Getting settled in.
May 25, 2003
Things are slowly getting back to normal around here. By that I mean that all the stuff I brought back from college is slowly getting put away and organized. About the only things getting “put away” where I can’t get to them easily are my cooking supplies, which I have little need for here. Well, maybe I should keep out some…but there’s no room in the kitchen here for them. Keeping my deep fryer out would be interesting and give me a chance to play around with it, but again, I have no idea where I’d put it.
My dentist’s appointment was painless, as it usually is. I’ve been taking extra good care of my mouth and teeth this last term, gargling with Listerine every time I brushed. Now that I’m home I have a huge bottle of Scope to use up that my Mom got at CostCo, but I have to tell you, I like Listerine better. I used to like Scope SO much when I was a kid–you know, like how attached you get to your particular brand of toothpaste, for whatever reason–but once I started using Listerine Scope just doesn’t cut it. Listerine makes my mouth feel..I dunno, more tingly. So I’m using up the Scope as fast as I can so that I can go get Listerine when it’s done. I also discovered that I have about four tubes of toothpaste that I’ve accumulated, as well as three perfectly good toothbrushes. What am I, a dental care freak? I’d say yes, except I usually floss about two or three times a year–and two of those times are at the dentist’s.
The rest of my week went pretty well. Thursday I drove over to my Dad’s house to return the Ford Escape we’d driven across country–after washing it of course. I took it through one of the automatic carwashes around here, which is the first time *I’ve* actually done it (I mean, I’ve been in the car when others have), and as I went through the suds, I kept smelling this pleaant vanilla smell. I looked around the car to see if I could figure out where it was coming from, but there was nothing in the car that would do that. I then realized that the air conditioner was still on, and the smell was coming in through the vents from the foam itself. Whoops. Turned that off, just in case something besides a pleasant smell wanted to come in.
Friday I went with my sister to a BBQ that was being held at one of her coworker’s houses. Most of the people from work were there, and while I won’t remember any of their names if I meet them again on the street, I had a lot of fun. I didn’t actually BBQ anything, but it was nice to go and spend time with people again. I kind of miss that from school. The only difference is that they aren’t all coming over to MY room to hang out like people usually would.
And that’s about it. Yesterday my sister and I went out and I picked up a few things for my bathroom–new showerhead, stuff like that. Nothing big. I’m holding back the expenses both because it’s silly to spend a lot on stuff like that and because I don’t know how long I’ll actually be living here. A month, a year, whatever, I’m moving out eventually, so I’m not getting too settled in. I am on the prowl for some sort of modular entertainment system. I have a pretty wimpy TV (13 inches), a decent VCR, and then using the money my grandmother gave me for graduation, a DVD player, so the TV cart I have now won’t fit all my stuff. I figure if I can get a modular system of some kind, then I can make it as small or as big as I want, and then in the future if I get a better one in my own place, then no sweat, I turn it into something else, no more entertainment center. I think I may have found some good stuff, but I’m still on the lookout. If you know of any sort of modular furniture–preferably wooden, hopefully interlocking, then please let me know.
Since tomorrow is the day, happy Memorial Day, all. We’re spending it by making beef cubelets over at my Dad’s house, so I’m going to take some more pictures. Always a fun process, an even better meal. I’m headed over there today, though, to help him set up his new computer that he’s bought parts for, which should be a fun task. Still no word on the job front. I have been applying for jobs through Monster.com, but still no luck. I may check out the want ads in today’s paper, too. I’ve decided not to pursue the management position at Papa Murphy’s for one very good reason: it’s a full time, long-term position in a place I don’t want to work. Both my parents have said that I could just do it for awhile until I find something better, but it’s not the kind of job I can just leave at the drop of a hat (or even in two weeks). Doug relies heavily on the manager to run the store, and if the manager leaves (which they have before), then that puts Doug in a bind, and I don’t want to do that to him. No, that’s not a temporary job. I can’t get sucked back into that place. I liked it for a long time, but I left it for a reason, and I don’t want to go back there again if I can help it. I told Tony, the new manager, that I’d go in and work if he was in trouble and needed help, but not as a full-time employee. I don’t find the work degrading, I don’t find it “below me”, and I certainly don’t dislike the people there, but I just need to do something else with my life. I’ve spent three years of it already there, and it’s time to move on.
I’ll close there, I think. I should start getting ready to head over to my Dad’s so that we can have a long time to work on the computer. The record I’ve seen in a competition is assembling a new computer from scratch in twelve minutes and having it boot up, but we’re going for being careful and not as fast as you can. I’ll talk to you all later. The pictures and my writings from my trip are still coming. I haven’t had a chance to go through the pictures yet, but while I’m at my Dad’s house I’ll proof-read my writings so I can get them up when I get back. Have a good Memorial Day weekend.
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