Well, it's time for another update. I did finally get one email from ann. One. Good, yes, but I wish I would get another. Maybe I should just drop this whole thing and move on. But I really don't want to. And at the same time I don't want to send out a billion emails only to get one a week. Whatever.
My week at work kinda sucked. I only wrote one little blurb and it won't make it into the paper. And then for the rest of the week I sat and called about 300 different clubs, bars, and restaurants to make sure that the listings we do for them have correct information. I mean sure, I did find about 5 clubs that had closed and I did find a resonable amount of mistakes...but I am interning as a writer, not an advertiser. Whatever. I may have an idea for a good story, but I need to check it out before i present it to the boss....and mostly everything will be closed tomorrow. Bummer.
Thursday night I got off of work, after quitting about a half hour early, only to have one of the editors catch me and I had to quick finish up calling about 5 clubs and then gave the editor my results as I was leaving the office. Hopefully that saved me from looking bad. Anyway, after work I cooked myself a little supper and had a couple of beers while I was cooking....and then I watched some t.v. and had some more beer...and all of the sudden it was about 11 p.m. and I had finished off about 7 cans and I still had a huge reading to finishe and a short little paper due the next morning at 8. And before I could do that I had to talk to Meredith....and that, quite frankly, was more important than a paper that I could easily write in a half hour no matter how much alcohol was in my blood stream. So after I convinced Meredith that she had to "man up," so to speak, I finished my paper, skipped the reading and went to bed around 1. But I surprised myself the next morning. I was barely hung over and only almost fell asleep twice in class. It was glorious. Must be because of all the water I've been drinking out here, because it's so dry.
This weekend I was supposed to go on this big retreat with all of the Wartburg folk here, but I got out of it so I could spend this last weekend with my bro before he is deployed for Iraq on thursday. It was fun. We went to the Nuggets/Timberwolves game and watched the timberpuppies win for the first time in a while. Then we just kinda hung out on Saturday. The only bad news, other then them deploying, is that I may have a roommate for the summer. One of their friends in the army may need a place to stay and they're having a trouble finding ways to tell her no. So that would kinda stink and may be a little weird....but if it has to happen, then I better get my brother's room....even though I said I didn't want to sleep in his bed 'cause that was weird......I would still want the master suite if I had to share with this lady. That way I would get some more privacy, if you know what I mean.
Then this morning my bro and his wife brought me back to Denver and I said goodbye. It was my last time seeing them for a loooong time and that was a little tough. Even though like 10 minutes after he left, the Wartburg people came back and I was around them....I was filled with a sadness that can only be described as what I feel right after I get back to Wartburg after a long break at home. See, I know I'll get to talk to him at least one more time before he goes...but I won't get to see him...and that really is tough. But it was a good last weekend.....and as soon as he leaves, I'll have to update this thing more often because it'll be the best way for him to keep up with my life....which is one of the main reasons I created the site 3 years ago.
But at anyrate, this has been a long post and should be a good read....I was contemplating writing Ann another email...but I don't think I'm up to it tonight. It's too bad that I need to wake up early tomorrow....this sadness has put me in a good (ironically) writing mood. A couple of drinks and I could write the whole night away.....it's tempting, but I'm marching in the Denver MLK parade tomorrow morning and I'll need some good sleep for that....so yea, peace out.