I am in such a fabulous mood today (though I'm not sure why... my head kind of hurts!)
OH. i bet I know why.
I got up early this morning and ran/walked a mile. it was easier this time than last time. I ran more. Just a little bit more. But more is more. I bet that's why I'm in a good mood. And it is a BEAUTIFUL day outside! Like no joke... clear skies, a little breeze, about 78 degrees, and totally not at all humid. It's lahhvley. I even turned off my a/c and opened my bedroom window.. miracle of miracles.
I have been looking into study abroad stuff since Jen went to Switzerland and had such a great time, and last night I hit the jackpot...
SOUTH AFRICA
at the University of Stellenbosch
http://www.sun.ac.za/
like... how COOL would that be?!?!i think the only hard part would be the language barrier, but it is an Afrikaaner / English school, so maybe it is do-able. I just think it'd be such an adventure!!!!!! That'd be worthy of a whole new blog: Melanie Ziems: The African Chronicles.
Anyway. Work is going GREAT - i'm officially a barista now, no more training (whew), so that's exciting. I need to figure out when I'm going to Santa Fe for Christmas (COUGH COUGH... PARENTS... GRANDPARENTS... IF ANYONE WANTS TO FILL ME IN...) so I can figure out time off... And I guess Thanksgiving too, but that's really more of my call... jeez, that's the first time I'm going home. (My PARENTS are haters and poo-pooed the idea of me coming home to vote, so I applied for my absentee ballot... they're just using that to hide their pure disdain for me as a human and keeping me gone as long as reasonably possible) How many days away is that? Let's see, it's Sept. 16th... 72 days. Well probably morel ike 71 or 70 cause i'm sure I won't be driving home ON thanksgiving... Sheesh. Time flies when you're having fun!
We don't have a fall break this semester because we got that whole week off for Hurrican't Gustav. Which is crappy... could have racked up major work hours that week without being busy with school work. The professors are all being really cool though, since we're all like 2 weeks behind because of storm stuff (we had classes cancelled last Friday as well because of tropical storm weather from Ike).
The boys downstairs found a freaking pit bull and are keeping it. Gross. Pit bulls are so disgusting. Je n'aime pas.
Ok. I need to clean. I started my laundry later than I thought I would so it's going to be like sitting in the drier while I'm in class and it's all my work clothes... gross, they're going to be wrinkled. Annoying. Whatever. Something tells me I'll get away with it :P
OH. And yesterday this ho I work with (like seriously the ONLY one I don't like, and I really don't dislike her, I just like her less than everyone else) told me I had to take my nails off cause they're not real and might fall off. I'm like... you would have to take a sledgehammer to these to get them off... it's not like I got Sally Hansen press on nails, I spend good money on these. If it were ME as a customer, I would appreciate someone with a nice manicure cause it shows they are clean and take care of themselves.
But my manager said I could keep them. Me: 1. Bitchy coworker with no sense of personal pride: 0.
