The inner corner of my right eye itches and burns but I can't find anything causing this. But I keep trying to ease this really annoying problem which in turn makes my eye all watery. Also, I have lots of congestion running down my throat which made my pill stick in my throat and I hate it when that happens. I don't think the whole thing lodges in there but it takes its sweet time making its way down and leaves residue. It feels uncomfortable and makes me cringe when it burns sometimes like when I burp or when I'm trying to flush it with water, tea, and chicken noodle soup.
I also keep trying to work on my last two projects (each include paper and presentation due next week) which by K standards are very manageable but things just keep popping up that need to be dealt with. Like my car. It's been a month since it broke down but it is very probable that someone will come tow it back to their shop and fix it by next weekend. So Colin's driving down for the weekend and I really hope to make it to Tom Beck's party next Saturday.
So yeah, graduation is the 19th and I'll be moved out on the 20th. The trips made by both me and Colin will be how stuff gets moved, and my parents are taking big items back that we won't need, like my twin bed and desk table. Then there's the matter of finding a job. I've done searching but I think other than sending a resume to the most interesting ones I've found so far, I'm not going to focus so much on it until I've moved, at least.
Plans for post-holidays so far include possibly going to ALA's midwinter conference in Boston mid-January, having Becca visit in February for a couple days (yay!), going on a cruise with family early March, going to Becca's wedding late March and Ashley's in June. Also, Laura and Emily plan on study abroad in Europe next fall and Colin just might have to go back to India for a period. Regardless of all that, I'm gonna be bored on the normal days unless I can find at least some temp/part-time/unpaid/whatever library-related thing I want to do.
Thanksgiving in Charlevoix was nice. A bit different without my mom's parents, but still nice. I got really full and was wearing pants that I'd made the mistake of putting through the dryer so I had to excuse myself to go change into pajama pants. The next day, while Laura and I are trying on clothes in JC Penny, she said Mom and she had been wondering if I was pregnant. Um, no. Now, I don't know where they got the idea or if the pants were at all a "clue" but, seriously? Colin made me laugh when after I told him this he said that he was first thinking they were worried but then remembered who my mom and sister are and realized they were probably hoping. All in all, weird.
It was really good to spend time with William though. Hadn't seen him since the funeral in March; it's the first time I hadn't gone home during the summer. We had a great time watching Ice Age 3 - even my dad watched it! There were games of Up the River (Colin finally properly learned how to play) and Scrabble, a walk down the road, playing with the puppies, and just general good family time. Also got to meet Laura's boyfriend Nathan (yet another correlation between Emily and Laura - both their boyfriends are named Nathan) and Weston's (a cousin of mine) friend P.J. who's living with him at Brooks Hill and has a job at Applebee's.
On the drive up and down Michigan we stopped both times to visit Emily who had to stay for an exam the next week and couldn't make it to Duluth for Thanksgiving. I also had the ingenious idea of reading Sherlock Holmes stories to Colin while he drove. That's how drives usually work out - since I can't have a conversation with him while I'm driving without apparently making him nervous he does the driving while I do the entertaining such as reading or crossword puzzles. Oh and trying to navigate (we always end up taking detours but neither of us mind too much).
I suppose you might be wondering why I used the time to write an entry instead of a paper - mostly, it's because I felt like I needed to get a bunch of the thoughts swirling in my head not paper-related out of the way. I had to write a packing list with what goes on the first, second, or third trips just to stop gazing around the room wondering. I think I"ll aim for a chunk of paper writing and then a walk in the sunshine, but it depends on when and if they're towing the car today. Meanwhile, send me some academic focusing power, if you've got any to spare.
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