Monday, February 18, 2008 3:06:04 AM
school, thor, job
Been a pretty crazy week. The boss's wife went into labor on Friday so I was called in to work for him cos he obviously needed to get home asap 
It was a long night...no one else could come in so I was there from 1 to a little after 11. My legs hate me for it too...I sat down once to count the drawer at the end of the night. I've never closed either...I'm an opener; let's just say it was interesting. Lots of fun though cos all night I was anticipating calls and updates on the birth which made everything seem better and go a lot faster than expected. Eli was born at 5:43pm that night weighing in at 8lbs 14oz, 20 inches...short and fat he's a cutie...wish I could post a pic but I don't have one on this computer. He's their second kid and second son; Ben is a little shy of 2yrs...I can't wait to know how he reacted to the dramtic family change!
We're reading Melville in English now and I want to die. I think I am spending more time reading the dictionary to look up words and less time actually reading the story. Don't worry it's not the infamous Moby Dick, thank god, but a better story (in my opinion), Billy Budd, Sailor. I guess there's a movie of it which isn't too bad...I'm hoping to get my hands on it so I can semi understand what's going on. We just got done with Shakespeare's Othello which I've always loved and I think is so much easier to read, but in a play one can't really go off on tangents like in a novel which is why I believe I rather read Shakespeare than Melville.
Anyway...Thor the lovely hamster is doing quite well. We've moved to a different room and I think he's enjoying it much better here. He's higher up now so it's warmer for him too in this cold weather. I guess if it gets under 60 degrees (F) hamsters tend to hibernate, and if you wake them it's dangerous for their wellbeing. Who knew? So now he shouldn't ever have to hibernate!
I guess that's pretty much it for now- I should probably get back to that damn reading. Peace!
Friday, February 8, 2008 5:08:30 AM
sad, snow, big sis, music
So for this past hour or so the only music that's been playing on my iTunes has been sad. Granted...most of my music is 'sad' music, but for some reason it's starting to get to me. My eyes are tearing up for really no reason- I guess I haven't had a good cry in a while but this is a little ridiculous. Everytime I hear David Grey I think back to my highschool years and I start missing friends I haven't exactly kept in touch with. We all tried...then it kind of fizzled. It makes me sad, and now David Grey is making me cry and I turn away and my eyes catch pictures on my wall of those same friends. I hate when I get all meh...
Anyway...been a good day- I started being a 'big sis'to my neighbor today; picked her up from school, took her to violin lessons, and helped her on homework, and giggled a lot I'm the baby in the fam so helping my neighbor out is fun cos she's 11 and right at that fun age, and I've never been able to be the big sis It's cool.
We have about 2 feet of snow..maybe a little less. It's beautiful, yet it would be ten times better if I were in a secluded forest surrounded by snow-touched trees with the sun glistening and twinkling everytime it caught the snow just right inbetween the trees. I miss that; the beauty in nature. Suburbia ruins it. And driving on 1/2 plowed streets that are iced over sucks!
<-- not my pic, but I thought it was appropriate; something I wish I could see outside my window...yet the snow is brown from the cars.
I think that's enough whining for the day. I'm tired I guess I should try this whole sleep thing...
Saturday, February 2, 2008 1:13:06 AM
Family, thor
So my uncle (dad's older brother) died last night. I'm not sure what to think of it. I wasn't exactly close to him; my whole family actually wasn't. Ken (my uncle) wasn't really a family guy, he flew his life solo and liked it that way. He actually contracted hepatitis C about ten years ago- none of us know how, and it wound up killing him. Half of his stuff is all around the country and taxes on everything is horrible, plus he has outgoing medical bills in which he doesn't have the money for so his family (being us and my other uncle) are stuck paying them. It's an unfortunate situation. My dad is taking the brunt of it, being a retired CPA his brother and sister think it's his job to take care of all the finacial stuff since Ken didn't leave a will. It's hard to see my dad so stressed about everything when he still hasn't finished grieving. He's really having a hard time with it; I can tell he wished we had spent more time with Ken these past few years, but Ken refused seeing us. So I'm stuck in this weird sort of place not really knowing how to think about it. I know I should be sad in a way cos he was my uncle, but it's like it's not really real- it's like the same feeling as if my friend's uncle died. I'm sad, but not really. Anyway Mr. Thor says hello to all of you guys!
Saturday, January 26, 2008 6:49:05 PM
coffee, school, job, thor
So I used to have a blog that I updated pretty often in highschool on Livejournal. It's been several years since then, but I thought why not try this whole thing again. It's funny cos my blog is still there and I can long-in and see everything I wrote 5 years ago. Dramatic times for sure But I've been using Opera as a web browser for a couple of years now and there's no way I'm going back to Internet Explorer! Opera's so much better.
Anyway...my name's Gretchen and I'm attending college in my second year, and I also work at a coffeehouse that I absolutely love. Coffee is one of my great passions, and the latte art is fun I'm hopefully going to get my bachelor's in Psych and then go on to focus with childhood development during my masters. I love kids.
Music is a big part of my life. I play the piano, guitar, and cello. I also sing, not as much as I used to. U2 is definetly my favorite band of all times- Bono is my hero. I love to listen to any kind of music, it all just depends on what mood I'm in. Like now; pretty sure 'Heaven is a place on Earth'is playing on my iTunes- quality eighties!
Oh! and I forgot to mention...that picture is of my lovely hampster Mr. Thor. He's a teddy bear hampster and lives up to his kind. He love to cuddle and fall asleep in your arms. He's a fast little bugger when you let him loose, and he loves apples. I wouldn't trade him for the world!
Alright well...that's a little bit about myself and everything...a little boring, but it's always good to get some thoughts out somewhere, I don't care if no one else ever sees this- it's beneficial to me.
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