It was Forest's turn to go game this week, and last week was the 4th of July, so it's been more than two weeks since I've seen any of my friends. I miss them, and I'm starting to get lonely.
Last night I got freaky on Forest for no reason, and realized that I'm envious of a couple of his friendships, and his ability to make close friends so easily. People need him; they confide in him, talk to him, and relate closely to him. I think it would be nice to be needed like that. I've been trying to make friends in class, but it's not like that for me. Forest says it's because I'm the kind of person who has tons of advice, bits of wisdom, and information about practically anything, but I'm not someone to just empathize and listen to other people talk. I suppose that makes sense. People *need* that listening, empathizing person. They don't need a walking talking encyclopedia.
The really nice mortgage lady is still doing title work on my house, so I'm now officially a day late paying off my land contract. I feel pretty badly about it, but there really hasn't been anything I could do about it. I've returned about a million faxes as promptly as I could, submitted copies of all of my bank statements for the past two years, filled out all the forms as soon as I got them, and contacted her at least twice a day to make sure I was up-to-date on everything I needed to do. It's just a longer process than I thought it would be.
I'm a little nervous about it taking so long, because I am getting a fixed interest rate mortgage, and you never know when Alan Greenspan's going to decide to fuck with everyone again.
Auditions for the Dining Room are rapidly approaching, and I feel ill-prepared. I've read the script, but have been unable to get a clear picture of how it flows together, and what it's supposed to 'feel' like. I love the idea of the show, because it's challenging for the actors, and very different from shows I've done in the past. Still, I'm not sure I really understand it. This is unusual for me; I have pretty good reading comprehension skills most of the time.
Also coming up far too quickly is my final testing day for Tae Kwon Do. Master Kim announced this week that we're going to have our tests a week from next Wednesday. I hope to be ready by then, but I have a lot to memorize, and a few new stances that just aren't comfortable under my legs yet.
My Tiffy is back from Finland! Or at least, so I hear. I am not sure how to get in touch with her, though; so if she reads this, I hope she'll call or email. I've missed Tiff a lot. It's nice to have her back.
Kirstin is leaving for camp this Sunday, and I'm seriously questioning her preparedness for it. It's a week on her own. She'll have to keep up with the other kids for that whole time, and I think it's going to be difficult, she's still too much a daydreamer. I've been forcing her to clean her room every single night since last Thursday, and only last night could I begin to call it 'tidy', not clean. She gets up there and ponderously, deliberately, moves things around. Of course it takes 7 days to do it at that rate. At camp she'll be expected to keep her things neat in a very limited amount of time. She'll also have to take a short shower, eat her breakfast, lunch, AND dinner in under 45 minutes each, and most importantly, walk from her cabin to her classes in 5 minutes or less. That's going to be nigh unto impossible. (This morning it took her almost 5 minutes to walk from her bedroom to the van, I shit you not.)
All the same, she's really excited about going, and I am encouraging her as much as I can.
Her birthday is coming up soon, but I'm putting off gift-shopping until August, when she'll be with Bill and I'll have more time to myself. I'm still not sure what to get her, since she hasn't mentioned anything she really wants, other than swimming goggles, and a stepdad. I'm not too suprised by that one. She asks me for a stepdad every year since I can remember, Christmas and birthdays both. I wonder what her reaction would be if I grabbed a stranger off the street, hog-tied him, and stuck a bow on his head? I have hopes that I might be on the right track relationship-wise, but I wish Kirstin would relax about it. She's utterly convinced that I'm going to blow it, I think.
