Yesterday was my one year anniversary of living in Monroe. It's hard to believe I've been here for only a year. I've forgotten what everyday life was like in Nacogdoches and Moscow life is growing dimmer by the day. I've lived in two different places here and had two different roommates. I've made lots of friends and learned a little more about life. I like it here. I'm not saying I'll live here forever, but for the present (and the foreseable future), Monroe is home. Tomorrow will be my one year anniversary of working at the bank. Wow. I've had a real job for a year. I've been a grown up for a year. Who knew I would actually get a job that requires me to get up early and therefore go to bed early?...and I usually don't mind....except for this past week when Emily, Matt, and Josh (my roommate and our neighbors) were all out of school/out of work for the week. They all got to stay up late and party like I did when it was 1999. I had to cash in my proverbial chips at midnight and the partying was just beginning for them. I was jealous. We did get Matt pretty good for his birthday Saturday. It was no "sugar and birthday candles in the car" as has happened to someone else, but we did manage to fill his apartment with a lot of balloons and an enormous banner. The best part was the old "shoe polish one the car" trick. He was not too proud of that and washed his car immediately...but deep down, he knew it was funny. Today is Amy's birthday. I don't intend to sabatoge her in any way. I sent her a real gift instead. I thought about going out to their house tonight, but I already went Friday and Saturday. They might get sick of me hanging around. Today is also the day Annie's baby is due. I can't wait to find out if she has a boy or a girl. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures. I'm also looking forward to having them only 5 hours away instead of 35 hours away. This week should be fairly uneventful for me (for a change). I still have the notary class, which is eating away my social life. Oh well. I volunteered to take it. It's only for 3 more weeks anyway. I'm finally back in the comfort of my own office this week. The lack of blogging last week was due to the fact that I was filling in for a nearly indispensable person. What a week. I've still got lots of summertime events coming up. Next up is the mystery dinner I'm planning for Matthew and Christie...should be fun. And finally...blogspot is killing me. They're going so slow. I'm tempted to change sites, but I don't want to do all the work involved with moving. Maybe they'll pick up the pace soon.
That's all.
Posted by christin at June 2, 2003 10:33 AM