Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Chutes and Ladders


These past two weeks have been all over the place. I'm fairly sure I'm viewed as a pretty calm person who keeps it together, but not here. Its easy to be that way in Clemson where I have so many people I can rely on in the blink-of an eye. On the other hand, being up here has a much higher potential for excitement, newness...etc. Its a tradeoff.

This past weekend a guy asked me out on a date for Tuesday, and invited me to come to the shore to a friends' beach condo. Another guy and girl I knew were going (and they aren't a couple), so I decided to go. It was fun! The beach is beautiful, and I love reading outside. It was all group time, so I didn't have any deep one-on-one conversations with the guy where I felt I got to know him better as a person.

When we got back, I went to the store, and bought a cute dress I found on sale. I wasn't super pumped about the date, but it was supposed to be spanish tapas. Delicious! All day Tuesday I waited for him to tell me if he was picking me up, or if I should meet him in the city. Nothing. I left work, got home, took Rufus out and still no time or directions. I assumed he had forgotten. Even though he had put it in his phone calendar. Today I instant messaged him, asked him about the rest of his weekend, etc... he didn't say anything about the date.

On the other hand. I met a really really nice girl from SC at work. Her Dad runs a canning plant in Florence which I have incidentally been to. She majored in Packaging at Clemson, and she goes to a sister Church of my Church up here. She also has semi redish hair. We have a lot in common!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Earthquake

I feel like I have all my best thoughts in the shower. Is this weird?

Yesterday at work I was on the 4th floor of my building dropping off some soup samples at the micro lab when the building started shaking. I thought I was passing out from dehydration. When I finally realized what was happening I went out to the hall, and people were exiting the building.

Rufus got fleas (even though he's on frontline). I've bathed him in flea shampoo twice, set off a flea bomb in my apartment and have done a million loads of laundry to wash everything. The internet said I have to vacuum every day for a month after the flea bomb to prevent re-occurance...

While the flea bomb was taking place Rufus and I went to Philly. When I first drove through the city it was completely overwhelming. But now its starting to look like Greenville without the Reedy river and pear trees.

This upcoming weekend is going to be great. Rufus and I are going hiking in the Pocono Mountains in pennsylvania, and on Sunday I'm volunteering with the special needs sunday school class at my Church, 10th Pres!

Monday, August 22, 2011

Lists

Can I just say that I HATE internet explorer? Whew. Thank you.

I wanted to give you an update of things I'm doing, seeing, feeling, loving... you get the point. :-)

Here's the current fyi to get you up to date:

Favorites
book: Like Water for Chocolate
movie: Mrs. Doubtfire (why is this the first time i've seen this movie??!)
ipod app: tie between words with friends (mostly Jonathan and Katie) and FourSquare
food: Tim Tams - exclusively from Australia
song: You and Tequila - Kenny Chesney
restaurant: El Sitio, lovely Ecuadorian cuisine in the sleepy town of Collingswood
bar: The Pour House - 144 bottled beers and 12 on tap. All delicious.