Monday, August 16, 2010

To Day Trip Or Not To Day Trip, That Is The Question...

Apologies for not updating yesterday. Timing just didn't allow for it.

Yesterday was work, dinner, and playing games and watching TV with Ryan, Sameh, Kitty and Alex. Good times :)

Today and tomorrow are my days off, and the rest of the week looks pretty good, if oddly inconvenient. I love my hours for this week, but they greatly get in the way of hanging out with Simon while he's out here visiting. Ryan is hoping he and I can get Friday night off, so we can all raid together, but I'm not sure that's going to work out. *shrug*

Tomorrow, BJ and I might be dragged along to Chicago with Kitty and Alex while Alex has a job interview. I'm not sure...my energy yesterday and today has been kinda meh, so the idea of driving for hours to wander around a huge, strange* city is a bit intimidating. Also, if my first trip to Chicago doesn't involve either aunt that lives there, I might very well get in trouble with one side of the family or another.

My father's sister, my Aunt Jeanie, lives in Chicago, as does my stepfather's sister, Aunt Kathy. I haven't seen Aunt Jeanie in 15 years (since my one and only visit with Dad's side of the family, for a wedding), and I haven't seen Aunt Kathy in a few years (since she and I had overlapping David visits). I really do need to call them up and say hi, go and visit, reconnect, etc, but, as with all things in my life, time and energy have been downright unavailable.

On a different note: today is the first day that Ryan is at work, and I am not. If Sameh did not also have the day off, this would be my first time being in the apartment alone for more than a few minutes. Since arriving, the only times I've been alone have been in the car, driving to work. I'm not complaining--I'm a very social person, and I'm pretty sickeningly happy to spend lots of time with my boyfriend--but it's just interesting to realize that I've had almost no "me-time" in Indiana. *shrug*

Now, since it is a lovely day (lovely meaning the sun is out but not trying to kill us out), I'm going to sit on the balcony with a book until either (a) the shower is available, or (b) the laundry is done.


*Yes, I have been to Chicago before, a half dozen times or so. However, the visits were over 14 years ago, and they were family- and not tourist-oriented, so memories of the city itself are pretty fuzzy.

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