest classes that I had to take for Delaware, I almost always learned something. It may have been something as pointless as the fact that horses would have gone extinct if humans hadn't trained them to be used for labor (or was it cows?) but I still feel like I walked away with a random nugget of information.
That little nugget (although apparently tarnished with time and a little bit blurry around the edges) is what I live for. I like coming home and saying "did you know___" or "guess what I found out today." I'm a walking collection of random facts and I personally enjoy it. Other people most likely find it incredibly annoying, but you know what? Tough cookies. I'm a nerd and I'm proud. Or is it more of a geek?
Either way, that is my major source of excitement and stress over the past few months. I got the acceptance letter in the mail and promptly accepted, only to then stress over how on earth I would pay for the damn thing. This was then followed by "YES I GOT THE LOAN" and "OH NO I HAVE 1 DAY TO SUBMIT MY VISA APPLICATION." That was superseded by the visa approval only to find out that something went wrong and the date that they have my visa expiring is approximately 7 months too soon. SO glad I dropped $400 on that.
I keep looking at the calendar and marking off the days until I leave. It seems extremely surreal that I'll actually be moving on with my career. I have 2 weeks of work left at my current job, we had my going away happy hour this past Friday. It was so great to see how many people came out to say goodbye and to wish me luck. I felt very loved. It's been a long couple of years with a lot of turmoil in between. There have been a lot of lows to fight through but I believe that they all helped me get to where I am right now. It may be cocky to say it, but I think that things are finally turning up the way I want them to (minus the snafu with the visa. That will be fixed. I just needed to rock back and forth in a corner sobbing hysterically to get to that point but I'M FINE REALLY. This is what happens when I run on little to no sleep for several days on end. My body is bound to hate me.)
Anyway, here is my schedule breakdown:
9 more days of work, one Toby Keith concert, one visit from a friend that I probably won't see again until next summer, 10 days in Bethany (with a potential trip up to New York to fix the stupidity that is my visa), 2 weeks back home packing my life up and buying the last odds and ends, one engagement party, one going away party and then I'm on a plane. I already have a place to live, I trust that my flatmates won't try to murder me in my sleep (fingers crossed, ladies and gents), and it's for less than I originally thought it would cost. It's about a 20 minute commute from my school, and it's within walking distance of so many great things. I can't wait to get over there and be a part of it.
Love to you all,
L
I'm going to be using this much more frequently because I have rather big news. As of September 17th, 2012, I will be residing in the charming area of Kennington, London, approximately a 30 minute walk from Parliament and Big Ben. That means that I will be trying (really, this time) to keep updates at regular intervals. It may start just once a week, I'm not sure what my schedule is going to be like or how crazy I am going to go with the traveling, but I intend to use this as a way to keep my friends and family updated on where I am and what I'm doing. Let's face it, I'm pretty terrible at keeping in touch.
That being said, I'm actually really excited about going out and doing things with my life. It feels amazing to be into a conservation program and I'm looking forward to being on the learning end of things again. I miss it, to be honest. Even during the crappiest classes that I had to take for Delaware, I almost always learned something. It may have been something as pointless as the fact that horses would have gone extinct if humans hadn't trained them to be used for labor (or was it cows?) but I still feel like I walked away with a random nugget of information.
That little nugget (although apparently tarnished with time and a little bit blurry around the edges) is what I live for. I like coming home and saying "did you know___" or "guess what I found out today." I'm a walking collection of random facts and I personally enjoy it. Other people most likely find it incredibly annoying, but you know what? Tough cookies. I'm a nerd and I'm proud. Or is it more of a geek?
Either way, that is my major source of excitement and stress over the past few months. I got the acceptance letter in the mail and promptly accepted, only to then stress over how on earth I would pay for the damn thing. This was then followed by "YES I GOT THE LOAN" and "OH NO I HAVE 1 DAY TO SUBMIT MY VISA APPLICATION." That was superseded by the visa approval only to find out that something went wrong and the date that they have my visa expiring is approximately 7 months too soon. SO glad I dropped $400 on that.
