Almost Grown Up

Apparently drug dealers are now using snapping turtles to protect their drug stashes.

Who knew?

So this is my 100th post. I really kind of wished I had something deep or meaningful to say. Unfortunately, as of late, I’ve had a bit of writer’s block. Not a huge deal, I think it’s partially due to the lots of work and the resulting lack of energy I’ve been feeling. I need a weekend where I can sleep until noon, rather than one where I’m up running errands at the crack of dawn. Hopefully this weekend will be just what I need, though I’m feeling alright today with last night’s giant night’s sleep.

So, in honor of my writer’s block (suggestions anyone?), I thought I’d post a recap of where things stand now, at the 100 post mark:

The Apartment: Is beautiful, I love it. I have a few things that are getting shipped to my parents house to be stored based my having no idea how to read a floor plan, and I still need a second bookcase and the giant tv (Hi! Maybe turn on my paycheck sometime soon? That would be great, thanks), but I’m having a good time.

Life here: I’m getting used to life here. I wonder sometimes if I should have picked a slightly different neighborhood. There’s a weird mixture of people here (which makes traffic horrible) and the aforementioned lack of quality Chinese food concerns me. However, this is the south, and there is great BBQ! And given my love for anything with BBQ sauce on it, I should be ok. The neighbors are generally nice though, even if there is a little dog somewhere who thinks it is his job to wake me in the middle of the night by barking ferociously. I’m sure he’s scaring something off that would have otherwise killed me.

La: Is coming! Next weekend! We haven’t seen each other since I got here, and it has been hard, so this will be really great. Can’t. Wait.

Work: Great, but busy, and not without its annoyances (see paycheck, missing). I love the job, and I love my coworkers, which is a lot better than other jobs I’ve had (someday remind me to tell you all why you shouldn’t apply for college internships with a girlfriend if there is any chance of you breaking up).

Friends: My friends here are almost all work friends. Some I work with directly, some a little more indirectly. But I have one non-work friend here. It’s a different balance than I’m used to, but I think I’m also not used to working with people who I really enjoy hanging out with. Perhaps it’s just a matter of getting used to a new work/life balance. I’m going to try to get involved more in my church, which will help me branch out a bit socially.

How is everyone else doing?

Since I don’t have time to post this morning, I leave you with this funny video, courtesy of Alynbdabear.

I’ll post later (really!).

I love running, but this heat is killing me.

I can only describe the air this week as “warm and sweet.” I hope that makes sense to some of you, it seems like a natural way for me to describe it. That’s how it strikes me as I run. Warm and sweet.

The runs? Have been tough. The heat might have something to do with it.

However, I’ve been dragging in general. Tired, useless in the evenings. Is anyone else having this problem? Is it the heat? The change in my schedule? Just working too much? How do you fix such a problem? Anything anyone has? B-vitamins? Caffeine?

Thank you in advance for your input.

This weekend was nice. Exactly what I was looking for. Friday night was an early dinner with friends and early to bed. Saturday was (unfortunately) started far too early by my agreeing to help some friends out with errands. You should never have to wake up before 10 on a Saturday. Waking up before 6:30 should be a crime. The rest of the day Saturday, and all of today, were really nice though. Lots of relaxing, a few runs, Church, errands, etc.

How was everyone else’s weekend?

Every morning I drive past an old woman hula-hooping in the median of the road.

I don’t know why, but I felt you all needed to know that.

I love my job. I really do. I think that’s important to note up front. I like the work I do. I like the type of work I’ll start being given in a few months even more. I like that I get to help people with their problems. I like my boss. I like my boss’s boss. I like my coworkers.

Things I don’t like? I don’t like how tired I’ve been all week. I don’t like having to put in 12 hour days because someone didn’t figure out the scheduling correctly. I don’t like that certain weeks I’ll be on call and can’t stray far from the office. I don’t like that I’ll be moved to another office, possibly in another state, in the next 2-3 years, and that I’ll probably spend 6 months overseas next year. It just complicates life on so many levels.

