Thursday, March 29, 2007 

I have 37.5 hours next week at Old Navy. That's going to be interesting.

I work all weekend this weekend and next, too. That part kinda sucks.

I won't be too upset when the paycheck comes though.

Posted by Rachel at 4:19 PM |

Friday, March 16, 2007 

I've decided against Mt Pleasant for St. Patrick's Day, for anyone who may have been concerned. The fact that I'm cheap, broke, and already possess a "stash" of alcohol overruled any notion I might've had to drive an hour in hopes of finding people to buy drinks for me at random bars. So Matt's it is; Jeff won't be happy about it but Cherie will.

So for my Lit 201 class I'm supposed to write a four-page paper directing a scene or character from a play thematically (particularly from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or "A Streetcar Named Desire"). Well, I decided on a scene from M.N.D. once I figured out what "directing a scene thematically" meant. But wouldn't you know, in class yesterday the professor showed a video example of thematic directing, which happened to be the very scene I chose and the theme I chose. So now if I wrote the paper it'd just look like I was copying the video. Grr.

I did get an A on the first paper I wrote for the class though. Which was especially satisfying because I actually had to put some effort into that one.

I have several out-of-state trips tentatively planned for this spring/summer, which means I've got to curb my shopping addiction in order to save up some money. Ryan and I were going to take a road trip down to Florida for a day or two over the middle school's spring break, but now that he's decided to resign from the school I dunno if he's going to have the money.

I'm also thinking that I'm gonna fly out to see my brother again around Memorial Day weekend; hopefully Dan will be able to come with me for that. I guess it depends on whether he wants to use 2 or 3 of his vacation days. I'm sure when I tell my mom she'll want to go again, too.

Speaking of my mom, she and I want to take a trip to NYC this summer as well. I was looking at maps online and pricing out some hotels and such; it's kind of hard for me to plan everything out though because I don't know the area like I (sort of) do Chicago. I guess the only way I can learn is if I go there and figure it out...

I also plan on finally crossing the border into either Canada or Mexico before the summer is over. It's pretty sad that I live mere hours away from Canada (and have all my life) and have never been there. My brother now lives within two hours of Mexico, which seems as good a reason as any to go there too. I'm going to apply for a passport as soon as I can find the application my mom got for me, but I hear you still don't need one to drive across the border (as opposed to flying) until 2008.

Of course, if I make it on the next season of America's Next Top Model, all my travelling plans are pretty much null and void. Though I will get a trip to L.A. to replace them... I downloaded the app for that too, and I fully intend to fill it out and send it in.

Posted by Rachel at 6:38 PM |

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 

So I've reached a dilemma. Saturday is St. Patrick's day. I don't know what to do yet. Matt is having a party; that's where Dan is going, along with Jon, Joe, Sam, and Cherie. Jeff bailed in favor of bar-hopping in Mt Pleasant. He put it best when he said, "I don't really want to go to a party in Matt's parents' garage." I love all the people that are going (well, okay, maybe not love, I don't know them all very well) but I can see myself now as becoming the odd one out.

Jeff has invited me to come up to Mt Pleasant and bar-hop with them. I don't know who "them" is though. Anna is supposedly going to be there for a little bit (though I'm skeptical) and Veresh is celebrating his birthday at the Wayside that night. But the problem is, I have absolutely no money - I had to get gas on my credit card. And if the group of bar-hoppers consists of just Jeff and people he works with that I don't know, I'm not really down with that.

It's too bad Mt P and STC aren't closer to each other so I could go back and forth between the two. I told Ryan I might just stay home; he told me I couldn't do that. So I guess I need more info before I make a decision...

Posted by Rachel at 12:35 PM |