I keep looking at the calendar and marking off the days until I leave. It seems extremely surreal that I'll actually be moving on with my career. I have 2 weeks of work left at my current job, we had my going away happy hour this past Friday. It was so great to see how many people came out to say goodbye and to wish me luck. I felt very loved. It's been a long couple of years with a lot of turmoil in between. There have been a lot of lows to fight through but I believe that they all helped me get to where I am right now. It may be cocky to say it, but I think that things are finally turning up the way I want them to (minus the snafu with the visa. That will be fixed. I just needed to rock back and forth in a corner sobbing hysterically to get to that point but I'M FINE REALLY. This is what happens when I run on little to no sleep for several days on end. My body is bound to hate me.)
Anyway, here is my schedule breakdown:
9 more days of work, one Toby Keith concert, one visit from a friend that I probably won't see again until next summer, 10 days in Bethany (with a potential trip up to New York to fix the stupidity that is my visa), 2 weeks back home packing my life up and buying the last odds and ends, one engagement party, one going away party and then I'm on a plane. I already have a place to live, I trust that my flatmates won't try to murder me in my sleep (fingers crossed, ladies and gents), and it's for less than I originally thought it would cost. It's about a 20 minute commute from my school, and it's within walking distance of so many great things. I can't wait to get over there and be a part of it.
Love to you all,
L
Thursday, October 6, 2011
P for Procrastination
This seems to be a running trend in my introductions to the post. I'm basically on here because I don't want to be doing whatever it is that I'm supposed to. In this instance, it is catching up on the 4 chapters of Orgo that I have neglected for the past 2 weeks, a lab report that is due next Wednesday and a Pop quiz that is most likely going to happen on Monday. Basically, I'm really tired and haven't had enough caffeine to keep me going through the rest of the night. Combine that with the knowledge that I've got about 11 hours of driving ahead of me tomorrow, I'm not really excited to get up and do things.
"Why the long drive?" you may ask. Excellent question, I'm so glad you asked!!!
I'm heading down to see my brother's new apartment in Myrtle Beach. Little brother has made the long and arduous journey back from California (this time managing to make it cross-country without being robbed) and has settled himself into his new job in the lovely resort area of Myrtle Beach.
Things I know about Myrtle Beach:
1. It is a beach.
2. They play a lot of golf.
3. The word "Myrtle" is hilarious. Like a matronly turtle. Myrtle.
4. Let's not kid ourselves, that's all I've got.
On the bright side I'm really looking forward to seeing my brother. While he can be absolutely infuriating in his lack of description and one word answers, as well as the straight up smart assery that he adopted in California, he's still my twin and I genuinely missed him. Maybe now we'll call more (most likely not, please see the previous note involving "smart assery" and "lack of description"). We all know how I feel about descriptors. I will give you every last detail about the day if you give me the chance. Whether you want to hear it or not, you will know. EVERYTHING.
So Mom and I are going to go on a road trip, meet up in Dover, and head on down to see the only male offspring. And while we're at it, we're being put to work straightening up the place, helping decorate, and things of that ilk. Hurray for being free labor.
With that, dearest Internet, I will be signing off for now. Please come up with something interesting for me to read or waste time on the next time I pop by, I'm fairly disappointed with the limited array that you have provided thus far.
Hugs and snuggles,
L
"Why the long drive?" you may ask. Excellent question, I'm so glad you asked!!!
I'm heading down to see my brother's new apartment in Myrtle Beach. Little brother has made the long and arduous journey back from California (this time managing to make it cross-country without being robbed) and has settled himself into his new job in the lovely resort area of Myrtle Beach.
Things I know about Myrtle Beach:
1. It is a beach.
2. They play a lot of golf.
3. The word "Myrtle" is hilarious. Like a matronly turtle. Myrtle.
4. Let's not kid ourselves, that's all I've got.
On the bright side I'm really looking forward to seeing my brother. While he can be absolutely infuriating in his lack of description and one word answers, as well as the straight up smart assery that he adopted in California, he's still my twin and I genuinely missed him. Maybe now we'll call more (most likely not, please see the previous note involving "smart assery" and "lack of description"). We all know how I feel about descriptors. I will give you every last detail about the day if you give me the chance. Whether you want to hear it or not, you will know. EVERYTHING.
