Monday, May 09, 2005
Home. Its so weird to be back. I keep refering to Clemson as home. And yea, I definitely miss everyone already. At Clemson, I only got close to crying once, but as soon as I got home I lost it and balled. It was so hard to not start crying before than, so hard to not look like I was going to cry. Its weird to be here when most of the others are not back yet or not coming back. Ugh, three months is a long time.
I got to go swing dancing Saturday night!! That was so much fun. It was the first time I've let someone try to do one of the "throwing" or lifting moves with me. But he's someone I trust, so it wasn't bad. And after that, I felt comfortable enough to do it with my other friend who was there. We missed the lessons cause I'm a terrible planner and took us to the wrong place (I forgot to go back to Moe Joes and check afterwards to see if it did indeed say The Retreat on there and I missed it), but we got there eventually. Oh, by the way, if you like the movie Dirty Dancing, don't watch the sequel. Definitely not worth it.
It was my first day on the job today, well training that is. I was bored to the edge of wanting to shoot myself in the morning, but it was better after lunch. Maybe because I had a good lunch break. For lunch, I walked around Asheville for a bit. I forgot how much I miss the city in the summer. People walking around in typical Ashevillian garb, street players playing the guitar and bango stood near the iron on Wall Street, Old Europe was giving away free cookies, and the stores all had the doors open to the streets displaying the goods to be sold. I walked to the library to get my lunch from my car and ate it in the sunshiney Pritchard Park while watching the passersby. Lovely. The afternoon session wasn't quite as bad and we got out a bit early. But now for the next five days I get to sit staring a computer screen for eight hours learning the ins and outs of the company and taking assessment tests every day. But the other two girls who are doing it as well are fun and at least on the computer I can go at my own pace (ie faster than the woman crawled through the material today). The job will probably also get better when I'm actually getting to do it and work with people.
The last couple of days have been nice mother daughter time. Dad and Sarah are still in Chapel Hill, so Mom and I have enjoyed cooking and working out together. She'll be leaving for Chapel Hill Wednesday and come home again Friday. I hate to say it, but it will be nice to have the house to myself for a few days. Its strange living at home with my family again. Oddly enough, I'm also looking forward to having some time to go out and do yard work.
My goal for the summer: to become good at juggling a soccerball.
I got to go swing dancing Saturday night!! That was so much fun. It was the first time I've let someone try to do one of the "throwing" or lifting moves with me. But he's someone I trust, so it wasn't bad. And after that, I felt comfortable enough to do it with my other friend who was there. We missed the lessons cause I'm a terrible planner and took us to the wrong place (I forgot to go back to Moe Joes and check afterwards to see if it did indeed say The Retreat on there and I missed it), but we got there eventually. Oh, by the way, if you like the movie Dirty Dancing, don't watch the sequel. Definitely not worth it.
It was my first day on the job today, well training that is. I was bored to the edge of wanting to shoot myself in the morning, but it was better after lunch. Maybe because I had a good lunch break. For lunch, I walked around Asheville for a bit. I forgot how much I miss the city in the summer. People walking around in typical Ashevillian garb, street players playing the guitar and bango stood near the iron on Wall Street, Old Europe was giving away free cookies, and the stores all had the doors open to the streets displaying the goods to be sold. I walked to the library to get my lunch from my car and ate it in the sunshiney Pritchard Park while watching the passersby. Lovely. The afternoon session wasn't quite as bad and we got out a bit early. But now for the next five days I get to sit staring a computer screen for eight hours learning the ins and outs of the company and taking assessment tests every day. But the other two girls who are doing it as well are fun and at least on the computer I can go at my own pace (ie faster than the woman crawled through the material today). The job will probably also get better when I'm actually getting to do it and work with people.
The last couple of days have been nice mother daughter time. Dad and Sarah are still in Chapel Hill, so Mom and I have enjoyed cooking and working out together. She'll be leaving for Chapel Hill Wednesday and come home again Friday. I hate to say it, but it will be nice to have the house to myself for a few days. Its strange living at home with my family again. Oddly enough, I'm also looking forward to having some time to go out and do yard work.
My goal for the summer: to become good at juggling a soccerball.
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