As it has been nigh on a month since my last post, you might in all fairness be asking yourself, “Where has Lee been?” Quite honestly I hardly can keep track myself anymore!
Here is a quick overview of my last four weeks (witty commentary and pictures to follow in subsequent posts):
July 14th: I quietly turn 34. Spend most of the day traipsing around my neighborhood checking out landscaping and listening to my first Dorothy Sayers novel. Wait eagerly for news of Jenn’s new baby who was indeed born on the 14th despite being due on the 1st! Receive my B-Day presents which are mostly a new Nikon Digital SLR camera that is magic.
July 17th: Interview for low key, low stress, part time legal secretary position conveniently located on my way to school.
July 21st – 23rd: Trip to the North Carolina beach with Dan’s brother Jerry, niece Sabrina and Jerry’s good friends Dave and “Dumplin” Crane. Realize that in the same week we will go from one coast all the way to the other… Mind blown.
July 25th – 29th: In San Francisco with Dan’s group The Transactors for performances at the San Francisco Improv Festival and a visit with friends Nan, Ken and Maggie. Gain new appreciation of fog, traffic and hills. Decide that I never want to move to San Francisco.
July 29th-August 1st: Short vacation with Dan to explore Portland, Oregon. See real live drug deal. Eat best pancakes of my entire life.
July 31st: After hearing nothing for a week, I get a call at breakfast asking me to take the job and start immediately. It turns out the person in the position was suddenly leaving as of August 3rd.
August 2nd-3rd: Start new job! New low key, low stress boss announces that he is Swamped! Not as low stress as advertised. Not surprised. Get all of one and a half days training. Yikes! Also got to spend all evening on the 3rd in the Kroger parking lot waiting for not one but two AAA vehicles to come and rescue me after Samwise refused to start at all.
August 4th-8th: Rendezvous with Mom, Dad, Kurt, Kim and Gloin in a cabin in the Smoky Mountains. Battle fleas, heat and ugly American tourists in equal measure but still have good time. Arrive home to find record-breaking highs in the hundreds.
And I’m finally back. As much as I enjoyed everything I am exhausted and glad to have a rather sedentary weekend in front of me. Just me and my couch and the new Harry Potter!
2 comments:
Hey, don't you have a boyfriend? Whatever happened to him?
Let the record state that "all travels above were conducted with said boyfriend who was a superb travel companion."
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