So it’s early Saturday morning and I am up for awhile because I’m 28 and still have ear problems. Flying last weekend screwed up my ears again and I broke down and bought some Claritin D after work in hopes of it helping and I took it too close to bedtime and now I’m wired. Of course it doesn’t help that all this stuff has been going on all week and so my mind is racing at a million miles an hour.
Last weekend I flew home to “home #2” to watch my baby sister graduate with her master’s degree in Educational Psychology with an option in gifted education. I’m really proud of her because I don’t have the motivation to get my master’s degree and she managed to get hers while teaching full time and working part time at Kumon. I also got to spend time with Sunshine and that was great because I hadn’t seen him since he came out here to visit right before Christmas. The weekend flew by so fast, I felt like I was hardly there and I really hate leaving them behind.
I am also eating a big piece of crow pie. I’ve said for months now that I was going to switch cell phone providers just to get an iphone but I found out last Friday that US Cellular will not renew my cell phone contract because I am no longer in a local calling area anymore, and since I will be moving a lot in my career, I made the switch today to AT&T and I bought a refurbed 16gb iphone. I was able to get a nice discount through work on the monthly rate, and AT &T had the best coverage, I get the work discount and getting to play with Sunshine’s iphone last weekend sealed the deal. With the iphone I get the app store, the synergy with my Mac and I already have compatible accessories. I will admit I did a pro-con spreadsheet on this and the iphone won. My iphone shipped today and hopefully I have it around Tuesday. Once it’s working, then I’m going to cancel my other phone.
I also got tickets to see Aerosmith in July and Def Leppard with Poison in August. Watching Aerosmith live has been on my bucket list for years and I’ve worshipped Steven Tyler officially since 1994. I also love Def Leppard and I have the sick joy of getting to see Bret Michaels and his hair extensions. I love hair bands! I am not ashamed to admit this. I have a weakness for 80s hair bands and 90s grunge bands because that’s what I listened to in middle school & high school. I am so stoked the new Green Day album came out this week.
I did not bring any crochet projects with me last weekend because I knew it would take up my precious carry on space and I didn’t think I would have time to work on anything, which was true. I came back and put in some serious time on the Doctor Who scarf this weekend. It is 114 inches long right now and as G likes to point out, she is only 62 inches tall. I totally want to hang it off my balcony to see how close it is to touching the ground. Did I mention that I am only a fourth of the way through section 2 of 4 sections? It is my magnum opus project. I can’t wait to take this to knitting group next weekend.
After I went to Target this evening, I stopped off at BN to get the rest of A-dolly’s birthday present. I can’t believe that my little god daughter is going to be FIVE! I also ended up buying Pygmy, the new Chuck Palahniuk book at 40% off. I love reading his books because they challenge my thinking and he is always pushing the envelope. When you read as many books as I do, you really appreciate those qualities in an author. Before I left, I finished Dead and Gone, which is the latest book in the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series by Charlaine Harris which was awesome. I love all of her books.
Tonight the girls and I will be going to see the Carolina Rollergirls play. I am really stoked because I have been wanting to go to a roller derby match ever since I moved out here but the timing was always bad. I think it will be lots of fun and full of girl power.
I also failed to mention how gross it is outside. 78 degrees and humidty equals gross. I went to Target straight from work, made a quick stop at BN and then I waited until dark to go to the Automatic Post Machine and grocery shopping at Whole Foods. I am proud to say that I have been doing so well at useable shopping bags that I really had to hunt for plastic bags to stuff the box I sent out to A-dolly.
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