So Mom and I are going to go on a road trip, meet up in Dover, and head on down to see the only male offspring. And while we're at it, we're being put to work straightening up the place, helping decorate, and things of that ilk. Hurray for being free labor.
With that, dearest Internet, I will be signing off for now. Please come up with something interesting for me to read or waste time on the next time I pop by, I'm fairly disappointed with the limited array that you have provided thus far.
Hugs and snuggles,
L
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Chem Break
Hello All,
This post is brought to you by the letter "P" for "Procrastination." Procrastination has been the theme of this weekend. Why do today what you could put off until the last absolute minute and then panic and put out a crap result?? Exactly.
This weekend I have barely accomplished anything. Laundry is done and all put away (a feat that took me only TWO FULL DAYS to get around to.) Everything was dry by the end of Friday night (as was the bottle of wine that I had opened), but for some reason all of yesterday just slipped into oblivion. I can't even remember what I did yesterday. I think it involved several hours (read 6+) of Cartoon Network. Between Fairly Oddparents, Dragonball Z Kai (a blast from the past by the by, my brother and I were cracking up), and Avatar: The Last Air Bender, I just couldn't be bothered to do anything about life in general. Oh, and then Annie Get Your Gun (with all of it's aggressively racist slurs towards Native Americans) was on.
I think there is a permanent indent in the couch from where I sat/laid yesterday.
Either way, I'm still behind on everything today, but have discovered that I am far more productive when thrown into someone else's home (My aunt and uncle are gone, I'm "baby sitting" which is laughable, V can take care of herself, but it's better to have someone who can drive at the house.) It's so much easier to do work when someone else has homework, too.
Even with all of that motivation going on, I'm still here, writing away. I guess the truth of the matter is that after 2.5 hours of chemistry homework, I need a mental break. And some food. Time to rummage.
XO,
L
This post is brought to you by the letter "P" for "Procrastination." Procrastination has been the theme of this weekend. Why do today what you could put off until the last absolute minute and then panic and put out a crap result?? Exactly.
This weekend I have barely accomplished anything. Laundry is done and all put away (a feat that took me only TWO FULL DAYS to get around to.) Everything was dry by the end of Friday night (as was the bottle of wine that I had opened), but for some reason all of yesterday just slipped into oblivion. I can't even remember what I did yesterday. I think it involved several hours (read 6+) of Cartoon Network. Between Fairly Oddparents, Dragonball Z Kai (a blast from the past by the by, my brother and I were cracking up), and Avatar: The Last Air Bender, I just couldn't be bothered to do anything about life in general. Oh, and then Annie Get Your Gun (with all of it's aggressively racist slurs towards Native Americans) was on.
I think there is a permanent indent in the couch from where I sat/laid yesterday.
Either way, I'm still behind on everything today, but have discovered that I am far more productive when thrown into someone else's home (My aunt and uncle are gone, I'm "baby sitting" which is laughable, V can take care of herself, but it's better to have someone who can drive at the house.) It's so much easier to do work when someone else has homework, too.
Even with all of that motivation going on, I'm still here, writing away. I guess the truth of the matter is that after 2.5 hours of chemistry homework, I need a mental break. And some food. Time to rummage.
XO,
L
Friday, September 30, 2011
Mac Daddy
Halloooooo
This post is brought to you by a fine bottle of chardonnay that one of my coworkers brought me from a wine trip in New York. This is the last of the bottle, hello from glass-number-four-Liz.
As you might have noticed, I haven't updated in a really long time. That's for no real reason. I have no excuse to offer.
It doesn't matter much as far as I see it, no one reads this anyway, so what's the difference?
Either way, here's an update on my life. Please excuse glass-4-Liz since she's a little inebriated.
I got a Mac! Woo commercial whoring. I love the new computer, but I'm a little slow at learning all the new mac-ish ways. I love how quick it is, and how everything just works the way it's supposed to. It's just a matter of rewiring my PC based brain.