But today? Was great. I’m exhausted after a late night (out! not in the office!) but I love Fridays. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

So remember how bad I am about promising to post later in the day?

This week has been crazy. Yesterday I hoped that going into the office early would get me out at a decent time, so I could run, write on her, talk to La, and generally have a nice evening. Then I ended up at the office for 12 hours (not counting travel time) and spent my evening as a zombie. Amazing. I know.

So those are my work pros/cons for the week. I love my job, I was assigned a beautiful office, and I feel honestly good about the work I do. On the other hand it makes planning more than 3 months down the road impossible (more on this tomorrow), I’m currently working absurd hours, and I spend my weekday evenings so tired I could pass out.

As for the area? It has some pros/cons too. The weather, after a bad first week, has been beautiful. It’s sunny most days, hasn’t been too warm or too cold, and I found a great way to drive to work. On the other hand, the nightlife seems to leave something to be desired and I can’t find a decent Chinese takeout place to save my life.

So I suppose there are tradeoffs to everything. I’ll delve into the work stuff more tomorrow, as it’s sort of complicated.

How is everyone’s week going? Considering that two bloggers I read have gone into “hiatus” you all are throwing out a lot of posts. My google reader is crying, but I promise I’ll catch up!

This is day #2 that I want to stay in bed. Work is crazy this week and I just want to sleep in.

I changed my sheets last night to a tan color I bought at the store. But when you take them out of the package? It’s more like a bronze/gold. And it’s shiny.

I feel like some sort of royalty sleeping in this big shinily sheeted bed. It’s pretty cool.

For the record: it does not make getting out of bed in the morning easier.

(Real post coming later today. Promise)

I do NOT want to go to work this morning. Anyone up for playing hooky? I’ll meet you at the arcade.

*Sigh*

This is the kind of ignorant nonsense that makes me mad. I mean, Mr. DeBord is entitled to his opinion on the military or anything else, but the article really makes three points: (1) DeBord obviously has no idea how someone gets military awards nor does he respect the sacrifices involved with military service; (2) DeBord has no idea that there are regulations that spell out exactly what General Petraeus has to wear when he appears before Congress (which includes all his “martial bling”); (3) DeBord is obviously a moron.

*End angry rant*

So, as many of you know, La has stopped blogging, perhaps permanently. I think I had gained a certain amount of comfort in being able to read her thoughts every day. I guess I’ll just have to ask her dogs to read her diary. First I suppose I’ll have to teach them how to read. Her blogging will be missed though.

My running has been going well (gearing up for an ultramarathon and a few marathons in the fall) and I’ve found that it’s the perfect way to learn about my neighborhood. I just take off with my ipod and my watch and weave through the streets and see how it all fits together. It’s relaxing AND informative. AND I’m a dork.

I hope everyone’s week has started off as great as mine has! And my sincere apologies to any Yankees fans out there. The better team won this weekend, that’s all.

PS: I was overwhelmed by the responses to the sock question, and feel now that I couldn’t have made a correct decision unless I changed my outfit or bought brown socks on the way to church. I ended up going sockless, which I thought to be the lesser or two evils. Never again will I allow this to happen.

Yesterday it was a movie. I wanted to watch a new movie I had received about a month ago, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I searched through bags and boxes galore, finally finding it, hours later, in the most obvious place for it to be (yeah, I’m a smart one).

The bad part about moving is that I don’t know where I put all my stuff. I know it’s around here somewhere, but sometimes finding it can be hard.

This morning? It was brown socks.

I was dressed for church and needed to find brown socks. I searched through all the drawers, all the bags, and came up empty. How can brown socks just vanish? So I was faced with a dilemma: either go sockless, or wear white socks (with khakis and brown shoes).

I won’t say which one I did, but I’m asking all my more fashionable readers: which one is right in that situation?