It's been about three months since my last post...chalk that up to having a life, I guess :) It's finally a break from school where I don't actually have anything to do...no homework, no reading, no projects. It's amazing. I feel like such a schlub, though, I haven't really done anything. And by that, I just mean I've been able to sleep in some days and lay in my pajamas for hours. I have, in fact, been to the dentist (twice), taken my cat to the vet, met my best friend's new boyfriend, and gotten a hair cut. But I've also watched about 3000 hours of the Olympics, played some serious catch-up with the DVR, eaten nothing but shit that is making my body hate me, and laughed so hard with my mom that I forget we're not the only two people in the world (creepy? Most likely.) It's been a pretty awesome week, and I've loved every minute.
Embarrassing update for this post (you're pretty much guaranteed one every time, especially if I keep procrastinating blogging like this): If you haven't heard of my car drama up to this point, you are probably not really my friend. But anyway, I'm going to tell you this little story about what happens when you blow the engine of your Honda on the side of the interstate. Last time I was home (for my best friend's wedding, which was epic in case you were curious) I had to drive back on a Tuesday for class on Wednesday. I was planning on being home by like 8:30. I had made it through the bulk of my drive, past Wichita and into the home stretch. My car had felt a little funky around Salina, but it always runs a little bit sub-par, so I let it go. However, at one point I was pressing on the accelerator and slowing down at the same time (that's not supposed to happen, right?) and it started chugging, so I pulled off onto the side of the interstate and shut off my car. And then the oil debacle began. My oil runs out all the time so I figured I'd check it. Do you know how hard it is to refill the oil in your car on the side of the interstate when semis drive by and the wind comes sweeping down the plane? REALLY HARD. My funnel blew out of my hand. I had to chase it across two lanes. Luckily, there wasn't traffic so it wasn't unsafe, I swear. Get the funnel in. Wind blows as I'm pouring and splashes oil all over the front of my car. Whoops. Ok, so oil is filled. Get back in the car, turn on car. Nothing happens. All sorts of lights suddenly turn on for the first time ever. Awesome. Car is dead. Commence sobbing. I then become the awkward girl on the side of the car sitting in the drivers seat with her head on the steering wheel crying. Ok, fast forward. I call AAA, they keep asking me for my exact location. Of course my phone isn't working and I'm surrounded by nothing but grass. It took them an hour to find me and it was approximately 106 degrees. The tow truck shows and tells me that he's not sure the truck is gonna make it. Turns out this wasn't a joke, I'm pretty sure the tow truck nearly died about 14 times. Hills were scary. We couldn't accelerate above 50. It took two hours to drive 84 miles. And he chain smoked and blared Christian rock the whole way. But he was really nice and a little chatty so it wasn't awful. So I had to get a new engine to resurrect Thor, but he is currently mostly functioning, so I am driving again.
Anyway, enough bullshit. It's been a crazy few months. I got to come home a bunch for Katie's wedding, which was incredible. I guess I'm at that age where my friends start getting married...crazy! But I am so excited for her and it was such a fun weekend :) One of my other best friends moved to New York City, so this break I only got to see two of my best friends, but I'm so excited I got to see them both!! I've started seeing my own clients at the clinic, which is both awesome and terrifying...I finally had that moment where I really felt like I could be a therapist, which was incredibly necessary at this point, because I was really starting to have doubts. And since we start offsites next week, it is pretty good timing. It's crazy that in like a week I'm going to be a second year. Jesus. Time friggen flies.
Update on the online dating situation....there were many more creeps. I had one guy want to bring me into his polyamorous love group. No thanks, sir. There was another guy who was about 40 who wanted me to be the mother of his 11 year old twins. Gross. Then there was this guy who told me I was the most beautiful girl he'd seen in all of the internet. Flattering, but hella creepy...and really, not that flattering. But honestly, like a week after my last post a really great guy started talking to me and now he's my boyfriend :) And I started a bunch of other people onto online dating and they're all in relationships with them now, so I guess I could be considered a trendsetter?! I really didn't think anything good would come from that, but for now, I'm pretty psyched with how things are going, and so as not to embarrass him, I'm going to stop there. But I guess we can call that experiment a success at this point!
Tomorrow I get to go to friend wedding number 2 of the year in Hastings....pretty excited to go, it's gonna be a really fun time! I'm bummed to lose out on a few days at home, though, but I'll get over it. Then it's immediately into training for my offsite for a full week before classes. Gross. It's gonna be nuts. Oh, the joys of growing up. A friend of mine recently decided that I have something called "short end of the stick" syndrome, where I just find myself on the losing end of many stupid battles. I found this both hilarious and appropriate, and I want that to be an actual thing now. Anyway, my current song obsessions are I've Got This Friend by the Civil Wars (I can't get enough of them) and Can't Help Falling in Love by Ingrid Michaelson. I listened to them about 100 times on the drive up here and I can't stop. I also got a bunch of music from my Uncle Jason the last time I was in Des Moines and I'm working my way through that, but I'm newly obsessed with older jazz musicians now...so take in some of that if you can :)
