October 04, 2003
Still here
My poor husband has been slaving away on this horrible Biostatistics take-home exam which has required him to be on the computer for two days - hence, I've not been able to get on and update until now. I feel so badly for him - he has spent over ten hours on this damn exam, and he wouldn't worry about it so much except that it's worth 60% of his grade. Meanwhile, I'm sitting around the house watching Trading Spaces, feeling guilty because I should be doing something productive, like cleaning house. But since I'm now unemployed, that's what I have reserved my week for - each day will be devoted to a room of the house, except Wednesday. Wednesday, I'll be back at Family Advocacy even though my internship is done - that is a long story for another time, when I have more time to write.
Anyway, yesterday was my last "official" day as an intern and as a student (praise god!), and it was lovely. The whole gang took me out to lunch at P.F. Chang's, a wonderful (albeit chain) Chinese bistro restaurant. They also gave me a $50 gift certificate to a local department store, which was really sweet. I went today intending to buy clothes, but couldn't find anything I liked, so I applied it towards a cool new coffee maker since our old one works only when it wants to. P has been working so hard lately and he is a major coffee drinker while he studies, so I thought we could both benefit from this. Anyway, it was sweet of them, and all day, people kept telling me how much they've enjoyed having me and that they wish I would stay. To which I reply, "Pay me." Ha ha ha.
I spent the whole afternoon catching up on documentation and dealing with an incident that got me fuming and is one of the reasons I'll be back on Wednesday. But that's a story for another time.
Last night, P and I went downtown to a piano bar called Howl at the Moon, as a friend of mine won a free happy hour for him and 100 of his closest friends. It was pretty fun, and I'm glad I went, but I was in a bit of a sour mood. I don't know... my internship ending, me not having a job - I wasn't feeling all that great. Plus, one of my friends is about to get a job offer on Monday. Don't get me wrong - I am SO SO happy for her, and we are in completely different career fields so it's not like we were competing for this job or anything. But I'm being a baby and I'm jealous. Very jealous. And impatient. But I'm working on it.
So today I've been lazy and just hanging around the house. Although I had a lovely experience while driving to and from the grocery store. I rolled the windows down, sat back in the driver's seat, and blared old school Liz Phair. Singing along, wind blowing through my hair... I felt so free. Like nothing could touch me. For a moment, I felt invincible.
My field advisor asked me what I'd be doing after my internship, before I find a job. Responding "cleaning my house" seemed too domestic and mundane (however necessary), so I told her I'd start writing again. It's been a while since I've really written, and I think it's time to try again. I used to be an avid playwright, although I mostly wrote individual scenes. I did write one one-act play, and then many poems and short stories (my most recent poem can be found here). But it's been so long... I'm really rusty. All the more reason to break out the journal and pen and get going!
nesting - September 05, 2006
I'm here!! - August 25, 2006
Finally, some good news - March 02, 2006
The Day That Almost Was - February 26, 2006
can you keep a secret? - February 01, 2006
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