As promised, here's the explanation for all of my stress. Like I said, I'm working full time. I still have 2 halls that I have to run and make sure things so smoothly. My other cowokers have completely empty buildings for the summer, except for the occasional summer camp that stays maybe 3-5 days at a time. I haven't really slowed down in that aspect. Part of my duties is to plan and implement Resident Assistant training in August. I basically have to plan a week long training week for 60+ people. Not fun... and I'm very anal and detail oriented so you can imagine this has been quite the ordeal for me.
My graduate program is 48 hours long and includes a 600 hour internship, which is broken down into 2 300 hour semester internships. I wanted to complete my degree by next April which meant I had to buckle down this summer. When it's all said and done, I will have completed 5 more classes at the end of the summer. I'm in 3 of those right now. I basically have class every day, even Saturdays. I have no free time, no social life, whereas last summer, I was at the bar every night causing all kinds of trouble. That's kinda how I dealt with working last summer was unwinding at my bar. I can't even do that now. One of my classes will be over with in 4 days. I have one that lasts all summer long, (my practicum) and one that lasts for May and June. The other 2 classes last for June and the other is in July. So it's not that bad if I think about how it'll feel when I'm done. But damnit all to hell right now cause I'm super stressed.
I also had a doctor's appointment yesterday. I have to keep going back to the doctor so that he can monitor me closely to make sure I'm staying on track. To make a long story short, they are watching me very closely for cervical cancer, so every little thing that shows up, my doctor wants to check out. I guess I'm lucky that I have such a thorough doctor, but he freaks me out all the time. I have this constant fear in the back of my head that something's going to happen and I'm not going to be able to have children. That's something I want more than anything in the world and it scares me that it could be taken away from me.
And if all that wasn't bad enough, my passenger's side window is broken in my Jeep. The window came off the track and started moving forward into the door panel. How, you ask, did this happen? Simple. It's just my luck. Last September, Karen and I were in Nashville seeing Rascal Flatts (big surprise, I know). I pulled into the parking lot across from the Gaylord Entertainment Center and was about to pay, when I rolled down my window and it started moving foward. So needless to say my window was half way down in a parking lot in downtown Nashville. Thankfully, my car was still there when we got out. I had to replace the motor in the door panel which wasn't cheap.
Now, fast forward a couple of months. Saturday, Karen and I were on our way to Atlanta for Country Fair. We had tickets to see Lonestar, Sara Evans and Dwight Yoakam. I had class from 8am until about noon, so we left about 1:30pm. The concert started at 6 EST and we had a hotel room to get ready in before the concert started. The plan was to get there in plenty of time to do so. We definitely left in plenty of time to get to ATL with time to get ready. But the best laid plans......and you know the drill. We got stuck in road construction for 2 hours, going 10mph at the max. Well I'm sure you can imagine, but my car was starting to run hot. I decided to turn off the AC and roll down the windows. Mine rolled down just fine. Karen's did not. It did the same thing that mine did in Nashville months earlier.
F%$#^&(Y(*) Yeah I was pissed. So we finally made it out of traffic around 6EST....the concert was starting. Luckily there was a gas station right beside our hotel so I was able to get some duct tape. Karen and I got the window up but it wouldn't stay up on it's own. So I did what any other human would do. I duct taped it. We ran in, got ready faster than we ever have before, and made it to HiFi Buys Amp. It was about 7:30 and Lonestar was already playing. We had to have an adult beverage, we owed it to ourselves after the day we'd had. But Lonestar was okay, and we thought we missed Sara Evans but she started up after Lonestar. Man was she great! I'm so glad I got to see her perform. We had a few more drinks....and basically got drunk. Anyone who knows me understands what comes with that: the famous drunk dial. Quite a few of my guy friends received them including Brandon. We left before Dwight Yoakam...who wants to see him anyway???
We ended up having a great time and my car was okay. We headed out, stopped at Waffle House on the interstate and had to retape the window once again. I was finally able to take my car to my mechanic today. Hopefully he won't rob me blind.
In other news, I'm bummed that it's season finale time. I watched American Idol and all's I gotta say is SOUL PATROL!!! GO TAYLOR!!!
With Memorial Day around the corner, maybe I'll get some work done and get to relax too. I've got to find something to get into this weekend though. Any suggestions? wink, wink....