I'm exhausted though. In life in general. I'm taking a night class 2 days a week, organic chemistry, no less, and that's just a little tiring. Tuesday's I'm working at the museum and helping TA an independent study for graduate students, so that's really exciting. Thursday's I'm back in the bowling league which has been good so far, minus the fact that I'm trashing my average by trying to learn how to "properly" bowl. The rest of the days are sucked up with studying or hanging out with friends.
I've got someone somewhat special in my life, we'll see if that goes anywhere before my fantastic track record of relationship-fuck-uppery kicks in. I think it already has, effectively crushing everything before anything comes of it. EIther way, I really like who he is, and that's all there is to it.
I'm going to go now, hopefully there will be more to write on sooner.
Hugs for everyone!
Xo
This post is brought to you by a fine bottle of chardonnay that one of my coworkers brought me from a wine trip in New York. This is the last of the bottle, hello from glass-number-four-Liz.
As you might have noticed, I haven't updated in a really long time. That's for no real reason. I have no excuse to offer.
It doesn't matter much as far as I see it, no one reads this anyway, so what's the difference?
Either way, here's an update on my life. Please excuse glass-4-Liz since she's a little inebriated.
I got a Mac! Woo commercial whoring. I love the new computer, but I'm a little slow at learning all the new mac-ish ways. I love how quick it is, and how everything just works the way it's supposed to. It's just a matter of rewiring my PC based brain.
I'm exhausted though. In life in general. I'm taking a night class 2 days a week, organic chemistry, no less, and that's just a little tiring. Tuesday's I'm working at the museum and helping TA an independent study for graduate students, so that's really exciting. Thursday's I'm back in the bowling league which has been good so far, minus the fact that I'm trashing my average by trying to learn how to "properly" bowl. The rest of the days are sucked up with studying or hanging out with friends.
I've got someone somewhat special in my life, we'll see if that goes anywhere before my fantastic track record of relationship-fuck-uppery kicks in. I think it already has, effectively crushing everything before anything comes of it. EIther way, I really like who he is, and that's all there is to it.
I'm going to go now, hopefully there will be more to write on sooner.
Hugs for everyone!
Xo
Friday, May 27, 2011
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
So much for being more consistant.
Either way, here's the update:
I didn't get the job that I applied for, so the major move that was supposed to get me on my way isn't going to happen. Instead, I moved back into my dad's house and we're settling in to a careful balance for the moment. I'm still unpacking box after box, and as long as I'm making progress he doesn't complain too much about my stuff taking over the entirity of the left side of the garage. He can still park.
I'm trying to be optimistic about this particular situation, it's difficult at times, but I've discovered that Dad spends most of his time out of the house, on business trips, meetings, dates with a lady that I really like, that kind of thing. I've got plenty of time to myself now, which is kind of nice and a habit that I adopted in Delaware with my old roommates off schedules. I miss them a lot, especially Mary. Letting go of the puppies has been hard, too. But on the bright side, my commute is down to about 30 minutes one way, as opposed to the hour and a half to hour and forty-five. I'm only putting 40 miles a day on my car instead of 100+, and I woke up at 7 this morning and had plenty of time to putter around before having to leave for work. I'm exhausted, but that's for a completely different reason.
A week from now is the major Conservation conference. They're actually holding it in Philadelphia and I managed to get a day off to go and see the talk on wooden artifacts. I'm trying to be more proactive than I have been recently. It's easy to get sucked into the abyss of mediocrity when you feel like you can't do any better. Or that people are telling you that it's impossible, or that it feels impossible.
I'm enrolling in an organic chemistry class for the fall, night classes twice a week to work on my grades. If I do well this semester, I'll add an art class to retaking the secondary part of it. I miss being creative, I feel stagnant and I feel that it's contributing to my overall indifference to the world around me.
Sometimes I feel like I'm just waiting for what the world is going to throw at me next. Or take away from me. What more does it want? What more can they do?
I try and I fail, and that's all there is to it. But I'll keep trying, that's all I've got.
I'm looking forward to not having to think for a few days.
Miss you all, wherever you may be.
Either way, here's the update:
I didn't get the job that I applied for, so the major move that was supposed to get me on my way isn't going to happen. Instead, I moved back into my dad's house and we're settling in to a careful balance for the moment. I'm still unpacking box after box, and as long as I'm making progress he doesn't complain too much about my stuff taking over the entirity of the left side of the garage. He can still park.
