Not work stuff!

I want to apologize for being such a crummy OD friend (not writing, not noting, etc). It’s been awhile, so hopefully I can come up with something to actually write about today.

I have been kindof stressed lately for 2 reasons, both of which I’m currently in the process of solving (so they aren’t really that big of a deal):

1) My driver’s license has expired. Eep! I plan on getting a renewal when I go to Indiana in a few weeks (Yes, I’m actually going June 14-17. Yay!), but for now I have a piece of paper from Indiana that says it’s cool for me to drive now even though my license is expired. I wonder how they’ll react if I try to go to a bar with an expired license and a piece of paper that says my expired license is cool. Oh well. I’m glad I get to go home, which will let me renew my license, attend my little sister’s baby shower, and see cool people. I only feel bad that it’s for such a short time, but I’m sure it will be fun anyway.

2) The ATM machine ate my debit card. More like, the machine wasn’t automatically sucking my card in like usual, so I pushed it in. Silly, eh? Anyway, I pushed it just far enough in that I couldn’t get it back out (and the machine of course still wasn’t responding). I stood outside of the ATM for a little while (the bank was closed), and decided to call the emergency number on the bank door. This basically resulted in the bank cancelling my old debit card and sending me a new one… though I have yet to receive it. This was a few days ago, including a Sunday and Memorial Day, so the delay isn’t unexpected. It just sucks not having access to a magical plastic card that lets you get stuff, so I’ve spent the past couple of days doing things that don’t involve money at all.

I went and saw the new Indiana Jones movie last week. I don’t remember the other movies, so I probably missed some of the jokes that make reference to those other films. I pretty much expected that though. The movie was good–a little cheesy, but you probably have to go into the theater expecting that. The whole supernatural aspect didn’t really bother me either, since I didn’t have a preconceived notion of what the movie should contain (unlike my other friends here who saw it… they thought it was lame). It must be stressful to be chased and shot at so often, damn!

The past 2 days I have slept about 22 hours. I think this goes along with not having a debit card/access to an open bank. ::shrugs::

Saturday night was interesting. Meghan, Karoline and I watched the movie "Airplane" and took a shot each time someone said "airplane" or "captain". This made for an interesting night (about 6 shots each before the bottle was empty) that included a trip to the park (to go down the slides head first), and walking down the street to see a large Cork Oak (my favorite tree!) in someone’s front yard. Karoline also went nuts with an ice cream craving, and pestered one of our coworkers, Vinh, until he brought some over. I never think dairy and booze go together well, but Karoline is a person who double-fists cupcakes and ice cream cones when she’s been drinking. I’m more into fries and chips and such.

So work… I don’t want to talk about it. It’s stressful. So I won’t.

Karoline, one of the girls I live with, works with me and is from Massachusetts. I often wonder why she doesn’t have the existential breakdown I seem to have about being away from home. I guess people deal with these things differently, but it just ends up making me feel like I’m a bit crazy. I want to help cheer my mom up and watch cartoons with my friends. At the same time, however, I don’t want to deal with creepy dudes watching me walk down the street, ACD traffic, or Wal-Mart as my only real shopping option. Oh well.

I think I’m out of things to say for now!