"Your right hand just grazed my left shoulder!"

The above quote is from Mr. Johnny C. Resnick (or John Carlson, as he is more commonly known). I've been seeing quite a bit of this kid lately, and it's nice, because he was like my very strange adopted brother for a long time, and then dropped off the face of the planet. It's nice to have you back, John. Also Robert, who is quieter and more reserved, but just as goofy as John in his own right. Those two, Matt and I played Spades in the parking lot of Starbucks for about two and a half hours the other night. It was high comedy, mostly b/c they failed to give me a bunch of the rules when we first started and I flubbed up a lot. Blah. Also, Matt and John were alternatively trying to eat each other (see photographic evidence).

Went shopping yesterday, and although I have money, I probably spent too much. But I got AMAZING deals. Three shirts from Urban (sale), a cute shirt from J. Crew (Sale), and aviators from H&M, because I've been obssessing about them. All in all, $45 bucks. Not bad.

In other news: This summer is turning out to be a lot different than I thought it was going to be. I dont' think I'm going to do the New York trip after all (sorry, Red-- I love you madly, though) because of time constraints and working and then when I quit, I'm going to be working for Fred and going to CO. But we'll see.

Sami comes home in a week (reluctantly). Her blog makes me want to go to Egypt. Or rather, be traveling. I'm thinking I definitely want to do a summer in England or Spain. That would be awesome. We'll see what God has for me. I'm easy about that though.

Frontline tonight. It's already been a full day. It might get a lot fuller.

H.

Basic Updates

I'll do this in bullet points, which are uniform and nice, I think.

• Fred is an AWESOME stepdaddy and got me the gym hookup. I now have four trainer sessions and a summer membership to the gym (complete with membership parking sticker) for way less than previously thought of, due to my student status.
• I'm having a comma splicing issue of late.
• I had a complete writerly meltdown today. It was ugly. Mom laughed me out of it. She's good at that. Also: I read bits of Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, which consistently has the power to make me feel better about being a) a human and b) a writer c) a woman d) completely neurotic.
• Working a lot this week, but still one hour less than last week. Woop-eee. Come visit, please!
• Went back to reading On Writing by Stephen King today. I don't care what anyone says: he can write the hell out of a story. Not that I've read any of his novels ever, or ever intend to. It's just a good book and I highly recommend it.
• Last night's sleep over at Kathryn's was much needed. We made popcorn and talked and talked and prayed and she read me some sweet verses and I felt better about my life and about being home. Then we ate, or attempted to, mango in her kitchen. I ended up exploding the mango everywhere. It was high comedy, followed by English muffins and cheese. Then Elizabeth town on folded out sleeping bags in the living room.
• Church this morning was absurdly applicable. If I didn't already believe it, Kathryn and I today confirmed that God is hysterical and probably a little sarcastic. Especially because I was sitting next to Matt.
  
• Matt, Mike Holmes and I had lunch at Panera today. Everyone is asking me if this is a good idea, considering my state at present. Answer: I haven't a galloping clue. I'm thinking "no", though. "Guard your heart..." and all that. Never really been my strong suit with M.C. Peterman. We'll see.
  
• There are people I haven't heard from lately and I'm missing them. But there's also people mising me I don't particularly want to get in touch with and so I'm faced with a little hypocrisy.
  
• I saw the Ward parentals today and was so delighted I *squeed*. Sami comes home in two weeks and I couldn't be more please. I miss her so much. I read her blog and it's like "Today I climbed a pyramid", "Today I rode a stallion through the desert", "Today I created peace in the Middle East", "Today I defeated the flaming lion of eternal doom in an oasis in Agrabah and saved a thousand virgins from brutal death" and I'm thinking the whole time "SHE USED TO BE AFRAID OF DIRT AND SPIDERS!" My friends are so cool that it makes me feel lamer by comparison.
  
• Don't work til 5 tomorrow. I'm thinking of a late morning, a good time of Bible readin' and tea. Then probably cracking open one of the novels I've got going now, or if I've gotten up the courage, I'll make myself write something real, possibly based on the short assignment sketch I made myself do today. Maybe.
  

SO. That's that.
H.