So I have Monday through Thursday off, and Cori is done with school save for a paper due on Monday. So we decided that, if the weather is “okay” (though I still shudder at the thought of having to deal with something like that opaque fog in the mountains again) we are going to drive over on Monday and come back Thursday. It’s only a couple days but it’s something.
When I told my mom it was possible, she got SO EXCITED you guys, I kept thinking “Oh my god, we HAVE to go now, even if there’s a blizzard.” I really do miss her, and I know she tried to “keep it together” for me, but sometimes on the phone her voice cracks a little and she admits she misses me. I miss my dog Evie, too. I really do wish I could have her in the apartment with us but… no dogs. And it’s sad Bluto didn’t live longer. I would have liked to bring the cat. I miss that little guy. But it sucks about Evie, too, because she really is my dog and part of me feels like I abandoned her. On the other hand, I know mom likes having animals in the house. I feel so isolated without an animal here in the apartment. Even my fish Francisco filled that void, then he died right before September… :(
However, after I told her, Dad came home from work a couple hours later and mom texts me to say that he is leaving Sunday evening through Thursday evening to go to some ADR conference up in Aberdeen, MD. This really annoys me because I didn’t see dad last time I went back to VA in September because he was in South Korea.
We were thinking that maybe the three of us could make the drive up on Tuesday to have dinner with him or something. I do want to see him.
If we didn’t go now, we were going to try to go between Christmas and January 5th or so. I guess if I have a crapload of days off, and the weather is nice, I could still go. Gas is cheaper and really does make a big difference in price on a 550 mile trip.
Anyway, I would like to write more but… not really feeling like it. I still love working at Sephora but I may need to resign myself to a second job, and obviously they may not keep me past January 15th (though I would be surprised if they didn’t–some of their permanent staff are only available 5-10 hours a week so why not keep me on as permanent if I can technically be there more than that ?). I keep thinking about bank jobs but… reaaaallllly don’t want to work at a bank. But if I can find one closeby (there are 3 I could walk to from the apartment–US Bank, PNC, and I forget the third, but they’re all right next to each other too LOL) that may be awesome and then I won’t need to drive far, or at all. I feel like a lot of people I know in retail eventually worked at a bank and I do have extensive cash handling and till balancing experience.
I’m pretty excited to go back; I just wish I could stay an extra day or two. But when my dad was in DC and mom and I were living in Ohio, about every 4-6 weeks he would take a Monday and Friday off and come back just for a couple full days. I may have to begin doing the same.
I do miss my family.
Oh, and I wasn’t going to do Christmas cards this year because I left the extras I had from past years at home and can’t really buy new ones, but knowing I am going back I can just send them out late in the week. I did get a few ready, don’t laugh, they are cute freebies from Habitat for Humanity (I used to donate to them, though, so I consider a few cards a thank you gift LOL). Chances are I still have addresses but if anyone wants one, leave your address and I’ll send one to you :) I think I have 8-10 cards at home and I don’t think I’m sending out more than 15 (already did 5) so I should have enough. I apologize in advance if I send duplicates if I have sent you cards before.
~Rachel
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