more random stuff coming your way
1:06 p.m. - 2004-12-28
i hope everyone reading this had a very nice holiday! mine was definitely not the norm, but it was very nice all the same. there was no snow, no bitter cold wind. the sun was shining, the air was warm, and ben and i went walking on the long trail not far from our apartment. we watched movies, ate more than we should have, played videogames, talked for hours. it was wonderful. the two days following were much the same, as well, because ben (miraculously) had three days off in a row.it was really nice. last night we spent a few hours looking at creepy ghost photos and videos. i was sufficiently freaked. good time, though, definitely.
i will be barely working at all this week, as the restaurant is closed for lunch, and i am the lunch hostess. what to do with myself! i'd love it if the sun would come out. it rained hard and nonstop the past couple of days. now it's stopped raining but the sky is very much clouded over. bluagh. i'm getting antsy again, like i want to get out of this city for a few days...just escape to anywhere. a few guys at work are driving to reno, probably as i type this, actually, and one had asked the other day if i wanted to go. kinda did, but kindly declined. it would be fun to hang out with people totally different than those i usually surround myself with. but i don't have that kind of freedom, and i'm okay with that. after all, it's been so long since i've had that freedom that i don't even remember what it feels like anyway. and when i did have the freedom, i don't think i ever used it. the craziest thing i could think to do back then was take a trip to portland, and i never went with just the guys, because they were immature and didn't share my sense of humor. i was immature, too, but you get the idea. i've been talking about this for too long. i really would love to take a trip, though.
ben and i are going home the 19th and coming back the 26th. i'm really excited to see family and friends. it'll be refreshing. i miss them all so much.
i s'pose i ought to go and make myself useful. shower, go to the bank, get some cash, (go to starbucks...?), do laundry and dishes, clean the apartment...maybe start playing chrono trigger or just read some more. or write. it's been so long since i've written anything. i'd like to get a new book, too, but i haven't found anything else at the bookstore that's piqued my interest since the only girl in the car. i find that i love memoires now. they're so fascinating. mystery novels, thrillers, fantasy novels...those are all fine and good, but reading about a portion of someone's life that they felt was pivotal and lesson-filled enough to want to share it with the world...that's huge.
well, my little bobbits, i'm off.
lpn