I'm trying to be optimistic about this particular situation, it's difficult at times, but I've discovered that Dad spends most of his time out of the house, on business trips, meetings, dates with a lady that I really like, that kind of thing. I've got plenty of time to myself now, which is kind of nice and a habit that I adopted in Delaware with my old roommates off schedules. I miss them a lot, especially Mary. Letting go of the puppies has been hard, too. But on the bright side, my commute is down to about 30 minutes one way, as opposed to the hour and a half to hour and forty-five. I'm only putting 40 miles a day on my car instead of 100+, and I woke up at 7 this morning and had plenty of time to putter around before having to leave for work. I'm exhausted, but that's for a completely different reason.
A week from now is the major Conservation conference. They're actually holding it in Philadelphia and I managed to get a day off to go and see the talk on wooden artifacts. I'm trying to be more proactive than I have been recently. It's easy to get sucked into the abyss of mediocrity when you feel like you can't do any better. Or that people are telling you that it's impossible, or that it feels impossible.
I'm enrolling in an organic chemistry class for the fall, night classes twice a week to work on my grades. If I do well this semester, I'll add an art class to retaking the secondary part of it. I miss being creative, I feel stagnant and I feel that it's contributing to my overall indifference to the world around me.
Sometimes I feel like I'm just waiting for what the world is going to throw at me next. Or take away from me. What more does it want? What more can they do?
I try and I fail, and that's all there is to it. But I'll keep trying, that's all I've got.
I'm looking forward to not having to think for a few days.
Miss you all, wherever you may be.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Cali, Baby!
I just booked my flight to California to visit my brother at the end of July!!! Heading out on a Wednesday, coming back on a Monday, I'm ridiculously excited about it. It's the 6-Man Tournament that weekend, plus there's an international surfing competition at the beaches, too. I'm mostly looking forward to having a full weekend out there (sun, sushi, Santa Monica... I'm just looking forward to all of it.) It'll be good to see my brother, hopefully everything I'm working on will fall into place by then, however, I am instating Operation: Get Ready Go.
This consists of me picking the healthy option 95% of the time at the restaurant, drinking more water, eating small, healthy snacks and smaller meals, and getting my large backside to the gym on a consistent basis. I was doing well for a while there, then everything kind of went to hell. It's now Friday, I haven't been since Saturday of last week, and I'm not going to get a chance to go before Monday, and might not even on Monday depending on how late things run. If all goes according to plan, I could safely lose up to 30 lbs by my flight out, something that would be an amazing accomplishment for me. I'd like to make it a solid 20, but I'm going to aim high and work my ass off. If I can lose those 30, then I 'll be back in my realm of "healthy" weight for my height, I'd like to lose another 10-15 after that just to get myself safely within that boundary. I feel like I say this all the time, that I'm going to "really" do it this time, but for some reason this feels different. I've got a lot going for me right now in my life, I'm on the brink of making a major life change if all things go accordingly.
Why not create a new me physically while I'm reinventing the me I want to be?
More news to follow!
This consists of me picking the healthy option 95% of the time at the restaurant, drinking more water, eating small, healthy snacks and smaller meals, and getting my large backside to the gym on a consistent basis. I was doing well for a while there, then everything kind of went to hell. It's now Friday, I haven't been since Saturday of last week, and I'm not going to get a chance to go before Monday, and might not even on Monday depending on how late things run. If all goes according to plan, I could safely lose up to 30 lbs by my flight out, something that would be an amazing accomplishment for me. I'd like to make it a solid 20, but I'm going to aim high and work my ass off. If I can lose those 30, then I 'll be back in my realm of "healthy" weight for my height, I'd like to lose another 10-15 after that just to get myself safely within that boundary. I feel like I say this all the time, that I'm going to "really" do it this time, but for some reason this feels different. I've got a lot going for me right now in my life, I'm on the brink of making a major life change if all things go accordingly.
Why not create a new me physically while I'm reinventing the me I want to be?
More news to follow!
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