June 2002

• June 9, 2002
• June 23, 2002

So it is finally summer time and I do not have to worry about classes until the fall. I am still in Elmira working for Admissions, Residence Life, and babysitting for the summer. So far I have enjoyed hanging out with people more often and not having to worry about doing homework at night. I am working hard on Reunion 2002 which is this weekend, but after that is done, my summer will only get easier.

Working in Admissions is an easy job as always. There is not much thought involved, but it is great to work with such nice people. It is starting to pick up more this week as far as tours and interviews. I am anxious to do my first real tour as a Gold Key. Residence Life is a piece of cake as always, nothing too difficult to worry about. Since it is summer it is even easier. Babysitting is an experience in itself. The boys are 10 and 14 and they have more energy than I can ever imagine. Needless to say after working 8 hours or so in Admissions then babysitting 4 to 5 hours, I am a tired girl.

Well I have a visitor now, so I will finish my thoughts tomorrow. Night all.

It is 3:30 AM, and I cannot sleep. I have been so sleep deprived lately that I took a five hour nap this afternoon, and now I cannot sleep. I was over at Ken's house, but he was tired and wanted to sleep. Rather that staring at the ceiling I decided to leave. Now he is mad. I know this because he left a nice message on my voicemail, but the thing that is the worst is that I am still wide awake. All in all it really sucks. I do not want him to be mad and say that I ruined a perfect night. I hate being embarrassed and he knows that, but he still embarrassed me anyway. Grrrrr...

I do not even want to think about how many hours I worked this week. I put in two 12 hour days in Admissions as well as babysitting from 3 PM on Wednesday until 1:00 AM on Thursday. Talk about a tiring week!! I just keep wondering if it is really worth it. I mean, I enjoy being busy and being around the people I work with, but it seems as though I do not do anything except eat, work and sleep a little. Now that Ken is leaving I want to spend more time with him. I just want things to be perfect and the more we want them to be perfect the more things seem to go wrong. It has been a great week though. :)

It is so quiet around here. A lot of people left after Reunion was over last weekend, so now I only know the people who work in Admissions. I never venture out to other floors to see who is around. I work all week and on the weekends people like to disappear. Speaking of disappearing, Ellen's wedding is next weekend and I get to spend 5 days with some wonderful friends. I cannot wait to take a road trip and get away from Elmira for a few days.

So Ken told me some excellent news yesterday. He has been offered a once in a lifetime job. He will be moving to Albany in the near future to take the job. I am very excited for him because it is something that he enjoys doing and he is good at it. Also, tonight was his first fight since he fought up north a while ago. The fight lasted all of 23 seconds with Ken coming out as the winner. I was excited for him and now I will actually be allowed to go see the next one. He would not let me go tonight in case he lost. So that is something else to look forward to in the future.

I am really rambling, but then again it is 3:45 AM now. I should at least try to get some sleep so that I do not sleep the day away tomorrow. Write again soon.