Well That Didn't Work

THE WONDERS OF SHOE SHOPPING
Just to fill ya'll in (since apparently there has been some confusion): I returned to AU from Fall Break at around 3:00 in the afternoon last Tuesday. At around 6:00, Dennis ended things with me (*note the "ended things" as opposed to "dumped me,") and after he left at approximately 7:30, I cried for about an hour before attempting to get some rest. Unfortunately, at 9:30, I got a phone call from my dad that my mother's cancer had come back again and that this time, it was really bad so I immediately repacked my duffel bag and headed back to New Jersey. In addition to extreme sleep deprivation and near starvation due to stress and family responsibilities, I missed a test, a midterm, and a major essay while I was gone. As per my final October 15th entry, I only got back on campus at 2:30 in the morning on Saturday. It was a long and stressful week; I had to deal with my mom being sick and so I didn't really get to grieve for the loss of Dennis from my life. I'm waiting for that to catch up with me. Fortunately, my mom will be alright in a little while...we got really, really lucky.

Anyway, I woke up early yesterday and spent all day reading and catching up on all the work that I missed last week. Sporadically throughout the day, I got phone calls from all my friends who each took their turn yelling at me about not answering my phone for most of last week; I had to explain, to each in turn, that they don't allow cell phones in hospitals, especially Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. They stopped yelling, lol. After I'd gotten most of my reading done, I started working on a 4-6 page paper that was due today, but I fell asleep around 2:00am at my computer having completed almost an entire two paragraphs of it and proceeded to sleep through the class that the assignment was for. I emailed the professor...maybe its because she was recently married, but she's really sweet and had already assumed that I would not be in class today. I'm almost caught up now, but still underfed and overexhausted...as soon as I get a chance to slow down, I will. Tomorrow is a busy day...2 classes, 3 meetings and a lot of homework, but I'm going strong. If I get sick, I have type A- blood. : o )

After my statistics class this afternoon, I went with Sara, Ashley and the new girl in our group, Jessie, to a shoe store that's very near campus and, get this, I bought shoes! My shoes (the first pair I'd ever bought that weren't sneakers) were falling apart..."pass the duct tape" falling apart. No souls, holes inside, holes out...you get the picture. But wait, there's more...I bought two pairs of shoes! And they only cost me $30! I did something girly. WoO HoO! Girlfriends are the best...they convinced me to go out and they picked out the shoes. After we'd all had our share of shoes, I took the three of them to the Thai restaurant across the street and made them all try Thai iced tea (which I introduced Dennis to at one point as well) which they all loved. It was funness. Too bad I had to write an macroeconomics paper or I would've spent more time with them. Tomorrow is girl's night (like every Tuesday,) so I don't have to wait for too long.

I have to get back to my macro paper and then I have to get some sleep...stupid work in the morning. *Inaudible grumbling* G'night.
Comments ()

Contact Me